El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

idents and generally have the same
commercial rights. But it's different
if John Riggs goes to German East
Africa or French Madagascar.
and the difference is speed,
Iy made evident. Before
France took Madagascar New
ENGLAND had an enormous trade with
the island, but that's all gone glim-
meriup now. There was an American
negro named Waller who had q lot OF
rubber and other concessions aud was
getting along swimmingly when the
annexation was made. First thing Mr..
Waller knew his concessions were an
uulled, his property confscsted and
he himself jailed. And jailed he staid
for years in spite of all our efforts.
Possibly he wasn't desirable citizen
altogether, but that doesn't appear in
the records.
Senator Mason has turned off his
sympathy stop and is making an eff
fort to amend the senate rules in Or
der to limit debate. Which is q good
idea. bet I'm afraid is rather imprsc-
ticable. A senator is big ganRlion
in the body polite and as a rule he
realizes the fact. And he doesn't
propose to have anything interfere
with his right to say or do whatever
he blessed pleases.
Denmark has had an unofficial en-
voy in town, q man whose name, alb
breviated for American convenience,
is Capt. Christmas. He bears a propo-
sition to sell US the Danish West Indies
for SO, 900, 600. We were once on the
point of getting the islands which are
wretched little group but with a very
good harbor at st. Thomas. The
treaty fell through from opposition on
this side of the water and Denmark's
dignity won't allow her to treat again
directly. ST. Thomas is only SO miles
from Porto Rico and We need it in our
business, so we will probably take the
islands this time. Denmark is forcing
our hand by intimating that Germany
wants them if we do not. Probably
she does. She has no coaling station
this side the ocean and she needs one.
In our next war, which / personally
think is going to be with Germany,
both sides will be in the ridiculous at
titude of not being able to hurt one an
other much in q naval way. We
haven't any coaling stations over
there and the German navy is too big
to allow US to go over and trust to COL
hers and luck and they are in ditto
ditto position about fighting over here.
Our exports to Cuba, Porto Rico,
Samoa, Hawaii and the Philippines in
the calendar year 1899 Will be more
than $40, ZOO, 900 worth, being S37, S54, =
ITO for the eleven months ending with
November. In 1893 we sent less than
$40, OOO, 900. No doubt a great deal of
the increase was war material, directly
or indirectly, but also no doubt the
trade is less than it will be when the
fighting stops aud the islands are
quieted down. In the palmiest days of
reciprocity when the islands we're en-
joying their greatest prosperity after
1898 OF, our high water mark for trade
was about S33, 600, 900. The increase
is found in the case of all the islands.
Cuba took s22, 900, 600 for the eleven
months IS against sS,000,0 900 for
the corresponding months of 1898;
Porto Rico, $4,000, 900 as against
81, 200, 900; Hawaii, 100000 as
against $4,000 600; the Philippines
81, $50, 900 as against S137 200, and final
ly Samoa took 500, 900 as against $780,
600. or course 1898 was war year for
Cuba, but the imports from this coun-
try for all that. did not differ materi-
ally from those of 1897 An increase
of 81 900, 900 in our export trade
means good deal to a good many
people.
Mr.. Roberts is still on the anxious
seat. He went to see the opera last
week and didn't seem to like it-think-
ing the tenor took altogether too much
trouble and wasted too much muscula ar
aud vocal energy just to gain one wife.
Senator Qusy's prospects of being seat
ed begin to look smaller. The senate
on privileges and elections
has made an adverse report on his
case. Forecasts of the senate vote are
to him. D. OF.
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