The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28
WHERE TO GET RICH.
GREAT CHANCES ron LIVE MEN IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.


Sugar and other Products.
Los Angeles Letter in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
! Manley r. Sherman believes that there
are great possibilities of fortune In the
| Philippine islands.
II have been wondering" said Mr.. Sher-
man. how the United States will set
| about to develop the natural resources Of
the Philippines when the war is ended,
| and Gen. Merritt and his troops have set
! tied down to a steady occupation of the
! Islands. The American people, indeed but
| few Europeans, realize the unsurpassed
| resources Of the Philippines. To develop
| the wealth stored there and to teach the
natives how best to get the most out of
the rich fields, forests. and mineral lodges
all about them is problem that will de-
| mand a vast amount of wisdom.
THE natives of tAs Philippines are diff
| ferent from any race the United States
/ government has ever governed. A dozen
| Tribes that 1 know about-and there are
many more I don't know about-are more
intractable than Apaches or Sioux, and
| they occupy territory Astounding in very
be mined. If the United States is going
to establish a generous, stable govern
! ment on American lines in the Philippine
! possessions, foster the development of the
natural resources, and derive profit for
the home government from the islands, it
win call for the very highest administra-
tive talent.
/ people do not realize yet how large
the Philippine archipelago is. There are
| about 1900 islands in all. Luzon itself
is the size Of Illinois, and has a popula-
i ton of 100000 Mindanao has an area
! of 5000 square miles and a population of
| 1900 900. About 100000 more people are
| scattered among the other 1890 odd is
| lands, some of which are only half an
| acre in area and have only a few families
| Of savages living on them. The climatic
conditions in the Philippines will be some
| thing the United States soldiers have
| never before experienced. This tropical
| archipelago reaches within four degrees
| of the equator on the south, and is in
/ the same latitude as Venezuela. Some 200
of the islands, varying in area from fifty
to 600 square miles, have never been ex-
| plored, and contain the fiercest and most
| barbarous races on this globe. A dozen
| distinct and different tongues are spoken
| in the Philippines Spain has never tried
| to govern any of the group of islands out
and Negros Oh, Uncle Sam will have
an even more serious task in bringing all
the Philippines under the sway of his
up-to-date government than England had
in her early conquest and civilization of
| India
1.-The Chinese in the islands number
nearly half a million. The true Spanish,
outside of the soldiers and sailors who
| come and go every few years, never num-
| Der more than 5000; the British are about
| 500 strong, and the Americans about $50.
! The genuine natives, the aborigines, are
| of Malay origin, and have the face, color
! and manners of Malays. The race Is very
! conglomerate. The best natives are hand
some, brown, 1.-THE, and graceful, with
| hair as black as a razens wing, and small
| hands and feet. Then there are what
the Spanish call the Negritos. They
number 100000 of the Philippine popu-
| lation, and their origin is unknown. They
are as wild as Hottentots on some remote
! islands, and have been known to eat HUI
| man flesh. On Pumolo Island the Negri-
| tos have practced human sacrifice for
| years / was there once with several in
| digo buyers, and we saw the skulls of
| score of the natives former townsmen
! stuck up on the bamboo posts about
heather affairs as a Precipitation to some
| spirit. The Negritos have woolly heads
| and black skins. The brown-skinned or
Malay aborigines who live in the northern
| part of the archipelago are known as Ito
| cans, and there are fully fifteen tribes of
| them, each speaking different dialect
| The aborigines in the central islands of
| the Philippines are the Tagals. They are
| by far the most intelligent and Industrious
! people. Some of them are about as fine
| people as one wishes TO meta proud
| genrous, hospitable, honest people. The
! aborlgines In the southern part of the
! archipelago are Visaians. and they are far
removed from the Tagals In Intelligence
and worth. but are mild, very dirty and
/ lazy The natives on Luzon and about
the coast of Mindanao are almost wholly
| Tagals. Their servants and laborers are
| the Negritos.
Hemp is the greatest article of export
in the Philippines, and the official docu-
ments in Manila show that in the last
! decade about 40 per cent of all the hemp
grown on the islands has been sent to the
| United States. One firm in Boston paid
an average of cents pound in Manila
| Tor 1900 tons of hemp In the ten wears
previous 70 last January During the
same period the total quantity of hemp
/ exported from the Philippines amounted
! TO exactly 9l4, 100 tons. For dozen years
the importation of hemp into the United
States from the Philippines have averaged
&4OO,OO0 year There are immense pos
sibilities in hemp culture in the Philip
/ pines, now that the grip of Spain on every
/ legitimate industry has been shaken off
AS sure as the sun rises and sets there will
be millionaire fortunes made in hemp in
the Philippines in the next decade.
/ 'Then there are some great possibilities
/ also in the line of fortune making in the
sugar industry In the Philippines The
annual imports of raw sugar into the
United States from the Philippines during
/ the last few years have averaged 81 $50 COO.
| The total annual exports of raw sugar from
! the Philippines have averaged 1850. 900 for
/ some time. Sugar cane grown like magic
| in the well watered valleys of the five
chief islands of the group. The cane comes
| to maturity from seed in one year. The
plantations on Samar hold the worlds re-
cord for high production of rich cane TO
the acre. 1 have known Spanish planters
| on Samar and Luzon TO make a clear pro-
fit of $500 an acre in one year. The Ne
| gritos laborers get from . to 10 cents
day for cultivation. Nature does the rest.
| with American inventions and energy
a man can become a Millionaire in sugar
| growing in the Philippines.
Indigo plants grow in incredible luxu.
rance throughout the Philippines. The soil
| is so fertile that the least labor gives sur
| pr.sing results. Indigo plants yield double
the capital used. Many Of the richest fam