New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-25
RICHES OF THE PHILIPPINES
LONGTIME RESIDENT on THE hE-
SOURCES OF AMERICAS NEW
POSSESSIONS.
From the PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.

SOURCES OF AMEhiCA .>H"
POSSESSIONS.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
when the throttling grasp Of mediayal SPAN pam
shall have been shaken from the throat OF the iic
and fertile ri r Rhppnes an ana S
tives OF this country viii De given an ,pto COM
Norma in isis and the Kondike Of 1891" ~ Colonel
Edwin Marshall Stuart formerly officer on the
staff of his distinguished cousin Genera, 5 :; r.;
and for many Years a resident OF the Philippine
Islands who is visiting the family Of Ch nid D.
Il viii venture the statement that the Philippines
the richest ISL nds on the face OF .he TO
Deweys feet and enlightened policy az W ASH
s b ey OF s sFG Monte cso viii be made
In the sugar. coffee, indigo and hemp traoe 'he'e
The opportunities Tor making money in trade are
simply Indefinite Energetic young men OF P' SoI
lars will be able to accumulate enough TO b keep
them in opulence the rest Of heir oay h cbances
for en;eiprising and hard-working young Ameri-
cans s,oros, fortunes will ho made in the sugar
industry. Sugar-cane grows almost wid III tne
five chief islands in the group. The decompose s
north to south through the larger Islands, SIDE by
side with the active earthquake making volcano n
has the requisite qualities for making sugar-cahe'
tatons Of the Island OF samar hold the worlds
record for the production OF rich to the acre
II have known Spanish planters the islands
OF Samar and Luzon to make clear profit OF 500
per year from every The aborers are paid
trivial sum- The colored people get on an a N
thirty cents week for cutiVatng the cane: Nature
does the rest. With Yankee invention and energy
many man will become millionaire from sugar gar
Of sugar owing TO competition. VIII be much re-
duced
OLD AGRICULTURAL METHODS.
THE agricultural methods In the Islands arc
about three hundred years on; Of date: OX-carts
are used for transportation and oxen for plough
prod with an iron point for plough Think OF i,
and think Of what americans vii do there in d the
BE Tee and IN are s
have not told you about the islands their
number and size In al there are as many Islands
Which o. 5hS Indsna ARE has pu4siOn o d.
the eighteen hundred islands have population of
100000 Some islands are only half an acre IN
! extent. and have only few families OF saVases
THE climatic conditions of The PHILIPPINES skill viii
p psiSeSn reaches within four degrees Of equator
and is in the same latitude as venezuela A to
aSty TO six hundred square miles have never been
explored. and many are Inhabited by natives IA, Lar
"Thirteen distinct and separate tongues are spo,
govern any OF the islands outside Of Mindsnao
Luzon suu samar and NegrSSs h n ,b was ASK tor b
fore our American people. but think OF the dazzlng
| possibilities, 1t will be another case OF England IN
MIN "In the islands are 10000 Chinese 1900 spaniards
are of Mnlay origin. ana have the face color and
| manner Of the Malays. They are handsome nrown
Wing and with flashing black eyes In all there
are about three mion OF 'hs sd and eat human
| flesh. On Pumolu Island the natives nave prn os
there once with several indigo buyers. and We saw
the skulls OF score Of the natives stuck on pam
"Bnt enough Of these narrowing details. | was
| telling you about the future chances for money.
article Of exnort in tho Philippines. and about ~
per cert of all grown s sent 70 this country One
a'T pound in Manila for eighty thousand tons OF
hemp in the ten years previous 70 1, as 81
from PHILIPPINES to this country has neen MOT Mo-,
year There are Inn m snan,b viii soon
be driven out.
WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE:
What the Americans have done In the fertile IN,
! be duplicated in the Philippines In the next Indiso
plants grow in incredible uxutance in me rn nhpr
pines The soil is fertile that the leas- ap9I
gives surprising results. Indigo plants yled doup n
he capital used Think of ha who Mn Hc in 81 Paris hs
and Madrid about one-third Of the time ana Keep
up royal pads tner famy
! owns an indigo plantation OF some twenty-hvee
fully $4,000 year. The least enterprising Ameri-
| can can see chances for limitless improvements
"cocoanut trees are sources Of immense revenue.
! The nuts are demanded in the markets OF tne ne
world as much oranges and lemons. FRONTS OF
! s,o an acre from cocoanut farms usual. Every
! part OF the tree is used-the juices make Oh ana
wine the fibre of the leaves are woven mo cioth;
! and the husks of the nuts shipped 10 England
! by the boatload TO be manufactured INTO coor-
mats To the native the cocoanut tree Is the stan
| of life 1t will furnish food. raiment, drink. OIL
vessels vinegar. brushes fsh-nes. rope fuel and
water. 80, 8, ,.
TT would take a whole page To tell all about
these wonderful islands Uncle Sam has won. Think
| Of the chances for making money In the tobacco
rice vanilla pepper. cassia, orange, lemon lime
! ebony mahogany and countless other trades
| and pucky young Philadelphians Is to 80 10 the
| Philippines after tho war and get rich