The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-17

same handicap that is met by the pro-
ducers of every other country, and
there viii be some hard work in over
coming this. Until that is changed
there will be only small portion OF the
business that should be done by Anleri-
can firms come their way.
1.-THE Philippines are very rich. Their
capacity for the production OF hemp Is
known and the only thing now IL to
have the plantations rehabilitated, and
this will be the work of only a short
time. The land is rich and there might
be possible many other products. The
scarcity of labor will operate against
any large increase in the amount of
sugar produced for the present.
I'm its forests the archipelago is ex-
tremely rich. There are zoo kinds OF
native woods, suitable for lumber. and
most of them capable of the highest
polish. The malava, next to the hard
est of them, is a very fine wood and
will be extremely valuable In the fu-
ture. The handling OF the lumber was
done by the Chinese, who were the
sawyers. and they had to get out the
lumber by hand saws. ] have been in
strumental in putting in three large
ruills which, using the band saws, will
reSplutionize the timber business One
men who could not see that had any
chance to get about with my mills. aft
er seeing the working of them, said to
me that he believed that the day of the
Chinese was passed and that the saw
mills would change the entire course
of the lumber business. The logs are
in the forest by hand and then
brought to Manila by ship where the
milling is done. We have now got the
business on a fair basis and there will
be greater improvement in the methods
in the future.
There IS the greatest difference be-
tween the high class educated Filipino
and the low class man that is imagin-
able. The high class man knows all
about the politics of the world, has a
fine business education and has accept |
I'd the status and is working for the de- !
Telopment of the country. One family |
With whin / did business is composed !
IF four brothers, owns property worth !
S21, 000, 900, and each of the men has a 4
speciality in which he is unapproach- |
tble. Each was educated in a different |
country, and they are men OF the world I
n every sense. They are progressive
Ind the business community is made up I
IN the part of the Filipinos of such .
men as a rule. OF course the uneducat- 1
d men are not SO capable of reason
ng out the causes and effects and so !
nay come from American rule and they |
continue irreconcilable. They are the
1olomen and it is not safe to travel in
many parts of the islands alone even
low. nor will it be for some time
Many and great changes are going |
IN in the East. The opening of the /
Trans Siberian railroad has had much
o do with the business methods Then !,
90 the new tariff of Russia, made on
account of the recent sugar convention,
las shut out practically some of the
yery largest firms of the United States
rom doing business there. For in
stance the shops Of the railroad are
equipped principally with American
ools and machinery. Now il would be
impossible to sell such goods for the
'eason that there Is a tariff Of more |
han so per cent against such importa-
ions.
Then too the time of the mail trains
N the road from Port Arthur to St |
is only II days In time
his may be reduced to close to II days.
This means on the present basis that
he time of the mails from such ports
g Cheefoo to London has been cut
Iown to 20 days. This puts New York
loser to Shanghai by mail than is San
and gives great advantage
o the East over the West.
The improvements being made by
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,hartung peninsula are wonderful.
The new town of Dalny. which is being
,uilt a short distance from Port Ar
hur, will cost something like 6,0G0O0O
oubles, and there is not single in
.abitant The town is being built OF
tone and brick and will be one of the
NEST in it's equipment in the East. All
f this work Is being done before the
own is opened. Then 1t will be made
he terminus of the new railroad line
ma the people will be sold or rented
he houses which are now being con-
trUced.
Il found that Picking is being rebuilt
nd is taking its place where 1t was
efore. The court had returned TO
,eking and the people had resumed
heir usual occupations. The outlook
or business in the East is good with
he exception of Russia, and people are
ocking in to have a hand in the de-
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