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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1912)
B THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE: FEBRUARY 25. 1911!. Large Opportunity for Money-Making in the Philippines ASHIN-GTON. D. C.-In this. I I A 1 "W litr en rac'i Sara I W I ,n ,ne Philippines I win to ray something or tb new money-making possibilities which are being opened up by tne lonranMnt I hevs al ready written ot the fortunes In the de velopment of ' hemp, sugar and rice, and also of the great coroanut grove, which annually yield from II to K per tree. 1 have written of th public works,: the roada and near railroads, and something of the other work which la now going on. So far but few favors have been given to foreigners, and by this I mean Ameri cans and Europeans Uncle Sam has gone on taer motto -"The Philippine for the FUiptnoa." and he has practically shut out the hilands from foreign exploitation. As a result the material development has been . slow, but the archipelago has been held as a great savtnga bank, la which' Its resources axe being kept for the JwopJa.. It la a Question whether they would, not be better off If outside Invest or" wer allowed to come la and build up" tbe asrantry. , - - Fifty TBavaaad Sew Kwbber Tree. Just now an of the new things m pros pect is the establishment of a rubber Ox. dustrjr. The Depart meat of Agriculture believes that the islands are well Sited for that, and different kinds of rubber plants sod tress were brought in three or four- years ago sad - planted In about sight 'Afferent provinces. The varieties chosen were many. - The moat of them cam frm Ceara and tbey lncladed ant only tacts but Shrubs and vines. There were she soma Para rubber trees brought from the Ajnason valley. The Ceara rub ber did not do, but the Para rubber trees, which produca nearly all the rub ber of : ooounerea. have thriven and the bureau of agriculture, has arranged to dutribale 50O Para seedlings to the proper localities. These seedlings are now growing la the government narssrles and they will be put out under the direc tion of tie bureau and carefully watched. If they so at well as la petted we shall have a rubber export from the Philippine! which will form one ot the most valuable ssets of the Islands.- .It la the Par rub. bar that baa been introduced Into Malay sia and the Dutch Sast Indies, having Teals a great boom.- which has caused speculation la London and throughout the asst. ' "" ' Developing, the (ilk ladastry. Another' great possibility for the Philip pine Islands Is in silk sultuea. It Is know a that, the allk worm has beta grown there from generation to generation, and Charles R, Baaka of the bureau of science at Manila says that nine crops of co coons cari be annually produced. This la about four times st many (a some of His other silk countries have and there la I sow underway a movement to breed up m rac of silk worms there which will outlay all others. The bureau of science la making's book to Instruct the people how to build up the Industry.-It gives directions as te how to rales the eecoona, how to teed the young worms, and also how to prepare tbe raw allk for spinning. Aa It In howthe Islands Import the most ot their ran silk from China and they mix It with (he fibers ot the Islands In weaving Jul. cloth and others cloths of high pries. The bureau of1 agriculture says that the mulberry tree can be grown all over the Philippines and that It will furnlah food for the worms 'within two years after plsntltaj. A . Vyeer-old tree . will give enough leaves for l.Ouf allk worms, and two and one-half acres will aupport LIN trees, which will feed mors than LOW, 000 allk aroma. This number ot worms should produce several thousand pounds of co coons, la short It la estimated that the ailk business will yield something like n,00 per acre and that It win steadily (row as.