History of Commerce, Trade, Industry, & Agriculture in Bayambang

By 1898, Bayambang was a pueblo with 8,505 inhabitants, according to the "Anuario del Comercio de la Industria de la Magistratura y de la Administracion" (1898).

Local farmers produced rice, corn, sweet potato, banana, sugar, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, coconut oil, indigo dye, and mung beans.

At a time when the Capitan Municipal was Mauricio de Guzman, the Juez de Paz was Ramon de Castro, the cura parroco was Padre Feliciano Fernandez Martin, and public education (instruccion publica) was handled by Profesor Juan Sison and Profesora Francisca Navarrete, there were rice milling machines, warehouses, and traders, and there were groceries and shops. The one in charge of the rice mills (maquinas para mondar arroz) was a certain Mr. Bray of Smith Bell & Co. which was a British investor in rice buying and exportation, and the grocery (comestibles) proprietor was one Manuel Espinosa.

Reference: Anuario del Comercio de la Industria de la Magistratura y de la Administracion; Directorio de las 400.000 Señas de España, Ultramar, Estados Hispano-Americanos y Portugal Con Anuncios y Referencias al Comercio e Industria Nacional y Estranjera. Madrid: Bailley-Bailliere y Hijos, 1898.

(Acknowledgment: Jeffrey James Ligero)

 

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During the Commonwealth period, there were bricklaying and pottery-making businesses in Bayambang.

(Pangasinan: Pinablin Baley)

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There was a time when there were carrocerias or manufacturers of calesas or horse-drawn carriage in Bayambang.

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Other home-based enterprises identified in the Culture Mapping Project:

Panagkaritil

Tiklis-making

Bolo-making

Dalikan-making 

Gipang-making

Rice cracker-making

Mapped businesses:

Sagun rice mill

The town's first cold storage in Telbang

Tobacco-making in Mangayao