: The Masters and Their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical esthetical and critical annotations by Mathews W S B William Smythe Babcock - Composers Biography; Music appreciation

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Foreword 15

Discovery 17 The Spanish Rule--A Tale of Wars and Uprisings 17 Reforms in the 19th Century 18 Last Decades of Spanish Rule--The Coming of the Americans 19 Filipino-American War 20 The establishment of Civil Government 20

Power of Propaganda to Misrepresent 21 Non-Christian Population 21 Literacy 22 Facts of Filipino Attainments in Pre-Spanish Days 22 Religion, Alphabet, and Books 23 Traders and Artisans 24 Able Agriculturists 24 Written and Unwritten Laws 24 The Code of Calantiao 25 Testimonies of Occidental Writers 26 Progress During the Spanish Rule 27 Schools and Colleges 27 Filipino Record Abroad 28 Opinions of Foreign Writers 28 Background on Which America Had Built 29

Causes of Earlier Revolutions 30 The Revolution of 1896 30 The Pact of Biac-na-Bato 30 The Republic 31 The Governmental Machinery Set Up 31 The Malolos Constitution--Its Salient Features 32 Comments of Foreigners 34

A Homogeneous People 37 Total Population 38 Foreign Population 38 Comparative Population 38

Number of Islands 39 Total Land Area 39 Bays and Straits 40 Mountains 40 Rivers 40 Lakes and Falls 40 Mineral Springs 41 Climate 41 Differences in Time 41 Comparative Areas 42 Rainfall 42

Entrance to Manila Bay--Corregidor and the Islands "El Fraile," and "El Carabao" 43 The City of Manila 43 The Walled City 44 Fort Santiago 44 Three Manilas 45 Costumes 46 The Shops 46 The Pasig River 46 Other Places of Interest 46 The Cathedral 47 The Ayuntamiento 47 University of Santo Tomas 47 The Dominican Church 48 Avenues 48 Bilibid Prison 49 Central Observatory 51 The Luneta 51 The Manila Hotel 52 The Museum 52 The Carnival Grounds 52 Dewey Boulevard 53 Clubs and Societies 54 Cemeteries 54 Monuments 54 Life in Manila 55 Vexing Conventionalities Absent 55 Competition Less Severe 56

Malaca?ang Palace 58 Santa Mesa 59 San Juan Heights and Bridge 59 The Reservoir 60 Mariquina Valley and Town 60 The Payatas Estate 61 Montalban Dam 61 Fort William McKinley 62

Baguio 63 The Zig-Zag 63 Camp John Hay 64 Trinidad Valley 64 The City of Cebu 65 Places of Historical Interest 66 The City of Iloilo 66 Description and Attractions 67 Zamboanga 67 The San Ramon Penal Colony 68

Laguna Province--Pagsanjan Falls 71 Calamba 78 Los Ba?os Mineral Springs 78 College of Agriculture 79 Rizal Province 72 Antipolo--Virgin of Antipolo 73 Cavite Province 73 Zapote Bridge 74 The United States Naval and Radio Station 74 Kawit 75 Batangas Province 75 Historical Incidents 76 Attractions 76 Taal Volcano 76 Tayabas Province 78 Botocan Falls 78 Lucena and Atimonan 78 The Bicol Provinces 79 Sceneries 80 Historical Incidents 80 Peerless Mayon 81 Bulacan Province 82 Description and History 82 Attractions 83 Biac-na-Bato 83 Mineral Baths at Marilao 83 Malolos, the Seat of the Philippine Republic 83 Pampanga Province 83 Attractions 84 Tarlac Province 85 Medicinal Springs 85 Nueva Ecija Province--The Rice Granary of the Islands 85 The Government Agricultural School at Mu?oz 86 Bataan Province 86 Attractions 86 Historical 86 Mariveles 87 Mount Mariveles 87 Zambales Province 88 Naval Station at Olongapo and Fortifications on Grande Island 88 Pangasinan--Second Largest Rice Producing Province 89 Salt Making and Industries 89 Historical Events 89 The Mountain Province and Sub-provinces 90 The Rice Terraces in Ifugao 91 Gold Mining and Household Industries 92 La Union and the Ilocos Provinces--Household Industries 92 Abra Province 94 The Cagayan Valley--The Tobacco Region 95 The Cagayan River 95 Isabela Province and the Town of Palanan 96 Nueva Vizcaya Province--The Salt Incrusted Mountain 96 Mindoro Province 96 Mineral Deposits 97 The Submarine Garden at Puerto Galera 97 Palawan Province 97 Iwahig Penal Colony 98 Culion Leper Colony 98 The Underground River 99 Romblon Province--Marble Deposits 99 The Visayas 99 Samar, the First Island Discovered by the Spaniards 99 Iloilo and Capiz--Beautiful Caves and Cliffs of White Coral Rock 100 Negros Island--The Principal Sugar Producing District 101 The Haciendas and the Sugar Centrals 101 The Silliman Institute at Dumaguete 101 The Volcano of Magaso 102 Cebu Province 102 San Miguel, the First Spanish Settlement 102 Bohol Province 103 The Rebellions of 1622 and 1744 103 Medicinal Springs and Caves 104 Leyte Province 104 Abundance of minerals 104 Limasawa--Where Mass Was First Celebrated in the Philippines 104 The Island of Mindanao 105 Origin of Name 105 Introduction of Islam 105 Province of Zamboanga 105 Cotabato Province 106 Increasing Christian Population 106 The Large Lakes in Cotabato Province 106 Mount Apo 106 Bukidnon Province, an Unsurpassed Region for Cattle 107 Beautiful Lake Lanao and the Maria Cristina Falls 107 Davao Province, the Finest Hemp Land in the Island 108 Agusan and Surigao Provinces--Minerals and Agricultural Products 108 The Sulu Archipelago 109 Description, Principal Ports and Industries 109 Introduction of Mohammedanism 110 The Sultan of Sulu and His Present Position 111 The Policy of Attraction Carried Out by the Insular Government 111 The Town of Jolo--Chinese Pier and Ariolas' Walk 112 The Language for the Tourist 113 Number of Filipinos Who speak, read and write English 113

Number of Hectares under Cultivation 115 Principal Undeveloped Regions 115 Percentage of Farms Owned by Filipinos 116 The Principal Crops--Rice, Hemp, Sugar, Tobacco, Coconut-- Export Figures 116 Prospective Agricultural Industries 127 Irrigation 128 Rural Credit Associations--Table 128 Forest Resources 130 Area 130 Only 1 per cent Private Ownership 131 Timber Output and Export 131 How Timber Tracts are Obtained 132 Sawmills 132 Minor Forest Products 132 Minerals--Gold, Silver, Iron, Manganese, Coal, and Statistical Data 132 Other Industries 135 Public Lands 143 Area 143 Modes of Acquisition 143

Economic Position--Manila as a Trade Center 147 Trade Routes 147 Personnel of Philippine Commerce 149 America's Monopoly in Philippine Trade 150 Mediums of Trade 150 Trade with other Countries 151 Values of Imports and Exports, 1913 to 1922 152 Principal Articles Exported, 1921-1922 153 Principal Articles Imported, 1921-1922 154 Shipping 156 Entrances and Clearances of Vessels 156 Interisland Transportation 156 Table--Merchandise Carried by Foreign Vessels 157 Interisland Lines 158 Control Over Rates 158 Number and Tonnage of Vessels 159

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