Manuscripts
"Investment in Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico -- Agreement Between Mexican Government and SPRRCo. of Mexico -- Notes received and claims against Mexican Government." File No. 1083, Part 6. From "Related Files: Copies of Mexican Income Tax Law and Regulations of the Income Tax Law -- translations in envelope at back of File 78; Also See File 1797-A." (~1/25" thick). [Cárdenas took office during this period, on 12/1/34]. Miscellaneous financial wranglings, including discussion of SP's owing SPM $3 million and what to do about this debt. Includes good letter from Hale Holden to Walter Douglas, dated 4/3/34. It begins: "Referring to your letters of March seventh and March thirteenth in which you gave reasons for anxiety over the future course of the peso and have concluded for the time being to retain your pesos in Mexico rather than convert them into dollars and to open two new bank accounts in Mexico City for that purpose: We are somewhat puzzled to understand the reasons for your conclusions..." Good content follows re: SPM policies and thinking
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"Income and Absentee Taxes on Equipment Rents -- Mexico." File SPM 073, Part 5. From (~1"). More of the same. Details of paying taxes due to Mexican government
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Income and Absentee Taxes on Equipment Rents -- Mexico." File No. SPM 073, Part 3. From (~1.25"). More material on issues of rental and income taxes between Mexican govt. and SPM. Largely covers the issue of the 4% Exportation of Capital Tax placed upon the SPM by the Mexican government. The SPM seems to have wanted to appear as a Mexican corporation when convenient, and as a U.S. corporation when convenient
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Claim of Mexican Government Against Southern Pacific of Mexico for Income Tax for Car Rentals." File SPM 540-1, Part 1. From (~1"). Some good stuff on relations with Mexican govt., such as letter on 8/15/34 from Walter Douglas to Hale Holden, noting a decision on SPM's government indebtedness that was "unexpectedly favorable," etc
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Investment in SPM -- Agreement between Mexican Government and SPM -- Notes Received and Claims Against Mexican Government." File No. 1083, Part 7. From (~1"). There's a good clear summary of tax issues on green paper roughly midway through this: notes when first Mexican tax law was passed (1924), why (primarily to tax the U.S. oil companies doing business in Mexico), and what the effect of the income tax is and has been on SPM. Lots of financial issues discussed, such as bond issues, coupon payments, etc
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Income and Absentee Taxes on Equipment Rents -- Mexico." File SPM 073, Section 1. From (~1") More material on hassles between Mexican govt. and SPM. One question asked herein: "In view of the fact that SPdeM settled with the Mexican Government last November for the income taxes accrued on equipment rentals from April 1, 1925 to Oct. 31, 1934, and has billed the amounts involved against the foreign roads that earned the rental, should SPCo. now invoke the statute of limitations in connection with similar bills rendered against it by other Mexican roads?" Many potentially good items, including letter from E.B. Sloan of SPM to Walter Douglas of SPM noting that he'd met with the Mexican Secretary of Finance [Narciso Bassols] the previous night and discussed the application of the income tax on rentals of foreign cars and equipment (letter dated 4/16/35). Also includes other letters to and from Mexican government
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Income and Absentee Taxes on Equipment Rents -- Mexico." File SPM 073, Part 4. From (~1.5"). More tax law questions and discussion. At least passing mention of the Pacific Fruit Company, which the SPM used to ship their lucrative fruit trade northward
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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