-to profits. Connected with tbe agricultural eollegs there Is now a model silk building In which thousands of co coons are produced every month and where the students are given practical Instruction la rearing tbe soring. Phlllpplae Lands. The- total amount of land In the Philip pines' Is said to be about "4.N0.W acres. Of this only about one-fifth is owned by Individuals and the other four-flftha be ' longs te the government I' Dele 8am has been very careful In granting concessions for this land. Comparatively tew farms have been given away and there will be no waste of government property, either mineral or agricultural, as has been the case with tbe United Plates. The friar lands, which covered about 42t,00g acres, wers 'mostly good farming property. They were sanight by the government at a cost of fr.at.MN whieh was Just about as mock as wa paid for Alaska, the money being raised! by bonds secured by tbe Islands These lands are being sold and home steads are being glvra out on the public lands to Filipinos. Too number of home stead' applications are comparatively small. Thar were leas than LiOS last year, although the value ot puhllo lands Mav Increased. All lands are sold with Terrene titles, and this system ot land transfer is besoming common throughout the There is a vast amount of good lands that win be aveatualli brought Inta cul tlratienj; and he archipelago will some dsy not only prsdnas all Irs own food, but export rlca, to China. Sanaa and other countries, of the ar sant. Last year the amount jatld for rice to outside countries Baa mors than Root.ttNt. In coohectkm with Ike- rice lands, the soverauoent U opealng up some Irriga tion works which will redeem thoossads f acres,', glee must .bar plenty of water, aad although; the rainfall of the Pbthppme's heavy, every new and then comes rout H which affecu 4ns rtos crop. T$f sill be remedied by Irrita tion. Tb bureau of public works has Just aompteted'a project which baa re deemed Je,G0g acres, and during tbe pres oat year t- will ban another under way which wlllNraclatm TS.0W. and It la st matod that such work In the oratral val ley at Luxoa sloae will Increase the amount of th crop to a value of more than t3.aV.SOJ per J ear-, Jnere are 7U0.BB) acres la that valley that might be Irri gated, which; K done, will add to Its press nt productiveness mere than eat par annum. The Frete ef tbe rhiupstnem. The govern meat Is taking goo care of the forests. It has kept out the timber robbers and they are practically as tbey were when we took bold ot the Islands. Hera and there concessions bare been ranted, and there are sixty steam saw mill tB operatic, bat as a wools tne forests are la setter conditio than when a fcwii t- , . '(I f ? I J r jj hi. ' 1 ' 5 ML' .p, iff X-j T "I - w . ewii am . WMia 4-r!!2' --r V""-'"' xsr &UJREAV OF SQENCE AT JTAZTJXA. IMor.s and Christians, but the Christians .any sort of a modern civilisation can ba j are comparatively few. They form, per- I built up. The work baa to be started at I haps, one-seventh or one-eightd of the the beginning of things. The people hava whole population. Utile respect for human life. They hava As soon sa the country was so divided always had alavery. and even now It K.QK.oa).an board feet of timber which could be marketed now and that a great part st this is located on or near the seacoast. In Mindanao and Luguu, and could earily be brought down to the ships. There are hundreds of square miles upon which the cut will run from M,as) to M.0M board feet per acre. I wish 1 could show you these Filipino woods. Ths trees are enormous. 1 have seen some hardwood trees so big that you cou d not reach half Way around them with your two arms, and they rise MO feet from the ground without s branch. Mahogany boards sis feet wide are now and then to be seen, and I have been told that the Islands have produced rosewood logs nine feet In diameter. 1 hava ridden on horseback over bridges planked with mahogany and rosewood, and I saw floors la Manila the boards ot which would have made excellent piano eases. Mr. Foxwortby st the College of Agriculture la l.uson says that Ihe FhlHpptns forests have five times as many different woods as wa has In the United States and that there are several liundred commercial varieties. There Is a ilenguet pine which la soft and there are many hardwoods fitted for furniture. Major George p. Ahern, ths director of Ihe bureau of forestry, ssyg that a prop- erly equipped lumber company would run o risk of failure In the Philippines. Ths margin of profit Is too wide. It easts asiainc to secure a concession, but lbs aomrany must show that It has a large enough capital to properly exploit the tract which it takes. Exclusive priv ileges can be granted up to tracts ot era I hundred square