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Show MANILAN COMES HERE TO SEE MINING SHOW Attracting strength of the American Amer-ican Mining eongree eaposltloa here reached aa far aa th Phi lip-pin lip-pin island to draw Harvey V. Rohrer of Manila, assistant general manager of the Philippines Engineering Engi-neering corporation. "I shall travel throughout the United States to secure new agea-clea agea-clea for my company,' he said, "but I cam especially to see thi exhibit. ex-hibit. It' ao concentrated that a few hours hero would b as profitable profit-able as day of traveling." Mr. Rohror, who was formerly Halted Htatea trad commissioner in th Islands, ha been connected with Industry Uver sine lna, H declined to disc use the government gov-ernment or politic of the Philippines, Philip-pines, but waa enthusiastic In saying say-ing that tha economic condition ther la very satisfactory. "The people are prosperous and are caring for themselves well,' he said. Tb population of tha islands la about ls.000.0oo, whil lhr are only about It .000 Europe ana there. Th oeonomlo trend of the Islands and tha United States are very aim-liar, aim-liar, the principal Industrie being mining and th production of augar, coconut, tobacco, hemp and rioo." aaBaBBiaaBaaaBaaaaBBanaieaana tl m ci .( -, ' ox mi Jit oil1 ,v" id HAEVEY V. ROHRER, IN HAT, AND M. C. SMITH Engineer from Philippines studies min equipment at congress exposition |