Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20

~RAvELERS from this country
cross continents and seas to
find nothing moro curious Of
picturesque than may be found
on the west coasts Of Central
America and Mexico, comparatively
elose 1t hand. To be sure, Accommo.
cations for tourists are few. There II
nothing Injurious about the hotels at
II, bat the traveller sees . land Of
Qnaint customs and Interesting people
md sees it Just a. It y. writes @. R.
King In Crit.
Within the next few years there win
osrtalnlv be q wonderful change In
oonditions along this coast With the
epening Of tho canal win come new
steamship lines, lower freight 1stes
md increased travel Probably tho
s1tles along the coast Win lose some
Of their picturesque characteristics.
Travellers sailing through the canal
b TIE days to como win Sc but little
m the real Panama. Tho trip across
he isthmus by train allows opportu-
ufty tor seeing the sights at each end.
II u . surprise to most passengers
Who sai1 from Panama for California
ports 10 ind that tho boat does not
start west but south. It y commonly
supposed that the isthmus has west
Rn and an eastern coast A. . mat
ter OF fact, It has Z northern and q
southern coast why. SEQ that sun.
cried one Of the passengers On my
boat. IT b coming mp on the wrong
DIDO" It was difficult to realise that
~ were sailing due south to round
. huge boot top.
l had taken q slow boat instead OF
N express steamer. because l wanted
b stop Ut the various ports along the
coast. The republics. big and little.
strung along IN this ordsr-PananA
COSTA Rica. Nicaragua. Honduras. Sal
vaAor, Guatemala, Mexico. Honduras
hes only . few miles on ths Fas10e
shora, and Salvador no Atlantic ooast
hns at an. Most Of the republics hsvs
been torn BY revolutions, beggared BY
craft and kept back b. hack Il eduea-
ton to an extent which can scarcely
Be realized in this country, near neigh
boes OF ours though they ara. There
= . tribe Of Indians In Panama which
has never been conquered and which
b quite Independent Of the govern
nent, boasting that no woman IN the
nfbe has ever borne . child to . white
man. and obeyins laws q thslr own
making.
imsssnes Tracts u Fsre1Ds Laad.
Much Of Honduras 10 Q WfDdorDoaA
b Nicaragua and Guatemala - I'm
mense tracts Of land Of the most ~
the character and In the finest eli.
maAes simply waiting the devsoopmsa1
witch shall come with peace and pros
psrfty. Slavery - IN actual II not IN
admitted fact In many Of these rspub-
ncs. The lAw says that . peon shall
remain In the service Of his master %
lomg - he b in his debt, which y
IN the time. Further, The INV says
that the debt 10 inherited hy the mane
descendants and kinsmen. Peonaee n
psaIly slavery.
The fault Of the system hes, how
sver, In the fact that q few man own
N he hand and that the pson sses
nothing ahead but = continual round
Of labor. When. ~ In Mexico. n he
lhnd b In the hands Of 5000 indsvAd
aals, wh1le tho total population h IL.
900. ooo. there n little future Tor Q poor
man.
Costa Rica II tho one country N
Central America which seems 10 hsv,
solved the hand problem. Ths,~ tia
government b the supreme l.ndlo-d
md the land IL parceled out IN sm.rl
bpts 10 families who win actually vwx
4. ~ . result Costa RIGA IL ma. mn
q small farmers and ID pruepsrupr
md happy. the serenity Of m sar,ar,
beang disturbed only by an occaskon.l
revolution engineered BY m amhot1pus
politician.
Conditions In Nicaragua, next door
- COSTA Rica. are about - 6iner.nt
. can ven b imagined. NIc>r.rn.
y hnd of revolutions, bloodshad M
bad 0s6ts- Yet its natural resouroee
are bsvoud estfmses. Its climate !.
6ea1ghtful II has . coast rine On -
eesans and good steamship cunnee.
t3onA Some Day It may prove sa n
Dorado. Already the need Of psoxrssu
= nit and The government has sixned
. contract With an American CON.
pany 1ne moro than haH Q udlfiuu doa.