davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-18

dCcTCd ut lUS IISlduOS CHluOS uc
America
Isl cuando los americanos tenen ne
cesidad de un puente de una aldea, vi.
niera cualquiera decirles que era pre-
ciso esperar la authorization de la legis-
latura del Estado, del gobernador del
Congreso de Washington, empezarfan
por construir ell puente, despues rom
perian la cabeza con sus rifles al que por
tai asunto viniera buscarles camorra.
En- toda la extension de los terrific
rios que Sc han reunido bajo la bandera
estrelIada de los Estados Unidos, no
existe una aglomeracion de diez casas
en- que la libertad municipal no este tan
fuertemente constituida, y sea tan res
petada como la libertad individual de
que emana, nj una aldea, por pequefia
que sea, que no tenga ell derecho de re-
solver como lie parezca sus asuntos pro-
pios do administrarse como crea con-
veniente, sin necesidad de ninguna au-
torizacion.
Este principle constituye toda la fuer
"a de America sera, indudablemente,
la regeneration de las naciones euro
peas, ell dia que puedan aplicarlo d su
gobierno. Nj ell poder central, nj ell
Congreso, nj ell Trib NAL Supreme, tie-
men ell derecho de ocuparse de los asun
tos interiores del municipio j; y ningu-
no dc estos tres pederes municipio,
Estado y gobierno federal, pueden alta
car La libertad del ciudadano, garanti-
zada por ell Habeas COr7us.>
Hasta aqui ell parrafo del distln-
guido pensador, cuyos conocimien-
tos y analixis acerca del derecho
americana nadie puede poner en-
duda pero hay algo mas en- las
samplias formalidades del derecho:
ALI donde vala bandera, va la ma
cionalidad con todos sus-fueros, y Sc !
conceptta ultraje,a la naci6n, ell
verificado q su ensena en- cualquier
latitud del mundo civilizado. Luego
81 la bandera es la naci6n, donde
fiota ella deben estar las institucio-
nes que le son propia y que ella de-
fiende bajolos pliegues de su estan-
darte.
La naci0n americana no vino a
conquistar q Puerto Rico, porque
Puerto Rico es. inconquistable dado
su estado de cultura propia y de
progresses Electives ; ell pueblo anne
ricano, por virtud de una declara-
cion de guerra, vino a evltar con-
tinuase por mas tempo la soberania
espanola en- estas tierras de Am6-
rica. Para verifcar la ocupacion,
no necesito ell gobierno de Was
hington de sacrificio alguno; los ha-
bitantes del nuevo territorio no lie
fueron hostiles, leios de ESQ, la mas
completa cordialidad acogio en- Puer-
to Rico d los nuevos aliados.
Posterior la absolute poseci6n
y aun hoy despu6s de la ratif-
coci6n del tratado de la paz, la re-
beli6n en- nlnguna de sus formas Sc
ha mostrado en- ell pals Puerto Ri
co, pues, no sostlene un estado de
guerra que es ell case hnico en- que
las garantias constitucionales sus-
penden su acci0n regular 10 que
Puerto Rico tiene es una ocupacion
militar que perdura, no porque ell
estado del pals 10 reclame, sino por
asi la anormalidad del ac-
tual orden de cosas americanas en-
os distintcs territories invadidos. |
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-18
Noticias
generates
Ha sido trasladado la Corte de JUS
ticia de Mayagiiez, ell Magistrate de La
de Ponce don Isidoro Soto Nuza.

