The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

the city was receiving $50 per day. 1t is
row getting from 500 to &c. Il day, and the
/ receipts are still rising.
The charges for market places show just
how every trade 10 taxed. Every transient
pcddler pays l cent per day for each square
meter of ground she occupies. / say she,
I for the marketing is done almost altogether
by women. If the place is occupied for q
week it is considered permanent. and even
if the woman has only a basket her tax
may be raised as high as 10 cents per square
meter. None is charged. however. more
than 50 cents per day. or 81 per month.
/ for the right to sell in the market. and this
last charge is for a space about as large
as the average American parlor. or about
sixteen feet wide by twenty-five feet long.
The peddlers on boats in the canals pay
! cent per day per square meter of boat
surface. or an amount ranging from ; cents
to 10 cents. according to whether they nave
! dugout canoes or cargo boats.
A concession was given for the collection
of taxes on horses. wagons and draft ami
mails: this sold for about si5.OO for a term
of three years. and on this contract. l am
told. one man recently made more than
5000 a month. Large profits were made or
| other things of tie same nature. and. in
; iced. almost every fat Government job was
u conccssio :.
American business in Manila.
Man Ia is rapidly putting on its American
clothes. Yoa see American signs on every
! street. and although most of the businesses
50 far started are small. the day will come
wien there will be large American stores
hero handling all kinds of American goods.
At present we have an American drug
store. 1t is Il big one. and it does a large
business in novels. light literature and sta
ticnery as well as in quinine and pills
There is one American jewelry store. There
! should he more. for ar enormous amount
of jewelry is sold here. The people invest
most of their savings in diamonds and gold
and silver ornaments. There are large for
| eign stores selling watches and precious
stores. and also East Indian merchants.
who handle silverware and all kinds of
iewelry. understand the stores are hav-
ing many demands for American watches.
So far the most that I have seen are of
| Swiss make. They are sold at low prices.
and are much bought by the soldiers. our
American watch companies should study
this market and push their goods.
One young American Is making d fortune
here in selling fine confectioneries. soda
water. fee cream and American bread. He
opened with a small shop, but he has now
one Of the biggest places on the Escolta
ard is increasing his business every day.
Another successful establishment is called
the American Bazaar. 1t sells all kinds of
American goods. and 1 see that its adver-
tisement in to-day's newspaper states that
it has ten tons of gents furnishing goods
just in from Frisco. Among the items men,
toned are thirty kinds of complete suits
of underwear, and a certain garter at 81
Mexican. which will wear five years, 10
cents a year"
: American BOardinE-HOuscs ana
Hotels.
The chief business that the ex-soliier goes
into in Manila is the opening Of hotels and
bo~arding-houses. You find Yankee hotels
and restaurants everywhere. advertised I'M
der all kinds of names. One Is called Moth
er's Home" another the Oregon Hotel'
and a third the washington Restaurant