The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-30

ings Next to Manila. this city is the most
important commercially i'm the Philippines.
both in exports and imports. the former
consisting of tobacco. rice, coffee. hides
and hemp. and the latter Australian coal
and merchandise.
OF the dependent islands. Guimaras alone
* one-sixth the size of the State OF Rhode
Island and produces rice, hemp, cotton.
corn and tobacco. IL also has important
fishing interests.
The vegetable products OF the island
cotton. corn. chocolate pepper coffee. to-
bacco. sugar cane. rice and copra- The last
three staples in quality and quantity.
The commercial movement Of sugar and
copra through the port of Iloilo represent
ed in 1899, sugar. piculs l.197.10O; copra.
piculs 922l. A picul represents 1879 Amer
lean pounds. The maximum shipment Of
sugar i'm 1892 aggregating 2.5al.ss9
piculs. or the enormous output of S54 ,93S, 4S2
American pounds.
On the grazing lands which cover part
of Panay are raised large numbers OF live
stock, the province of Capiz alone having
upwards of $4,000 head, mostly csraboas.
The horses of IloilO are highly priced
throughout the archipelago.
FOREST PRODUCTS.
The forests represent many varieties of
valuable woods. among them molave,
ebony and sibucao. of which large auanti-
ties are annually exported to China. The
province most celebrated for the value of
its forest products is Capiz, where upward
nomic value are known. Besides the
woods, large quantities of honey, wax and
pitch are gathered.
The mineral resources of the island have
not been scientifically exploited. Quicksil-
yer and copper are reported. Beds of iron
ore are known to exist in the mountains
and gold is being worked in the vicinity of
Dumarao. Bina atusan and Lausan. There
are indications of coal or Ignite in Busu-
anga, Balate, Nalderama and other lOcali-
ties Fine marbles and beautiful variety
of tonalite, equal to that found on the bor-
ders of Tyrol, quarried near Morobozo,
GutuJan, Timunan and lgan. Deposits or
gypsum and mari exist. Petroleum and
natural gas are reported at Janimay, in
Iloilo province.
The fruits of the archipelago, including
bananas. pineapples, mangosteens, sapota,
oranges lemons, etc, are abundant
There are numerous mechanical indus
tries producing beyond the supply of do
mesuc wants Fine fabrics of pineapple
fiber just, Sinamay and cotton are manu-
factured In lloilo. and sugar sacks. hats
and palm-leaf baskets and textiles of silk,
cotton and hemp in Capiz. The province of
Antique is particularly celebrated for its
fabrics. its looms giving employment to up
ward of 12,OoO women.
In Iloilo large quantities of lime of ex-
ceIient quality are manufactures particu-
larly al lgbaras and in Mount Tin1coan.
1t may be added that the rivers abound
in fish of great variety and crocodiles OF
enormous size, and the waters of the sur
rounding seas in tortoise and other shells
of commercial value.
Under the original movements for the oc-
cupation of the Visayan islands, in the
spring of 1899, base of operations was es-
tabisned a Iloilo and the suburbs of Jaro
Moro, the enemy, numbering about 1900.
occupying a line from Oton TO Balangdan,
with Santa Barbara as headquarters. Ac-
tive operations commenced Immediately, re-
sulting i'm the dispersion of this force and
the establishment of order and authority
in this province.
In the summer of the same year Capiz
was occupied. In January, 1900, mixed
command from Iloilo entered that province
intervening An insurgent force. attempt
ing to dispute the passage of the defiles,
after a sharp engagement, was dispersed
and it's guns captured. The campaign ended
in the occupation of San Jose de Buena
Vista and the clearing of the country.
Civil government under military control
was established and public schools put IN
opera tion and maintained until the perma-
nent order of things was instituted by the
Philippine commission.