The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-06

DO not quite come up to the hish STANDARD Of
their Spanish confratree. They osnnot ~ i've
native cnrsl, moreover sufer under the pro.
verbal disadvsntsEe which eIeets the prophet
OF mind and tenSolty Of VOW Of the spapish
priests. somstimes seek .consolation IL, diver
sions Of not quite. = clerical or monasto chAr-
tho whole. tho Philippine natives ind
f few The The sum Of sS viii provIdS' a nsiiyO:hoYss.
hold with a dwelling OF It's own and ample fur
IsSYg %Sr.t 1RSf for = ts sSn niish Sts.at tsnis I'm ? By Sol waters lsT;
teeming with hsh, they know nauEht OF hungor
and have much time lsit for s~musenonts.
smallest occpsion. music, for which they have q
natural talent, SO that there Is scarcely q com;
Eapibling. CockhghtinE Is the rational sport,
and no mean source Of revenue to the authori;;
which, q as dear TO him IS her lapdog to : Euro;
Pean lady. lie carries It about with him, and
S 6Ssna his T SSttG e. d nssiES On /. i .S l= RsE1STRItsfnS.s r IN ts2
than q steady worker, and his DELIGHT 10 feastS
End h holy !, d riyS i, and d. s5 ovS SG %iSa With TSi $40 H n Sis
purse, mako him as q laborer, docile as he IL.
aud willing to please, q source Of frequent an
cious motal was praoticed in the islands long
Il may DO that the ,%Siluyisi. deposits. sccs%S;
slble to the Chinese and Malay traders who had
I WsTc PHG%n W to R snS 5sISnsi ha Won Sse G;to' q great
extent worked oyer and over again.
The most serious impediment.to mining IN
the Philippines 10 tho utter absenoe OF practi-
cable roads. The natives with their primitiye
ways OF working do not feel the want Of roadg.
thslTy . afapEo i G1PISn;saty Trough tS%CtT %t til" trsetiosS
primeyal forests, cutting their way patiently
ff Sbgqlnth sn 81 iux tn9lSII' s ri siSaSs Which S9f fSw %SSnid
make a botanist's heart swell. Ia many parts
tSsiF only q re a%s aaS 3s' Is p9 9SG srqski N U coan:
try. car drawn by q pair Of ps si1lid 5Sn' M1Hsr,,
| GVndicnt IN Ngora nriVan In nlnnv odd HhiftB when
syndicsto's CHIEF estS6iishment. In the hr't
ESreIy three and a half miles long, half a dozen
bridges had to DO built, roughly. yet strong
when the road was ready, native carriers asked
absurd sums for the conveyance OF q couple OF
f fSn e.: c % SlT : .lnp SS . SSH 81 a tS4s sfi Ss BFItisi
,,PP. \. ~ y, did tho .S lob r for = small fraction of
district has been inyestiSatedgby the Philip.
pines Mineral Syndicate. Also smother dis
a|iluviai gold 6eid at the foot Of the mopntSins.
usual.fashion. Kidding in places the ground Ike
q sieve. with their pits. 1t is well known that
s sas nst1 Hrc d IN snS %SGn IL st;a Tsif IN &c Soi q sE Snd
from the general evidence II seems probable
that tho aiiriterous formation, from which th9
alluvial deposits were stocked by the process OF
erosion, continues throughout the backbone Of
the island. But for practical PURPOSES mining
CHIoIPTlho "a ACCp hoaI IuO IOuob ~ IN0Ab
70 come. until. in the progress of events, moro
distant mines can be reached with convenience.
so little is known Of Philippine goldi' The
answer is simple. There Is no official control
fsoI t a G9udi%R IS1ric ST t and ON Rli H. 4 rhS WITH Rin ssro n conn IN
munication between Thorn. And the universal
man of business is the omnipresent Chinaman.
