Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1902 — Poor Year for the Philipp nes. [ARTICLE]

Poor Year for the Philipp nes.

As n result of the war, rinderpest among the cattle and the epidemic of cholera, agriculture is nt present seriously depressed throughout the Philippine Islands. Gov. Taft estimates the area under cultivation tliia year at half that of an ordinary year.