“Few outside the comparatively narrow circle who are directly interested in the commerce and resources of the Philippine Islands know anything about them. The Philippine merchants are a rather close community which only in the last decade or so has expanded its diameter a little. There are a number of very old established firms amongst them, several of them being British.... Amongst them also are firms—perhaps as far as wealth and local influence go, the most important firms—whose chiefs are partly at least of native blood.
Index
Abacá (Manila Hemp)—
Abacá, [293];
Manila hemp, [293];
abacá districts, [294];
Undetermined plant relations, [294];
Peculiar to the Philippines, [295];
Superiority of fiber, [295];
Banana varieties, [296];
Cultivation, [296];
Cutting, [297];
Prejudice against cutting after blossoming, [297];
Differences with abacá, [297];
Extracting the fiber, [298];
Lupis and bandala, [300];
Grades of lupis, [300];
Lupis fabrics, [300];
Profit, [300];
A Pre-Spanish product, [301];
Bandala fabrics, [301];
Abacá production and prospects, [304];
Export of “Manila hemp,” [305];
Large local consumption, [305];
Sisal-hemp, [305];
Varieties of sisal, [306];
Profit, [307];
Banana substitute unsatisfactory, [307];
Manila hemp, [469];
Abacá, [274].
Agriculture—
Fertile fields, [42];
Java-like rice fields, [73];
A famous plantation, [65];
Sweet potatoes, [141];
A French planter, [185];
Isolation of fertile regions, [188];
A populous fertile district, [194];
The people and their crops, [199];
Rotation of crops, [199];
Locusts, [260];
Plan for their extermination, [261];
Lack of capital for large plantations, [291];
Increasing culture, [361];
Estates, [370];
Locusts, [471].
Americans—
Mongolian vs. Caucasian in America, [336];
Chinese problem in America, [337];
China and America, [354];
Growing American influence, [354];
The mission of America, [355];
Superiority over Spanish system, [356];
American hemp ships, [459];
Advantages of Sulu (American) treaty, [528].
Amusements—
Visitors to festival, [74];
A Filipino theater, [99];
An indifferent performance, [99];
Interest in festival, [100];
A danceless ball, [165];
Amusements, [282].
Animals—
The carabao, [42];
Cattle and horses, [141];
Black cattle, [142];
Sheep, [142];
Swine, [143]; Cattle, [187];
The flying monkey, [229];
A promise of rare animals and wild people, [230];
East Indian monkeys, [238];
Snaring swine, [269];
Scarcity of stock, [275];
Swine, [276];
Sheep and goats, [276];
Draft animals, [466].
Bamboo—
Bamboo, [43];
Strength, [43];
Convenience, [43];
Usefulness, [44];
Bamboo raft ferry, [74].
Bisayas—
Bisayas, [54];
Superstitions regarding the “Bisayan” bean, [255];
Leyte, [259];
The Bisayans, [271];
Leyte, [281];
Cebu, [287];
Cebu island, [287];
Iloilo, [289];
Panay, [495];
(see Samar).