Arizona republican., 1907-09-07
LAND WHERE THE SNOWY BLOSSOMS NtVtR NlTHtR
Some of the Advantages of the Philip pines For American Young Men Looking Tor New Fields.

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 ! Zamboanga. Moro Province. P. T.. Aug. 12-tSoecial correspondence oC
 | The Bepublcan)-It is difficult fot lonyone Co realize just what the Phil lirpines really are unless familiar with
 tropical fgc. In America ue have
 four distinct seasons whereas here o.
 is perpetual summer. Do not however
 lConiound our simmer with 3ourS. as
 | the thermometer here rarely registers
 above 9o oH the WarmesJ d1ts. The
 nights are alwa.-s cool Neith,- should
 the Philippines be classed wi,l tropi-
 Heal America. where the Caucasiln's
 life is one endless conflict with aui-
 nal reptile and insect pests. and when
 not SD engaged is battling with the
 various forms of malari1I poisoning.
 Here We are practically. free from such
 drawbacks.
 There is an indcfinable something
 about the land where the snowy blos-
 sons never Wither from the @, rlasting
 ihiUs and autumn never braids its scar
 .le, frinses through the green of eter-
 lUaI summers Wl=n once thoroughly
 saturated wi;h it's influence !, is i'm
 possible 60 shake it off. You near "the
 East a-cJlIing" in every twitter of the
 birds. in every balmy breeze, in every
 field Of vordure. Americans who have
 lived here any length of time have
 been unable to stay away. It is really ! IUatheric Co see the many Spaniards
 .lup out or patriotic favor, sacrificed Fthrir interests here and returned to
 spain upon the occupation of the isl-
 ands by an American government.
 some tired oc their change in six months. others in a year. while a few 1 held out against the beckonmg East : two years. but tc,- are an bash Eow tn see their places filled by s-rIngerS- ! Hut. even so- they prefer these island
 ] to old CaSIir. In the case of Ameri- cans how much better biased are they Co return Co the islands. knowing that Ithey are stH resting under the fouls ! of old clor-. and that if reasons why 1 we should give them up wers thicker ' than blackberries. We would never do ! SD under Comoulsiou-
 [ It Will be many, many years, if eyer. ! before the American laborer will bc able to Co so well here as at home. | This is greeminently a land for the 1 play of iudisilual effort. What this country and it's people vitaily need iS
 a class ot thrifty young Americans % | employ and direct the labor ot tho primitive inhabitants.
 1 None of the drIdgsr- oT farm life in ! America is met with here. It partakes | Of the olantation life in the South | before the civil war The simple | people hera become wonderfully at tached to their homes and employers ] if treated f7irl,-. And kindly. cousid- crate treatment of help win always be ! found t1 be the most valuable asset iu i icondUCtirs a clantation in Mor5lnd. 1 MiUdaua1 is yer. mountainous. and : therefore has many valleys containing from ten thousand Co several hundred 1 thousand ac-.~ each. The level areas : in these valleys are the result of ol- l luvial deposits from -he mountain ! ranges. being ineNhauStible in fertility | And what IS more to the point. the soil ] is being enriched each year through ! the same processes which caused the original deposits.
 What caradise this island would ! be if each 0f these valleys claimed ! Its American settlement and their ! prosperous estates.
 The ideal cr5p in these islands is CO., coanuts. While it requires dt least seven -aars Co get return on this ! crop it requires less labor to handle. | and gives the most certain results. ! Practically all the American plant CTS here plant hemp ar first. which Civcz return ia two years and later : plant c1coauutS on the same ground AS hemp does not have r1 De- replauted except ever seven or eight years by the time the cocoduuts are ready Co | bear the hemp has disappeared. but ] th. returns from it have more than IpJid au cost of operation of the es- Itatr
 | Arrangements an, being perfected : by the engineer of the Moro Province ! Co get reliable data as co the number : of yaIe-s in thiS island thei rare1 and suitability for various crops. When this work is completed. exact iufor- nation can alWa-s he had bv those in- tCr-Sied without the expenditure of lmnecessary time or money.
 The plan adopted by the Americans [ ir this province f. to form an asSociJ- ! ton. putting one of their number iu charge or the plantation. th- others contributing from their salaries or other incomes until the ulau,a-iou i- ] p1 paving basis. Several hundred ipl1ntatou: are today being developed : along these lines in this province alone This is th, -'lu | would recommend : C., the young men uf America who ul | be looking in this direction as suit |abIe field or investment for their Ia- ! b1r and capital They could organize am association or corporation. sending lone of their number to establish thc plantation and gut it on paving basis : those remaining behind advancing thc necessary funds as necessary. II VI. | had only one organization pf tlis ktj : from e1ch county In the. United States. ! a 9ers0n1i interest in this province lvoU'd create an asset ver- valuable Go ! lhe islands as a whole. Doubtless ar- IrangcueUts could be made Go employ Ia plantation manager here. which lW"ull not require the presence of any lmemher of the company or che assoc ! citation. and our organization win uu- dort9ke jo find a reliable man f"r such ! work if required. However. it vil iI- IVays he very much more satisfactory
 to you Co have your own man pn thv IGrpund.
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