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More about tarhata

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The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume 6 (Issue No.10) October 1926

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1926

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20 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL October, 1926 then let stand. Fermentation commences in about 12 hours and is complete in about 24 to 36 hours. Maximum results have, so far, been obtained from this procedure. Some distilleries make such new mixtures with each batch; others practice inocula tion by adding ten per cent of a ferment in full action to a new mixture. The latter process has economy on its side. The general result is five gallons of spirit from an equal quantity of molasses; with efficient operation the cost of a gal lon of 94 per cen spirit is about P0.17. After all of the available alcohol is re covered by distillation, some of the distil leries continue the distilling process at a higher temperature and recover the fusel oil left in the lees. This material finds a very important use as a solvent for cel lulose and is in great demand in varnish and celluloid factories. The rest of the liquor is at present thrown away, locally; but in Europe the distillation process is continued and the nitrogen present is re covered in the form of an ammonia, later used as a base for the manufacture of am monium sulphate, in great demand as a fertilizer. Approximately 75 per cent of the alcohol produced is consumed locally as beverages; 25 per cent is exported, at present to China, or made into denatured alcohol and fuel alcohol. The latter is mixed according to the Foster process and consists of a mix ture composed of 20 parts sulphuric ether, 80 parts rectified alcohol (96%), 5 parts kerosene oil and % part aniline oil or pyri dine. The object of the aniline or pyridine is to neutralize the acetic acids and alde hydes formed on explosion of the fuel, to prevent pitting of the engine pistons and cylinders. As a tractor fuel and for sta tionary, internal combustion engines, this fuel has given fail' satisfaction. As a fuel for automobiles it still leaves a great deal to be desired. The gasoline alchemist’s dream is still to come,. as far as alcohol for a motive fuel is concerned. Internal revenue statistics may be of in terest, so we copy them: 1923 I 1924 Proof I Proof Liters ] Liters 8,932,246 f 1,667,102 91,793 912,260 2,323,606 2,224 Taxpaid .................... Sold to U. S. Army and Navy ............ Denatured Alcohol.. Motive Power Al cohol ..................... Fusel Oil Recovered. 1925f 12,202,372 2,770,333 171,934 1,164.412 10,303,984 1,797,048 111,968 1.387,654 3,097,456 23,529 Total 13,829,231 16,721,639 Increase .......................................................... 3,249,437 Percent of Increase .................................... 19.43 Distilled Spirits Removed for Domestic Consumtion as Beverages Domestic ManufacImported ........ ......... Total ............ Increase ................ Per cent ................ Per capita .......... 8,932,246 I 10,303.984 | 12,202,372 861,768 346,138 | 402,561 9,294,014 | 10,650,122 | 12.604,933 I 1,366,108 I 1,954,811 Raw material used; Liters Nipa sap ................ Molasses ................... Cane Sugar ............ 36,327.704 | 18.193,014 | 19,615,514 5.332,576 I 6,648.522 I 7,673,192 12,917,547 | 21,443,946 | 38,261,160 2,380,762 | 624,471 | 771 4,577 | 3,331 ] 5,240 NOTE:—A proof liter of alcohol is a mixture containiutl oj absolute alcohol ami 50</r, of water. MORE ABOUT TARHATA More news from Jolo since the Septem ber Journal was published contains curios details on the conduct of Princess Tarhata Kiram, who was a student in the Univer sity of Chicago at the time Mrs. Carmen Aguinaldo Melencio, daughter of General EmJilio Aguinaldo, was there. Tarhata re turned to Manila a very modem girl, with bobbed hair and liberal ideas. But it was very dull resuming life in Jolo: there were no sorority dances, no moonlit lake yacht ing trips, no motoring parties of young people. Yet there were the tribg and tri bal traditions. These, it seems, have claim ed Tarhata. She no longer bobs her hair; she has acquired again a taste for buyo; and, displacing a fourth wife, she lives with Datu Tahil, third member of the Jolo prov incial board. This relationship she is maintaining is contrary to Moro law, limit ing legitimate wives to four, for the fourth wife, it is said, had not been divorced nor obtained divorce when the relationship began; and even yet there has been no de cree of divorce. Thus the daughter of the East, doffing western culture, has returned to the East with a vengeance. She suffers more or less ostracism because of her quaint con duct. An elder