--- — c_~ - - —. — — mlU 1NLJ rC J.;i: \ I i l lI l!~ I..,'( I':> "I /1- k6l ~Cne3L __ via-r-i IOL- '__ z - THE PHILIPPINES, TREASURE HOUSE OF THE TROPICS, MANILA, PEARL OF THE ORIENT m C I I I I f PHILIPPINE FACTS Number of islands, over 3,000. Area, estimated, 115,026 square miles. Population, estimated, 8,400.000. Land under cultivation, estimate, 5,500,000 acres. Aralle public land, awaiting cultivation and suljject to lease at lOc. per acre per year 7.000,000. C(linmate mildll tropical; nights cool; sunstroke unknown. Average temperature for 26 vyarb: ainimlum 72o asnd maximum 920, with but one case of the thermometer leaching 100. Average annual rainfall at Manila for 45 ears. 77 inches, mostly from Mayto Novemnber; droughts rare and of small extent; many pleasant intervals between the rains. lIecorde(l death-rate per 1,000 among,h:ites in Manila (1911) 12.21; New York. 16.52; San Francisco, 15.00; Chicago, 14.06' Glasgow, 17.95; Belfast, 22.3. Finances, 1911: lRevenue, $12,722,760; ('urrent expenses, $10,350,978; Expenditures from revenue for permanent public improvements, $3,643,135. All expenses of civil government p'ail out of the local revenues without any contrilbtion from the treasury of the United States. Per capita tax collected for all purposes, less than $2.50. GRLOWTH OF ('OMMERCE: EXPORTS. IMPORTS. IMPORTS FROM U. S. Average of 5 most prosperous Amount. Pet. -ears before 1898........ $23.792.372 $19.583,682 $ 006,708.4.5 Fiscal year 1911............. $3.788,629 $49.,833:,722 $19.,18,841 44. ~, - ---- EIXPOIRTS, 1911: COMMODITY. Q;. ANTIr Y. VALUE. Manila hemp (of which the Islands have *natural monopoly)..................... 165,649 metric tons. $16,141,340 Copra (of which the Islands are world's greatest producers)................. 115,602 " 9,899,457 Sugar........ 149,376 " - 8,014,366 I.eaf Tobacco.... 12,162 " 1,794,480 Cigars....... 132,217,000 1,700,712,/ Cigarettes...:3:,662,000 36;132 Hand-woven hats............. 1,025,596 307,987 MINOR PIlOI).UCTS AND INDUSTIIILS:Agricultural —tropical fruits, nuts, spices, coffee, chocolate, and cotton. Forest-rattans, tan-barks, dve-woods, gum-copal, and gutta percha. Muarine-fish, tortoise-shell. 'pearls, and1 sponges. Manufotctures susceplible of profitable detvelupmenlt- paper-making from bamboo and hemp, rope-making, sugar-refining, cocoanut oil making, and silk manufacture. PUBLIC' W()RKS:Rail-Roads: —Constructedu since 1898,3about..... 450 miles. At present in operation, abouti.............. 575 At present under construction...... 50 " Definitely plamned in addition......... 460 " Population now servel, over................. 2,000,000, ~Roads. —First-class macadamized roads.......... 1,000 " Second-class lightly surfaced roads........... 664 Bridgyes. —Total bridges alnd culverts of steel and concrete............... 3,499 Total expernsliture on roads fd1 lri Iges (1911) over $2,250,000 Averate l monlthly enrollmenrt 6f pupils in the public schools: In 1902, a out......................... 150.000 In 19 11.................................... 44 6,889 SIPIING; FAI('1ITI.;ES:Vesasls' from foreign ports entering Manila Bay, (191) 1).4..................... 948 Rrpresentilg a total toinnage of................. 1,865,196 Tot:ll nullrmer of colst\ise ships for moving the Ishlands:' crops, 522 of wich................. 168 are steamers. Total toniiage of coastwise' shil')ping entered (1911). 1,301,714 TIJ E lPORlT OF MANILA: Is dredged to a depth of:;0 feet, has two piers 550 by 75 feet and.650 by 110 feet, reslectively, with another pl:alnned to be 750 bly 160 feet. MANILA'S NENW t) TEl,::-)nsr of the largest and finest in the Orient; equipped after the latest al IesVmo lels in the United States; accommodation for tolristsunelxcelled. - -` v - L- - s tAL - -. —; -...... W HEN the United States took over the Philippine Archipelago from Spain, to most of our 90,000,000 of people the Islands were merely a dot on-the map, and it is only within the last few years that even Americans who_ tour the Orient have' begun to discover that these 3000 islands have the greatest charm of scenery, hold more of interest to the traveler, have greater natural wealth and therefore offer as profitable a field for investment as any other land between the western coast of the United States and its eastern boundary measured around five-sixths of the globe's circumference. Weather reports for more than two score years prove that Manila and the region round about have one of the best climates in the tropics. Only once in 22 years has