Tobacco review

Title

Tobacco review

Creator

Meyer, P. A.

Language

English

Year

1936

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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February, 1936 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 39 Men Downtown H. M. Bixby of Pan-American Airways said No long! to Manila before sailing off for Canton and Shanghai. His success in making arrange ments for the Clipper airships hcie promises f similar facilities in China. ' One of the most extensive trips throughout the Islands to be made for many a year is that, of W. J. Giel, traffic department, Rotterdam Lloyd. Eastern and Philippines Shipping Agen- ; cics represent the firm in Manila. Mr. Giel is spending from 6 weeks to 2 months here making a survey. _____ F. E. Greenfield left the sugar plantations of Negros to celebrate his birthday in Manila. Helping Dud in the festivities were his 3 daughters. For the first time in 20 years, A. Patstone of Davao visited Manila, coming by airplane to boot. The Escolta skyscrapers of the last decade’s building era therefore caused one stiff neck. _ N. H. Duckworth of International Harvester went on an extended hunting trip to Mindanao. Boar, no doubt, than which there is no better eating—or hunting. The growing of sugar cane in South Africa is a subject on which Dr. N. B. Bach can discourse with all the erudition of an ex-medico. Trip ping from Iloilo, he was a Manila visitor recently. His central is in Panay. Newcomers to the forces of Philippine Pack ing at Bugo, Cagayan, were welcomed in Manila by J. M. Crawford. J. Hillstrom is the addition to the staff, and traveled from the States with Norris Wadsworth of the same organization. M. M. Axelrood visited the local office of the company he heads—Crownislas Insurance, com ing from headquarters at Hongkong. He has left again for Bombay. El Oriente Tobacco Company’s H. A. Lee waved goodbye from the palatial new Victoria as it pulled away from Pier 7 toward Italy. Mr. Lee stays aboard only until Singapore, then after business is completed, returns to Manila. Visitors at the brokerage bearing their names were J. E. Swan and C. B. Culbertson of Shanghai. ___ The tourist business from Japan will no doubt be stimulated by the tales of I. Watanabe, head of Japan Tourist Bureau, who made a tour of the Philippines’ beauty spots and historic land marks. ____ Farewell! was the word to W. L. Applegate, long with the Luzon Stevedoring Company, for he has gone back to sunny California where his permanent home is located. Jake Rosenthal gave the bienvenida for oldtimers Applegate and George Simm’ie. H. C. Pope and Colonel F. J. Griffin were Manila visitors in January, up from Insular Lumber Company’s property at Fabrica. George Worthington, seen casually in the metropolis from time to time, could pen a vivid account of transportation in the Philippines. Airways, railways, driveways, trailways have seen George in his dynamic jaunts to the field as geologist for Benguet Consolidated. South to Paracale or north to Abra, he’s on schedule. To Hongkong went Simon Erlanger of Er langer and Galinger. He is en route home after a business visit here. R. J. Harrison, President of Interisland Steamship, grabbed some luggage and is aw on his annual business trip to the I, nited Stat Manila Sanitarium has a new head in Bruce E. Failing, arrived from Shanghai. Allen Black of San Francisco, with Calamba Sugar, is staying in Manila indefinitely. Baguio’s well-liked Mayor, E. J. Halsema, came down from cloudland, on a shopping trip apparently, as boxes and bundles indicated. Ralph E. Spencer, president of Malabang and Matalin Coconut companies of Lanao, came back to the Islands from 6 months’ vacation in the United States. There he observed the trends of the coconut oil market, and conferred with leaders of those industries using the product in manufacturing. Two of Meralco's staff arc seen again in the city, after a home trip—L. B. Whiting and Robert S. Wilson, who reports his mother still in delicate health. Miss Elizabeth Greenwald, special instructor for the deaf, has arrived in Manila from Milwau kee, Wisconsin. Manila is fortunate in having a service worker in this humanitarian field. Judge John W. Haussermann is back in Manila after a trip to Negros, his first. With a party including Speaker Gil Montilla and A. E. Prats, the Judge familiarized himself with the agri cultural and industrial possibilities of the dis trict. A distinguished visitor to the Philippines was Dr. C. E. Turner, chairman of the health section, World Federation of Education Association. Dr. Turner lectured at a number of local insti tutions. Many items above are product of the unfailing courtesy of Warren Garwick of the Manila hotel. continue to be the recognized leaders in QUALITY cigars TOBACCO REVIEW By P. A. MEYER Rawi.eae: Weath er conditions in the producing dis tricts of Cagayan and Isabela were favorable for the growing crop dur ing the month. Of ferings on the local market are scarce although buyers are willing to pay high er prices. Compara tive figures of ship ments abroad are: Hongkong.. . Spain........... Straits Settle Tonkin.......... United States. . 53 63,590 December, 1935.................................. 1,413,976 January, 1935..................................... 1,782,328 Cigars: Shipments to the United States during January were the lowest since April, 1933. A lesser quantity had been shipped in September, 1934, due to strike in the local facto ries. Comparative figures for shipments to the United States arc as follows: Cigars January, 1936............ 9,621,440 December, 1935........ 16,011,510 January, 1935.............. 19,649,764 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL

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