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Show Tree Both Good and Evil . The nipa palm, which Col. CarmI H ; Thompson, President Coolidge's emis- ; sary in the Philippine islands, recent- ly learned may become an important source of sugar, has long been an important im-portant factor In the economic life of the people of the islands, says the Minneapolis Journal. It supplies shel-ter shel-ter nnd food, but it also furnishes tho basis of "vino," one of the most brain- ;. corroding liquids produced by the talented tal-ented amateur distillers of the Orient. ; It is thus a tree of both good and evil ' fruit. |