the thermometer registered 100 degrees, and while the sun is warm in the middle of the day, the nights are cool and frequently necessitate blankets. This is in the lowlands, and as one attains greater elevation in the mountains, the nights grow colder until, at the higher levels of the Benguet range, ice often forms on the streams. Health conditions are wonderfully improved under American sanitary methods and the death rate of the. European and American colony is lower than in any other large city of the world, although this statement should be qualified by saying that the bulk of the white population is of an age when the expectancy of life is greatest. As Manila is the chief city of the Islands in point of size and wealth, is the capital and generally the first port that the traveler will see,.a summary of its attractions will be given before passing to consideration of the islands as a whole. The city is on the shore of Manila bay, a circular body of water some thirty miles across, at whose gateway stands Corregidor, the Gibraltar of the Orient and probably the strongest fortified place in the world. Manila's harbor proper lies behind a breakwater, one and one half nautical miles long with an immense anchorage space. Two wharves, one 650 feet long, have been outgrown by the rapidly increasing commerce of the past few years and a third wharf, to be 750 by 160- feet, is now planned for immediate construction.! As the harbor is some 30 feet deep, large passenger and freight steamers go to the wharves, where baggage is inspected and stamped by the customs, whose officials are most lenient with bona fide tourists, firearms alone being prohibited from entry except under heavy cash bond. Other dutiable articles such as tobacco, spirits and curios may be stored at slight cost. Not far from the wharves, are seen the walls of old Manila, begun in 1591, at a point near Fort Santiago. These massive relics of the Spanish conquest period are from 30 to 50 feet thick and surround a city whose antique charm is heightened by the historic memories it enfolds. Here in the Augustinian church is the tomb of Legaspi, the soldier captain who conquered the islands discovered.by Magellan on the first voyage that circled the globe. Monuments to Magellan; and Legaspi, Del Cano, the navigator, and Urdaneta, the priest, to Charles IVi who gave vaccination to the islands, and to Archibishop Benavides who founded the oldest college now under the American flag, are in or near the Walled Cityf whose gates alone with their doubly protected entrances, marked with quaint! commemorative tablets, are well worth seeing. The Walled City is only one of three coexisting Manilas. The city such as it was before the Spaniard came exists to-day in the groups of bamboo huts thatched with nipa palm that fringe the beaches and the rivers. These huts raised high above the ground are of practically the same pattern as those from which Raja Lacandola and his men rushed out to man their flimsy stockade against the Spaniards under Salcedo. The Walled City is the second of the Manilas and it was not through fear of the natives that this task of three centuries was undertaken. In those days the yellow peril was a concrete menace. In 1574 a band of pirates came sailing from China under one Li-Ma-Hong, made landing on the beach south of the city and were almost successful in wresting the stockade from the Spaniard who had then held it scarcely- three years. This and rumor of other invasions led to the construction of Fort Santiago near the mouth of the Pasig River, and from this as a starting point the wall was gradually extended to surround the city. The circuit of its battlements is a little more than two miles, and it is probably the best example of a mediaeval walled city now standing. It is practically in che shape the last Spanish engineer left it and only a short section along the river bank has been removed. The moat, however, breeding place for fever and pestilence, has been filled and parked and in its sunken gardens the younger generation now plays football and baseball. One of the bastions near the Luneta'side has been turned into an aquarium whose pergola crown, looking like a baby's bonnet on a grandmother, does not utterly spoil the effect of antiquity, though'it does its best. Here are.specimens of the painted fiah and brilliant sea monsters with which the island -waters teem. I Santa Cruz Church, Manfla. Santa Lucia Gate to Walled City. A carriage drive around the, Muralla, or street just inside the