The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-06-16

! down the rivers to the towns
where they are sawed into lumber.
| There is a fortune waiting anyone
that will put up a saw and planning
mill here. There is no risk to
run whatever, it paying we'll from
the start. Labor can be gotten
! for five dollars per month and
| board. Lumber would find Il
ready sale here at from 5000 to
/ $4,000 per thousand feet. Water
power could be gotten in many
places. There is plenty Of fine
| timber of the varities l have just
mentioned.
There is an abundance of fruit
here of every description and va
riety too numerous TO attempt to
mention in the space Of this COM
muncation, but it is safe to say
that all of the fruits grow here,
except those of the Arctic regions.
The Spanish and natives seem to
have taken little or no interest in
the growing of flowers, but guard
their shade trees with religious fl
deity. The shade tree is an ac-
tual necessity as we'll as a luxury.
The banyan tree is very common
on most of the islands. They
grow to an enormous size and COW
er considerable space. There is
another tree that ranks next to
the banyan as a shade tree that |
do not remember the name Of that
even exceIs our live oak Of the
Southern States, it is more state
ly and the leaves are larger and
are so green until they almost
look black and its foliage is more
profuse. They usually grow in
the shape of an umbrella and
with an even outline. 1t is in
many respects prettier than the
| banyan tree. The flowers most
commonly seen is the China rose,
passion flower, sampguila, yhung-
sang, samperga, calachuchi and
the caviqui. The stately cocoa
nut tree, with its long, graceful
and supple stalk that rears its
plumed head in triumph to the
| breezes, and as a poet in rapture
stands among the needless crowd
of his fellow-men so stands the
fcocoanut tree in the forest, and it
also stands between the native
and a multitude of his necessities.
In fact it supplies SO many of his
wants that he could almost do
with out every thing else. Coffee
cocao, callan, hemp and pepper
can be grown with great profit,
also tobacco, rice, surgar cane,
indigo and a thousand other
things to numerous to mention at
this writing. There are nu-
merous veines and fields of
coal, sonre@of wh7cT are~z0 to 25
feet thick and is of a good quality
Some of these deposits of coal are
fifteen miles long and is to be
found in several of the Provinces
in similar quantities. There are
also large deposits of iron ore, al
so magnetic iron ore.
The different forms of copper are
found in many localities and seve-
raj mines are being operated and
pay good profits. | am told that
gold is found in most of the
Provinces in greater or less guam
titles. There is no question but
that gold can be found in paying
quantities and it will not be long
before we will have a "Klondike''
here in full blast, there is also
Iead ore that contains 81 per cent,
of lead and contains gold and sill
yer. There are quicksilver OF
marble and alabaster of a gooC
quality is found in abundance
! The great wealth of the resources
of the Philippine islands is a qua,
rantee of its commercial impor-
tance to the United States and al
assurance Of its own prosperity
| The custom receipts are increaS
| ing every day anllit TO be hoped
| th2t the Americans VII! come over
! here and take advantage Of tht
many opportunities of bettering
| their conditions IN life, for othel
| foreigners have their ewes or tht
wealth aad superior advantages
| that the Philippine islands offel
and they are coming over here
every day and will reap the colder
lsheayes that Americans should
gather. As for myself I shall Dt
| only too glad TO remain here anC
grow up with the country.
4 There are a great many soldiers
that have been discharged here
and are doing we'll. Anything will
pay, from bootblack to banking.
and among the many requisite
things we need at present is 6
bakery. There would be al
kinds of money to be made run
ming one. We have a great varie-
ty of every description of coins
from the ancient Chinese copper
to the first and last issue of every
nation of which all Is legal tender
here, but you will need a good
strong gripsack instead Of pocket
book to carry any amout over five
dollars around with you of silver
coin of which you must be very
careful of handling for if you
should happen to drop one your
dobie pieces on the tile flooring or
the pavement you are almost sure
to be out of it, for if it does not
break like glass it is sure to bend
or batter out of all recognition as
easily as if it was made of chemi-
cally pure lead but, however, if
you should not happen to be in
| the mint business Won can sell