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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.
Countries with Which Special Agreements
Have Been Proclaimed.

Since my last communication to the
Songress on this subject special COM
mercial agreements under the third
section of the tariff act have been pro-
claimed with Portugal, With Italy and
Germany. Commercial conventions
under the general limitations of the
fourth section of the same act have
been concluded with Nicaragua, with
Ecuador with the Dominican republic
with Great Britain on behalf of the
Island of Trinidad, and with Denmark
on behalf of the Island of st. CroiX
These Will be early communicated to
the senate. Negotiations with other
governments are in progress for the
Improvement and security of our COM
mercial relations.
The policy of reciprocity so manifest
ly rests upon the principles of interna-
tional equity and has been so repeated
ly approved by the people of the Unit
ed States, that there ought to be no
hesitation in either branch of the con-
gress in giving to it full effect
This government desires to preserve
the most just and amicable commercial
relations with all foreign countries un
moved by the industrial rivalries neces-
sarily developed in the expansion of
international trade. IT is believed that
the foreign governments generally en-
terrain the same purpose, although in
some instances there are clamorous de-
mands upon them for legislation specifi-
cally hostile to American interests.
Should these demands prevail l shall
communicate with the congress with
the view of advising such legislation as
may be necessary to meet the emer-
gencV
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
PROCLAMATION or AMNESTY.
IL Was Taken Advantage of by Many Of
the Insurgcnts.

Coincidentally with the entrance Of
the commission upon its labors ! caused
to be issued by General Macarthur
the military governor Of the Philip
pines. on June Il. 1900 a proclamation
Of amnesty in generous terms Of which
many of the insurgents took advantage.
among them a number of important
leaders.
This commission, composed Of emil
net citizens representing the diverse
geographical and political interests Of
the country, and bringing 20 Their task
the ripe fruits Of long and intelligent
service in educational, administrative
and judicial careers, made great prog
ress from the outset. AS early s Aug
q. 1900. it submitted a preliminary re-
port, which will he laid before the CON
gress and from which IL appears that
already the good effects Of returning
order are felt; that business, interrupt
ed by hostilities is improving as peace
extends: that larger area Is under
sugar cultivation than ever before;
that the customs revenues are greater
than at any time during the Spanish
rule: that economy and efficiency in the
military administration have created a
surplus fund Of So 600 900, available for
needed public Improvements; that a
stringent civil service law is In prepar-
alton; that railroad communications
are expanding, opening up rich dis
tricts, and that compre h nsive
scheme OF education rs being organized
Later reports from the commission
show yet more encouraging advance to-
ward insurinR the benefits OF liberty
and good government TO the Filipinos,
in the interest OF humanity ard with
the aim OF building up an enduring,
self-support!ng, and notwithstanding
community In those FEE eastern seas
! would impress upon the congress that
whatever legislation may re enacted in
respect TO the Philippine ISLANDS should
be along these generous lines. The fort
une Of war has thrown upon this ma
ton an unsought trust which should be
unselfishly discharged and devolved
upon this government a moral ~ well
as material responsibility toward these
millions whom we have freed from an
oppressive yoke.
have upon another occasion called
the FiliDinos "the wards Of the nation"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Overtnre> for a Convention to Effect Its
BLiiding by the United States.

The all-important matter of an inter-
oceanic canal has assumed a new phase
Adhering to it's refusal to reopen the
question of the forfeiture of the con-
tract of the Maritime Canal company,
which was terminated for alleged nom
execution in October, 1899, the govern
ment of Nicaragua has since supple
mented that action by declaring the So
styled Eyre-Cramin option void for
non-payment of the stipulated advance
Protests in relations to these acts have
been filed in the state department and
are under consideration. Deeming it
self relieved from existing engage
ments. the Nicaraguan government
shows a disposition to deal freely with
the canal question either in the way of
negotiations with the United States or
by taking measures to promote the wa
terway.
Overtures for a convention to effect
the building of a canal under the aus
pieces of the United States are under
consideration. In the meantime the
views of the congress upon the general
subject. in the light Of the report of
the commission appointed to examine
the comparative merits Of the various
trans-isthmian ship canal projects may
be awaited
commend to the early attention of
the senate the convention with Great
Britain to facilitate the construction Of
Sucn a canal ana 10 remove any Ob1ec-
tion which might arise out Of the con-
vention commonly called the Clayton
Bulwer treaty.
The long standing contention with
Portugal. growing out of the seizure of
the Delagoa Bay railway. has Teen at
last determined by a favorable award
of the tribunal of arbitration at Berne
to which il was submitted The amount
of the award which was deposited in
London awaiting arrangements by the
governments of the United States and
Great Britain for its disposal. has re-
Gently been paid over to the two gov
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Our Forces Successfully Control the Great
err Part of the Islands.

