The Republican journal., 1896-08-20
+ ZONE OF GUATEMALA.
IAN enterprises In the Land Of the Quetzai.
reIP ,,,ins>toH. Up the Rio Dulce to YZahal.

..-f1N. GUATEMALA, July 8, 1896.
Iatemala's Free Zone'' for
.,,ress purpose of finding out all
~ aad have certainly been diligent
liter information. We have inter
;" meme rants and shippers, squatters
.arnment officials with the result
81 -,1-e-books are crowded with con-
:.,nq datements-one mans report
L by his neighbor, anothers
,.rI lbs a fabrication ''out of whole
@ l8ck solemnly declared to be
,a. suG white sworn to as black.
" .,unishng how different a story
-,r..4t ia the varying lights thrown
,.r., ike mood of the teller, or by
i.s what your motives may be in
e nndtion. Merely as a wander
..a.--.e Il as a purveyor to the news
....... ST. Will hear nothing but glowing
- livingston from the citizens
... Ley Will assure you that the
....l..a lUout is the long sought Ell
ra.ao Hmitless crops spring with
..z51 from a soil of unexampled
.0...-s il4t though eternal summer
.-. UFO Gate is perfect sanitarium;
0. .a--s IS immense and fortunes
wis
..3 ..g lment. But should you come
.....r .au sc of a settler, as possible
sr.t. al already established in bust
-.., w o probably hear quite another
,s., LIE story. They will tell you
fla, M inds are no longer obtainable
,,. aa- . to be had at any price; that
,l4 s.auFrs absorb all the earnings of
...an-8t 'us in exorbitant freights, and
.a tbe eminent will finally swallow
..s .I.atar rs ia the form of taxes, and
.M- lt ud property are in constant
4.- l0r EeQuent revolutions. The class
.aamr Ill new countries seems I'M
r.. erous here-the chronic pio-
,8r.N le eternally discerning fresh FL
1arW.e ltle farther on, and the yet
nu. innate dreamers who aspire to
lfruus4, bat lack the requisite courage
aud pe,s GRANGE; the disappointed ones
lrsAps-.ed to find fortunes lying around
~,
!a whiting for something to turn up;
sl4 1taa4y these idle people are more
t.a.r leard from than the respon-
aa, -aus intent on important affairs.
Il .r, despite conflicting testimony,
VI fva -eau able to see some things with
05' tAg ewes. Livingston is interesting
10 -r world principally as the out
Uw t.a inc coffee of Alta Verapaz and
lle H- . the Atlantic coast region. Its
swa-l the entrance of the chief
Far the interior soon marked the
f.N >e,tlement for Spanish port :;
t1 lueers were too powerful and
-e NtrY was moved 80 miles up
ae Aee to Yzabal, and the river
jWay to the sea by the fort
Il -N4 r.-N Not only the pirates but
al e"t -Ils port, and for two cen
ia-- banks of the Rio Dulce were of
l.
Ill., anal sarsaparilla CATERERS.
i.D- -ent IN fostering the immense
wealth Of Guatemala turned
't foreign capital first to the
uds in the neighborhood of
i-el to the even richer fruit
a. alleys east OF the high mesas
.Ynr The outlet of all this
~ the Rio Polochie. and the
"t was Livingston; SO this
unuy came into prominence
'- he little village originally
t.ed Caribs was gradually in-
,neSs men of all nationali-
population is now about
re immediate neighborhood,
'- eSsible by water, are lands
adapted to the cultiva-
s'. and cotton. although at
n to the smaller capital
l speedier returns, bananas
't " Lief product. The govern
~s1 mined TO develop these lands,
-t'r' To the solitude of dense for
OCCASIONAL visits of mahOg-
'1i nd i'll 1882 declared Livipgs-
''- wort, Including in its territory
p '-' angular tract of the eastern
.aia lands were then offered for
''' b >aEable rates, and number of
s'f'''4'~ itlm the United States bought
'1a and are cultivating the soil
WHOA '. perhaps, the most fertile on the
.'.'--A. I1e climate is all that could
NS'Fed eternal June. without excess
meat elbow fever and other dan
s'- nJtlc diseases have never visit
y" ''' ."s5tty, and the usual death rate
'' Va "oportion to population, is less
''- '' ialter that of Chicago or Bos-
N Vi course there are drawbacks.
~. ' Eiru had its serpent. At present
e'A sJaamers must anchor far out
making ighterage an important item
el'ae 10 business. Though the river
'9"'.e Ter many miles for the largest
''ets here is an ugly bar across its
With hardly one fathom of water,
hJernoou sea breeze makes its