The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
Indiscriminate Charity In Porto
Rico to Cease.
REDUCE COST OF BREAD
MUST IMPROVE SANITARY CON
DITIoN OF ISLAND.
Practice of Delegations Visiting San
Juan at Public Expense to Be
observation-disclosures of Reducing
Taxation to Bsgin-No Determined
Opposition to Law and Order.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
San Juan de Porto Rico, April 1.-THE
following general orders from the head
quarters of the department of Porto
Rico were issued today:
The war department having forbidden
the issue of rations to Porto Ricans,
commanding officers of posts are author
lied, to prevent suffering among the people
in their respective Localities TO purchase
necessary articles of food at rate not
to exceed 10 centavoS day Tor eacn
needy person, and to send the Dill Tor
same to this Office for payment from the
moneys of the island as directed by the
authorities at Washington. Great dlscre-
ton must be used in carrying out these
instructions, and aid should be extended
only to those who are unable to work or
obtain work
''The recent visit of the department
commander to Caguas, Cayey, Aibonita,
CoaInc, Coamo Springs, Santa Isabel
Guayama and Arroyo showed a satsfac-
tory condition of affairs and that the
people are strongly in sympathy with
American methods and progress. At
Coamo Springs a most patient and COM
mendable work is progressing in procur-
ing vaccine for the benefit Of the people
of this island. AT some of the towns COM
plant was made as to the cost of bread,
s cents loaf, the same as last summer,
although the price of flour is much less
now. The price should not be over cents
pound. In the city of San Juan the
price of bread is down to cents. 1t is the
duty of the alcaldes to reduce, as far as
possible, the cost of all the necessaries of
life and to increase the tax on other aru-
Giles.
THE prison at Guayama was not clean.
The prison at CaguaS was Clean but was
an old building. The quarters of the in
sular police and the appearance of the
men at Santa Isabel, Guayama and
CaguaS were very good, and particularly
SO at the latter place.
while the meats were good and the
beds clean at the hotels visited. the loca-
ton and dirty condition of the closets,
placed in or near the kitchens, as is prob
ably the case also in many private dwell
ings on the island were most disreputa-
BILE. Until this unsanitary condition is
remedied, great diScredit will be brought
upon the island, as Americans view. such
conditions with disgust, and their feco!-
lections of otherwise agreeable surround
ingS will be married by this unnatural and
disgusting practice.
THE habit of delegations coming to San
Juan at the expense of the people or mu-
inequalities must be discontinued. All APP
plications should be addressed to the
proper secretary. If a reply is not re-
ceiVed or any action taken within a rea-
sonable time, Il direct application should
be made to the governor general, stating
what is desired, the fact of inaction and
date of appeal. Valuable time is taken up
in talking about matters that can be at
ence to the proper secretary.
THE work of building roads and taking
charge of schools and jails, so as to re-
duce the taxes of the people. will be taken
up as rapidly as possible. In the mean
time all budgets will be reduced to the
lowest possible limit, honest economy
practiced in all directions. and patience
exercised during this period of transition.
Referring to the idle talk, the threats
of violence in certain neighborhoods, the
reported assemblage for revolutionary
purposes ard the numerous newspaper
articles appearing in the press of the
United States showing u restless state of
dating the work of capitalists desiring to
invest here are now bearing their fruit
to the injury of the wel-being and prog
ress of the island.
1T is not believed that any thought of
determined opposition to law and order
exists in Porto Rico. but should such be
the truth, it would be discovered at once
and would prove to be the suicide of the
island