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Title: A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, William Webb, 1845- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (St. Joseph, Mo., Hardman press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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above the city. In theAmerican quarter, there are several American stores, whichcarry fair stocks of goods, handled same way as in theUnited States, with good sized store rooms and plate glassshow windows, and clerks wearing shirts and trousers, butthe principal business of the city is done in small shops, sizeabout ten feet wide and twelve feet deep, mostly by Chineseand native Philippinos, and their clerks are half naked; infact, the most of them only wear trousers and sandals whilewaiting on their trade. There are a few shops owned byGermans, Spanish and English, where the proprietors wearEuropean dress and the clerks wear shirts and trousers, butthese are few, and their stocks are small; in fact there is noneed of anything in this climate but the thinnest clothing,and not much of that, so that the dry goods shops cannothave a big business. The most of the trade is in groceries,coffee, wines, tinware, crockery, hardware, rope, etc.,usually only one class of goods in each store. 129
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The Philippine Islands are extraordinarily fertile.With heavy rainfall and tropical heat, they raise great cropsof sngar, rice, coffee, frnit. hemp and tobacco, also there ismnch heavy timber here, which will sometime be of greatvalue. The principal exports at present are sugar, cigarsand hemp. The Philippino pony is a first-class wiry little horse,about seven or eight hundred pounds in weight. He is agood pony for the saddle and is the only animal used fordriving, mostly driven single to a two-wheeled cart. Somevery nice pony teams are driven to a light four-wheeledVictoria. They give good satisfaction and move along ata good pace for this hot country. The beast of burden forheavy loads and all kinds of farm work is the water-buffalo,a large animal about ten or fifteen hundred pounds in weight,with a hide like a rhinoceros, and horns growing side-wiseand turning back, frequently five or six feet across. In thecity, he is usually hitched in shafts, with a crooked stickacross his neck

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