The evening times., 1898-10-15
WANTS OF FILIFINoS.
Consul FrankenthaI Furnishes Prof
liable Information for Merchants.

ifRble Information for Merchants.
The Department of State has received
from United States Consul Adolph L.
Frankenthal. of Berne. an interesting and
valuable report concerning the Philip
pines. The consul says:
From an interview with a merchant
porters of the United States certain
points which may be Of value TO business
men who intend TO enter the field there.
THE Philippines contain over 200 0}6
Inhabitants. The Chinese who are I'm the
majority among the aliens, control the re-
tail trade, while next 10 them come the
Spanish dealers Ii is estimated that
there are about 800 other EUROPEANS in
business in the whole group. the ric est
dealers are the creoles and mestizus, a
combination of Chinese and Tagalese.
In Manila there are many large cigar
cite factories, some of which employ as
many as 40GO hands. A few German,
Swiss and English firms have ent red
that held. There is also a sugar refinery,
Il steam rice mill a Spanish trical
plant, a Spanish telephone eNChanGh; a
Spanish tramway, worked partly by
steam and partly by horse power; rope
factories worked mainly by hand "a few
use oxen; a Spanish brewery, which fur
nishes a good beer; German cement fac
tory with 70 hands; Swiss umbrella fac
tory; and a Swiss hat factory, which
makes felt and straw articles, the after
out Of Chinese straw braid. A cotton mill
with 5000 spindles and with capital En-
glish) of 10000 G19i6oo) is in process Of
erection The European firms in Manila
are divided as follows: forty-tiye Span
ish l9 German. IL English, Eng ish and
Swiss brokers, 2 French storekeepers
with large establishments, i Dutch, and
l Belgian. Small retail stores (40 in num-
berl are kept 10y Chinese firms. The Ger
man and Swiss firms are general import
ers. while the export of hemp ana Sugar,
the import of domestic dry goods ana the
ship chandlery trade are in the hands OF
the English.
Credit from ] to 3 months and per
cent is given, while spot cash sales COM
mand a discount of per cent Caution
is advised in dealing with the Chinese
merchants as Manila has no mercantile
register like Hongkong.
Cotton yarns are a heavy import aru-
Gle. so far mainly from Barcelona, by
reason of the minimum Spanish tar1n
The Spanish manufacturers have done
what England, Germany, and switzerland
nave always refused 10 10, anu AAAsAA - ~
renumber the yarns In Manila, No. 10 Is
sold numbered "A, No. 16 numbered 80 No.
IS numbered 81, No. p numbered ~, NO.
n numbered so and No 36 or 20 numbered
60 The orders given are for four-hfths
unbleached and one-fifth bleached- Dyed
warn is bought i'm Nos. 20 and 81 in col
Ors of orange, green, and rose. Turkey
red warm in the correct Nos. 20 TO 40, es-
pecially 81. used 10 come from Elbertield;
afv1 HlC rf1Qf N. pp n
supply it, Bleached and unbleached
shirtings and drills from Manchester, are
sold in large quantities, but of late the
pieces have decreased in yards as well as
in widths. The staples now are white
shirtings 26 inches wide and 36 yards
long: gray CLOTH 25 inches wide and
2l l-2 yards long; gray long cloth, %
inches wide and 30 yards long, and gray
drills 25 inches wide and q yards long.
Colored prints, "a inches wide, with red
ground and fancy crimps, are good SELL
ers. Ginghams and chellass, for bed COW
erings ETC. common quality, in large
patterns with red ground. some with yell
low or blue squares, some with indigo
ground, and few in green, In pieces of
"a yards, find a good market, while cot
ton cassinette, in light weight and double
width, for trousers, is in demand. Hand
kerchiefs. II by is inches and % by p
inches, white, or white with colored bor-
ders. are the correct thing. Black cotton
zanellas, Is l-2 inches wide, for the dress
es Of the country women, and aniline
black satins, in 45-inch goods are consid-
cred stylish. Woven cotton underwear is
a great staple, and white cotton bed
quilts, in fancy patterns, are used as
ponchos, after hole has been cut in the
center. 1T is estimated by my informant
that 500 600 dozen undershirts are used
annually-two-third with arms half
length, sizes "a to 40, q inches long,
bleached white, striped, printed, and net
work. Mems cotton socks, TO II, and la
dies cotton hose, to gI-2. are the right
sizes. Cheap cotton lace pinta fichus are
worn by all the women.
''Other articles which have a good sale
are low-priced sewing machines, car
riages and parts, enameled ware for
cooking utensils. and, last but not least,
American Clocks which now have good
foothold, and for which there is an in
creasing demand"