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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-29
OPINIONES De LOS PUEBLOS
SOBRE Los NEDIOS Dc COAJURAR la (RISI,
QUE ATRAvIESA EsTA IsLA
ARECtBO.

En- esta importante villa com
poneu la Comision para informar
'acerca de dicho punto los senore>
siguientes. Excmos. Sres. D.
Gregorio Ledesma y don Fer,
nando Fernandez, don Miguel Ro.
ses v el Director de La Encicio.
pedia.
La Comisi6n Sc declara en- con
ira del proyecto de Ponce, ell cual
luzga lnfructuoso y contraprodu-
cente. Aunque concise, es un
intorme por yarios conceptos no.
table ell que emlten los senores
comisionados al efecto. Contiene
yarias consideraciones verdadera
mente cientiticas y ecor6micas,
dignas de meditation y estudio,
Merece especial menciGn el 81
guiente parrafo en- que, despue5
lie rechazar el proyecto de Ponce,
indica los medios mas adecuadoo
de obtener aquel supreme fin, me-
dios que juzgamos muy aptos y
oportunos:
" ReSalta de 10 expaesto, que ell dni-
CO medic racional que existe para ro-
bnstecer los valores circuIantes es i'm
primir ro5ustez d la production, alivian-
do d los propietarios de las onerosas
cargas que hoy pesau sobre sns hom-
bros. Esto Sc logra reduciendo los
presupuestos del Estado, lie la Provin-
cia y del Municipio, sobre manera re-
cargados, celebrando .ratados conner
ciales con .os Estados- U Unidos, natural
mercado de esta Isla; pagando la In
tendencla puntualmente los bonos pre-
miados, medic necesario para que ell
numerario que dAerms Ell las cajas del
Tesoro circule; adoptando, en- fin, las
medidas que dia tras dia yiene senalan-
do la prensa de todos matices, y nor
malizando la administration municipal
que, con raras excepciones, deja mucho
que desear Ell los pnebIos de esta Pro-
vincia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-29
Los AllGARES DE PIO. RICO
EN- LA PENINS ULA

Ell peri6dico Official hapublicado nm
telegrama del Ministerio de Ultra
mar. declarando libles de derechos
arancelarios desde ell 15 del presen-
te Octubre a los azucares de Cuba
y Puerto-Rico que Sc introduzcan
en- la Peninsula conducidos direc-
tanlente en- bandera Nacional; los
que sean importados en- bandera
.extranjera pagaran s pesetas 20
centavos los 100 kil6gramos hasta
.el ndmero Ia de la escala holande-
sa, Y II pesetas 80 centavos los su-
periores a dicho numero.
La libertad de derechos arancela-
rios otorgad aa los azdcares de Ca
ba V Puerto Rico que Sc conduz-
can direetamente en- bandera Ma
cional. es una disposition justa Y
c0nyeniente, y que ha debido
acordarse desde hace va mucho
tempo, al menos desde que Sc de-
cret6 la abolici6n de la esclayitud
en- esta Isla; nosotros nos venimos
.oeupando de este particular desde
ell ano 1864 en- que, con motive de
la guerra civil de los Estados-Uni-
dos de Norte- America, tratamos
por primera veZ esta question, que
mo- esfimamos todavfa resuelta
completamente, pues con la liber-
tad de los derechos arancelarios
que acaba de acordarse, no Sc logra
ell objeto apetecido y benefcioso
de que los azueares mascabados de
esta Isla puedan concurrir a los
mercados de la Peninsula, en- tan
10 subsistan allf los derechos que
actualmente sc exigen con los
ilombres de transitorios Y munich
pales, que aseienden a IL pesetas
90 centayos los 100 kil6gramos, 6
sea 1 peso 81 centimos ell quintal,
que segun el precio actual de este
Gu.ce representa- ell 90 por ciento
d9 SUI vaIor, con cuyo gravamen
no e. possible que los azdcares mas
cabados de esta Isla vayan a la
Peninsula; Y 4 ese gravamen hay
que agregar los derechos de expor-
taci6n que aqui Sc cobran, y ell i'm
puesto de Carga, que indebidamen-
fe contin1a exigiendose.
Esto mismo hemos manifestado
diferentes yeces, y en- un artlculo
trafando del proyecto de la gigen-
te Lev de relaciones comerciales
entire la Peninsula y las Proyincias
de Ultramar, que fue publieado en-
ell nfmero 62 del AgeRte; de ~ de
Mayo de 1882, dijimos 10 siguien-
te:
al az1car hasta Ell n1mero Ia
de la eseala holandesa sc Ie inn
pondra, segun el telegrama, I'm de
recho aranceIario de importac On
en- La Peninsula de 5 pesetas 90
centimos los 100 kil6giamos, pero
como qnedan subsistentes los de
reehos tfansitorios y de eonsumo,
por los cuales satisfaee ALI el al1-
ear comun II pesetas 90 centayoS
los 100 kit6gIamos, resulta que los
verdaleros dePeehos que satisfara
et azilcar nlascabado hasta el nh-
laeto ii, al introducirse en- la Pc
Ifinsula, no son solo las 5 pesetas
50 centimos, sino que pagara %
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-29

