Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10

lie UANNk VI lUf ANNA'f'l
are covered with dense growth OF
vegetation and those which have any
depth OF coll are heavily timbered. |
saw large tracts Of magnificent trees
including many varieties Of valuable
hard woods, / saw houses and furni-
ture made Of the wood: II Is In many
cases as hard as iron and II takes a
polish like mahogany. / can't tell you
the varieties. You must remember that
was more interested In watching out
for the angry Filipinos who might be
hid behind the trees with their guns
than as 10 how the trees would cut up
for lumber. ] could see In passing that
the timber Is Of immense value. About
subig bay, for Instance, there are thou
sands OF acres OF virgin forest which
have never been touched This timber
Is easily got at. for the bay VIII adj
NIT the largest steamers. They might
In fact. sail into It upside down II such
a thing were possible, and their masts
would not Craze the bottom. II Is,
am told, abou, 1900 feet deep, ana
great depth Is found even at the shore
line The oregon had to put out about
fifty fathoms Of chain when 1t came TO
anchor at a swimming distance OF the
land
me spanlards apprecla'ee lhe ssiue
Of this timber" continued Gen. Grant
and were making arrangements TO get
Il out TO use In shipbuilding at the time
the war began, They have graded lit
tie railroad up one OF the valleys and
the rails lie beside the track ready 70 be
laid There is. should say, about three
or four mlies OF lhls I9aopeu; -,
shoulu thlhk me tiiilDsl WIN '
oner some opportunities iVr e'i0"h
capital sara l. -
me trees couiu De easily svt uonh
70 the Itile rivers ana mo Supls pas,
from where they coulu De hnipPeu u
any part OF the world
How about the other parts Oh the
country what are the chances lot
agricultural development
I'm some sections they are very go0a.
The product OF rice ana sugar coul9 De
largely lhcreAsed WIN scleh',uc culsiNa-
ton The sugar lanos can De inaae 10
Yield larger prouuct PET acre' htu ,
win sood machinery more sugar coslu
Of modern sugar mills might be estab.
lished here 10 grind cane FOR the small
planter They could pay the people as
much for the cane as they now get
from raising and grinding II and still
make a big profit on the increase In the
product There Is more good land here
than is generally supposed. | went over
q low pass In the mountains north OF
Subig bay and found myself In thrlv-
ing agricultural valley inhabited by
about $4,000 people. II was from twenty
TO thirty miles wide, having rich soil
and luxuriant crops. There Is a great
deal OF rice and many cocOanut groves.
The people raise water buffaloes, chick
ems and pigs. There are many such
valleys in Luzon and also much unde-
veloped country. There Is really no
book which gives an adequate idea OF
the Philippines. Much OF the country
still awaits the advent OF the prospec.
tor
How about minesY' / asked.
II cannot tell you. IL Is said that
there are large deposits OF coal and
some gold, but so far have seen none.
The chief minerals are found on some
Of the other Islands"
nun, MN tpprNrc &C poccrprr
M STATrc or riI,S f,NioN, 80
SNi -
do you thlhk' general, that the
ISLANDS are worth what they are cost
ing US
thlnk So ana even were they not
40 not see now me United states oould
nave taken any other course, IL alter
10 be freed from the United states il
becomes a political question which the
people at home can decide. At present
they have fred on the flag OF our coun-
Try, and we cannot tolerate that Our
national honor demands that we have
the arrangement Of the matter to our
| own satisfaction.
Personally, | think the people will
soon become loyal and contented. |
believe they will In time govern them
| selves, as a part Of our own people
| and that one or two States can be
| added 20 the Union from the Philip
| pines, with as LOYAL citizens as those
| OF any Of the States we made from the
territory which we got from Mexico
There are from eight TO ten millions
Of consumers here. and the islands viii
! furnish a good market They will also
be base from which we can push our
commercial relations with China and
the rest Of the Far East, These ISL
la. China. Japan and india ana every
ship that passes VIII at some time stop
here for coal and food supplies.
see no reason why the Philippines VIII
not grow steadily In value.
TUE LENGTH on thu wAp
how mas ~ happeneu lnat ,he War
mas lasted SO i0ns many people IN we
uniteo states nave Woh9ersu WY the
same siouhu mas hau 10 NC ioush' oNei
SO man! times
ohe reason was inc NATURE Oh uie
warfare siln zen. ntait. me = III,
pihos Wouia hie upoh US anu We wifi
go out ana punish theIn- heh, as We W.,
had not enough tioops 70 OCCUPY an
me places we hau 70 lall pach' IN
snort tne 'hey Woulu 1saih '..seh u,
ana We Mouiu go our asdin anu Iepei
Them. Inns was the case al suIliIner'
as more roops came III we began 70
advance 70 the hoI'h we nave now
occupied the Whole OF lhat region anu
we believe that the war VIII soon DC
ended LOT Bool, ..,.,.,....,, 80. ,-,,,.
OILS AND THE coNpuNI VI lhb
WAX
"Iiow about Gen. Otis and his con-
duct Of the war;
Il now think that we are very for.
tuna,e IN having Gen. Otis here
did think when first came there were