now etorekeeper with a fixed abode, now por-
ambulating ~peddler, who penetrates the most
distant settlements, huys the gold with his
Hong Kong or Annoy. or elsewhere; 1t is not
his business to swaEger over the volume OF bis
IEl%SS' a re- aware iSSI: t Tat t1 ths r 70 dn export tf IS con SRc
cradle and very much exceeds tho official SOM
Putation., whatever that may be;
workings in cebu. Mindoro, which i but lit.
small island / north hort &C Of MindanaSo oh has at least
one Eell-deined vein OF euriferou1 quartz, while
trade in aliqvial Eold. From specimens brought
from that island, the occurrence of rich quartz
SMf i5soS SSnn9 3S0 be a t mater stst Sf,6 mGTs sSn I.iSnd Of
the group. 10 the least known and least settled
OF al. MANY AK, points oi@ sv eSNPeGiSlly on the sn south 18th
jnhs, who, while acknowledging the suzerain!y
Of Spain, have not the power nor the inclination
to Keep their uegeS from their traditional pira-
Giles. It is from some Of these Malay strong
holds that the prahus OF tho Orang Laut imam
OF the T ffdI ' iniSa fGfsh trad Plq has b.en S StS5Sssi
on the coasts of Sumatra and Borneo. and IT will
soon be stopped In Mindanao. where the Span
aoh htdShS - 49,
Copper Is found in many parts of tho Phil
has been, found in the Philippine Islands Is not
true coal, but Ignite, probably Of the tertiary
S SfsifGa; asS O. By y T tSe sgo T fro% tT Tae e sSSf'iT' Se re
70 no reason Why true coal should not eventual
pan, whose geological formation has much in
Common with that Of tho Philippines. There
has been no sygtsmetie search made in these
found it has betrayed It's presence by out
crops. Thus, in the island OF Mssbate. a local
OF coal Which is so tilted as to have the appear
ance of q VEIN, He supplied himself as long as
0 0row bsSsv' M ifoG Hilton co who e sam shS iG this T bed
curaorily,. estimated the available quantity Of
coal at about 500 900 tons in that particular
very, much larger quantities are available in
adjoining concessions. .
shells has been made within the limits of tho
Archipelago. bpt from indications it would DO
that branch of industry. Beautiful pearls are
found in the noighboring Sulu Archipelago, and
pearls OF very fine quality but Of unknown orr
they meet with eager purchasers.
Few outside tho comparatively narrow circle
who are directly interested In tho and
thing Of them. The P%kiiipPine merchants are
decade or so has expanded It's diameter a little.
There are q number of very old established firms
-: Among them also are ~nrms-perhap
as far as wealth and loal influence 60. the
most important ~nrms-whose chiefs are partly,
at least, of native blood.
I'm the cid days money was made moro easily
than nowadays. 1t used somehow to flow into
the merchant's Golfers without any particular
effort In directing the flow on his part, But
those times are no longer. Cables, weekly
mails and the influx Of younger men with
modern ideas have disturbed the sOmnolent
compiacency Of the old times. And the fall in
the value OF the dollar has added its own par
ticular bitterness to the trouble caused by the
inrOed Of competitors and by the equalization
OF chances by the tale.telling cable. Never
tholess, tho Held is still a good one, and with
the era OF progress which seems To have set in
In the Philippines, there will be room Tor many
more.
I'm 1891 the Philippines' exports TO Spain
amounted to $50, 479, 900. In 1891 the Philip,
pines imp9rts from Spain amounted to ,$l7,'
10000. The total exports from the Philip.
pines in 1892 consisted OF 95.OI6 tons Of hemp,
800, l4s,40O pounds of sugar, 2,D7l 900 pounds
Of coffee, s.G0l, go pounds OF sa%npanwood
779,soO pounds OF Indigo. 56,09l 1877 pounds OF
tobacco leaf. 1877, 05g, 900 cigars. The total OK,
ports in 1892 were of the value of $780, 79, 900
Total value OF imports in 1892 were OF the value
OF $27 0OO, 900.
Mania hemp is tho fibre of a species OF
HANNA 1 HugU ISFIiIigl VhicI, fhpfyAa nnlw ir