THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES 35 



railway. The tobacco, therefore, is sent on covered boats, called 

 " barangaijanes," down the Rio Grande to Aparri, and there 

 shipped by steamer to Manila. A flat-bottomed steamboat also 

 runs from Ilagan, when the water allows it; otherwise it goes 

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mosi southern tobacco center, Echague (which as the crow flies 

 is only about 150 miles), often takes as much as three weeks. 



Tobacco has also been planted on the west coast of the north- 

 ern part of Luzon and on the Visayas islands. This, however, 

 is of inferior -quality, and is mostly exported to Spain. In 



