Chapter I: Front Matter

GUATEMALA

THE COUNTRY OF THE FUTURE

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

* * * * *

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_.