The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
The ziuzao o the way to Baeufo, Summer Capital of the Philippines.

All aboard! Let's go! We're start
ing from Manila, the great picturesque,
Americanized Oriental city, and Will
travel by automobile 200 miles to the
north to Baguio, the summer capital of
the Philippines. The trip a also be
made by train
We have ahead of US one of the most
scenic, spectacular and thrilling auto
mobile trips in the world. We will
have excellent roads all the way. The
Philippines are, in fact, a paradise for
autoists, possessing $500 miles of fine
m~acadamized roads.
The first part of the trip is through
typical small towns and then across
the central plain of Luzon and through
several rich and fertile provinces,
where tropical vegetation Is seen at it's
best, Here one is impressed with the
great agricultural wealth of the Philip
pines, which represents one of the
East's greatest producing areas, with
lit tlllldSc VI llAiili1AD1 IL 81 y
sources for the development of further
production. 1t is regrettably true that
even in the United States there is far
from n real understanding of the
potentialitles of the islands.
At some points rice fields, looking in
the distance like the greenest of green
Iourpc ctrotab owov nc for nc tho avn
can see. If you want color, if you
want to feel the romance and mystery
of an Oriental twilight, pass this way
as the red eyed sur at the end of the
dying day is slowly sinking behind the
unending eXpanse of green fields. AT
first you cry out in ecstacy at the
gorgeous scene. But as you ride along,
your eyes fastened on the panorama
of tints and colors, and with the i'm
penetrably black Oriental night com
ing on fast, you become enthralled.
You no longer try to express your feel
ings. You cannot. You realize that those
now fast changing, colorful master
BiCtto II AlAC Atdh GLE anu OI llle ldl1Q-
scape are pictures that no man can ad-
equately describe nor human hands du-
plicate. SO what's the use Of trying!
True, these are but impressions, but
the t%raveloguer considers himself justi-
fed in mentioning them, for they are a
part Of the trip to Baguio and return.
In1na1 tho ffprraA,rc ,rO1.t- T. II
parts of the Philippines leave an i'm
pressions or the mind of the tourist that
is everlasting.
We leave the palms and tropical
foliage and enter the ZONE of rugged
pine, We pass from the soft, incense
laden air of the warm lowlands to the
crisp, invigorating ozone of the tenn
perate zone, all within a few hours
ime.
For mile after mile the road now fol-
Iows the %tortuous course of a river, the
road lying in the bottom or on the
rocky sides Of a granite canyon.
The Philippines are rich in hydro
electric possibilities. This power is the
cheapest power on earth. And it is
everlasting. Your tra~veloguer is nei-
ther a prophet nor the son of a proph-
et, but he predicts that one day there
will be innumerable Philippine govern
L1ent owned hydro-electric plants in
this canyon We are now passing
'%nrough. Think of the possibilities OF
such a project. Today the trip from
Manila TO Baguio is too expensive for
the average Manila worker and his
family, many Of whom may live and
die without %beholding the wondrous
beauties of their own island of Luzon
Think of what a blessing it would be
to Filipino mothers and children tC
Feel upon their feyered brows the cool
Inyigorating hreeZes of the mountain
tops now so near and yet so far! Will
he Philippine government owning it;
J@n electric railways and |hydro-elec
TIT plants it would be possible to brin.