He realized that living itself was big business. One woke up everyday to face new obligations and new problems. Other men supplied him his needs and he paid either in kind or in money. Life cycle could spin in a give-and-take propositions which could be further transformed to money and property.

He thought of being a businessman. He told himself that as long as a man worked hard and developed business courage, he could bring material wealth to his community.

Rizal was a merchant, a farmer, a vegetable gardener, an orchard owner, a fisherman, and a brick manufacturer. Rizal was exiled in Dapitan from 1892 to 1896, a period of approximately four years. During those four years, he proved that even the best of minds and the most famous of men could e

Purpose of the Association of Dapitan Farmers, Dapitan, January 1, 1895

If the steel knives were sharp, it would cut the fiber. But if properly experimented so that the knives would be sharp enough to remove the pulp from the fiber, but not too sharp to cut and break the fiber, the strippers would profit. And Rizal was able to present the strippers steel knives that helped them produce clean, first class abaca fiber, which commended better prices.

He talked to the copra makers. He told them that if they harvested well-ripened coconuts, and dried them well, the copra that they made would command better prices. In a competitive market, their copra would be preferred.

2. Obtain better market for the farmers.

In 1895, Rizal got into a lawsuit against this Chinese. He wrote to his mother that he would rather dine without plates and glasses rather than buy from Chinese. He even encourage the people in Dapitan to set up a sort of cooperative just to break the monopoly of the Chinese merchant.

In his trip through America, he noticed that in San Francisco, there was a ropewalked owned by Tubbs Cordage. The rope makers were using abaca, Manila hemp they called it, and was known to the European ship owners as the best ropes that could withstand salt water. Tubbs Cordage were buying abaca from the Philippines.

It is the too common belief that when a person gets into business, his one wish is to earn a living and pile up a fortune. Rizal’s line of thought is public serv

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