miles In extent. snd that for twenty years. Only the etumpsge Is sold, the land remaining in the possession ot the government. The woods are divided by law Into four classes snd there Is a government charge which ranges from D to K per 1,M bosrd feet for the cut. The government has maps ot tbe forests and It la ready to furnish Information to prospective Investors. rortaaes la Mtaes. We are Just beginning to discover the mineral wealth of the Philippines. The bureau of science at Manila has had ml rung engineers and metallurgists look ing up tbe poaslbllltlea aad mapping the country. They say that the Islands bold districts which are rich In gold, copper and Iron, and they hava recently discov ered extensive underground gold work ings which were made by ths tgorrotea. The openings of these were so' small that a man of good sum cowls hardly get In. but farther on when tbe mineral was reached, large rooms had been excavated and hundreds of tons of gold ore taken out Thia ore waa crushed In rock mills, many ot which are still to be seen, snd the gold waa then panned and melted Into bars. It Is said that the Islands bars been yielding gVd aa far back as the third century, A. V. aad during ths last two hundred years tiers have been num erous mines operstevl by ths natives. Spaniards, English roes snd Americans. The Spaniards and Englishmen were not allowed to work In the mountain province on account of the Igorrofes and other t-esd hunters, bot since the Amer icana came our miners have scattered ever ths country and some ot them are now holding and enveloping properties which wers located soma rears ago. One of the beet districts Is near BaguW, where Is now ths gammer capital of las Philippines. There at ana company there which has thirty-five Harms lp which are IX reins ot (old. These veins range from one to twenty feet 1ft width, and some can bo traced tar 'tws miles along the surface. One company baa the ore do- j A s. A veloped for 106 feet below the grass roots and has blocked out 600. 000 tons of ore. In some of .the mills they are crushing the ore and taking It out on amalgama tion plates. In others the ore Is treated with cyanide. The above Information comes from Frank O. Eddlngfleld, who Is a mining engineer of the bureau of science. Another mining district which is now being exploited Is In the, little Island of Masbata. This waa also worked by the Chinese, and It haa three companies work ing In It today. Some ot the veins overage fit per ton, and It Is gotten out with air drills. They are) mining gold on ths eastern ooast of Luson. This region Is an old one and much of the output comes from Placer mines. There is a tract of river flats from which the gold la washed down from ths adjacent hills. Some New Zea land rs are getting this gold out with dredges, snd others era now bringing In dredges to take up snd wash out the solL Quarts boulders are sometimes found at the bottom, snd some of the best dirt averages over 1 per cublo yerd. The gold la coarse and melted down It haa a value of tli per ounce. There Is also gold In Mandano. and there Is copper. Iron, coal snd other minerals of vslue In Luson, Mlndoro and elsewhere. The Meres la IBIS. Before I leave the Philippines I wish to say a few words about ths Moros. I saw much of them when I went through thelr country visiting the ports and coast vil lages on a steamer loaded with Uncle Sam's mules. We delivered the mules to the soldiers, and often came to places which bsd been opened only a few days before. I thus had a chance to ses the More as ho waa under the Spaniard. There wers about 100,000 of them, and they were all alavs dealers, slave holders or slaves. Many bad been pirates, not a tew were murderers and all had) a low state of civilisation. An Internecine war was going on among them, and It took us several years to subdue the various tribes. Here Is ths news that cornea from that section today: Ths Moros are gradually engaging In different kinds of gainful occupations Along the coasts they dry fish for sals. Farther Inland they are raising cattle and horses. In soma places they hava little farms, and In the wilds they gather such things aa wax, bark and huts demanded by trade. They are making soma copra and they are also doing a large business In pesrl shells and other such things. Ths pearls Industry, now