The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-28
BUSINESS CHANCES
OPEN AT MANILA
MAI. sTERNBERG SAYS TT Will
GIVE YOUNG AMERICA A CHANCE
Hotels, Bakeries, Ice Plants, Refrig-
orators, Breyveries and Electric
Cars Only a Few of the Ameri-
canisms Needed.

Some practical suggestions touching
the opportunities for American enter
prise in Manila and the Philippines are
contained in letter from Maj Stern
perg, paymaster In the United States
army stationed at that place, which
is published In the Tacoma Ledger, of
recent date.
Maj. Sternberg writes;
IF the United States re aims Manila and
the isiand OF Luzon, and 1 think 1t should,
there viii be business openings. The town
is densely populated, but, outside of our
army. there are but 1000 Europeans. ex-
cept the Spaniards. AS Manila was, there
would be NO special openings. The business
was supplied. But under our government
there Will be a new berth, and in the new
Manila everything is to be supplied which
goes to make an American city.
Il will name the things which are called
for now by our army: First, hotels, on the
American plan, are needed, and would pay.
There is crying demand for an American
bakery which could bake good bread An
Ice plant of large capacity is needed. The
plant here is small and the supply is very
scant. cold storage which could hold
meats from the states or Australia for retail
There Is no meat here except that of the
is crying demand. An American bar room
would be bonanza brewery would fill
want.
AN American suburb would be a great
speculation Americans, to bring their fam
lies and make homes, must have an Amer
lean suburb laid new on American lines and
those who get the best site and are the first
on the ground should make fortunes
know nothing OF prices or locations but
can see the need of it. l rather think all
| sales of land are suspended at present
Electric cars are needed. There Is the
smallest line here, cars hauled by these little
China ponies. Labor is nominal and the
la69rer finds his own own clothes and provisions.
other day and got 5000 Mexican
The man who comes here and introduces
to the American publiccthe Manila cigar and
cigarette could build up an immense trade.
This tobacco is mildsr than Havana, but one
soon comes to prefer It. Take cigars which
for p cents; such grades could be Knocked
out by Manila cigars. They are vastly bet
ter. am now smoking a cigar which cost 81
Mexican, per hundred, which is better than
any l5-cent cigar in the states. 1 am giving
retail prices
Understand. If this city IS to be Amer.
icanized, II must be made all over, and every
! thing will be needed which builds up sn
| American city. but American laborers will
never be able to compete with the native
and ii is no place for them.
The soil is wonderfully productive Things
] grow all the year. Irrigation Is not neces-
sary. l am inclined to think that In q DRAIN
! ed American suburb on new ground it would
| be healthy anywhere
Il was not much taken with Honolulu as
business opening. This viii be vastly bet
| ter. There should be great fortunes made in
] growing the staples sugar tobacco rice and
hemp. The Spanish have never soften into
the Interior. The greater part OF this island
is yet new. Game abounds
"A daily newspaper plant with the fran
chise OF the American Associated Press, IA
the first great demand for new Manila, and
would be immensely profitable even now"