+--------------------+------------------------------+ | | 1884. | +--------------------+----------+-----+-------------+ | | Cwt. |Price| Value | +--------------------+----------+-----+-------------+ |Indigo | 62.67|$1.25| $7,833.75| |Sugar and muscovado | 37,956.95| .04| 151,827.80| |Bananas (bunches) | 54,633.00| .55| 30,048.15| |Ores | 26.60| .20| 532.00| |Cacao | 14.92| .40| 596.80| |Coffee |371,306.44| .12| 4,455,677.28| |Cochineal | 8.12| .50| 406.00| |Ox-hides | 7,888.79| .20| 157,775.80| |Deer-skins | 248.12| .40| 9,924.80| |White wax | | | | |India-rubber | 1,485.80| .35| 52,003.00| |Timber (feet) |352,006.00| .04| 14,082.64| |Heifers | | | | |Cows | | | | |Woollen cloth | 61.69| 1.50| 9,253.60| |Sarsaparilla | 632.30| .10| 6,323.00| |Suelos | 63.31| .40| 2,532.40| |Various articles | | | 6,272.21| |Current money | | | 32,852.00| +--------------------+----------+-----+-------------+ | Totals |826,666.26| |$4,937,941.13| +--------------------+----------+-----+-------------+ The business is divided between the three principal ports in the following proportion:— San José. Champerico. Livingston. cwt. cwt. cwt. Imports 308,596.27 62,789.62 51,698.59 Exports 170,615.90 224,739.49 31,134.12 I have elsewhere written of the products that Guatemala might export, and I willingly turn from the commercial features of the country to those that affect the comfort and happiness of the inhabitants. A sufficient government is the first necessity. To sustain this the people must be educated; and to develop it the country must possess natural riches and the opportunity of marketing them. But all these elements work, not in a line, but in a circle, as it were. Without revenue, government cannot provide for free education; without education, a people will not establish a wise form of government; without a wise government, the resources of the country cannot be developed to yield a proper income. All these things are interdependent. The government must foster education and protect property; it must encourage those occupations which increase the material wealth of the people. Increased wealth means larger revenue, and permits greater expenditures for public works; so government and people grow together.