walls, should be made by every sightseer since the curving roadway is continually presenting new and curious architectural glimpses to the traveler. There are relics of a by gone day whose romances, deeds of valor and of hate, and all their goodly company have left but a name here and there from which the intense life of this once greatest stronghold of Spain in the Orient can be but vaguely conjectured. In the walled city are several churches of more than passing interest. The Agustinian on Calle Palacio, with its barrel shaped roof and buttressed walls, is the oldest in'Manila. It was begun in 1599 under the plans of Antonio Herrera, nephew of the famous builder of the Escorial. Here are the tombs of Legaspi and Salcedo, his nephew, and of many other captains and cruss.ders. In Calle Arzobispo is the Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius, whose interior of carved wood is most remarkable. From floor to roof, it is most artistically done. "The ceiling is a lacework of paneling, the columns and arches are woven about with exquisite tracery of leaf and scroll and the figure work is natural and lifelike" is the verdict of an artist visitor. The pulpit, whose ascending spiral presents scenes from scripture, and the marble altar, with a replica of the Da Vinci last Supper in its front panel, are exquisitely carved, but not more carefully done than the smallest rose in the garlands that Heck the sanctuary rail. Enthusiastic visitors of an artistic turn have declared that to see this church alone is worth the journey to Manila, and have wondered that its fame has not spread further abroad. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, which faces on Plaza McKinley, is on the site of earlier cathedral structures, and was begun in 1864. Its Roman Bvzantine architecture and great size make it remarkable aside from its indirect lighting system, which gives the sanctuary the effect of being bathed in strong sunlight. This is the first application of modern lighting methods to a church in the orient. Other churches of greater or less interest are the Dominican, a Gothic pile close to the gap in the wall near the river; the Recoletos on Calle Cabildo,which, with its curiously shaped corner tower, is the second oldest in the city, and the Franciscan, whose treasures include some good paintings and the "St. Francis of Tears" statue which is reputed to have extended its carved hands and wept on an occasion. Near the Cathedral, at the right hand of the Plaza MeKinley, is the Ayuntamiento, where the Philippine Legislature and the Governor General have offices. Here is a statue of Magellan's navigator, Del Cano, and the marble ball where the Assembly or Filipino lower house, holds its sessions. This hall contains an allegorical painting of America enlightening the Filipino race. Across the Plaza, whose center is occupied bya monument to Charles IV, whom Napoleon deposed, is what at first sight appears to be the ruins of a huge building, but on closer inspection proves to be a foundation whose massive courses still await a superstructure. Theentrance to Fort Santiago on the continuation of Calle Palacio is remarkable for the wooden lintel tablet showing a Spanish knight riding rough shod over the Moors. Here are the offices of the United States Army in the Philippines and in steel safes are stored the originals of the detailed topographical survey maps of the interior of the Islands made by the engineer corps and said to be the most beautiful specimens of the modern cartographer's art. This survey, now covering only parts of Luzon, is to be extended to every region of strategical importance. A walk around the walls of the fortress which are honeycombed with passages, blocked up and forgotten should be of interest. Other points of interest in' the Walled City are the Ateiseo, a Jesuit college whose museum contains a most complete collection of tropical shells, the San Juan de Dios college, the University of Santo Tomas, just entering upon its fourth century, and the College of Santa Isabel, founded for the orphan daughters of Spanish officers in 1594 and therefore the oldest school on American soil. Various bureaus of the Government and the Philippine Library are housed in buildings of the Walled City pending the construction of the government centre. Before passing to the modern city of steel and concrete which is being built under American stimulus, a word regarding the condition of the old city as found by the United States troops may not be amiss for purposes