12 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



attention to those islands, whether you go 

 there or elsewhere to plant. For these reasons, 

 in the very near future, the output of Philippine 

 copra, already of prime importance, will play 

 as important a part in the soap and edible-butter 

 world as the Gold Coast cacao is doing to-day 

 in the case of chocolate and manufactured 

 cacaos. 



The cost of production, the output, and 

 selling value of these islands must therefore be 

 carefully watched by coco-nut planters and 

 consumers, no matter who they are or where 

 they may be. 