In my last annual message | dwelt at
some length upon the condition of af-
fairs in the Philippines. While seek
ing to impress upon you that the grave
responsibility of the future govern
ment of those islands rests with the
congress of the United States, ] alb
stained from recommending at that
time a specific and final form of gov
ernmeEt for the territory actually held
by the United States forces and in
which as long as insurreCtion contin-
ues the military arm must rece ssdrily
be supreme. l stated my purpose, un-
til the congress shall have maze known
the formal expression of its will to use
| the authority vested in me by the con-
stitution and the statutes to uphold the
| sovereignty of the United States in
| those distant islands as in all other
places where our flag rightfully floats,
placing, to that end. at the disposal of
the army and navy all the means
which the liberality of the congress
and the people have provided. No con-
trary expression of the will of the con-
gress having been made, l have stead
tasty pursued the purpose so declared
employing the civil arm as well toward
the accomplishment of pacificat.on and
the institution of local governments
within the lines of authority anG law.
Progress in the hoped-for direction
has been favorable. Our forces have
of the islands, overcoming the Organ
lied forces of the insurgents and car
rying order and administrative regular
ity to all quarters. What opposition
remains is for the most part scattered
obeying no concerted plan of strategic
action. operating only by the me thods
common to the traditions of guerrilla
warfare, which. while ineffective to al
ter the general control now established,
are still sufficient to beget insecurity
among the populations that have felt
the good results of cur control and
thus delay the conferment upon them
of the fuller measures of local self-gov-
eminent, Of education, and Of industrial
and agricultural development which we
stand ready to give them.
BY the spring of this year the effec-
tive opposition of the dissatisfied Ia
gals to the authority of the United
States was virtually ended, thus open
ing the door for the extension Of a sta
the administration over much of the
territory of the archipelago Desiring
to bring this about / appointed in
March last a civil commission com
posed of the Hon. William II. Taft of
Ohio: Professor Dean G. Worcester of
Michigan; the Hon. Luke f.. Wrieht Of
Tennessee the Hon. Henry G. Ice of
Vermont. and Professor Bernard Moses
Of California. The aims of their mis-
sion and the scope Of their authority
are clearly set forth In my instructions
rotary Of war to be transmitted to
them.
1.-THE president then quotes what lie
said in regard to the Philippines and
the duties of the commission in his mes
sage to congress Of December 1891
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06

point to these conclusions are present.
ed In detail in the annual report of the
postmaster general, which, with its rec
concentrations, is recommended to the
consideration of the congress. The full
development of this special service,
however, requires such an outlay OF
money that it should be undertaken
only after a careful study and thor
ough understanding Of all that it in
wolves.
Very efficient service has been rem
dered by the navy in connection with
the instruction in the Philippines and
the recent disturbance in China.
A very satisfactory settlement has
heen made of the long pending question
of the manufacture of armor- plate. a
reasonable price has been secured and
the necessity for a government armor
plant avoided,
approve of the RECOMMENDATION of the
secretary of the navy for new vessels
and for additional officers and men
which the required increase Of the navy
makes necessary | commend to the
| favorable action Of the congress the
measure now pending for the erection
| of statue to the memory of the late
Admiral David ID. Porter, l commend
| also the establishment Of a national ma
val reserve and of the grade of vice ad-
| miraL Provision should be made. as
! recommended by the secretary, for suit
| able rewards for special merit. Many
| officers who rendered the most Gjstin-
| guished service during the recent war
with Spain have received in return no
! recognition from the congress.
The total area of public lands as
given by the secretary Of the interior
is approximately 1,071 ISL CO. acres. Of
which 9l7.9S5,SS0 acres are undisposed
| of and 1874, I45.IS2 acres have been re-
| served for various purposes. The pub
| lie lands disposed of during the year
| amount to 1898, SST.96 acres, including
62,42309 acres of Indian lands. AN in
crease Of AN 14.SO over the preceding
year The total receipts from the sale
of public lands during the fiscal year
were ASI9, 10. an increase of 81 309,-
620.76 over the preceding year.
The results obtained from our forest
policy have demonstrated its wisdom
and the necessity in the interest of the
public for it's continuance and increased
appropriations by the congress for the
carrying on of the work, On June 80,
1900, there We're thirty-seven forest re-
serves. created by nres idential proclaim
atoms under section a of the act OF
March s, 1891. embracing an area of
46 425. 500 acres.
During the past year the Olympic
reserve, in the state of Washington,
was reduced 5.040 acres, leaving it's
present area at 1899. $40 acres. The
| Prescott reserve in Arizona was in
creased from 240 acres to 423, $50
acres, and the Big Horn reserve, in
Wyoming was increased from 1927 900
acres to 1.1S0.S00 acres. A new reserve,
| the Santa Ynez. In California, embrac-
ing an area Of $4,000 acres. was Great
ed during this year On Oct 10, 1900,
the Crow Creek forest reserve. in Wy
| oming, was created, with an area of
| sc 500 acres.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
THE PENSION RULE.
Number of Names Added During the Fis-
cnl Year Was 1894.

