Samar was a major centre for the production of Manila hemp, the trade of which was financing Filipino forces on the island.
Each track had a double length of hemp rope, as an engine was winding in from one end an equivalent length of rope was being paid out at the other.
These corporations were involved in funding the development of synthetic rubber, construction and operation of a tin smelter, and establishment of abaca (Manila hemp) plantations in Central America.
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