asi termlnantemente, al referirse
q los empleados que cumplan los
deberes que ell reglamento de ms
truccidn les impone, y estos no
pueden ser otros que los fincio-
narios de la ensenanza pdblica,
este es, los profesores 8 maestros.
iQue tiene este que yer con 10
otro?
Por consiguiente, ia que viene
esa cita? lPuede haber NADIA que
contradiga las terminates pre.-
cripciones de una ley soberana1
Prueba de 10 que afrmamos es
que el Gobierno General ha de-
sestimado Ell recurso de queja Ia
terpuesto por dicho empleado.
Ha obrado, pues, dentro del
rirculo de sus atribuciones el
Ayuntamiento de Blyam6n, y 10
ia estado su digno Alcalde, al
negarse a la suspension de dicho
acuerdo, pues no procedia y ha-
biera sido 10 intentado un acto
arbitrario completamente, toda
vez que eli Ayuntamiento tom6
acuerdo en- a5uuto de su compe-
tencia.
Otra querella interpone tam
bien FL 4Asimiiista; pero e'ta va
directamente contra el Acalde.
Sc fun la en- la suspension del Sc.
cretario, que ha acordado ell senior
. Santaella en- uso de las atribucio-
nes que lie concede &! articulo
l2O de la Ley Municipal y con
nuy superiores y poderosos mo-
;tlvos.
La naturaltza de estos hace que
40 citemos nombres de personas
nj insistamos mu.ho en- ellos, pues
no deseamos agravar mas la 81
tuaci6n de aqnel funcionario, que
ha reconocido y co,1esado va su
falta, annque, segdn parece, no
We toda Ia trascendencia de ella,
cuando trsta de atenuarla bajo
especiosos pretextos de uu respe-
to Y de una con ideraci6n q per-
soma determinada.
No insistiremos mas sobre este
particular, porque repetimos que
no queremo' agravar mas y mas
la situaci6n de un flmcioaario que
puede decir5e Sc ha comprometi
do, por una condescendencia NAL
entendida y que jamas podrd jus
tiicarse en- forma que de ella no
resulte motive su6ciente y adn
poderoso para la suspension de.
cretada por ell Alcalde.
ST EI AsimitiSta desea servir
en- algo al funcionario suspense, 10
mejor sera que sellc sus labios y
no vuelva a remover tan enojosa
question, pues seria con perjuicio
lie aquel, y no divide que la con-
ducta del senior Santaella esta tan
perfectamente ajustada a IA ley
que, de no haber obrado del m J.
do que 10 hizo, hubiera incurrido
en- culpabilidad justiciable.
Debemos, por tanto, dejar SEN
tado que los cargos formuiados
por ell colega de la Gale del Girls
to, carecen completamente de ra-
zon y de fundamento. Notorio
es que ell digno Alcalde de Baya
mon es conocedor y respetuoso
cumplidor de las disposiciones,
habiendolo demostrado una vez
mas en- los hechos que censura
Ell asimitista.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-29

