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Show AMERICANS SAVE SAN DOMINGO. Start Islands Upon the Road to Pros-' Pros-' perity, Declares Report. Washington. The military government govern-ment established in San Domingo by the United States has starred the island republic toward prosperity and successful self-government, according; to a report of the governor, Rear Admiral Ad-miral Thomas Snowden, made public, .August 1j. , "The military government has set the country an unassailable example of good government, free from graft, "'" giving a square deal to all, an admin istration aoove reproach," he reported. Internal revenue collections have increased in-creased from $700,000 annually before the occupation to approximately Sjy.oOO.OOO last year, with prospects of a million dollars more this year, the summary said. Certain taxes bearing heavily on the poor have been eliminated eliminat-ed and a tax on property substituted, r , |