The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
NJ FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Guatemala City. Guatemala.

Guatemala City, Guatemala.
I want to give YOU a btrd's-eye view
a the Guatemala republic. 1t Is the
biggest Of all the countries OF Central
America, and should the policy OF Sec
rotary Knox reform Its currency and
give It peace and good government 1t
win be the paradise Of the North Amer
lean Continent It is already Gar
den Of Eden as far as its natural re-
sources are concerned. and American
money is beginning to make some parts
OF Il blossom like the famed rosebush
ut Pasadena, Cal I have never seen
land richer than that which ! came
through on my way Up to Guatemala
City. landed at Port Barrios. on the
Caribbean Sea, and came up the Mo-
tagua Valley u the foot Of the noun
tains through a region of bananas and
iungles as fine as any to be found on
this continent. Five years ago that
country was nothing but jungle. 1t
was a tropical paradise. with palm
trees over 100 feet high and mass OF
vegetation like that of the lower &3pes
Of the Himalaya Mountains or of the
well watered valleys Of Africa Amer
leans have already cut down about
20. 900 acres of that region ana have
planted II to bananas.
AS i came INTO f'OTt DdIIiOS Do"
. ship going out which had 1900, 600
bananas in its hold. and was told that
the output for this year will be enough
to give three bananas to every man,
woman and child in the United States
and leave some to spare. Since coming
here / have taken q run down to the
Pacific slope. and find the lower lands
there exceedingly rich A great part
81 my journey on both sides Of the
mountains has been through coffee
plantations which are growing fruit
superior TO that Of Brazil and equal to
that Of Arabia and Java
Gnatemals I'm 1872.
But before 1 go further let me give
you an idea of TIE eouptry. You can
get the size trsm any book OF stats
Sca Guatemala contains over as, 100
square miles. II . as big as New York
or about equal TO tine States of Ohio
and Massachusetts, combined 1t is
bigger than any other Central American
republic and IL cantains, in fact, a5ou:
one-fourth Of all the land between
Panama and Mexico. y. Is three times
the size Of Salvador and twice as big
- Costa Plea
0uaaer.aIa has more people than any
ofher Central American State. It has
~vur 2.oco. 05o. but Six out Of every ten
o6 these are Indians. and the country
- run BY the descendants Of Span.a rds
and half-breecs who make the Indians
DO the work. Altogether there are
more Indians here than the population
Of Phiadei pase- and there are q little
more than hall IS many who are half
breeds or IIad.aos. The Ind1ans ard
1Adinos are very interesting. and I
shall write more Of them IN future
TIE WORLDS biggest Relief Msp.
Az % GcafeTrala Itself we en- see II
bese 1t she rane-track here n The cap
faal TITS track :e known As tie Np-
pocrUme. arc q ,ncloses q mile ring
with var3cue ellble-ns of science end
e6uonTon inside - Just opposite TIRE
GrandOeAzst Sc g stone temple, put upl
~ ne president n :he interest % edu-
snkaOa. 20 the goSGeSs Minerva, and o-
sne SIDE of ms = the biggest relief
0aD Of the world
This relief map covers several acres.
an6 by climbing the platform at che
Ode OF 81 We can see Guatemala in
0in;ature. The map :. made o. cement.
pjasrer and Other materials which the
weasher has turned 20 stone. u - con
e~c&ea with :ae water works. and a.
rank and real mountain wat~- begins
% How throaEh tire miniature rivers
and I'll IN. lakes OF ore SIDE ~. can
Gee the waves q the Caribbean Sea
row q xrea. sNp zrpe % Silver. ard On
ske o.ner the waters % a Este Pacific
ocean dssh uppn - Ssorcs. All 81
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ond ss->r,e Of ste.i v.-d :hctr way over
she cvun.ry. rep-cSentin- tne railroads.
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aoorunchfng completion. ard which. az
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n ,ron TRACK from here 20 View York
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