Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08

which is larger than indiana. has a
/! population u ",000,000 souls. In Min
DOR are 1000, 300. All tod, the 1900
islands have a population Of 100000
| Some islands are only half an acre in
extent and have only few families
ct savages living on them.
THE climatic conditions VI the
Philippines Will astonish the tr1ops
This tropical archipelago reaches with
in four degrees of the equator, and is
| in the same latitude as Venezuela
| About 200 of the islands, varying in
size from so to coo square miles, have
| never BEEN explored, and ma y ar In
| habited by natives far more barbar-
Gus and inractable than our sioux
| In iians. Thirteen distinct and sepa-
rate tongues are spoken in the Philip
pines. Spain has never tried 10 gov
ern any f the islands outsids Of Min
| doro, Luzon, Zebu Samar and Negros
| This was for go reason 81 co Id
ret Think Ct the task before our
cling p ssibilites. 1t will be another
case OF Eng and in India. In the is
| land are 500 900 Chinese, 5000 Span
| iards. 500 Bri ISL and about 100 Amer
| leans.
The natives are of Malay CT gin,
and have the face. color and maroer
Of the Malays. They are handsome,
brown, 1.-the and grac full. with hair
as black as ravens wings. and with
! flashing black eyes. la all there are
! about 5000 900 OF hem, In SOM Of
( the Islands they are abs )lutely wild
and at human flesh. On the Fomolu
| islands the natives have pract:ced hu
| man sacrifice for 200 years. was
there once With several indigo buyers
and we saw the skulls of score of
thu natives stuck On bamboo posts as
a Precipitation to some spirit
! But enough 4 the e narrowing de-
tails. was telling you abou the fu-
ture chances for money making. Aside
from sugar. hemp is the gr attest ar l.
cl Of expor- in the Philippines, and
about 40 p cent Of all grown Is Sc t
10 this country. One firm in Boston
in Manila for $4,000 tons of hemp In
the ten years previous to las January
For the past twelve years the export
of hemp from the Philippines to this
untry has b en- worth S2,400,000 a
year. There are immense possibili-
ties FIR hemp culture, now that the
Spaniards will be driven out.
"What the Americans have done in
the fertile valleys of Hawaii during
the last generaT will b. duplicated
in the Phil ppm in the next In ligo
plants grow in incredible 1uXuriance
in the Philippines The soil is so fe'-
til that least labcr gives surprising
results. Indigo plants yield double
he capita used Think OF that.
Many of the rich est families in Manila
people who live in Faris and Madrid
ABOUT one-third OF the time and keep
up royal establishments-have made
their princely fortunes in the ind,g
trade. The Alyarado family owns an
indigo plantati n of sone 25,00) acre 5,
and derives from il a revenue Of fully
$4,000 a year The least eltcrprising
American can see chances for limit
less impr vements there and could
double the profits,
"Cocoanul trees are urces OF inn
mease revenue. The nuts are de-
manded in the mark is Of the worl as
much as oranges or lemons. Profits
of $3.50 an acre from cocoanut farms
ar usual, Every part o. the tree is
used. The juices make oi and vine
the fiber of he leaves is wo'en int
cloth aad the husks OF the nut are
shipped to England by the atloa tc
be manufactured int doormats t.
the native the c-coauut tree is the
aft Of life Il will furnish food,
aiment, drink, oil, vessels, vinegar
brushes, FISH lines, ropes, fuei and
water.
1T would take a whole page OF the
Globe Demo rat e. tell its readers all
about thes wonderful islands Uncle
Sam has won My earn advice to
all enterprising. earnest and plucky
| young St. L1uislals is To go to the
Philippines after he war and get