of contrast. Sanitation was practically unknown and the water supply, until the early eighties, was drawn from courtyard wells. The streets now are cleaner than the average American city and the water supply, from a watershed of 100 square miles thirty miles away in the mountains, is as pure as any in the Islands excepting the artesian well supplies. Street lights were few and far between in Spanish times and the gracefully bent grills and iron barred windows were a necessity against thieves. Now the city is one of the safest after nightfall in the world, because of its excellent police system. To see how the Filipino lived before the Spaniard came, one need only ' 3 11 i 1 ' Bengutet Road'to- Summe~ Capita- at. Bagiio...:.(ive t hrougl the T'ondo. district witiS-its —miles ofl native huts, or lsit some other of- tl.e. outlving."barrios."' - -. - '. Thie niew.ih- thlt Americalr citeerprise is coiistrfcting iila- b) forecasted —bv - a isiit to thie Luiieta- a:circular drive, flanled byi'the new hotel an l the Elks and ' - An' ald Navy clubss.- Tiiis St-le of concrete and 'teel construeioi is follod. 'I iln tlhe Younl Mlelns Celristlan Assuciation building on'Calle Conce cion, the Fil t. I i' si 1) Normalt Scho'l on Tlaft'-Av w, whlere. will be located other b i dintns of the L- t iversitr o:tille -lhitia.ines,.t-he tGeneral-.i- ospital, said: to be the latest Wiord in firt.ilri for t1hle si.k; also on. Taft 'Ave;, t le newv Medical College o i Calle Herra-n, '. indl"' s vcral -others of siniilar nat-erials rnd desinn.. ' ',. ' COutsidl t- e -walls are two draves w.oirthy of more than passin: mention and '-t.e )heillii of. a third -hlich will l e oe - of the Iiost be)autiful.' -enues in -the -. - '-. -. - - -... ' /1 i of ton), makes ir o nore tha hal the City. ith it... filled in most aiid the Botanical Garden itis i uperb'city irect. The Malecon ' - Wliil once skirted the seawall and -hichi connects the..Luet - circle near the mouth'of the Pasig, haa a, double row of' coconut palms nosw near:S -. Coonut- Avenu e onIsoa-n d lofl Jolo a — "? -'... the baorl n' exiirs. inftg Someoef the Banst nte lsta (in, porion a lf t e l. ill:he from this-drivesay., But the great road tha'. is to be and swhich has been-dclefinitely ' begun i.the seventeen mile 'eescent shaped- bhoulevxard to run from Manila to Ca-...' ' vite; ogf which Dewe, eiecouiitered and sunkt.lhe Spanish fleet; Tlhis roadway will ~ be doubly parked and hbase row- of palms,,on either-side. I Its course will lie- along:> he sea ecl and,' already, tle remote prs ect of its speedy compfetion has led to., ' - " -,-''. ' i' '/ ',. - ' '.:.' i ', spe:L-j zt Rest House in Mountain Province 1 Rest House in Mountain Province Paco Cemetery with Circles of Niches 1lt I C<lLtr1i(,l,f rM1:tlVi fh:uomli ro-idtcnces fntur m iles fot' ro tile city. It will 1e l ilt iupol llandl recl:im(ed fr(nin lic Se('a b I)U ping the bottom of the bay insi(le retaiinL i wl lls whlicih;irce inow comld ie luln(iost to the city limits. ( Lumbering in Philippines. Iron Furnace at Angat. MNanila should be the Mecca of the motorist. Nowhere else in the tropics are ctentered so n11an beautiful roads and, with the recent opening of the highway to Los Barios, which bridges a former gap, the automobilist can nake a round trip journey of almost 200 miles from Manila to Lucena and to Antimonan on the Pacific ocean side of Luzon. Length is not the most compelling factor in this road system, nor does its rnain attraction lie in the perfection of surface, equalled only by the great motor highwa'ys of France, though both contribute. rhe chief charm is the liversity of country and thle Ilanyl places of interest alonz its course. Pasay, with its polo field and new residence district, Parafiaque, home( of thle errmbroiderers, swith its anclient buttressed churcht, Las Pifias church which houses the only hbaim)oo organ in the world', Ios Iahios, now famed 300 y ear its hot battIts which boil out from unlder Molunt N:Maquiling, anll 5San Piablo, in the heart of tle Iuzon ccoconut country, are stole of the Imany quatint and beautiful towns. Aside' from these t'e swhole countrvside teems with interest vith ito rice and sugar ftiels, its banana, mnango:tnd coconut groves,:nd tlle nanyn vistas of mountain:Ind lake which it affordls make it one of the miost interesting motor drives in the world. Another auto trip fron Manila, of Zreat scenic interest, is that to Montalban where ire located tie hetldworks andl dam of the neww ater svstem. This passes Fort McKinley, ltie