han emprendido, y que no les ep-
yidiamos; nosctros seguiremos ell
nuestro sin que nos importer un
comino esos de 'ahogos inconve-
nientes y extemporaneos que la
opinion califica como Sc merecen.
No esperen que los cargos que
hacen 4 nuestra colectividad y a
la administrator Unconditional
repliquemos nosotros hacienda
una vez mas la triste historic de
los desaciertos y veleidades de su
espirante agrupaci6n, nj ell relate
de los males ininltos que derra
mo sobce II provincial aquella nd
ministraci6n que hace once amos
sufri6 este pals como un castigo
Y q lie ell vuIgo llam6 graticam IN
te de la bayoya.
No 10 cream. Nos hemos pro-
puesto dejar probado para STEM
pre-, con ell testi nonio de nuestro-
propios adyerSarios, con ell testi
monio dc nuestra conducta, que
aquelos con quienes no Sc puede
contar para NADIA, en- verdadero
provecho del pals, son preclsa-
mente los que Sc han atrevido d
apellidarnos atizadores de discor-
dias, los que a cada momento
invocan sentimlentos de fraternl-
dad que no existen en- sus cora.
zones, los que nos llaman nos
otros intran,i igentes & intolerantes
para toda idea que implique ar
monia de voluntades Y concurso
pacitico de aspiraciones aunadas
en- aras del pdblico benestar.
Nos hemos propuesto, repeti
mos, huir ell contagio, el virus de
esas rencillas de la passion que
llevadas la prensa desdoran su
mission y rabajan al digno perio-
dista, atrayendo sobre 81 la exc
craci6n de todo5 los espiritus sen
satos. Nj I'm parrafo siqulera re
produciremos en- nuestras colum-
mas de las injurias que sc dirigen
contra nustro Partido y contra
nuestra Administration, porJue
seguramente Sc darian por ofen,
didos nuestros benevolos lectores.
IQue podran derir los que gri-
tan contra nuestra colectividad y
nuestra Administration, que no
haya sido rebatido mil veces y
mil wees no sc h.ya pulverizalo?
Sea 10 que ha dicho Ell Pueblo.
Ande cada cual por su camino.
Que asi andando, como muy bien
dice un poeta dramatico espalol,
"No nos hemos de encontrar"
Prosigan, 81 es su gusto, por la
senda peligrosisima de la passion
y de la yiolencia.
Nuestra via, mas llama, mas
serena, mas derecha, no ha de
cruzarse con Ia suya.
Cream que al fin de los dos ca
minos, ell pdblico, que d todos nos
lee, el pdblico que compare, ell
pdblico, ju to juez, dictara senten-
cia Y dira con flertes acentos
quienes SON los que saben cumplir
con sus deberes; quienes son los
que Sc han hecho acreedores al
anatema: 81 los que Sc han con
vertido en- acusadores, debiendo
ser acusados, 8 los acusados que
no temen nj pueden temer a los
acuSadores ahora nj nunca.
Entonces veremos, claro como
| Ia luz solar, el fruto de los que
sembraron vieltos como Eolo,
pero vientos de enconos y renco
res, y ell fruto de los que tan solo
a difundir principles de justicia y
de patriotismo y lucnar con las
armas de la buena fe y de la
logica dedican sus esfuerzos.
Veremos tambien entonces quie
nes son los enemigos del pals
Continien en- su duo los perio-
dicos aludidos.
Pero temar el desagrado del
bondadosisimo auditorio que sabe
castigar efcazmente a los maIos
cantantes y a los actores incorre
gibles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-29

No puede deeirse en- pocas pa.
labras mas de 10 que dice III DO.
ningo.
Nease:
La naquina gabernamental estA
desnivelada; Ia base sobre que asienta
esta en- ruinas. Los pnutales no bas-
tan "a para sostenerla; es precise cons
trmr nuevos los cimientos.
rs decir, que hay que echar
abaJo todo 10 edificado, va que So
trata dc construir nueYos cilnien.
tos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-10-29

Pero como dichos Estados, (los
Unidos de Norte America) son ac-
tualmente los fayorecidos en- el co.
mercio entire aquella Naci6n V las
Antlllas espanolss, no harau reba
ia alguna, nj tampoco accederan
gustoSos q celebrar un tratado co
melcial con yentajaS iguales Y re-
.cIproca>; los azacares que de Cuba
Y Puerto Rico Sc introducen en- los
Estados-Unidos producen, por 10
menos, para aquel Tesoro, la impor-
tante cantitlaa de diez millones de
pesos annales, mientras que no so
10 las harinas, siBo todos los efec-
tos que en las Antillas sspanolas
SO intrOdueen de los estados- Uni.
dos solo produeen a los Tesoros
dc Cuba Y Puerto Rico sobre unos
cuatro millones de pesos al ano.
Mas para poder lograr ulI tratado
de comereio ventajoso con los Es
tados- Unidos, la gestiou preliminar
que Espana debe hacer es, como
en 0tra oeasi6a va hemos dicho,
rebaiar los derecb0s actuales que
los aztieares de Cuba Puerto Ri
co pagan q su introduction en- La
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-05

