Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1900-01-17

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The wood of the Philippines can sup
ply she furniture of the world for a
century to come. At Cebu, Rev. Fa-
Their Julio Segrera told me that 30
miles of Cebu's mountain chain are
practically mountains of coal. Some
declare that the coal is only Ignite:
but ship captains, who have used il,
teld me that il Is better steamer fuel
4 than the best coal of Japan. L have
nugget of pure gold picked up in its
present form on the banks of a Phil
ippine creek. 1 have gold dust wash
ed out by crude processes of careless
natives from the sands of a Philip-
pine stream. Both indicate great de-
posits at the source from which tnav
come. In one of the islands great de-
posts of copper exist untouched.
The mineral wealth of this empire of
the ocean will one day surprise the
world. L have this statement partly
on personal observation. but chiefly on
the testimony of foreign merchants
In the Philippines, who have practi-
carly investigated the subject, and
upon the unanimous opinion of ma
tives and priests.
And the wood, hemp. copra, and
other products of the Philippines sup
ply what we need and can not our
selves produce. And the markets
they Will themselves afford will be
immense. Spain's export and import
trade, with the islands undeveloped.
was Sl2.175.549 annually. Our trade
with the islands developed will he
Sl25.O00.000 annually; for who believes
l 20 10 n
as Spain. Luzon is larger and richer
than Now York, Pennsylvania. Illinois
or Ohio. Mindanao is larger and
richer than all New England. Manila.
as "A port of call and exchange. will in
the time of men now living far sur
pass Liverpool. Behold the exhaust
less markets they now command. II
is as if half dozen of our states
were set down between Oceana and
the Orient, and those states them
selves undeveloped and unspoiled OF
their primitive wealth and resources.
Nothing is so natural as trade with
ones neighbors; the Philippines make
us the nearest neighbcrl of all the
East. Nothing is more natural than
TO trade with those you know. The
Philippines bring us permanently face
to face with the most sought for Gus
toners of the world. National. pres
tige. national propinquity, these and
commercial activity are the elements
OF commercial success. The Philip
pines give the first; the character of
the American people supply the last
II is n providential conjunction of all
the elements of trade, of duty and of
power. If we are willing TO go to
war rather than let England have n
few feet of frozen Alaska, which af-
fords no market and comn,ards none
what should we not 90 rather than
let England. Germany, Russia or Ja-
pan have all the Philippines? And no
man on the spot can fail TO see that
this would be their fate if we retired
Philippine Climate.
The climate Is the best tropic eli
mate in the world. This is the belief
of those who have lived in many tropic
countries, with scores of whom | have
talked on this point. My own expert
ence with tropical conditions has not
been exhaustive; yet, speaking from
that experience, ! testify that the eli
mate of Iloilo, Sulu, Cebu, and even of
Manila, greatly surpacS that of Hong
Kong. And yet on the bare and burn
ing rock of Hong Kong our construct
ing race has builded one of the no.
blest cities of all the world, and made
the harbor il commands the focus of
the commerce of the east. And the
glory of that achievement illuuina: as
with rarcr spendor than that of
Waterloo, the flag that float above it,
for, from Hong Kong's heights civili-
zation is irradiating all the Orient If
this will be Imperialism, its final end
will he the empire of the son OF man.
The Philippines are beautiful and
rich with the healing seas pouring
round and through them and famed
by thousand winds Even i'm the
hottest season, under severest condi-
tions, | found the weather toIerablc
and often delightful; and in Luzon.
Panay, Cebu, Negroes and Sulu, / have
been in the sun and rain without pro-
lection from either for hours at "A
time, travelling from place to place
on horseback. on foot or i'm n boat.
rising al dawn, retiring at midnight.
I week after week. without injury 10
health. Gen. Macarthur, fighting
continuously for three months and
under fire practically every hour. was
in excellent health every time / saw
him AZ San Fernando. Gen. Lawton.
that perfect soldier, whom have seen
ride. plan. order. and cxec,jsr day and
night. old me that his hcalthv per-
feet. Gen. otis, that devoted servant
Of the republic, who tolls ccaselessIy.
does not fall ill., nor grow weary. nor
complain. MaiIIoyt chief medical Off
Ger with .dacArthur. told me that San
Fernando is rs healthy IS tie average
American town. The European bust
ness men Of CcbU, Iloilo and Manila
work as hard end as many hours a day
rs those Of Now York, and a finer
body Of physical manhood can not he