largest imilitary post in the world, tle aincient town of Pasig with its ornate church and crooked bridge: Sin Mateo, where General Lawton was killed, and traverses the Mariquinra valley, a stretch of absolutely. level land from two to ten miles wide, girt in by mountains, to the grorge at Montalban where a limestone cliff 1,500 feet hiih, seetis to have been set lup on edge an(Lcleft with somie giant ax or lhaminier of Thor. Between its walls brawls the Mariquina river, part of whlose flow is impounde(l byv te damr and shunted off through thirty miles of pipe to Manlila. Huge boul(lers, fifty feet square and weighing up to tens of thousands of tons are scattered through thie gorge, their tops pitted sith deeps holes ground by smaller stories under the rush of the spring freshets.. The trip to this gorge should le timed to reach it at five o'clock.when the shadlows begin to empurple the distant hills and the bamboos glow like gold. A detour through Fort McKinley which has many miles of superb) roadw'ays affording views of the valley toward the lake, is well worth while, and short stop at the Guadalupe convent near the Fort, burned during the insurrection tihat followed the Spanish- War, affords:t view of t}le largest ruin in the Philippines and one which wsell shows the stability K Mayon Volcano, one of most perfect cones in world. Moro House on shore of Sulu Sea. General Hospital at Manila with whic(' tle S,:ltiar ds built, the.>tronglholds of their religious campaign, planned to endure forever. In the SMariqutirn vlley tilis roal bran:ells, tile rirght hand leading to Antipolo.: (curious od1( town whose church cointains tle fa:llous sta:tle of Nuest:ra Sefiora d I:L l':iZ ' IBleill Viaje (Lady of Peace ald (tood Voyages) concerning which some historians have ellmellishedt their otherwise accurate pages with stories of seven t.rips by sea il which this statie stilled tetilpests anil of its disalppearance to be founld 40 years later in:n antipolo (hreadfruit) tree from which the town takes its rl:ae The ft:('ts are otherwise, but tie statue tlis )eeon venera:ted since 1672 when it was pllaced in its present lloile and has l'been given several hundred thousandl dollars sortht of geln decked robes and a silver shrine that ill itself it worth the seeing. The North road from Manila, through Caloocan, whose chturclh was a target for Dewey's gunners, to Bulaean prrovince is aniother interestinga trip of some fifty miles. 3B it can be reached Obalnd(o where childless wvoien ao in May to pray andl where:dances of dervish ordler attract tlhe curious to thlis fiesta. Continuing througlt the vill:ges of Polo, anid Mt'c:auayan, the roa:l reachies Malolos, or by turning to tle North nea:r Bocaue, one (call reach:San Miguel (ie I:Mayumo anAt the f:atmous Silbul;Springs whose virtiues Ir:aw thlither nl:1ny 'lafflicte(l with. stomach troutbles. Near Silhul are some remlarkablle caves and not far:tI\:, at'the town of Angat, is a famious ldepIosit of iron nre from which mIost of tlie' native style ploughshares use(l in tlie islallnds are imade in:a crude foundtlr Imanamedl byl a:t woman. The northl roal, tle south road:l and thlat t lrough lie Mariquin-a are over battle fields bahthed with the blood of A:\imerican soldiers and of their Spanishi aln Filipino opponlents. This sangluinary circle surrounlds the 'N;hole counltry side of Manila mucIh as did the cordon of b)lockholiuses tbuilt by tile Spaniard hemi in the city. The history of these campaigns is a fertile field for the historiatn. Such aire the trips iby roald-:and tih roads a:e rr s rolounlcel -to be among the test in the world bv every traveler. Most of these points of interest c:an a:lso he reached ll rail anId some, that to los Bafios, for instance, also )i'V w:ater, but with auto lire so reasonable as it is here, it has seemed best tos dwell at leingth on this means of seeilg the country as it affords a more untr.amnielled vieav than train or trolley. Yet not all the famous places near Manila can he reached in this fashion, for the most beautiful of all, the celebrated gorge and falls of Pagsanjan, are not vet accessible by) rail, although the steam road is pushing steadily into their vicinity. The trip to this gorge, wlhose walls tower three hundred feet above a body of water less than 100 feet wvide, should be made, one way at least, by boat up the Pasig river and across the Lagtuna de Bay, a fresh water lake about 12 feet deep and covering 200 square niles. The -river trip brings the traveler close to the homes of the Filipinos iand affords many curious sights. The return trip bJy native pony cart 9 Country Road Scene in Philippines. _. {i - L HI-;-. Magallanes Monument.l 1) Hemp Plantation. ---- Provincial Building-La Laguna. from Pagsanjan to Santa Cruz brings one to the railtoad for the ride of some 50 'miles to Manila through a rich agricultural country. Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines, 5,000 feet above sea level, affords an objective point for a journey over one of the- most remarkable roads in the world. This Benguet road follows the course of the Bued river which it crosses manly times in its winding way up the mountains. Its location amid the pines and its altitude give the dweller in the plains a chance to visit the temperate zone sithout going out of the tropics. It is only a short (ay's journey t)y rail and awtomobile from Manila. Its accommodations for travelers are excellent alnd as it is the starting point for some most interesting trips into the countrx of the hill tribes, a week or two can be passed to advantage in Baguio and vicinity. Baguio is destined to become the great resort for all those in this part of the Orient who desire a change of temperature during the hot season. In Raguio one sleeps under heavv blankets during the greater part of the year and its climate, coupiled with its beautifil mountain scenery, gives it a doutle charm to tempt and hold the traveler. Manila is by no mea.ns the only interesting city in ahe Islands nor has it a monopoly of scenery, for the visitor. Cebu, Iloilo and Ziimboanga, or Jolo where the Sultan of Sulu maintains his by no neans comic opera court in a walled city whose defenses are still necessary, and a hundred other smaller towns might be mentioned as wvorthy the traveler's time. As for scenery, the voyager on any of the interisland lines is apt to be surfeited with it before his journey is ended. Inland setl surpassing the celebrated Japanese one are traversed by the dozen each liffering in most aspects frolm all others. Malanpaya sound, where 50 pound fish lie in wait to tire out the arm of the angler; Baciuit bay with its thousand feet cubes of limestone, scattered as though some giant child had been learning an alphabet of the stone age and left his blocks where they lay; San Pablo bay where empties the most remarkable underground river in the world, navigable for two miles, with gotlic groined arch ceiling, huge stalactites and delicate traceries of limestone, the wihole guarded by a castellated cliff near its entrance-all these await the traveler of time and means who has tired of the well trod tourist track and wants fresh scenes and experiences rather than gaping at buildings that he had seen in picture or reality a hundred times before. 11 -. Type of Provincial Bridge. ITh artli-t lias nIot vet vt i.coverred llte T'lipilitnes, whose cities with their clhurches and tille stlainlled w'lls. peoqpldd with I rightly cl:a(l natives form n matgnificent motive for tle;lwatercolorist, atild isli oe nIIItI lains, lakes and waterfalls, to say nothiniao of thle g ran(dest narine views an:l nost niagnificent sunsets the world affords, await the painFter in oils. AWhe1n so(' Tlurner vet unknownl shall exhibit a series of Philiippine sunsets in their settings of troicall seas and feathery clad mountains, lie will rcap instant fame andl tile (woods andl beaches, the pl)azas and market places of these islalndl will fill up with artists. Int view of the!nanti places of interest within easy reach hb modern means of tralnsporlatlion, the visitor who can see only tle region near Mlanila should put inr two (dals if every tliree of his st:a i l thle elnvirons and one in the city. By the timee lic lis trver.-sed a few score n;il(s; of fertile vallev lands supporting a dense urglicuilt r:l l)i pulittion aIs w\ell as feedlill the adjoinii ig towns and cities, he will bgini to sen.se tlie wonderful icsilbilitic(e (f f'thse island(s hen meodern methods are added to t.l(;ir great fertilitv of soil. 'Tl land I lie will see are for the most part occuliedl,:~jtl,}aiill ulwards of 7.000,t000 acres of virgin valleys are awaiting the plough. Agrriculttur is the biackbone of tl:e country and practically all of its S40,000,()(H) of exports are nallural p)roduct.i w-orked ui) only into such form as will enable thlem to lie sliplped. This exportati on of raw materials is an economic crime ltit ise netedl.ls silnce only ca(litill is necessary to turn them into finished products and doulule tlie wealth of.tlie country witllout making even the two proverbial bl):dres if grass gron. 