Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-04-27
From our Regular Correspondent,


The fiscal year ending June 30. 1901.
promises to beat the record in the
value ot our exports. Last year they
reached the enormous amount of ST..
$4,000, zoe, but the experts of the
. treasury bureau Of statistics are GER
tain that will be largely exceeded thi..
year and confident that the amount
will go beyond billion and naif
/ dollars. At the close of March. the
/ gain on last year was more than $50
100000 In this years increase the
farmers OF the country are the chief
beneiciaries their products showing
greater percentage of increase thar
! those of the manufacturers, while last
! year and the year before the manufac
turers were the largest gamers. With
/ this showing, added to the fact tha
| this government now owns more uold
than it ever owned before and more
than any other government III the
worlds recorded history ever owned
surely Republicans have "a right 80 feel
proud of their administration. their
Congress and their party.
Senator Frye, who has just returned
from visit TO san Domingo, where he
went for rest, said of that island
we do not want San Domineo-not
even as a gift. The natives think wa
/ DO however, They arc suspicious of
everything that an American does j.
would be good thing for them. but
bad thing for us, If we took over tn,
country. The officials of San Domingo
are fine lot. There are ten in evorv
\ place where one would be suflieieat
I They have no modern improve nents
ielnsssssspat'sp 10 want to advance.
The Department of Agriculture ob
served Arbor Day to-day by formal .sx,
ePciscs, including an address by Seere-
tary Wilson and the planting of sey-
cral trees in the grounds of the depart
mcnt. one Of them an oak, named u
hon"r Of Hon, Jeremiah NJ Rusk,
formrr secretary of agriculture. Secy.
Wilson believes this official example is
/ the best way to encourage the geue.al
observation Of Arbor Day by tree
! planting throughout the country, and
he intends to repeat it annually.
The United States now ranks thr4
iu the export Of coal Germany being
second and Great Britain first. ID
1880 oar exports Of coal were less tn "a
2.o1o0oo tons. while for the fiscal yea.
ending June 80, next, it will rcacs
( s,O05,o0J tons. In the production i.
coal The United States leads the worIG
hayng within the last two yea
passed Great Britain, which had be-.
first flf mOny years.
Gen. Macarthur caples that Aguinal
dos manifesto acknowledging Amcr
can sovereignty OF the Philippines h..
been well received and that he has ~.
doub it wIl very shortly put ao er4
t. all armed resistance to our autn1rlt.;
also that the petty frauds in the com
tnissaTy department at Manila. Hait
have teen SO greatly magnifed in H.
country, arc being thoroughly invest
gatcd
Aguinaldo may mean every word be-
says in his manifesto, but GEN. Ma.
Arthur shows good sense in keeping l.
guard over him. The best way to he
certain OF his good faith is to give ha.
no opportunity to he tempted. lie has
fallen several times and lie might fa..
again.
TX Senator Wolcott of Colorrclo. ID
said to have made fortune since h.
retired from Congress. We hope H.
has. as he deserves all the good things
and knows how, not only TO enio-
them himself, but 10 make others par
ticipate in the enjoyment
The members of that Cuban commit.
tee were doubtless fully convinced
during their interview with Presidcn.
Mckinley that Gen Wood is a trnthtG.
man, and that the Platt olnendn2ent
said ali that this government had .
say.
a group Of wealthy speculat6rs ar
whooping up things in Wall street t.
such m extent tha, veterans la.e Nas-
sell Sage are publicly begging for q -
up in the pace.
Through the medium Of the public
schools the natives of the Philippines