Acusamos recibo La Ia Succion del
Cuerpo de Bomberos, por la invtiacion
atenta que nos hace con motive de la
! bendicion del nuevo caro- de mangas,
cue tendra efecto mailana 4 las en- ell
teatro Ella Perla, siendo los padrinos
de la fiesta ell Jefe demas personal
que componen dicha seccion.
| Damos las gracias pOr la invitaclon
= con gusto asstiremos a la fiesta.
| Manana dara una variada funoion
en- & La Perlas la empresa de la Esteo.
tfpica francesa, Sc propone dejar sa-
binacion explendida que sc propone I'M
primir al aspect taculo.
Al Teatro esta nOche.
I'm corresponsal de un periodico neo.
yorkino, atribuye al sefior Mui1oz XII
vera la .1o,maci6n 0e I'm parti0o sepa-
rotista para ta'aboJa' po,' la separation
| polttico.
Tambien suelen ser g7asones estos
corresponsales.
Segun anuncla la prensa ell dfa de
Mario saldra de los Estados Unidos con
direction 4 Cuba Puerto Rico, ell Sc
cretario de la guerra Mr.. Alger.
LIE ha sido coucedidafla licencia que
solicitara de cuarenta y cinco dfas al
escribano del Juzgado de Ponce nuestro
amigo don Juan Bautista del Villar.
Quejansenos algunas personas de que
en- ell cafe de la Alhambra sc ha empe-
zado a cobrar en- oro todo 10 que allf Sc
expende, a ltipo del 60 pS.
Esto no nos parece justo, pues en- los
demas cafes no rige aun esa tarita. i.
Como cada uno es duei1o de hacer de
su capa un sayo, ell que no quiera pagar
en- 0ro que sc vaya otro cafe.
A ese paso, ell kiosko no cerrara sus
puertas, por que no las tiene pero Sc
quedara sin parroquianos.
La Compai1ia del cable ha reducido
desde ell microbes, ell tipo de tarifas
por AZ centavos por palabra.
Los cablegramas pueden ser ahora
dirigidos a Washington Is centavos
por palabra: Gran Bretana, Irlanda,
Francia Alemania, por palabra
A otros puntos de Norte america
Europa en- proporcion
Han sido recuperadas las veintisiete
mulas que cargadas de cafe fueron ro-
badas en- la carretera de Adjuntas a
Ponce, de euyo hecho dimos cuenta en-
gu oportunidad.
La policia merece un aplauso por ese
servicio.
Segun noticias que circular por esta
ciudad, han ocurrido graves disgusto os
Ell la Habana entire oticiales del ejercito |
y generates cubanos, con mo-
two de los funerales hechos al cadaver
de Callxto Garcia.
Nuestro querido amigo don Qaintin |
Negron Sanjurjo ha sido nombrado Ad-
lie la Colecturfa de Rentas
de la Capital.
LIE felicitamos.
Nuestro amigo, ell estudioso abogado
don Jose Ramon Aponte Riera ha ST.
do nombrado Secretario de la Corte de /
usticia de esta ciudad.
Reciba nuestra carinosa felicitaci6n
por su ingreso en- la carrera judicial.
Por la Secretarfa del Interior sc ha
al alcalde de Ponce que
hasta ell mes de Diciembre nltimo debe
descontarseie a los profesores interinos
ell SO poo. en- virtud de que la ley no
liene efecto retroactive.
Han contraido matrimonio Ell la Ca
pital, nuestros estimados amigos la Sc
norita Rosenda Montilla Marquee ell
Lcdo. don Pedro de Audrey.
Eterna felicidad les deseamos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-18
HABLARA MUnOZ

Maestro querido colega La Cores
pon0encia publica ell siguiente suelto:
<Mafiana, viernes, insertaIem un
artfculo en- que ell ex Presidente del
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-18
IA DEMO-
Director MARIANA ABRIL
Administrator. EDELMIR0 J. LESPIER
EI derechO
americana

Dice Jacolliot en- sus estudios
acerca de los Estados Unidos de
America:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12
Healthy Potatoes.

