Show IS ANOTHER KLONOIKE Plenty of the Yellow Stuff in the Philippines + LETTER FROM H WYNE + YOUNG SOLDIER TELLS OF THE CIGAR TRADE 4 lJec1ares Islanders Are FilthyZama Things Cheap Others DearNa fives and MissionariesLikes the Place in the Language of Wade Hampton Applied to Texas t Homer W Yne who Is with the Utah artiher In Manila writes under date of Oct 25 to his father relating some facts in connection with life In the islands which arc of interest He saysThis This is a paradIse for bugs and insects in-sects of all kinds When we tal c supper sup-per at the Alhambra we have ants to dance qUadrilles on the comers or the I table lizards do a graild march o the I ceiling In search of flies cockroaches swarm In profusion around the plates mosquitoes present thelrbills while one Is eating and scores of professional beggars solicit alms Taking all these things into consideration I am not surprised sur-prised at the natives being votaries to smoking from childhood to old age I believe their last breaths are sent off in a whiff of smoke at least such was the case during the battles The La Insula is one of the largest cigar factories In Manila They employ 1500 natives and turn out 1200000 cigarettes and 250000 cigars daily and theirs is the best brand of cigars here They sell at 20 to 25 per thousand such as would retail at 10 cents straight at home Cigarettesar 2If cents per package from tent five to thirty in each They have some cigars at as high as 150 per thousand There is also a large cocoanut trade They are sent here from the Interior in lots of from 3000 to 4000 comIng in on barges The outside husk Is used In making brushes brooms and clothing The hemp trade is fairly well represented repre-sented Fruit Is plentiful but the natives make no effort to cultivate or improve it There are two kinds of oranges the large and small the latter beIng excellent excel-lent in flavor It has a green appearance appear-ance but oh how delicious to cat For the time being we forget some of the cussedness we have to endure There are six varIeties of banana about three being used in their natural state the rest for cooking They are termed in some places the plantain The flavor of the wild banana Is fine All tropical fruit are superior in flavor when they are allowed to ripen in their natural way and climate The coffee trade is fair but neglected neglect-ed at present as the owners are unable to go in the Interior and look after it on account of the insurgents who are very restless at this time Vegetables such as radishes onions lettuce and a variety of other things are plentIful The price is very reasonable considering consider-ing the place we are in Wild game abounds In the interior such as deer and turkey and other animals The sloughs are fairly lousy with ducks and snipe Chickens cost 25 and 30 cents American money and cooked at that And they know how to cook them here too Eggs are 30 cents per dozen in our money Our credit is good with the natives Ve get anything tlley have In stock and In this way we get onlif good meal each day Ve sleep with Uncle Sam but feed ourselves wherever we can get anything From all accounts the country is rIch In minerals free milling gold quartz and placer mines One island in the group according to the belief of several will turn out to be another Klondike The greatest difficu1ly will be to penetrate the interior as it has never been explored to speak of There are but two mIssionaries the natives do not welcome The cannon and the locomotive loco-motive The others are gladly receIved and as the smCll of soup as generally noted after they disappe the reasons for extending them the glad hand will be seen Wood is plentiful three Ya rieties of ebony and many other kinds which we have not had the opportun ity of seeIng Our chances for observation observa-tion are very limited I think the tim her here will be very valuable in the future I Silk shirting sells here thirteen yards for 1 linen handkerchiefs are 75 I I cents apiece The markets and stores are very filthy and would require a six inch maIn from hades to fumigate when warm ether comes on It will be a I pest hole and if fire could devOur the dirty places it would be a blessing to Americans I You can Imagine the state of health when I tell you we were lined up and given a chance to take quinine or go to the guard house We did not go to the guard house This no doubt will be a great coun try for those with capital but a person whose sole stock is labor had better seek some other place far investment I If I could do the RIp Van Winkle act I for twenty years I might chang my I opinIon uf the Islands but at the pres I cot writing I am with thp sentiment expressed by Wade Hampton concern lag Texas Vhll1 hE was asked for hlR opInion on Texas he said If he owned hell and Texas and wanted to make a home somevher he would sell Texas |