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The Philippines- America's Trade 

 Gibraltar in the Far East 



(Continued from page 100) 

 is one of the many things our trades-people 

 will have to do." 



"America's opportunities for business with 

 these Far Eastern countries," he continues, 

 "will be immensely bettered if we take ad- 

 vantage of what Manila, as an American 'key 

 port' or base, has to offer, and from which 

 these countries can be supplied." 



Among the principal steamship lines now 

 making Manila a regular port of call are the 

 Pacific Mail, the Canadian Pacific, the Toyo 

 Risen Kaisha, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the 

 Osaka Shosen Kaisha, the Blue Funnel line, 

 the Matson line, the Dollar line, the Admiral 

 line, the Java-Pacific Lyn, the China Mail, 

 and the Spanish Mail. 



In addition to Manila there are seven ports 

 of entry in the Philippines and three well- 

 developed and improved harbors at Cebu, 

 Iloilo and Zamboanga. 



At Manila three big piers have been built 

 and two more will soon be under way. The 

 Insular government piers already constructed 

 measure 70 to 600 feet and are largely of re- 

 inforced concrete and steel construction. 

 Manila bay is an ideal harbor and the construc- 

 tion of an extensive breakwater has made it 

 doubly safe for shipping. The main harbor 

 is always kept dredged to a depth of 30 feet, 

 and government officials are authority for 

 the statement that this depth may be in- 

 creased by dredging if necessity requires. 

 The total spent by the insular government in 

 Manila harbor improvements since American 

 occupation up to the end of last year is about 

 $7,000,000. 



Cebu is the second port of the Philippines 

 and has a magnificent natural harbor, on the 

 development of which over a million dollars 

 has thus far been spent. 



Iloilo, which is of particular importance as 

 a sugar shipping center, also has a well devel- 

 oped harbor of ample proportions, while the 

 port of Zamboanga is also very well able to 

 accommodate the largest vessels in the 

 Pacific trade. 



Mining Industry 



(Continued from page gsj) 

 ordinary conditions is now changed into a 

 losing venture. 



It is not in the Philippine Islands alone 

 that gold mining has suffered in consequence 

 of the war. The effects have been world- 

 wide. In the United States many proper- 

 ties, operating on a comparatively small 

 margin of profit but on such a large scale 

 that the total of profits was tremendous, have 

 suspended operations awaiting normal condi- 

 tions. There is a great deal of discussion 

 over the remedy to be appplied and numerous 

 suggestions have been put forward by opera- 

 tors and legislators. Without reviewing these 

 here it is apparent that the Federal govern- 

 ment as well as those of the different mining 

 states are determined not to. permit a decline 

 of this important industry. Suitable legis- 

 lation and liberal treatment by administra- 

 tive officials seems to be the program on every 

 hand. 



Here in the Philippine Islands there has in 

 times past been considerable to complain of 

 on the part of mining operators as to their 

 treatment by the Government. Without 

 rehearsing unpleasant history it may fairly 

 be summarized by stating that this status 

 arose out of overzealousness on the part of 

 certain administrative officials who did not 

 seem to realize the importance from the Gov- 

 ernment's standpoint of developing young 

 industries. 



The present government attitude, both 

 legislative and administrative, has all the 

 earmarks of being liberal a constructive 



policy aimed toward building up all lines of 

 industry and particularly those which tend 

 to the development of the natural resources 

 of the country. 



With a reasonable period of waiting to per- 

 mit economic conditions to adjust themselves 

 there seems no good reason why the gold pro- 

 duction should not shortly resume its upward 

 march. Undoubtedly the gold deposits of 

 the Islands are widespread. Hardly a stream 

 from whose sands some showings of gold can- 

 not be panned. Only insignificant percen- 

 tage of the mineral ore has as yet been prop- 

 erly prospected. While there are failures 

 to record in mining operations there are other 

 instances which demonstrate that mining can 

 be carried on profitably. 



To summarize briefly what seems to be 

 needed is more capital, with which, properly 

 utilized, to do more thorough prospecting and 

 preliminary development, to install more 

 modern and effective equipment, to tide over 

 temporary backsets, to procure more efficient 

 management and superintendence. 



Of the considerable number of mining en- 

 gineers of prominence who have visited the 

 Islands not one has condemned them but all 

 have insisted on the great necessity of the 

 measures above noted. 



This article has been limited to gold mining 

 for the reason that there has been almost no 

 mining development in other branches. How- 

 ever, there are indications of valuable min- 

 eral deposits of various kinds throughout 

 the Archipelago. 



There are strong showings of petroleum in 

 Tayabas, Cebu and Mindanao. 



The indications are that it would pay to 

 develop many of these deposits and the pres- 

 ent era of prosperity and development should 

 within the next few years witness a consider- 

 able production in several branches of the 

 industry outside of gold mining. 



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