▁facil itated ▁the ▁fast ▁development ▁of ▁sugar ▁industry ▁by ▁importing ▁sugar ▁c utt ings ▁from ▁Sum atra ▁and ▁mach in ery ▁from ▁England ▁and ▁Scotland ▁to ▁I lo ilo , ▁which ▁the ▁sugar ▁plan ters ▁can ▁buy ▁on ▁easy ▁install ment ▁lo ans . ▁ ▁L oney ▁also ▁built ▁sail ing ▁boats ▁called ▁l orch as , ▁pattern ed ▁after ▁the ▁B rix ham ▁tra w lers ▁used ▁for ▁deep - se a ▁fish ing ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁channel , ▁at ▁Buen av ista ▁on ▁Gu imar as ▁Island ▁to ▁transport ▁sugar ▁from ▁Neg ros ▁Island . ▁En vision ing ▁the ▁prosper ity ▁of ▁a ▁sugar ▁industry ▁in ▁Vis ay as ▁in ▁the ▁near ▁future , ▁L oney ▁initi ated ▁its ▁development ▁in ▁Neg ros ▁and ▁offered ▁liberal ▁terms ▁to ▁a ▁few ▁Neg ren se ▁plan ters ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁he ▁had ▁given ▁the ▁Il ong go ▁plan ters . ▁ ▁Con sequently , ▁some ▁prominent ▁Il ong go ▁sugar c ane ▁plan ters ▁like ▁the ▁L edes ma , ▁Lac son , ▁Hil ado , ▁Cos c ull uela , ▁Pérez , ▁Al vare z , ▁S ot am ay or ▁and ▁Esc an illa ▁families ▁moved ▁to ▁Neg ros ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 7 ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁prom ising ▁development . ▁The ▁raw ▁sugar ▁which ▁the ▁Vis ay as ’ ▁main ▁product ▁was ▁export ed ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁England ▁and ▁Australia . ▁Cry stal ▁gra in ▁sugar ▁was ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁Man ila ▁which ▁was ▁export ed ▁primarily