Letter from William Spence, 24 October 1891
Deming, N. M. .
Wilford Woodruff, Esq. President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Sir:
I take opportunity to address you the follow-
ing proposition:
I have been acting as Custom Broker, here in Deming for the
past two years and doing the most of the Brokerage for the Mormon
Colonists, moving into Mexico; and as there seems to be considerable
confusion and mis-understanding with the Colonists as to whom to
apply to at this point of entry into Mexico, for information; so Ithe
take pleasure in making this proposition, to make all of the necess-
ary papers for your People going into Mexico, and to give them all n
the information they need to introduce their their "outfits", into
the Republic of Mexico, and thus relieveing them of many difficulti-
ies they now have to encounter.
The papers are very complicated and it is difficult to classify
goods for introduction into Mexico, on account of the many complica-
tions found in the Customs Laws of that Country. I have had severlal
years experience in this business, and will guarantee to give en-
tire satisfaction, if your people will appoint me as their agent
at this place, and I can assure you that it will be much cheaper in