niece of Sultan Hamid Hamilul Kiram remains his favorite. She is Putri Dayang-Dayang Kiram, much older than Tarhata, comfortably stout and uneducated. She occupies the town resid ence of the sultan. Princess Radda Kiram, formerly a student in the Philippine Wo men’s College in Manila and also older than Tarhata, has returned to her people in Ynchausti Rope Factory Manufacturers of high grade Manila Ropes Contractors to the U. S. Army and Navy and the Philippine Islands Government (Complete stocks carried by Messrs. Guy T. Slaughter & Co., of 210 Cali fornia Street, San Francisco, Cal.) Prices and Samples Mailed on Request Ynchausti y Cia. 945 M. de la Industria cTWanila, P. I. Do you own a This Tank Water Heater will pro vide plenty of hot water for kitchen and bath. It’s cost is low. The consumption very moderate. ♦ Manila Gas Corporation DISPLAY ROOM: MAIN OFFICE: No. 7 Calle David Calle Otis, Paco Tel. 443 Tel. 289 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL October, 192G THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 21 Jolo and contracted a legitimate Moro union with a noble there. Princess Emma Kiram, fourth niece of the sultan, is in Jolo too, making her home with her mother. She is reported heart whole and fancy free; at least she is still unmarried. She for merly attended the Philippine Normal School and later the Philippine Women’s College. Sultan Kiram has no children from any of his numerous wives. He is nearly 60 years old and when he dies there may be a pretty contest for the throne, en joying, as it does, retainers or subsidies from the British and American governments. Hayden, With Thompson, For Development *• ** «« «« Michigan Professor Gives Views About Mindanao The correspondent with the Thompson mission in the is lands from July 9 to October 4 who will probably have the most influence in de termining whatever opinion upon gov ernment the report of Colonel Thomp son may contain, is Dr. Ralston Hayden, of the University of Michigan, who represented the Christian Science Monitor. Dr. Hayden made an in dependent study of Mindanao, and the fol lowing (from the Mindanao Herald of September 18) was verified for the Journal by him as substantially his views: “Mindanao is the greatest land of op portunity under the American flag. This is the outstanding impression that I have received during several weeks of observa tion of the island. Some Filipino Greeley should make the cry, ‘Go south, young man, go south,’ a slogan through every province in the Visayas and Luzon. No other peo ple in the world possesses the opportunity for national expansion and personal en richment which Mindanao affords the Fi lipinos. The island offers them quicker, greater and more certain returns for the investment of money and labor than the richest parts of the great American West ever gave to settlers from the East. eAmericans in the Easy-Going Eastern Tropics Reflections on a False Territorial Policy in the East By Percy A. Hill In the Philippines one day is just like another, due to lack of real seasonal chano-es. Years jumble themselves to gether until it is difficult to distinguish be tween them. It must have been the same during the long centuries when the people INSURANCE-" We sell it and give continuous service during life of the policy Pacific Commercial Company INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS 5th Floor Pacific Bldg. Phone 8-20 “Residence in it entails less of hardship and of separation from kith and kin than does that in any other frontier country in history. “It is the section of the Philippines whose greatness and wealth lie in the future. Furthermore, it seems to me the part of the archipelago in the development of which Americans and Filipinos should best be able to collaborate to their mutual ad vantage. Already there is going on a very rapid development participated in by both peoples, much more rapid than I had ex pected. “One of the most striking aspects, to my mind, is the large number of American planters who have made good, many of them on the proverbial shoestring. The beautiful plantations of rubber, coconuts and hemp, carved from the wilderness by pioneers with little more capital than their own perseverance and brawn, and in spite of all hindrances, are proof positive of what Americans can and will do here under favorable conditions and with adequate financial backing. “In such mutual effort lies the best solu tion of the political as well as the economic problems of the country. That the island of Mindanao will develop rapidly, one way or another, however, is almost certain. The world needs what it can produce and will not long be denied what these rich lands owe it.” dreamed away their existence under the benevolent rule of the friars. 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