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body of men, numbering perhaps as many as 125 — excluding 

 carpenters — who are professional workers in wood. These men 

 do an annual business of not less than 10,000 pesos. This number 

 does not include a good many other men who know something of 

 the industry and turn their hands to it at odd times. The in- 

 dustry is entirely unorganized at the buying end, and nearly so 

 at the selling end. The work is done entirely by hand. I do not 

 know of any cheap and abundant supply of material in the neigh- 

 borhood, nor of any other circumstance in favor of San Vicente as 

 a woodworking center. The condition of the whole body of 

 workers would probably be much improved if the majority of 

 them emigrated to more favorable localities, a few dozen remain- 

 ing to take care of the trade which has already been built up in 

 the town. 