against him, but that WAS strong
enough to send him to the penltenti-
airy for four years.
Did Jennie faint when she heard
the news Did she shed the briny
tear until the whole neighborhOod was
salty! DID she pine away until her
shadow refused to do duty t? Did she
sit all day upon some gray rock and
look with longing eyes for the form
that never came Not according to
the latest documents on file in the
secretary of states Office. Oh, no.
But she gave Gabe Lumpton so much
encouragement that he married her
two months afterwards. Oh, fckle
woman, how could you SO soon forget
the promises you made I?
About a year after, the incidents
above mentioned it was discovered
that Jack Upshaw did not steal the
horses and the governor was petitioned
to pardon him, which was done and
Jack was again free man. He did
not know that Jennie was married, but
decided not TO 90 TO her until be could
carry some money with him, and trust
ing in her faithfulness he set to work
and at the end of two years he had
saved up a snug little sum-enough
to buy him farm, horse and cow
With this meney he returned to his
former home and for the first time he
learned the truth.
Did he die of broken heart, Did
he rashly go and commit suicide I?
Not often. La fact rhis is not that
kind of story. But he went to the
house where Jennie lived and said
Well, Jennie, you're married, are
you 4?
Why, Jack, is that you? Yes, I'm
married. See my boy.
Fine boy. I've come back aud
brought four hundred dollars with
me which | expected to divide with
you
So much as that ?
Yes, but it's too late now.
hope we are friends yet, JACK.
Yes, We are friends. It's too bad
that We can't be more. for now l must
find some one else to divide my money
with.
But Jack-She could saw no more,
but she smiled one of her old thine
smiles. Jack had never ceased to
love her, and as that smile spread it.
self over her face he threw prudence
to the winds and asked her To leave
her present home and fly with him.
She consented and the next night wa:
the time set for their departure. ThaI
night, however, he was taken sick
with malarial fever, and when the doc
tors got through with him he wa:
such financial and physical wreck
that he didn't want to fly, and neither
did Jennie.
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all right. but you must remember that
the humble liver, working away unOs-
tentatiously, is also a pretty good
scheme. and without health woman
can never attain success. TIE deadly
clasp of the steel-riobed corset and
the fatal grip of the cleaning garter
are hurrylng to early graves the wom-
en of our land. The beautiful eyes
that should sparkle so brightly are
dull and lusterless, the cheek whose
whiteness should be relieved by the
rosy blush of health is sallow and wan,
aud the fairest temple ever made is
rendered CHASTITY ruin by the one
who should take the greatest pride in
its beauty.
And will you buy book ? asked the
young lady. l am sure you talk beau
tifully.
No, replied the horse reporter. /
cannot buv hook because actions
speak louder than words, and do not
wish to disturb the dramatic critic,
who is in the next room trying to
write soul without a large S.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-05
Senators CockreIl and Vest.

Washington Correspondence Canton Press.
In Senators COckreil and Vest
Missouri can to-day claim that she is
represented by two gentlemen who are
the peers of the representatives. of any
other state In the union. We may
say that no state has two represents
tives i'm the senate who combine, to a
greater extent, honesty, sincerity aud
capacity than the keystone state of
the nation-MissOuri. transformations,
modest and unpretentious. Frank NJ
Cockrell and George q. Vest are the
best representatives of the vox populi
On the floor of either house of con-
gress. Their public life is beyond
question, they never seek the dark
and devious ways, but their acts are
known and real of all men. In their
private life they are all honor to them
selves and their constituents. Not
only 40. but the members of their
household seem to initiate their eX-
ample. Your correspondent, as is his
accustomed wont, frequents the little
church where the families of both
these senators worship, and it is a
matter Of pride that no state is so
well represented in nOn-partisan but
strictly Christian church. as is our
own Missouri. Not only do our
senators and their estimabie wives
attend regularly divine service, but
Mrs. Vest, seeking always to do
honor to the meek and lowly Saviour.
has a class i'm the Sabbath school,
Mrs. Ccckrell would do the same, but
domestic demands intervene. 1t viii
be matter Of cOngratulation on the
part of Missourians TO know that,
while not prohibitionists, her represen
tatives In the senate abstain entirely
from the use of anything that intox
icates.
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ARRESTED IN TIE RoTUNDA.
A Man Who Did Not Get Very
Near to MIR. Thomas's Pocket
full Of Money.

