Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-08-11 | Page 1 | Reciprocity with the Guatemala

Reciprocity with Guatemala WASHINGTON August nThe government of Guatemala is disposed to arrange and it has already taken some steps toward it a treaty of reciprocity drawn so as to produce I the greatest possible benefit to the greater possible number of the inhabitants of both countries according to the terms proposed at memoranda but reserves the privilege of I hereafter stating in detail the articles to be included on both sides provided that I I among those articles produced by Guatemala to be received free into the United States sugar shall be included Guatemala favors a common silver coin of the value of the gold dollar and that nation would gladly join an international congress The foreign ministers letter concludes by saying that a consolidation of the fivo Central American I States would prove a great commercial advantage I ad-vantage all around I I