Show A RICH COUNTRY the following information regarding the resources of the philippine islands from the scientific amer american lean the philippine islands are very rich in forests and contain many valuable aible woods mostly unknown even by name in the rest reat of the world there are said to be thirty two woods giving the entire series ot of colors and shades among the valuable ones is the ebony and the mag kango is said to be absolutely indestructible by rot the forests generally remain intact in the interior except for luzon where re they have been extensively thinned out the chief dome domestic stir animal is that useful and tractable oriental beast the buffalo not our bison but a buffalo proper he is especially useful in the simple and rude tillage used by the natives the ox goat and hog do but the sheep are inferior the most moat of these animals in places have escaped from domestication and large numbers of wild ones may be found usually in herds the native manufacturers of the philippines are not few and their textile fabrics are especially fine and worthy of a larger market than they have yet found the natives make many pottery of great utility valuable minerals are generally diffused through the islands but few are yet mined profitably gold exists generally over the entire area there are two known coalfields coal fields one in southern luzon the other on the western slopes of cebu and negros one bed is known to be from ten to twenty feet thick iron ore of excellent quality is known in southern luzon copper ore has long been known knon to exist traces of lead and d mercury also rock oil and sulphur are found |