The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-17
PHILIPPINES RICH WOOD.
MAHOGANY Is THE CHEAP AND Or
BINARY LINBER.
Mean~sf HoseIs in the Islands Are
Made of the Precious Wood
Onf, One Aswnisi In the Arehf-
peIAgo and That q Chiuamau's.

Tnele Sans new possessions. Cuba and
tlss Philippines. destined 10 eut cen
siderable figure in the Iunlser trade ar
Soon as American methods of p2sa and
enterprise are adopted. Cuba possesses
some Of the best mahogany and Spanish
cedar in the worlo. and the Philippine
islands are covered WIFE mahogany. ebony
cafnpiaoF wood and ofher valuable hard
wood forests. J. 81 Hinkie member Of
the First regiment OF " asbingten volun-
tsers. 2 practical furniture maker. re-
Gently wrote 10 Charles Il. sign, c. spp-
kane. from Manila as follows:
There ara half dozen hard woods here
thar take a nigh polish. They are SOME
sat lighter than mahogany Ia appear
Rnee. ! know the name of cniy one
caInptsor wood-I think the others do not
grow IL ether places. The native names
would not snignten you IN regard TO
tnom. Ebony is also abundant II Ia OF
mahogany that / wish 10 speak. and on
THIS point ] beg Information. IL is the
buii pine or water elm OF tsiis country,
SO 30 speak. The meanest howell a. well
as the p.aineEf partition work is OF ma
hosaEg. Notwithstanding It's abundance,
lumber is high here. The native works al
most for song bat when IL comes 20
WEtpsa wing 100 feet os boards. you can
G1eeratand why many people can't stand
much OF this song.
There is oae sawmill in the islands
The loss are cut UP in the mountains and
they WIZ po& through reeds. grass, etc
down tas Pasis river. There are great
yards fnh Of them, and with American
machinery and enterprise this industry
esuto be made of great prefit word
To tae quality Of the lumber. We are at
Present qaaTterea IN an old palace, once
tsae Fssaaeneg If the arelpolshep Of the
church. j have been told BY some of the
ueess natives tnag Ii has been here MY
eight year In The main f0or u, STARS
al the boards are two feet Wide and over.
las la4I rrtrE
have heads count ersunk ard covered.
There Is not single season check or knot
IN the isoor that ] nave found There are
Old places III altar work of the various
Churches that have bean built as Ear hack
as tsG that only changes 70 the darker
color with this weight Of years. ] am
posted on the different qualities az lum-
Der hut my Judgment leads to think
this IS the hesI ''
James \. Fitzhenry. Of Company b. same
regiment. writes ballard friend as fol-
lows:
They tell us that this is the greatest
timber country IN the world There are
four kinds Of timber. mahogany. ebony.
camphpr wood ana red weed There are
some fine tinioer claims that run riEat
down 80 The edge Of the river or all the
tinahcr that ls used here there is only one
sawIuiil Oh the island. That Is run by
Ghlnaman. and he only saws las logs into
cants ard tae canIs are soid and the man
thar buys them mas 70 whipsaw them and
make has lumber. These cants sell for
s4A3 taitxiEauf a t1oHSafG. MdaDEaf4E logs
grow nearly As large tte fir In the
states. AS mahogany Is the principal wood
sou cat see fer Yourself how much money
IS man couiG make 4 ne owned q sawfnii
hef@. Before this trouble with tue usUr-
gents got so bad. my captain told ME thd.
there were ten ofTleers of different refl-
meuts forming a syndicate and were gong
IL send to Tie states for backing to start
q aawnllli They say taat there will be
b3on1 Ia this country as soon as the trou
bic - ever II SO. this Will be a good place
70 make money. a man can star; small
busnese and hire native tabor fer 81 cents
. dey. Mexican money. that is = cents IN
cur money"
These letters ought 10 SCI the iun45errlcn
of the Pacific coast 20 thinking says the
Lumber Trade Journal Flrst-eiags ma
hoxany IS worth from si2s "a So per ! .0eo
feet IN She principal markets ~ the Uni
ted stalcp IN Manila che same sells for
xiao Mexican which is equivalent e. shoGt
So IN gold With freight rates added ina
same ouEh, &c be laid down IN ~ Pacific
eeaNt ~ less than So This VIII leave a
handsome margin IN the roaga. after saw
ius and "a larger one II cat into veneerS
nich IS the prevaf~rf mode 81 using y
nowadays Ana tTeFe - no reason why
the Philippine mahogany manufateufed
from loss brought 10 Puget gaand IN some
- Tee Oriental ships thaf DoSr rogme TOR
whaat Ss1 and lumber in Atliast. - en0t
h,s sold ia New York city Chicago, heck
Tafd Cincinnati Grand Rapids ana ofneE
furniture c~utnrS IN eonpet}sir1 witn Gem
ffaf ana South American precious wolAfs
Zee ssblecf IS c"rs atnly wortag 90 iryes-
tis.aftan.