East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
PHILIPPINES IN
GOOD CONDITION
AMERICAN CAPITAL RE-
VIvING THE ISLANDS.
Modern Improvements and Convent
enoes Installed Everywhcre-Tele-
phones, Sewers and Electric Lights
in Use-Harbor Improvements Now
in Progress in Several Islands.

Briefly summarized, the industrial
condition of the Philippines, as given
by the Philippine commission In its
recent report to congress is as follows
Up to date systems of lighting and
street transportation have been inau-
guated IN the city of Manila in which
millions of American money are in
vested and are receiving their just re-
ward In profits.
Contracts are held by enterprising
Americans for harbor works at Manila
involving an expenditure of over s4,-
100000 and harbor works are under
way at Iloilo and Cebu, both in the
hands of Americans. A modern tele-
phone system has been installed in
Manila with American capital and
will probably extend itself throughout
the whole of the island of Luzon as
authorized by the franchise. Conces-
sions have been granted and surveys
are under way for the construction Of
800 miles of railway in the Visayan
islands and over 400 miles in Luzon,
due wholly to the business enterprise
and the aggregation of American cap
ital, and will involve between S10,-
100000 and 100000 900 of expendi-
ture. Electric lighting plants have
been installed at Iloilo and Cebu un-
der American auspices and with
American capital.
An important American bank has
been established and has captured Its
fair share of the banking i'm the is
do. OF 0f
dollars for new water works and
sewer systems for the city of Manila
have already been awarded to Ameri'
can capital contracts have likewise
been awarded to Americans for the
construction of two immense steel and
cement wharves or piers at Manila
large lumber concerns have been in
augurated and are carried on in diff
ferent parts of the islands by Ameri'
cans and are seizing considerable por
tions of business for both imported
and domestic lumber; the largest pri
vate stationery and printing estab
lshment in the islands Is in the hand
Of Americans; the second largest es
tablishment in the world for the man
ufacture of cocoanut products Is do
ing business in the islands unde
American control and with American
capital, one of the largest importing
and exporting houses in the archipel
ago has, under American manage
ment and with American capital, al
ready captured a most formidabl
portion of current business.
American lawyers, physicians, den
lists and merchants are found in ever
direction; an aggregation of Ameri
can capital has given a tremendor
impetus to the most important pro
duct of the islands-abaca, or manil
hemp, which has no rival I'm the mar
kets of the worldly absorbing sev
eral Of the older and larger cOmpanie
and the use of new appliances whic
American skill and capital are bring
ing to bear: whatever development ha
been made in the mining industry ha
been by rugged Americans backed b
American capital the American new
paper men are also found in consiC
erable numbers, enterprisng ther
as at home, as an important factor
shaping public sentiment in the j
lands.
American enterprise has not take
its proper place in water transport;
ton between the islands, yet such cal
itaI is not wanting. and one compaI
is now meeting success.