The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19

ii be the applet will thrive and produce
! bountifully. The citrus fruits are not
very good, owing to the fact that they
have not been cultivated but grow wild
and, therefore. have a bitter taste. They
have a fruit here that they call the al
ligatOr pear In color it is green; in
size about the size of an egg plant: the
meat as yellow as a pumpkin; flavor,
Cantelope, pear, peaches and cream,
etc, etc. 1t is the finest fruit that !
ever found yet. You may have tried ii
in the Hawaiian islands. The products
Of the country through which we have
passed are corn, sugar cane and rice, as
the land is quite low, being but a few
feet above the sea level. From here on
the country rises, the bamboo thickets
become fewer and the Cocoanut palm
groves take their place. Tobacco is ex-
tensively cultivated. Judge, / have
seen many fine valleys in the United
States, but the country along the Pam
pansa river above Calumpit and Apalit
is the finest that | ever saw. The river
is a. beautiful tidewater stream; the
country as level as a plain; corn and
cane-great fields of it, broken only by
an occasional bamboo thicket the soil
sandy clay, that would produce wa
termelons and tomatoes that would
make Jerseyman ashamed of himself.
On the right bank of the river is a
macadamized road which extends sew
eral miles into the country. Along the
road are the native houses on either
side. They live in districts. Very few
of them live away from the settle
ments. You find few scattering houses.
| presume the principal reason is for
protection. Another reason is that the
parish father would have to run his
legs off caring for his flock if it was
scattered. Heretofore the church has
been the state and the state the church.
III.
est to see what action the United States
intends to take in regard to the large
tracts of land that are held by the
church. These should certainly be re-
garded as crown land and treated as
such
This is no country for a man with
out means or for a man who has TO
depend upon manual labor Native ia
Dor is too cheap for an American to
compete with. If | am any judge, these
ma tive laborers will be 'peoned out to
planters in five years after the Ameri
cans get possession of the islands. In
many ways the natives resemble the
Mexicans This is especially true In
the matter of his love for colors, for
holidays (of which there are severaD
and for pleasure generally Here is "A
country for capital. Wealthy corpora
lions and individuals can find all kinds
of investments here. There are mer-
manufacturing, banking
transportation, sugar cultivation, to-
bacco growing, rice, manila Or hemp
culture, saw milling-in fact, every
thing The Spaniards have been play
ing They did no business. What rev
Germans are here in the tobacco HuSl-
ness have made large sums our of nan
ufactured tobacco. A few Germans
have come in here and have acted ike
the old stock raiser Of Montana, 'hO@-
ged the whole range and have shown
of the dog in the manGer
spirit In conclusion, I will say that
this is the richest acquisition of terri
tory that the United States has ever
made and from 1t we win derive reve-
nues, directly and indirectly. by lndi-
rectly ! mean the standing that We
have gained among the eastern nations,
which will certainly help us in COM
mercial way"