At the end of the fiscal year there
were on the pension roll 1893 225 names,
a net increase OF 900 over the fiscal
year 1899. The number added to the
rolls during the year was 45,944. The
amount disbursed for army pensions
during the year was $134 700. 597 "a. and
for navy pensions $376l ,5S3,41 a total
of S13S, 462, 1906. leaving an unexpend-
ed balance of S., SAP. 1926 to be covered
into the treasury, which shows an in
crease over the previous years expen-
diture of $107, 077.70. There were 6S4
names added to the rolls during the
year by special acts passed at The first
session of the Flfty-sixth congress
The act of May. 1900, among other
things, provides for an extension Of In
come to widows pensioned under said
act to $3.50 per annum The secretary
Of the interior believes that by the op-
eratIons Of this act the number Of per
sons pensioned under II will increase
and the increased annual payment for
pensions will he between SO 0C0 600 and
81. 600, 600.
The director Of the Ger sus states that
the work in connection with the twelfth
census is progressing faVorably. This
national undertaking, ordered by the
congress each decade, has finally re-
suited in the collection OF an aggrega-
ton of statistical facts to determine
the industrial growth OF the country, its
manufacturing and mechanical re-
sources, its richness In mines and for
ests, the number Of its agricuturlsts.
their farms and products, its educa-
tional and religious opportunities, as
as well as questions pertaining to So
Geological conditions
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
NATIONAL FINANCES.
Large Surplus Revenues for tho Fiscal
Year Ending June 80, 1900.

Year Ending June 80, 1900.
1t is gratifying to be able to state
that the surplus revenues for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1900, were $79,-
527 060.1S For the six preceding
years we had only deficits, the ag
gregate of which from 1894 to 1899 in
elusive, amounted to $2S3, 022 ,991.14 The
receipts for the year from all sources.
exclusive of postal revenues, aggregated
1857 240, S51.S9, and Expenditures for all
purposes, except for the administration
of the postal department, aggregated
$4S7,71S,7 1911. The receipts from GUS
toms were 1929, 164, 871.16. an increase
over the preceding year of S2t, OBS $3.50, Al.
The receipts from internal revenue We're
1926, 1927 .92676. an increase of $2l $780,
1925 over 1899. The receipts from mis-
as against $685. 1894 1852 for the previ-
Gus year.
1t is gratifying to note that during
the year a considerable reduction is
shown in the expenditures of the gov
eminent. The war department eX-
penditures for the fiscal year 1900 were
S1347 7677S, a reduction of 95,O66
1869 over those of 1899. In the navy
department the expenditures were 500,
953. 077.72 for the year 1900. as against
$63 942, 104.25 for the preceding year, a
decrease of 1888, 02653. In the ex-
penditures on account of Indians there
was a decrease in 1900 over 1899 Of 81,
$50 604 So: and in the civil and mscel-
laneous expenses for 1900 there was a
reduction of S13, AIS 065.14.
II will be the duty as | am sure 1t
will be the disposition of the congress
to provide whatever further legiSla-
ton is needed to insure the continued
parity under all conditions between our
two forms of metallic money, silver and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
American Vessels Garry Per Cent. Of
Our Exports and Imports

American vessels during the past
three years have carried about per
cent. OF our exports and imports For
eign ships should carry the least. not
the greatest. part Of American trade.
The remarkable growth Of our steel in
dustries, the progress Of shipbuildinlg
for the domestic trade and our stead
lily maintained expenditures for the
navy have created an opportunity TO
place the United States in the first
rank OF commercial maritime powers.
Besides realizing a proper rational
aspiration this viii mean the establish
ment and healthy growth along all our
coasts OF a distinctive national incus-
try, expanding the field for profitable
employment Of labor anG capital. II
will increase the transportation facih-
ties and reduce freight charges On the
vast volume Of products brought from
the interior to the seaboard for export.
and will strengthen an arm ~ the ma
tional defense upon which the founders
Of the government ard their SUCCESSORS
nave relied. In again urging immedi-
ate action by the congress on easures
10 promote American shipping and for
eign trade. direct attention to the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
DEPARTMENT. OF AGRIcuLrURE.
Great Deal of Progress Made During the
Past Year.

