The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21
POSSIBLE TRADE WITH
THE PHILIPPINES.
Under American Control They Wouid
Develop and Pour Forth Wealth
to HuYef Sound.

develop and Pour Forth Wealth
to Puget sound.
Aonir2l Dewey's sweeping victory a.
Maaila and subsequent Developments al
Washington cry. al po.at 10 the hesset
thar ssIe Caite5 Sia,es viii acqaire the
s'asdSSss.re Islands along with Porto RICO.
People IN Washington are 1so~e interested
n tie acquisition 81 the Philippines. be-
cause they kss ~ t~- pecisc arr rssfs al
Jaceat 70 the state and offer. p,ossollisiss
o. IatsTe trade. for which Washington. IS
Teaching gu; and IN many Instances az
CURING. The Philippines sr-E-sc-t consider
able -four ard oil ana with re migration
10 the islands IF tac1s3n4s os Americans
eaeSe imports wo1l9 Increase aud r.sany
other Commodities wevld he added wtfe II
are now unknown 20 the natives of these
Islands With the ala OF American inges-
usfy AID rusA, their hest resources would
Re increased 4 Hundred fold aad the rcve-
hue now enjoyed by Spain would pour into
oar Golfers and recso 1f;seFs4 the country An
a measure for. the expense Of the war. Il
ManieS 4. Sherman, Of LIS Anee!es
Cal, who for four years mas been in he
employ Of a trading company in the Psi
sI''insS @-receEt,y- returned; and ann &g
other things. had~ the following 20 say ~
sae resources Of these pearls cf the paei,sc !:
i e Effects. OF spanish hight
II tae United States should take tie
Philippine Islands as = possession taly
would have most valuable piece Of praS-
erty. The possibilities of the PhAiipp.uSs
As wealth producers can hardly b. ov Il
estimated The exports ia 1885, amounted
10 about sSaoso.ono. ana that in the face OF
the ~oi.gas.ng oppression OF the spanish 81
every enterprise except tobacco and SugH
United States Consul Williams at MansRl
and have discussed many times Tie aga
ftlifIlr4f
der American push and with Yankee laSed-
tion- / believe the exports from the ISLANDS
might be increased 70 SJ0...-.t.e afsruafk
In few years. and 10 much higher figures
In a-deca9e. For instance, thu coffee t.r,-
duciioa has for some occult reason Of the
government at Madrid been kept down by
system Of extra licenses that one must
obtain to plant cohee beans and BY heavy
import duties on the machinery necessary
III preparing the produc: for market. |
have been among the famous coffee iincas
or Central America, and make the asssr-
ton that there are nowhere in Central
America land and water facilities that APP
proach those OF the Island Of Negroes FOR
growing coffee The expectation of coffee
In ls9. amounted TO abou, s25oaa. II ought
10 have been ten times that amount
Tobacco. Sugar. Hemp.
''Tobacco. sugar and hemp are the chief
- S~NN''' - 'AAN a siAA'fFiiASS. uc SONSFN-
Inert does foster these Industries so far as
its ayarlce for taxes viii permit. There
are f5,r0 cigar and cheroot makers in and
about Manila. All the tobacco Plantations
and cigar factories are run by S1xuiar,is
Gen. Weylers two brothers have the Iarg-
est factory in Escolta--a suburb OF Manila.
They came over TO the islands about eight
years ago. when their pompous military
brother was governor general OF the Phil
ipp!nes at u salary of $40 600 a year. and
they obtained concession then that yielded
them immense annual returns. Sugar Is
-aTgely grown on the Islands OF Negroes
ard sanos There are large Malay towns
on these Islands. The English sugar buy
ers over there say that there N no cane so
rich in saccharine properties as THAI in the
Philippines. Notwithstanding the rldicu-
lously crude methods OF cult.va.f0C the
cane neias and the expensive manner OF
crushing the stalks and extracting the
sugar, the profit in the sugar industry Is
Incredible. The extreme richness Of the
cane makes this profit ! know OF several
japanese sugar cane companies on the ISL
and OF Samos that have made as high as
$3.50 for an acre ana a quarter every year
for a long time. Yankee invention could
easily reauce the expenses of a sugar plan-
tation one-fGurth- No people but the jana
nese In the Philippines have the least de,
or now 20 make machinery 10 the work az
man. Think OF having sugar cane crashed
by several hundred men with clubs. when
simple machinery would accomplish The
same purpose better, cheaper and hun
dred times quicker. The indigo INDUSTRY
is run In the same way as two centuries
ago.
Vast Tropical FOrests
Wherever one goes into the rural re-
gtons OF the Philippine islands one fs con-
s'antly wondering at the extraordinary
prod!gality OF nature. I cannot Tell YOU
he majesty OF the immense ,ropiea. for
ests OF Negroes and Samos. Thousands OF
square miles there have seldom been yis-
tied by white man. There are literally
millions OF dollars In costly woods there.
to say nothing about the valuable herbs
and banks 20 be had In the same forests
The traveller I'm the ba ckwoods in The Phil
ippines sees I'm the great forests ebony
iogwood. ironwood. s3pacwood ard cedar.
between the forests and the gardens the
fru.tins trees. the grange mango. tama-
rind guava and cocoanut; in tie cultivated
area sugar cane. rice.s hemp. tobacco. cor
zee. cotton. bananas. vanilla. cassia. gin
ger. pepper. indigo, cocoa, pinAhppies
wheat ard corn. The minerals In those
regions include gosd copper. iron. coal,
quicksilver and saitpeter. From the sea
there comes mo.her-of- pearl coral tor
toise shell and amber The animal king
dom keeps pace with the yegetae.e and tbs
mineral. There are goats. sheep Swine
and tough little ponies The jungle swarms
with such a variety OF fauna THAI tho nat
ural.st finds there paradise. Strange to
relate. there are few beasts Of prey worthy
Of note The nora OF the country IS as rich
as the fauna 4
Would Hold the Islands.
President Hil. Of the Great Northern,
while On recent wish. to Semitic. said