'The mnain exports are henimp, copra, sugar ant tobacco, in tliat or(der. The Isla ndts are thel onl true lhemp lands in the world for here alone ldoes tlis plant re:ach its full stren Etl llint length of fiber. Exports of hemp from June 191() to June 1911 inclusi-e, xerce $1G,()000,00(0. Only $41,000 of cordage and S50(),()0(0 f knottctd lhe1 p tlt, tlit l ltte r 1to b( further manufnactured were exported1. Thle Isl:ands lenl tle -world iln exlorts of copra, and 115,000 tons, worth nearly $1(,)0(0,(1(0(), were stipied inl thle last fiscal yer. Only a few gallons of coconut oil are.lio-wn ill thie exptort reports. Sugar to tli, amount of S8,000,000 wsas sent away o be refilned,.vhei( the atpllicatioin of mIiodern methods woulil have raised the output some 25 per cent or 35,000 tons which was lost in the grinding, and raised sthe gprade from 82 to '96, the two losses in amount and quality penalizing the planter at least $-,000,000. Tollacco is manuitfactured into cigars and- cigarettes, but leaf tobacco exports were about 1l00,(000 more than the $1,700,000 worth of cigars that swere shipped. Another seeminig economic crilime t is the importtion of rice, but the natives 12 Picture, on upper right hand, shows entrance to wonderful under ground river on Island of Pala;an. It has ben explored by boat for two miles. Above shows Tasal Volcano in eruption and below are a hat maker and a rice huller. 7 -I answertthat they could not sell the $40,000,000 of exports if they put all their time into puttering about in the mud of the rice fields. As no one compels them to plant rice by hand this plea does not jibe with the $9,000,000 of rice coming in 13 Cebu Baseball Team, Winner of Philippine Scholastic Pennant. and the millions of acres of vacant rice lands. With modern machinery, one man could do the work of fifty in the rice field-but modern machinery costs money which the native has not, his purchasing capacity averaging about $5 gold for the _,400,000 of people, admittedly underestimated. The needs of the Philippines in capital and men to make the money work to advantage are legion, but nowhere else in the world is capital given so munificent rewards. The ordinary bank rate of interest on secured notes is seven per cent, and for mortga,' snans on improved city property about ten per cent. Business opportunities ' ransportation, public utilities and manufacturing stare one in the face at.. y turn, and all they ask is money to turn out the dividends to ten and twenty per cent.- Even government enterprises managed without the spur of personal enrichment, greatest of motive powers in business, will make twelve to fifteen per cent a year. To the prospective investor who says that these are only opportunities, not assets, the reply can be made that the Philippines with 25,000,000 acres of virgin timberlands have an asset which in this day of rapidly vanishing forests say, "Come and gather", and the woods are among the most beautiful cabinet materials in the world. Rubber, gums and rattan, dyestuffsand tanning barks are here for the gathering, and were it not that the easp-with which the Filipino can satisfy his creature wants takes away all initiative, these islands would produce a hundred, times their present export traffic. To agriculture and. forestry must be added the mines, deposits of gold and copper, coal and iron and rMfarn other economic minerals and non metallic substances including vast stores of the materials for manufacture of cement, now imported to the value of $600,000 a year. Practically every river bed in the islands carries some gold and great placer beds of, extraordinary richness are now beginning to be dredged. Such is a hurried survey of the Philippines, which nature-has endowed with every element to delight the traveler and recompense the investor to such an overwhelming extent that one must needs lay out a path and follow it either in sightseeing or in development of resources since every turn of the road opens up a new and unlimited vista of pleasure or profit. For detailed information regarding country, climate, resources, etc., address the Publicity Committee or the Manila Merchants' Association,' Manila, P. I. 14 IHemp Strippin by Hand in Philippi nHemp Stripping by Hand in Philippines Anda Monument near Mouth of Pasig River, Manila. 15 I CASH EXPENDED JULY 11910 TO JUNE 30.1911 UR.AU, GENERAL OFFICE wPm _r-1 —. wi 1if 'iE r -^r W C 0r m:PM. 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