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Show I'orlo llleo It III aMn I- a Terrllnrr. CHofaraaeuJoylngall the advantage of free trade with the United Htntea It concerned, I'orlo llleo will bo a full fledged territory within thenettfew m inths." said an attache of the Insular Insu-lar dltlalon of the war department Haturday. "Whether or not that will be advantageous lo the people of the Island remains to ha demonstrated. Thn people of Porto lllro have eilsled without land taxeasui-h as wo understand under-stand them In this country since the Island first becamoa colony of Hpatii, All revenuea for tbe maintenance of the public works of the Island have been drawn from custom charge and from methods of taxation entirely foreign for-eign to American Ideas. |