employs about thirty schooners, and there are buyers from Paris ready to take the pearls as fast as they are found. Ths divers are Japanese and natives. The Moroa are also fishing for sponges. In some places tbey weave mats and In others make excellent cloth. On the Is land ot Jolo ths government le tree kins them bow to Improve their herds of cattle and horses, and about Lake Lanaa It la telling them bow to make mors out of their farms. The people are coming to truat Americans. , They protest against their government being given over to the Filipinos, and say they prefer o be ruled by Uncle Sam under their s aligns and dattus. This Is the situation today. Tbe Hois Pravtaee, It waa In Wa that Uncle -Sam' formed, the Moro province, separating these peo ple, from the rsst'of tho Islands and. giv ing, them a yovernmen which was dif ferent from that ot the Filipinos them- When You Think Of the psia waka essay woaiea upsrisace with sisew month it Biases the geattiasssse aad lutsswsag always ses). steel vrtth wimsahsnrl seesn so ba almost a mired. B. bile ia glare! a wosssa rig sis aratat what she re gards as a saunrsJ ansssiry there is aa wesssa who waale) as eediy Be tree froea this rscarriaf period ai saisv. On Mmrtfa FarmrUt PmalpOmm states aresjr vsarea s reward mm4 aca weave weI, aseT girm Item rrseerear gross psia. It sevsblaa rflmrUr, sastfasa isfsae sBsrJsav aass uletmttum aaef cares fsv I am toM It kt tmpoeatb'e to estimate the wealth of tbe lumber resources. Aa area equal to about one half of Ohio, Virginia or Kentucky kt still covered j with virgin timber, aad (hero Is perhaps ' eeie half as much more which has bee I oaraUsuly cut over, but could be brought I lata good, produrtlv condition. The for- i ... ! JF est experts state that there are about SUk wsissa are invite to soasalt as by letter, rag. AI exsrreaaaadeaca stnorly private Bed i a ore a! l eeev Bisstiil Wrsts srrtnoat lear aad witkoat is to World's Dtsocnearv Met, anal Aeeaoiorio, ft. V. Perns, M. D., President, Bufalo, N. Y. I tob want a book that tens all ahoat erosssa's disease, aad bow to euro nWss at heaae, arts! 31 gas ciat stamps to pay eost ot wrappmf aael asailiad . SB) wo will soae) too a jW sopy ai Dr. Pierce's (real thousand - pars illuelistsl Casassoa See Medical Avsssv ssvieed, sm-es-aet gajitiges, at haartiosag F reach eiotli Hiaduta selves. Ths Mnrog sre under . military government with a provincial capital at Zamboanga and district capitals at Jolo; Zlmbosnga. IHgan, Cottobatto and Da va; There are five districts' and' they cover' th Island of Mindanao ..and ' lb. Sulu archipelago, Each district h both' each district governor made a count of, the tribe ot the districts and a study of them with a view to giving them, as far as possible, self-government. Coun cils were formed, courts were organised and there were tribal .courts. It Is pro vided that both Christians and non-Chris- tlans might sppear before the Justice ofj peace courts and the first courts of ap peal, and that If there were disputes con-1 cemlng the decisions the esse could be appealed to the supreme court of the Philippine Islands. A police force was organised and In addition the constabu laries or government police of the Islands were placed everywhere. The officials did everything they could to get the peo ple to go to work. They realised that the only successful future of the prov ince could be along Industrial lines, snd they tried to teach the natives to raise their own food supply. They got some of them to working on ths planta tions and tlhber concessions and la the sawmills, which have been established by American and European capital, and as a result they sre now beginning to view life In a aeml -civilised way. The government haa also Improved the sani tary conditions It haa been building roads and trails, and ths revenues of the province are steadily growing, giving mors and mors funds for public Improve menta. The Hares aad the Slave. In some of the provinces schools are being established and the officials sre do ing what they can to get th Moro to send their children to them. Thia Is dif ficult and It will be a long tlms before seems Impossible to abolish IL They are also Mohammedans, and those who can afford It hava numerous wives. I sasr one datto, an old rascal named I'tto, who was said to have sixty women in