New York Sun.
Samuel W. Thomas. cigar impor,
ter, waited in the throng in the custom
house rotunda at O'clock Yesterday
afternoon for a chance to make oath
in the matter of duties on cigars. He
had brought S2l GOO with him to pay
the duties. He kept his overcoat
buttoned for awhile, but the atmns
phere was damp and warm, aid be
finally unbuttoned the coat. A few
minutes afterward Joseph A. Flynn,
a custom house messenger touched
his arm, and pointing to a thick set,
black-mOustached man near by, SAID :
He has been tampering with your
overcoat pockets.
Mr.. Thomas felt in his overcnai
pockets but missed nothing. His s2i..
900 was in a waistcoat pocket. Police.
man Holly took the thick.set man in.
to custody The prisoner said ne WAS
Julius kempner, repsirer of billiard
tables, living at 184 East Seventh
street. He denied that he had med.
died with Mr. Thomas's pocket. He
was remanded at the TOmbs until this
morning.
There has been a number of robher.
les i'm OF near the rotunda within q
few months. Mr.. L. B. Cunningtun,
while going through one of the CORR
doris, had his pocket picked Of 81 100.
Broker Ferguson had 81 200 snatched
from him. A few Gays ago another
broker was robbed of $500. Yesterday
a poor old woman had her pocket;
picked of So.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-05
They Flew Not.
ArEansaw Tray Ter.

bfEansaW lraV Ter.
Jennie Dalrymple stood in the door
way of her fathers mansion, the logs
Of which were in an advanced state Of
decay, and looked long and wistfully
down the rocky road. She made a
pretty picture as she stood there, while
the setting sun gilded the house and
forest. She was blonde, with bead
tiful blue eyes, a dimped nose, turn
up chin and dar.irrs !; la rose bud of
a mouth, which lookcl as though it
were ready for k.~-. Her form was
magnificent, and alI "a ali she was a
most charming creafrrc. Up to this
writing she Was still! looking down the
rocky road. OF Course all this trans
pired in much shorter space Of time
than it has taken to write it.
She seemed to be looking for some
one, but the sun sank lower and lower
and yet no one appeared. Suddenly
her face frightened as she saw the
tall, manly form of Jack Upshaw APP
preaching. He came up and greeted
v ncf Will a WAL mIu lIidb OUlN IONG
could give-the pure and abiding love
which is unchecked bv the sitting at
mOsphere of the great cities, where
wealth is the god and gain the hope.
These simple young people found hap
piness in each others presence and
had no selfish ambition. Their love
was their wealth.
They sat in the moonlight, she in
her beauty and purity breathing a
delicious perfume of-oniOns-upon
the atmosphere, while he, with his
brawny arms, protected her from the
night air.
They talked of sweet nothings and
promised over and over to be ever true
TO each other until the night had
waned very considerable and then
they parted, to meet again only after
the lapse of more than three years.
That night two horses were stolen,
and as Jack Upshaw did not reach
home until nearly daylight suspicion
fell upon him and it was with difficult
ty that he escaped the clutches of
Judge Lynch. At the trial there was
nothing but circumstantial evidence
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-05
Health is WedIth

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ness Co1yuIsio,,- Fits Nervous NeUraiEsisl
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of alcohol or toha Wa&efUlness, Mental ~
preston, SoftenInt the BRAN Fesulling IN !.
sanity and Ia1diu- TO misery. decay ard deati
Premature Oi,i Age. RaTrCuness, Loss OF pOVS-'
IN either sex Involuntary Losses and Sperrndt
Orrhua caused byDyer-exeTti0n OF the Dram. -A'
ahnsa mr. ovar-iutI-l-anCe. Zach box con- ~
one months treatment. Si.OU box. or SIX d =
for 500 sent by mail prepaid Sn receipt OF -
WE GCARSSTEF SEN BOXES
To cure any cass. With each order received ny
for SIX boxes, accompanied with S-'lu, we -
send tbe puTchgser our written guarantee q
Iuud the monsy If the treatment does not ete-
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-05
Matthew Arnold on American
Journals
Interview in the Chicago Times

Interview in the Chicago Times.
"What do you think of the Amer.
lean newspapers, Mr.. Arnold?"
"Oh, they are smart" with laugh.
"But l think they have too much
about the women marrying the bony
skeleton. When | first came over i
was very much interested in the story
Of man turning ont to be a woman,
or something of that sort. / think
there is too much of that sort of stuff,
with big, loaded headlines, in your
American newspapers but | can't
help but laugh at the racy way in
which it is written about. The
literary and dramatic criticism | have
read in your newspapers show careful,
intelligent thought, and they are not
SO broken up and fragmentary as the
political criticisms are.