Chapter XVIII

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Commercial and Industrial Prospects.

Philippines not a poor man's country--Oscar F. Williams' letter--No occupation for white mechanics--American merchants unsuccessful in the East--Difficulties of living amongst Malays--Inevitable quarrels--Unsuitable climate--The Mali-mali or Sakit-latah--The Traspaso de hambre--Chiflados --Wreck of the nervous system--Effects of abuse of alcohol-- Capital the necessity--Banks--Advances to cultivators--To timber cutters--To gold miners--Central sugar factories-- Paper-mills--Rice-mills--Cotton-mills--Saw-mills--Coasting steamers--Railway from Manila to Batangas--From Siniloan to the Pacific--Survey for ship canal--Bishop Gainzas' project --Tramways for Luzon and Panay--Small steamers for Mindanao --Chief prospect is agriculture 164-172

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