Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
The PHILIPPINES.
EXHIBIT FROM THE EAST AT THE
ST. LOUIS FAIR.


Typical Filipino Village With Many
Natives-Resources of America'sl
New Possessions Will be Shown.
st. Louis, June 29.-Strange and
wonderful things from the Philippine
Islands will be shown in grand ex-
hibit covering 40 acres in the western
section of the worlds fair grounds at
st. Louis.
The insular government has made
a liberal appropriation for this ex-
hibit, and the sum will be still furth-
er increased by individuals and COM
mercial organizations in the American
possessions in the Pacific ocean, The
large area set apart for the exhibits
will teen with life and industry, and
the many phases of the Philippine
life will be accurately portrayed. All
of the useful and many of the curious
products of the islands will be shown
and the theory OF the exposition to
show processes along with the finish
ed product is tenaciously adhered to
to. The forty-acre exhibit of the Phil
ippine archipelago is on rolling
piece of ground Immediately west of
the palace of agriculture. A portion
of Arrowhead lake is included The
Filipinos will reproduce on the worlds
fair grounds typical Filipino villages,
for example. a lake dwelling built up
on the wooden uprights. A market
square will be constructed, with
buildings Of varied architecture. Ty-
pical Filipino industries will be illus
trated in them. Churches will be re-
produced, and the rites and ceremo-
MES shown. In the market square a
market will be held every day for the
various tribes, representatives of
which will make UP the population of
the villages. One building will be de-
voted to agriculture. in which will be
shown sugar, coffee rice. tobacco.
etc. Another building will be devoted
to forestry. This structure, 140 feet
long and 40 feet wide, is to be built
OF timber and palms representative of
the most important Philippine spe-
cies In the frame of the building,
boards % feet long and the greatest
possible width will be shown. Tall
timber. bamboo, ETC.. will be shown in
2 rotunda, which will eliminate in a
tower 100 feet high A part of the
building will be devoted to minor pro-
ducts of the forest, srch as gutta
perchat. caoutchous. the chief resin
gums, oleaginous plants and seeds,
oils. perfumes. tan barks, dye stffs,
medicinal plants, herbs, etc.
Filipino Women.
One pavilion will be devoted to H.
Illustrating the work of the Filipino
women. Another will contain a war
| exhibit, contributions to which will be
/ made by native Filipinos and by Amer
leans who have seen service in the
archipelago. A pavilion will be de-
voted to Filipino library and lecture
hall.
| A valuable feature of the exhibit
will consist of a third class observa-
| tory of the Philippine Islands made by
| the meteorological observatory at Ma
I Mia. 1t will contain not only all the
| Instruments. but also charts and maps
1 showing Chronological conditions of
the Philippine archipelago, rain charts.
4 charts representing the isobars and
fsotherms Others will illustrate the
1 pressure of air, trade winds, typhoons,
etc.
Fibre Industry.
The fibre industry of the Philippines
will embrace the Manila plant, ba-
mana tree bearing inedible fruit. Its
fibre produces the strongest ropes and
cables made. 1t will include ramie,
and all the fibre plants grown in the
archipelago. The great number of va
rieties shown, and the actual process
of Transforming the fibrous plants into
the finished product, will be an inter-
esting revelation and will show the is
lands vast resources as regards this
/ one industry.
There will be large herbarium,
representing the whole range of bo-
/ tanical specimens in this line, and a
full collection of fbres in various
stages of manufacture. All sorts of
manufactured fabrics from vegetable
fibres will be shown, from the coarsest
burlaps and rattan mattings to the
wonderfully dainty laces for which
the Filipino women are famed
The more common commercial fibres
of the islands will be represented by
a large collection, showing all the
i commercial grades, the amount of fl
i bre produced by single plant, the
amount produced on a given area, and
/ the different qualities produced by all
of the different methods of extrac-
i ton.
An Interesting Exhibit.
; There will be shown coarse MEETINGS,
cordage. threads, yarns, cords, lines,
twines, ropes and cables. And there
will be a large collection of the diff
ferent varities of rattan and rattan
4 products. All sorts of spinning pro-
ducts and brush-making materials,
basket stuffs, hats, ramie stuffs, san
dals, street-sweeping rolls, and many
similar articles will be shown.
4 This section of the exhibit will en-
brace large number of photographs
showing all the textile plants in
growth, and the process of stripping
the fibre and weaving. Most of these
processes will be shown in the space
allotted to the fibre exhibit by Fill
ipinos actually engaged in the
work.
/ Arrowhead Lake.
: Arrowhead lake will abound with in
terest for visitors. On the borders will