The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-21
THE BIGGEST HOTEL IN AGUTLA, THE
STARTING POINT IN GUATEMALA.

| STARTING POINT IN GUATEMALA.
From the lower border OF Mexico on
down through the snow-clad ranges
of the Andes to Argentina, the survey
extends through wide diversity OF
climate, geological formations and
products. The eleven Central and
South American republics directly in
! terested, exclusive of Mexico, with
| her II, 600, 900 souls, have combined
population of IL, 900, 600, ready and
waiting to be brought into CONNER
cial relations with our own 65,000,-
| 600.
The products and resources OF all
these republics are valuable and ex-
ceedingly desirable in North Ameri-
can commerce. Guatemala, with an
area OF 46, 500 square miles (about
equal TO New York or Pennsylvania,
produces great variety of articles
useful TO the United States, among
them being coffee, cocoa, bananas,
hides and hard woods. Her coffee crop
alone amounts to between 81, 600, 900
and 100, 10000 pounds annually.
Even now the United States imports
from Guatemala over 1900, 900
worth of goods every year, which from
lack of facilities are brought princi-
pally by sea and enter the port OF San
Francisco. Salvador though the
smallest Of the Central American
States, is. proportionately the most
populous and prosperous of them all.
Coffee, indigo, sugar medicinal
| Il e., 4, 4,
gold, silver iron, copper and mercury
are among her products. The exports
OF Honduras, one Of the largest Of the
Central American republics, are
chiefly cattle, mahogany, cedar,
hides, india rubber bananas, cocoa
nuts, bar silver and gold bullion.
The resources OF Nicaragua also are
very great, especially in fine hard
woods, dyewoods, rubber, sugar,
coffee, cocoa and indigo, besides cat
tie, corn and potatoes Indeed Mic
aragua' trade with the United States
already is larger than with any other
country, amounting to about ~ ,O0O,-
600 annually. In return for her ex-
ports she imports from the United
States machinery, iron, steel, flour
and manufactured goods.
Costa Rica, with her exceedingly
fertile soil, already ships to the
United States large quantities OF
coffee, bananas, hides, rubber and
mother-of pearl, and in turn imports
silk, wooden, linen and cotton goods,
machinery, agricultural implements,
furniture and hardware. Recently
the American trade there has almost
entirely superseded that of England,
and now amounts to nearly 50, 600,
900 year.
Colombia. with her area Of 505, 900
square miles, possesses enormous
natural resources, but heretofore,
through lack OF intelligent labor
transportation facilities and means
of communication, she has been un-
able TO develop them properly.
Among her products are gold and
silver, emeralds, opals and other pre-
cious stones, marbles, mineral salts,
coffee, hides, ivory nuts, cocoa and
cinchona bark. She imports all kinds
of manufactured goods and her trade
with the United States amounts to
about $l2, 900, 900 annually.
AS to Ecuador, owing to the fer
tility and diversity OF her soil and the
variety Of her climate, all sorts OF
plant life flourish within her bound
aries-rice, pepper and semi-tropical
fruits, cotton, corn, sugar, wheat
and barley, Her exports, mainly
shipped TO England, include cotton,
cocoa, rubber, ivory, nuts, cinchona,
straw goods and precious metals. In
Peru. besides her wonderful treas
ures OF gold and silver and coal and
iron, largely undeveloped as yet,
wide range OF agricultural crops is
produced. Sugar TO the amount OF
Loo, 900 tons cotton TO the value OF
S3. 000. 900. wine 10 the value OF 81
900 900. and also enormous yields OF
rice, cinchona, rubber, fruits and
vegetables. Corn is also extensively
grown and constitutes the staple food
OF all classes. The export Of wool
brings 5000, 600 year, and other
exports are guano, cubic inter, sugar,
~rotton and sulphur, at present sent
principally to England and Germany.
But the construction Of a section Of
railway through Peru, Ecuador and
Colombia TO Cartagena on the Carri-
bean Sea would put them i'm easy
communication with the southern
ports Of the United States and very
materially increase our trade, even
should there be a delay i'm the con-
struction OF the entire system north
ward.-rN. Y. Recorder.