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GUATEMALA

THE COUNTRY OF THE FUTURE


[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT DON MANUEL ESTRADA
CABRERA.]




GUATEMALA

THE COUNTRY OF THE FUTURE


A MONOGRAPH


BY
CHARLES M. PEPPER


WASHINGTON, D. C.
1906




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER.                                        PAGE.
  I. A Brief Description                            9

 II. A Progressive President and his Policies      20

III. The Soil and its Riches                       30

 IV. Trade and Markets                             45

  V. Climate and Immigration                       56

 VI. International Relations                       64

VII. The Land of Travel and History                70


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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of His Excellency President Don
Manuel Estrada Cabrera                   Frontispiece

Monument to Columbus                      opposite 16

President and Members of Cabinet             "     24

Vista of Aguna Plantation                    "     32

Bridge over Motagua River                    "     40

Street in Escuintla                          "     60

Plaza of Jocotenango, Guatemala City         "     68

Landscape of Guastotoya River                "     72




PUBLIC OFFICIALS.


_President and Cabinet._

Senor DON MANUEL ESTRADA CABRERA,
_President of the Republic_.

Senor DON JUAN BARRIOS, M.
_Minister of Foreign Relations_.

Senor DON JUAN J. ARGUETA,
_Minister of Government and Justice_.

Senor DON JOSE FLAMENCO,
_Minister of Public Improvement_ (_Fomento_).

Senor GENERAL DON LUIS MOLINA,
_Minister of War_.

Senor DON GUILLERMO AGUIRRE,
_Minister of the Treasury_.

Senor DON J. ANTONIO MANDUJANO,
_Minister of Public Instruction_.




MINISTER AND CONSULS IN THE UNITED STATES.


Senor DON JORGE MUNOZ,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary,
Highlands, Washington, D. C._

JOAQUIN YELA,
_Consul General, 2 Stone St., New York City_.

D. KINGSLAND,
_Consul General, 1521 N. 11th St., St. Louis, Mo._

FELIPE GALICIA V.,
_Consul General, 421 Market St., San Francisco, Cal._

C. MORTON STEWART, Jr.,
_Consul General, Baltimore, Md._

JULIO NOVELLA,
_Consul General, P. O. Box 1374, New Orleans, La._

SHIRLEY CRAWFORD,
_Consul, Louisville, Ky._

GUSTAVO NIEDERLEIN,
_Consul, Philadelphia, Pa._

EDWIN R. HEATH,
_Consul, 218 Rialto Bldg., Kansas City, Kans._

BENJAMIN PRESTON CLARK,
_Consul, 92 Water St., Boston, Mass._

VICENTE J. VIDAL,
_Vice-Consul, Pensacola, Fla._

MANUEL MARIA SAMA,
_Consul, Mayaguez, P. R._

M. MERROW,
_Consul, Galveston, Texas_.

ANDRES J. BALLIET,
_Consul, Seattle, Wash._

ORMOND W. FOLLIN,
_Consul, San Diego, Cal._




UNITED STATES MINISTER AND CONSULS IN GUATEMALA.


LESLIE COMBS,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary,
Guatemala City_.

ALFRED A. WINSLOW,
_Consul General, Guatemala City_.

WILLIAM OWEN,
_V. & D. Consul General, Guatemala City_.

CARL G. HEITMAN,
_Consular Agent, Champerico_.

EDWARD REED,
_Consular Agent, Livingston_.

SAMUEL WOLFORD,
_Consular Agent, Ocos._

FRANK SIMS SWAN,
_Consular Agent, San Jose de Guatemala_.




CHAPTER I.

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.


The Republic of Guatemala, which name is derived from the Indian word
"Quanhitemallan," signifying "land covered with trees," has been
described as the privileged zone of Central America. This is because of
its resources, its climate, and its accessibility.

The country is easily reached