Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
a NEW COFFEE COUNTRY.
rr+orest;np Information Regarding ii
- . .., State of ChiaN:S.

,.s+;,y Information Regarding the
Nayican state of Chiapas.
co,or Tahoada, a wealthy merchant of
hTapachula, of the state OF Chapas,
sNIexico with his two daughters, arrived
San Francisco on the last steamer
-, the South. Senior Iaboada speaks
- English whatever, but through an
IN, tornreter he gave some very interest
- facts about one OF the lchest and
hat is considered to be the coming
fate of the republic OF Mexico.
h Ind stay. is 90 going m to be the richest
sxtate in Mexico in the near future.
IN lands there, it has been found in
&c last few years, will produce the
s. nest kind of coffee, equal to the high
g, orade of Central American coffees.
" have planted the grade called
49racal. the finest coffee grown in the
&orld and it has been complete sue
- Our coffee now is shipped to
Svnry large city in the world and we
slways find willing and ready market
To- it.
IA we have built up an immense trade
;th San Francisco for our coffee and it
III constantly increasing as the merchants
6rrp have obtained ready market for
IA and demand has been made for it.
81 The coffee crop this year will amount
u about 10000 quintals. and the in
srcase next year will be 10000 quintals
more. The price in our money we have
Been getting for it is $50 per quintal.
s. In the last few years a large number
IN Americans and Englishmen have
zone into Chiapas, and all Of them are
BETTING rich rapidly. Why, here is, a
3 IAN who came up on the steamer, who
Mrnt there a year ago without a cent
I'D worked at his trade as a carpenter.
H. saved a little money and bought a
4sotEpe ''tinca," and now he has just re-
fbsed an offer of SIC, 900 for it. We want
100 foreigners, especially Americans,
"a thnv have more push about them and
Ga Il open up the country rapidly. We
xlbn't want any Chinese, however, under
IN condition. We have all the labor
I'd can hire from our own lower classes,
no will work on the plantations, and
II the Chinese think they will be we'll
ncciyed in Mexico after leaving here
hey will be greatly mistaken. Why,
xsbt long ago | heard of a party who
s. ent from here to work in the mines at
IazatIan, and they were stoned by our
uopIe. and told to get out of the coun-
IN. We do not want them any more
BAN YOU do.
"Our land down there now has al
a lost all been taken up and bought up
81 om the government by foreign sy1rdi-
ties, mostly English and American, for
TIC purpose of raising coffee, but still
Ind is very cheap. A cavalleria (1lO
aercsl is worth $500, and you can raise
ia that about 1000 quintals of coffee
aftcr the trees are of three years growth.
Thcre is splendid chance there for peo-
III e to make money, and everyone who
Mbes there has made money rapidly and
hecOme rich.
ga san Christobal, the capital of the
Mtate, is place of about $4,000 people
an is very wealthy and progressive
pEoce. Tapachula, which is situated in
the heart of the coffee district, is twenty
miles from the Pacific Ocean, and the
port of San Benito. 1t is growing rap
idly, and the merchants do an immense
and profitable business in coffee and
general merchandise.