Preliminary Report On the Commercial Fibers of the Philippines Memoria Prelimin
Preliminary Report On the Commercial Fibers of the Philippines Memoria Prelimin
John Washington Gilmore
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During 1901 there was shipped from Manila, the only port from which the fiber is exported, 875 tons (2, 240 pounds each), valued at about $100 per ton, and for the the past six months of this year 867 tons have already been shipped, while for the same period last year (1901) only 562. 5 tons were shipped. This would show a decided increase for this year, and in connection with the figures it must be stated that this fiber is almost all marketed before the beginning of the rainy season. The fibe...r is used very largely in Europe and the countries of both North and South America for making ship's ropes and cables and for ropes in mines, for lines, nets, and weavings for hammocks. In Mexico 16 FARMERS' BULLETIN. It is extensively used for saddle cloths. The cloths are not woven, but matted and stitched. It is used also in upholstery. A number of machines have for several years been used extensively in Mexico and Central America and the West Indies for extracting sisal fiber from Agave sisalana.
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