Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-25
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ready written OF the fortunes in the de-
relopment Of hemp, sugar and rice. and
also OF the great cocoanut groves which
annually yield from 81 to IS per tree. l
have written OF the public works, the
roads and new railroads and something
OF the other work which Is now going on.
so far but few favors have been given
TO foreigners, and by this mean Ameri-
cans and Europeans. Uncle Sam has
gone on the motto The Philippines for
the FtlipinoS" and he has practically shut
out the islands from foreign exploitation.
As result the material development
has been slow, but the archipelago has
been held as great savings bank, in
which.its resources are being kept for the
people. II is a question whether they
would not be better off II outside invest
ors were allowed to come in and build up
the country. -. 80 e'ra, y
Fifty thousand New Rubber Trees.
Just now one OF the new things IN pros
pect is the establishment of rubber m,
dusty. The Department of Agriculture
believes that the islands are well fitted
for that aid different kinds Of rubber
plants and trees were brought in three or
four years ago and planted in about
eight different provinces. The varieties.
chosen were many. The most OF them
came from Cesra and they inelnded not
only trees but shrubs and vines. There
were also some Para rubber trees brought
from the Amazon valley. The Ceara rub
Der did not do, but the Para rubber
trees, which produce nearly all the rub
Der OF commerce nave thriven and the
puieau OF asrleuIture mas arranged 10
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crsstas a ,r.s, hoor, which mas caused
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Another great possibility for the Philip-
pine Islands Is In SILK culture. IL Is
known thatsthe silk worm has been grown
there from generation to generation ana
Charles n Banks OF the bureau OF science
at Manila says that nine crops OF CO.
eoons can be annually produced This Is
about four times as many as some OF the
other silk countries have and there Is
now under way a movement to breed up
race OF SIX worms there which VIII
outlay all others The bureau OF science
Ia making 4 book TO Instruct the people
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ann husins.. viii yIsId .oms,h,ns nSo
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asr,cu,,ura, colIsyn ,h.ro A. nos, . 80,
silk bu,Idinr IN which ,houssna. a, 81
eoons ara nroduosd sverv month 90
wh.r. The s,pdsr,. a.. g,v.r nra,,,aai
,n,,r,,c,,on IN roar,r, ~. 49,.