St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-07

small coasters. The Malays love to
travel, and even under Spanish rule
make a good business for the capitalists
and the friars who conduct the river
and coasting trade.
Scientific farming offers much to
men who love the soil. The ordinary
steel plow is unknown to nine-tenths OF
the Philippines. So are the mower,
harvester, cultivator, horse rake and
even the scythe. The only good farm
ing is done by few Chinese and half
castles, but even here it is on a ANAL
scale
The iron industry will be remunera-
live. In land Of typhoons and earth
quakes iron and steel house construc'
ton will in the course Of time supersede
all others. The Malays take kindly to
the forge and foundry, and where these
exist prove able and faithful workmen.
In textiles there ought to be a good
trade with Uncle Sam. Whct there is
today is largely Spanish through heavy
discriminating duties. Of the foreign
goods imported the largest part is made
from American cotton and comes from
England. Next come the German goods,
which are also made Of American cot
tons, then come japanese goods, and
last the goods Of the United States.
With free, open market and our own
business men ON hand we certainly
would soon have controlling voice in
the trade.
Excellent Investments it is believed
by the sanguine, will be sugar refneries
ropewalks, fruit cannerles, jelly and
preserve factories, ice plants, rug, car
pet and mating works, craving docks,
boiler shops, steam marble works and
steam or electric sawmills. Millions OF
pounds of raw sugar are exported an
nually to Hongkong, Shanghai, Tien-
tsin, Nagasaki, Kobe, Osaka and Yoke.
hama and there refined, when the lat
ter work could be done near the planta-
lions. At Hongkong there are the Luzon
Sugar Refining company and the China
Sugar Refining company, two million
aire institutions. They pay handsome
dividends and numerous large salaries,
! vet all of this comes out of the Philip
pine sugar which they use. With just
government the retineries would be in
the Philippines, where they would pay
higher profit.
The same state of affairs marks the
hemp and cordage industry. The Span
iards themselves, much more so the
foreigners, do not dare to go into cord
age making on large scale for fear OF
the officials. The hemp goes to Hong
kong, Australia Europe and America
and is there made into rope Irvine ano
incidentally paper. The packing, com
pressing, freight, insurance and double
handling are SO expensive that they
make possible wide margin Of prof
to manufacturer doing business on thu
islands.
In canning nothing has been done
yet there is as good an opportunit.
there as at home. Game and venisol
are plentiful and sell for one-fifth O
what they do here. Fish, prawns, tur
ties and edible lizards may be purchased
as low as cent pound. Tropica
fruits abound and are almost givel
away. Above all is the king Of fruits
the Manila mango, which if tinne
would find ready market in every par
of the world The Chinese and Japanes
have learned to can foods in the last dec
AIDE, and are now reaping a rich profit.
} Money may be made in cheap an
serviceable kerosene lamps Ansoni
clocks, Waterbury watches, electric al
nunciators, hand sewing machines
, cheap fowling pieces, low priced spei
, tacles and eyeglasses, barbed wire, tn
distillation of essential oils and in a
preparations which will kill vermir
| rats and mice.
Business men should bear in mint
! however, that our fashions and TASTE
| are not those of the islanders. Oul
\ may be better and generally are bette
S but that does not alter the case. The