The department Of agriculture has
been extending its work during the past
year. reaching farther for new varieties
of seeds and plants; cooperating more
fully with the states and territories in
research along useful lines; making
progress In meteorological work relat-
ing to lines Of wireless telegraphy and
forecasts for ocean-going vessels; con-
tinuing inquiry as to animal disease:
looking into the extent and character
Of food adutera ton; outlining plans
for the care, preservation and intelli-
gent harvesting of our wood lands:
studying soils that producers may cu-
tivate with better knowledge Of condl-
tions. and helping TO clothe desert
places with grasses suitable to our arid
regions. our island possessions are be-
ing considered that their peoples may
be helped to produce the tropical prod
ucts now so extensively brought into
the United States Inquiry into meth
DDS OF improving our roads has been
active during the year; help has been
given to many localities. and scientific
investigation OF material In the states
and territories has been inauguarted.
Irrigation problems in our semi-arid re-
gions are receiving careful and In
creased considerations
The civil service commission is great
~ embarrassed in its work for want
Of an adequate permanent force Tor
clerical and other assistance. us need9
are fully set forth In It's report. / in
vite attention TO the report. and es-
pecialiy urge upon the congress that this
important bureau Of the public service,
which passes upon the qualifications
and character Of so large a number Of
the officers and employees OF the gov
eminent, should be supported by all
needed appropriations to secure prompt
ness and efficiency.
The president recommends the build
ing Of a hall Of records In Washington
and concludes his message as 70 lows:
in our great prosperity we must guard
against the danger II invites Of ex-
travagance in government expenditures
and appropriations; and the chosen
representatives 81 the people will.
doubt not. furnish an example In their
leglsls ton Of that wise economy which
IN n season OF plenty husbands for the
future In this era OF great husi-
ness activity and opportunity caution
is not untimely. It will not abate, but
strengthen, confidence. IT viii not
retard but promote, legitimate indus
trial and commercial expansion. Our
growing power brings with II tempta-
lions and perlls requiring constant vigil
lance to avoid. II must not be used
to invite conflicts. nor for oppression,
but for the more effective maintenance
Of those principles OF equality and JUS
tice upon which our institutions and
happiness depend. Let us keep always
In mind that the foundations Of our
government Is liberty: its superstruct-
ure peace.
WILLIAM MKINLEY.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-06
REVIEW OF TROUBLE IN CHINA
What the Administration Has Been
Doing to Straighten Matters
Out Again
GRATIFYING SURPLUS REVENUES.
congress Recommended 20 Reduce
Internal Revenue Iaxes Ar.
fairs in the Philippines
The Army.
TO the Senate and House of Represen-

To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives:
AT the outgoing of the old and the
incoming Of the new century you begin
the last session Of the Fifty-sixth con-
gress with evidences on every hand of
individual and national prosperity and
with proof of the growing strength and
increasing power for good of republic
an institutions. Your countrymen will
join with you in felicitation that Amer
lean liberty is more firmly established
than ever before and that love for 1t
and the determination to preserve it
are more universal than at any former
period of our history.
The republic was never so strong, be-
cause never so strongly intrenched in
the hearts Of the people as now. The
constitution, with few amendments eX-
lists as it left the hands of its authors.
The additions which have been made to
1t proclaim larger freedom and more
extended citizenship. Popular govern
ment has demonstrated in its 124 years
OF trial here its stability and security,
and its efficiency as the best instrument
of national development and the best
safeguard to human rights.
when the sixth congress assembled
in November, 1900, tine population of
the United States was 5,30S, 4S3. 1t is
now 76,304, 799. Then we had sixteen
states. Now we have forty-five. Then
our territory consisted of 900 $50 square
miles 1t is now 3,S46 $50 square miles
Education, religion and morality have
kept pace with our advancement in 9TH
er directors, and while extending it's
power the government has adhered to
its foundation principles and abated
none of them in dealing with our new
peoples and possessions. \ nation so
preserved and blessed gives reverent
thanks to God and invokeds His guild
ance and the continuation of His care
and favor.
In our foreign intercourse the domi-
nant question has been the treatment
of the Chinese problem. Apart from
this our relations with the foreign pow
ers have been happy.
The recent troubles in China spring
from the anti-foreign agitation, which
for the past three years has gained
strength in the northern provinces.
Their origin lies deep in the character
of the Chinese races and in the tradi-
lions of their government The Taip-
ing rebellion and the opening of Chi
nese ports to foreign trade and settle
ment disturbed alike the homogeneity
and the Seclusion of China.
Meanwhile foreign activity made it
self felt in all quarters, not alone on
the coast. but along the great river ar
teries and in the remoter districts, car
rying new ideas and introducing new
associations among a primitive people
which had pursued for centuries ma
tionaI policy of isolation.