Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-07

mette valley of Oregon. From the little
Republic of Guatemala is exported over
two hundred thousand centals of coffee
annually, and most of it is produced i'm
mediately along the line next to the State
of Chiapas, in what is known as the HUI
chuetenango district of Soconusco, from
Mazatenango on the Pacific coast to the
River de la Passion.
THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCT
Being SO well known to the President OF
Guatemala, and also the fertility of the
Soconusco lands and its heavy yield of coffee
and chocolate, has raised the avaracious-
ness of the President of the little Republic,
until he is very 10th to give any territory
bearing the name of Soeonusco. to Mexico,
and he has gone SO far as to withhold his
engineers from completing the work of di-
vision. which by stipulation was agreed
upon by the two Republics, and the survey
and division made from the Pacific coast be-
yond the line of the Soconusco lands; but
in order to protect the Colonization Com
pany's rights to those lands, and also to
protect the colonists in case of any dispute
between the two Republics, the same agree.
ment upon the terms Of the concession has
been made with the Minister of the Re.
public of Guatemala as with Mexico The
general appearance of the country in the
State of Chiapas, Mexico, as well as the
natural product OF tie soil, is as different
from the other portions Of the Republic as
the fertile, fragrant iowery homes of the
valleys of Palestine differ from the desert
of Sahara The high lands of the interior
of Mexico are ARID and dry, sparsely
watered, barren, and to the traveller
monotonous and repulsive. For fertility of
oil, where pleasant, remunerative homes
can be made, one has to resort to the
coast of either the Atlantic or Pacific
oceans, but as we 90 further east through
the State of Oxacu, and clear through the
State of Cbiapas to the line of Guatemala,
from ocean to ocean is rich productive
soil, abundantly watered plenty of timber
and grazing lands, with
HEALTHY, CoNGENIAL TEMPERATURE.
At Allen City, the headquarters and Gen.
trail point of the colonization company,
the average temperature the year around
is from 6l' to 75'. There is plenty of
business to employ the time of colo.
nists in this country proftably during
the time it requires to raise the coffee tree
to bearing, to wit, three years. Rubber,
indigo and vanilla may be gathered and
sold to a great amount. And there is no
better country for the production of vege.
tables, dairying, etc, all of which pays a
better income to the farmer than in the
United States, if be will work. The ques-
ton may be asked, Why are the natives
not rich? | answer, nobody works but
those who are rich. The common natives
simply live on the native fruits and roots,
and require no clothing The government
of this part of the republic is good trav-
elers and property are perfectly safe The
natives are good. natured, quiet and lazy
There perhaps never was an American en-
terprise engaged in that opened up so great
inducements to emigration from the United
States as this concession to citizens of the
United States of the richest part of Next
can territory, for which DR.. Edward c..
Wise, of Virginia, has lahored incessantly
at the City of Mexico for the past four
years, and never obtained it until Septem-
Der, 1881 and he can now invite his coun-
trymen to join him. A.