Japanese control of the pre-Commonwealth Davao was an indisputable fact. From controlling the central business district to paying the largest taxes, they provided the backbone
prepared a month before the Commonwealth Constitution was approved on Feb. 8, 1935, the forty-fifth birthday of Claro M. Recto, who presided the 1934 constitutional convention andThe roster contains the following: Ohta Development Co., Talomo, Davao City; Furukawa Plantation Co., Daliao, Davao City; Marasuki Konoha & Co., Sirawan, Davao City; Takagi
Davao City; Akamine Bros. Plantation Co., Bunawan, Davao City; Sirawan Plantation Co., Sirawan, Davao City; Bunawan Plantation Co., Bunawan, Davao City; Twain River Plantation Co., Guianga, Davao City; Mindanao Reclamation Co., Tungkalan, Guianga, Davao City; Riverside Plantation Co., Malagos, Guianga, Davao City; Talomo River Plantation Co., Biao, Guianga, Davao City; Biao Plantation Co., Biao, Guianga, Davao City; Dalia Plantation Co., Tagluno, Guianga, Davao City; Takunan Plantation Co.