his harem, snd I photographed the aultan ot Mindanao with ten of bis wives. I saw slave everywhere and waa told that th wife waa little mors than a lave. At that time the avenue price for a wlf waa HO In silver, a water buffalo and 60S pieces of rice cake worth one cent each. Altogether thia made about t. of which C went to the girl snd th rst to her parents FRANK Q. CARPENTER. A Twister. Tliey were stadlng on a street corner. The tall man was speaking. "it seems aa though there are fewer all-round men from year to year," he said The abort man smiled with self-satisfaction. . , "And there sre continuously leas man ready for emergencies." "Thai's right." served th short msn., nuttlnc hie right hand under bis coat I w here it covered his chest. "And there sre rewer men wno com-, bine good Judgment with executive abii llv," said the taller man. "Klght again." chimed In th shorter man. puffing up- , The tall man looked at his companion. "Hut," he concluded, "there seems to b no diminution In the number ot conceited jack donkeys" ! Th short man shook his head nega tively. "Then, that's where you etend slone. said the tsll man, and he walked away. The abort man thought It might hava been an Insult. The tall man was sure ot It-Clsve'snd Plain Iwaler. The Peevish Needs a Laxative It Is natural tor a child to laugh and pray and when It sulks drowsily or cries you may depend on II something physicist la th matter. If you see no evidences of a serious ailment you will not be wrong if you ouletly give ll s doe ot mild Isxstlv that evening on putting It to bed. The remedy most generally recom mended for this purpose la Dr. t'sld weU'e yrup , Pepsin, which mothers throughout the country have been giving their children for a quarter of a cea turv. Today thousands ot families are using ll where hundreds used It then, and lhr must be good reason for this word of mouth recommendation. It Is admittedly the perfect laxative for children, womsn, old peopl and all nihera wh need a senile bowel stimu lant and not a violent salt, cathartic Jill or doctored water. lr. Csidwella Syrupi Pepsin will act gently, and when taken before retiring Bin bring com plete satisfaction in th morning. After a abort use of thia remedy all forme ot outstanding acid can be dispensed with and nature will again act alone. All claaeee of good American peopl keep It In Ihe home for Ills of ths r.'om. ach, liver and bowels, and among thai thousands who have written ths doctor that they will never be without It are Mrs, Mary .1. Paddock. Manchester, lows, snd Mrs II. Srovil, Oeceoka, Iowa. 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My frlenrls were rhsrtlahle ana they railed II osesltyi others referred to me aa bains riT'JLT, but I know, it waa lust plain bulky 1st I was miserable you. you are too. are oaally irtlrnihl4 tf too ftl To rwdiice your wolrht you must find tbe couee, yoa ra JJt rt at tht very roa,on. r rows nt causb vn IIIT WetvJ 1AIT. Brfnro I ucxfidvMl. I vrled oroirthtne; within raiion. auid soon thins beyond rfMon. Jt mvMjn liitr. dUffuetlnc But, I fouod A wav ouL All J had to do wa to r mive tbo cauoft. and I awoar un let oath, that by atmplo frvaunent, without drufrs. mod t ini. hara.f ul cxrriaa. or atarratlon diet. I reduced my wta;M S7 pound in flvo weka, and I iruaranteo thai you can reduca 6 ir1 antofint of your fat. 1 do not to metir,fie of any kind, or worthiM atuff to rub n Irmly. Just a ivlinplo home treatment that even a rhild ran ne without harm. Throuirh thin marveknn rombination home treatment. 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Mr m eaBlre. tmfatT MarrMiaw jMe. tilth, ttrvc ar wiyrmm mm th nrwbli ma iMMtlH (mfc T Ui U fmamm ( fr M. m wnte thia very da tmr tmwr mv it will rprt jmm. I f far tAOO te eMa tf I fail to wrvra taat say area rwlm Oeasaiew la aaytkiAf bat oaJa, aiatt aad Mflm Tr eoofi row fM FOLKS ONU wnowrwsjetouci Ma HtamatTMier ClffWWUClfSS TREAIMENT e1 becauee I had found the nrtit way. I im fattwdtttioaw I hare found that tha mw "limb to the euirmit f Pike jVitit with eaee. I rmiM not do that un til 1 haJ taken off -7 pounda of bit riiderouf. welirM. n.y new way. vhirh Boiii'l he your way. if wu art? interest.?, in yoiir own best way to know happiness ts to trive It. Sincerely yoor friend. MARJIJRIE HAMH.TOX aita tT04 CaatrwJ Saak Bldf 2esrrr. Coiozada.