Potato growers who want to have
potatoes with bright clean skins, free
from scab, should not neglect to use
the necessary precautions to have
them so. First, plant on new SOIL
or that not already infested with the
scab fungus, for 1t is proved that the
fungus lives in the soil for year or
two, says Vicks Magazine. Planting
should be done where some other crop
than the potato has been grown for
two years previous. Second, having
them in a solution OF corrosive SUBJ
Innate in order to kill any scab fungus
on the tubers. Use two and a quarter
ounces of corrosive sublimate in fiji
teen gallons of water. Dissolve the
corrosive sublimate in two gallons of
hot water, and then add thirteen gal
Ions more Of water. Use a large tub
or barrel; metallic vessels will be
corroded by the liquid. Place the po-
tatoes to be treated in large, coarse
sack and sink it into the liquid, allow
ing it to remain an hour and half;
at the end Of that time lift them out
and turn them out on a floor to dry,
when they can be cut up and planted.
The sack of potatoes can be conven-
iently handled, in lifting it in and out
of the barrel, by means Of lever on
post near the barrel. sufficiently high
to work easily, something like an old
fashioned we'll sweep, and which any
one can easily and quickly rig up.
This will be necessary only when a
considerable quantity of potatoes are
to be treated. AS the corrosive mix
ture is poisonous, care should be taken
not to touch it to the hands, especially
II the skin is broken; also to keep the
treated tubers away from poultry or
cattle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12
A WARNING TO WORKERS.
Mayor Jones Tells His Hearers to Vote
for Their Interests.

Mayor S. M. Jones Of Toledo, who
was recently reelected by 10000 ma
jority over the Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates combined, addressed
the workingmens Jeffersonian dinner
at New York, at which Col. Bryan was
the principal speaker. Among other
things Mayor Jones said:
1.-THE impression is given to our
children that as the thing called gov
eminent is perfected, there is there
fore no responsibility upon them be-
yond the mere perfunctory work OF
voting on election day, Of proclaiming
in season and out of season that we
have the best government on earth,and
constantly keeping before the minds or
our feIIowmen the assertion that we
can lick everybody
"If we have the best government,
which I do not question, 1t does not
necessarily follow that even that may
not be still improved. II we can lick
everybody even that is not of neces-
sity the highest ideal toward which
nation may strive. 1t is even possible
that we may demonstrate our great
ness in a far more substantial manner
by manifesting our ability to so organ
ize and associate ourselves together in
the thing called government as to show
the world that we can love everybody.
and that we love them so thoroughly
fhat hayp q
government that is as ready to listen
to the cry of the weakest child as to
the clamor of the most powerful or
ganization.
1.-THE contract system. is a part OF
our wholly Ubiquitous system of special
privilege"
Mayor Jones thus concluded:
81 believe this is the beginning OF
the end of government that is bought
and sold and run for revenue, and that
the DAYS of pretented partisan hatred
have vanished; that workingmen can
no longer be rallied with the mere
hewgag and mere cry of BE Demo-
GRAFT or BE a Republican Let the
n,atform that commands the votes Of
the workingmen and reform forces be
definite and positive, and those things
that we know are essential to liberty,
such as equal opportunities for all, the
abolition of the contract system, the
substitution of the eight-hour day, and
the recognition of organized labor in
all skilled departments; and let us re-
pudiate any platform that does not
involve every one of these principles"
Mayor Jones is little indefinite in
his platform, but his heart is evidently
in the right place, and he will not be
found supporting the monopoly party
next year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12
TIAr INCREASE IN WAGES.
A WelI-Postsd workingman Tells What
1t Really Ii.

