The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-11

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not only very costly but insufficient.
| Since the Americans have come here
| there have been a bewildering number
Of saloons started, all of which require
| ice in quantities far beyond the capac-
| ity of the plant
A paper mill would pay. At the pres
ent time nearly all the paper comes
| from England and Europe. and, al.
| though Manila paper Is a celebrated
variety, it is not made in Manila, A
| paper mill could use various vegetable
fibers including rice, hemp and cocoa
| nut, and could lessen the cost of paper
| here greatly, and be assured Of an al
| most immediate success. The Manila
| e Dagupan railway alone uses $500
| worth of paper a month.
A furniture factory would be a pay
/ ing institution il the difficulty Of trans
/ porting timber to the city were over
! come. The qualities of wood are un-
! eXcelled any place in the world and tho
/ natives are wonderfully expert in cary
! ing. Nearly all of the furniture now
/ comes from Austria. a good telephone
| system ought to be installed. There is
one now here. but it is considered un-
/ satisfactory and incomplete.
GOOD PLACE FOR DEPARTMENT
STORE.
It seems that a department store
would be Il great opportunity for capi-
tai. There are great many things
which either cannot be procured here
or else they are supplied by English
factories in styles that Americans don't
like. with 20.Ouv or 10000 Americans
li,iD,y %, q
| month, ana Unable 10 set what they
want, it is manifest that an American
store adjusted to meet the require
ments of American custom would be
! profitable Some of the things which
are corrpicuous by their absence arc
good leather shoes built for Americans
good styles Of mems light wearing ap-
| parel, good English or American books
and periodicals, Photographic supplies
| an American tailor, a confectionery
store and n photographer with modern
! equipments. These are a few of the
things which seem to be lacking in Ma
! nila, and ehould be supplied by some
one who understands what Americans
! are used to. Just now it is impossible.
to have any card engraving done in the
| Philippines, and 1 understand that none
is done in Hong Kong. The visiting
! ana business cards that are to be haC
here look ae il they had been printed
! with soft wood t-.pe. II is also impoS-
sible to buy Photographic films here or
| cameras in which films may be used.
When the troops came out there We're
| hundreds of cameras, but as soon as
the films were exhausted it was impos-
sible to renew the supply without send
ing to America. The photograph gal
| leries here, four in number, use ancient
methods Of finishing and mounting, and
! with 10000 handsome soldier boys ali
wanting to have wartime photo
! graphs" made of themselves with n
Manila studio address on the card, a
! photographer with nineteenth century
methods would coin money.
ONLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IN
MANILA.
At present there are no English or
American periodicals or books on sale
in Manila. and the only American
newspaper to be bought is The Chicago
| Record, which is now on sale in the
| ESCOlta. There would be tremendous
sale OF magazines if they could be put
on the stands here. 1t is natural that in
| America there must be thousands of
| men who are eager to know what OPEN
ings there are in the Philippines for the
making of fortunes.
In my opinion, which is also held by
many who have studied the conditions
! here, there is not a great field for small
| enterprises, but none at all for those
| who would expect to do manual labor
| All the work to be done by the hands
is done well by Chinese coolies and
| Filipinos at extremely low salaries. No
| American would work for three times
the pay received by these native work
men, and, owing to climatic conditions,
| he could not do so. White men are not
| expected to do the muscular work in
the tropics, and any attempt to COM
pete with native labor would meet
sure and speedy failure.
FIELD FOR RICH CAPITALISTS,
Excepting for a few business ven-
| lures in the cities, the Philippines only
offer alluring prospects for men who
control a great deal of capital. There
| seems to be an almOs. limitless field
here for big corporations that can en-
ter the work Of developing the slumber-
ing riches. There WILL as a result Of
the introduction Of q period Of deyel-
! Opment, be many opportunities for men
who act in connection with the big
money operators. Railroads will be built
new ports opened, great tracts sur
Veyed, ne" cities laid out at railway
| terminals and recently opened ports.
Il great deal of electrical engineering
| done, newly developed DISTRICTS en-
tered, banks opened docks built and
naNigable streams dredged and WIDEN
ed, bridges constructed harbors deep-
| ened, steamship lines established for
| inter-island commerce, mining possibili-
! ties investigated modern machinery
installed in the sugar, hemp. tobacco
| coffee and rice lands. quick methods Of
cultivation introduced ana hot-weather
resorts built H. thl mountains north
| Of Manila.
There will be new hotels-or. rather.
hotels, for there is none here worthy
Of being seriously cousidercd-medical
baths opened in the mountains and
places Of amusement and recreation
provided, There is no thcater in Manila
that arises to the dignity OF a theater.
Z is inevitable at least one fine thea
er be built and a roof garden opened
10th would pay tremendously. and
| wen q mediocre stock CO1DD3pN, c,,,Il