Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-15
PHILIPPINES TRADE
Report Just Issued by the
British Consul at Manila.
In Spite of fhe war II Is Shown
There Has Not Been a Great
Falling Off in Exports From the
Islands

Washington. Sept 14-GSpecial.)- y.
The trade of the philippines in
1898 is discussed by a report
of the British consul at Manila,
just received by the treasury
bureau of statistics. He opens his re-
polt by saying: Notwithstanding
that for the moment all commercial
enterprise is paralyzed, there is abJaa-
dl1lt evidence that when peace and Il
settled fClm of government are well eS-
tablished the future prosperity OF the
FilipimGS will far exceed the past. 1'.te
climate of Manila. as far as 1 have
experienced it, is similar - all trOpi
cal climates, and the health of Euro
PaIns depends PRINCIPALLY upon them
selves. The town Of Manila. which is
of great extent, has the disadvantage
of being only eight or ten feet above
seaLleNel, and al the Eilives have
ihi.he'.ito been taught to regard all san
ftary projects as useless, there is heavy
work in the task of draining etc, and
heavier E,:l jz Pers1iaGing the
F'.lipinos tirat such measures are nee
etssary.''
Dista1l--tflg the commerce of the
PHILIP pines. the report Shows ,oaie-
thing Of IA falling off in ohe year 1898,
due to Ghe dfstulf,,d conditions, but
shows the exports OF sugar in 1898 b
he 1866 tens, against 202.092 in
1897, of which fotr-fftIs were from
the island of Eo.lo though in 1897
orly about two-thI.tss of the sugar eN
ports We're from IIoilo. The exporta-
ltion olf hemp in 1898 falls but little be
low that of 1897, two-thiris of the
amoIart beng from the island of IIoilo
and the remainder from CebI.
Itt figures showing the expectation
Of sugar FROM Iloilo for a long t,.r:n of
y,a5a a.e in:tlesli ling and ,inSgestVe.
They show ;Lai the eNpOr -l1Icls of
sugar from 1ioiio in 1859 were Sc, ,S32;
in 1869, 117,5OS; in 1879, 762,OO4; in
1889, 1.702, 10; in 1896, 1,994,37S; in
1897, 2,OSS,G72 and in 1SoS., 2.470, 4a2
qiculs.
Regarding trade prospects in tie
Philippines, the British vice CONSUL at
Iloilc Mr.. Fyfe, says: '9The preferen- |
tial tariff hitherto enjoyed by Spanish
Gen:!s. and which was ranlI,v d:ve-;-
ing tlis trade 10 Barcelona, be:rS aow
abolished. competition frtgH ;nIt quar-
ter Should scarcely 2e possible any
longer Notwithstanding the dis |
AZ,
has been we'll up to the average, sew
eIal of the netghboring isiaf-lls and !
provinces which have h;:hs- 40 drawn |
their supplies frcm Manila, having |
had to buy in this mhlGeIt during the |
blockade Cf tie former port. Owing |
to the uncertainty Cf ting future, fresh |
arrivals of goods have been ON a 1uqIch |
reduced scale, SO that stocks today IN |
the iunpouter's hands are small. only |
10000 caS5S; a, ,0G0 cases being the i'm
port in 1897. This is. accounted for by
the failing off in consumption, among
the principal classes ON account of the
high price; and also on account Cf
large stocks held over from the pre-
'1N1NS N'iu TtNOotlIht VI OuO (aiNSSl-
tied state of affairs in the whole group
of the Philippine islands, the sale of
the 1gsiW milling plant has BEEN almost
nothing"
That the Philippines are likely to
become of mulch greater valIGe with a
and development of in
dustrfes alOI1s the lines suggested by
the requirements of the markets Of The
temperate zones, is Indicated by Vice
Consul Fyfe, who says: Tile final de
cision of the present crisis is now anx-
iously awaited. and time will show if
these rich islands do not in the future
produce MANY either products which
have never been developed cr culti-
vated." This suggestion is especially
taken in correction with a
single item in the table of the prnci-
pal exports of ths Philippines. This
tenn is indigo, and while it shows a
comparatively small eXp0;ta,ion of
his article. 66,5S4 pounds in 1897, it
7IlggestS the possibilities as TO an in
:reslse in the production of an article
whose export value from Int9ia has &;
or years ranged from $6.OO0,OC0 up
wards ]
GOLFERS GATHERING. '