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purpose. but nothing more than a scra: of sea wall ever materilaized and that reproach to a venal government Saa
 pitifully Obliterated by the elements some years ago. Ships drawing in cH
 cess of 13 feet of water could not g.
 into the river. but required to anchor at about two miles from the shore. Cargoes were transferred in lighters and as this could only be done in faiy weather, delays sometimes running into a week or 10 days, were incurred. tn- volving wasteful demurrage chaEsry. in addition to the unusual expense @. the method of transfer. It is needle--
 to say that under such condition. masters. who had any. freedom of chcsce summed Manila, and the port lost much trade that it would otherwise have en- joyed. Manila is passing from this f..- sition of disadvantage to that of Ofe of the safest and, most convenient E-srts in the Pacific.
 The inSular government has projeCr- ed series of extensive improvements. which include the construction of an effective breakwater, an ample system of docks and a deep-water approach.
 Vessels will soon discharge and ship their cargoes at the wharves. and dry docks at Cavite will offer all the neces- sary facilities for repairs. This effort
 to enable Manila to profit to the full by her natural advantages is well judged and the money invested vii. unquestiOnably yield a splendid return in the increased trade that must flow from these facilities and the operation of the railroads in course of comple- ton.
 With the opening of the Panama canal the trade route between the At lantic ports of America and the main land of Asia will be changed and much of the freight which is now borne Go the latter points from Europe by Way of the Suez Canal may be expected Co take the Pacific course. Manila Will then lie in the main route of Eurasian traffic, and not a small proportion of the collecting and distributing trade of Hongkong should be diverted to her.
 More than half the people of the globe are in commercial proximity Co the Philippines. A large number of these people are not at present within the established zones of the worlds traffic, but the. opening up or new sys- tems of transportation is constantly bringing extensive areas into trade re- latiOns with other countries. In this fact lies the great opportunities of the Philippines. Many of their products present and potential. are of the kind that find a ready market in semi-civll- iZed communities.
 China, the first and always the best customer of the Philippines. is on the eve of great commercial development. Already she is in the position of de manding more of the products of the archipelago than she is receiving. She is consuming a constantly increasing quantity of Philippine sugar. and her demand for the insular lumber. now tN excess of the present ability to supp N il, must expand with the extension ' Chinese railroad construction and subsidiary operations. As her induS tries develop. China will need Manila hemp and Philippine coal. and it is not improbable that. with a little en- couragement. the island may. in few years, be able to supply her with quan- titles of clothing material and yarns. On the other hand. the people of the Philippines. as they convert ever in creasing areas of paddyland to more T greater quantities of rice.
 It is not only to China that the Phil ippines need to turn for trade. Japan and other countries will afford desir- able markets when the resources of the archipelago are scientifically developed It should be remembered that the Phil ippines have only recently entered the arena of the world. The ..f trade less than so years ago and only within the last decade has the trade of the islands been free of hamperinS The basic conditions ar favorable and with evo- ution We may expect to see the Phil ppines grow into one Of the most pros porous countries of the eastern hemis- phere.
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