1t Really IL.
The loud heralding by the capitalist
press throughout the country Of an
increase in wages" In the cotton mills
of New England Is one of the most
impudent lies ever resorted to by the
capitalist class for its own bamboozling
purposes. Supplemented as 1t Is by
the Incredibly bold assertion that this
so-called increase is a restoration OF
the schedule OF 1897, it dwarfs any
other colossal fake in this age Of fakes.
The cold facts are as follows:
An average reduction of 1917 per
cent was made in 1897, and followed
in January, 1898, by further reduc-
ton Of 1917 per cent, making total
reduction Of SO per cent. Or, to put 1t
in other terms, wages, after those two
reductions, were only 81 per cent OF
the previous wages. In order to re-
establish the rates prevailing in 1897
before the first reduction, an increase
Of nearly so per cent Tin exact figures
1925 per cent? upon the present rates
would therefore be necessary (since
1926 per cent of 81 equals 33).
Now, the utmost that is claimed by
any employer is that his new schedule
will increase the present wages from
5 to 10 per cent; in other words, that
1t will raise wages from the present CT
per cent to 70 or IA per cent Of what
they were in 1897, leaving them still
from 26 to 80 per cent lower than they
were before the reduction.
But even this claim is in most cases
absolutely fraudulent, and instead or
an increase, ever so small, there is an
actual reduction. l use the term
fraudulent" in its most literal sense
for the tricks resorted to in defraud-
ing the operatives are really criminal
Not only the new goods, upon which
1t 10 falsely represented that better
wages can be made, are found to en-
body more labor for less money, but
in the case of unchanged work the
"cuts" are surreptitiously heightened
in even greater proportion than the
wages are said to be advanced. This
"cut" measure acts in the cotton mills
the part that the devil" acts in the
mines as an instrument of downright
robbery For instance, the workers
engaged on a certain grade of goods
were until yesterday paid 25 cents per
"cut," and the "cut" was understood to
be so yards. Now, q cents are paid.
but It is found that the "cut" has been
heightened to 81 yards, for which, at
the rates paid yesterday, the workers
would have received 2S1s cents.
In the light of such facts as these,
the phenomenon of a strike against
an increase of wages" is no longer
puZZling.-L Sanial.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12

must learn early in his career that his
products are at all times tender and
quickly perishable. He must, so far
as he is able, prevent the contact Of
any agent that destroys or reduces the
value OF the fruit. This Is not some
thing that is beyond his power. BY q
vigilant warfare against insects he can
greatly increase the quantity and i'm
prove the quality of the crop which
he is to receive. Cold storage affords
one of the most practical means OF
preventing waste in the fruN crop that
we have. Apples that fall from the
tree when almost ripe. and are lost,
are frequently ripe enough to be pick
ed and placed in cold storage. The
fact that apples for cold storage
should be picked while solid is vaula-
BILE information to those who realize
that their fruit is dropping badly while
in that state. An ice and cold storage
house on the fruit farm is Of immense
value in preventing the waste in sum-
mer fruits that come naturally through
rapid decay. Berries, cherries, plums,
and peaches can be kept a number OF
days, even weeks, and there is thus
afforded ample opportunity for using
or disposing Of them. Let the farmer
and fruit grower be as painstaking to
prevent waste in their products as the
packers and the manufacturers are to
prevent waste in their large COM
mercial establishments
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12


CONDENSED from Farmers Review sten-
ographic report of Illinois State Horti-
cultural Convention)
Mr.. L. H. Read was to deliver an ad-
dress on plant breeding. but not be-
ing present the following remark,
were made:
J. l.. Hartwell.-I think that Illinois
is neglecting this work. Other states
are doing much in this line. A plant
developed in certain locality will do
better than one that is brought In
from some other state or locality.
Professor Burrill.-The difference
between plant breeding and animal
breeding is that we have no plant ped
igree, which we can have. l read not
long since a report Of the Journeying
Of an Englishman in Virginia In 1888.
He said that as he came west he met
good cattle going to the eastern mar
ket and some of them weighed 600
pounds each. That weight was con-
sidered good at that time, but the
standard is in great contrast to the
standard Of the present time. And
what has caused the difference? The
greater attention that has been paid
to beef cattle has made the beef ami
NAL Of the present day an animal OF
marked contrast with the animal OF
fifty years ago. An animal that has
not a pedigree behind him is not
worth much for breeding purposes.
Now, when we want to get pedigree
for an apple what shall we do? The
history of the apple runs back to the
crab. There has been no systematic
breeding. An apple Seeding comes up
in some fence corner and we know
nothing Of its parentage, yet II 1t
proves good we plant the seeds from
it and over and over and over again
we have been disappointed. There
have been few attempts to breed any
of the tree form of fruits, because IL
takes so many years to get few gen.
erations of tree fruits. In flowers
something has been done, notably IN
Cannas. The Gamma is as far removed
from the Gamma as we first knew 1t, as
the present apple Is removed from It's
ancient parent the crab. But the
Sduud udo tuC duNohlo6S III sH"s 49,
can get seed every year. / have no
doubt that we shall pay great deal
more attention to this line in the flu
ture than we have in the past. l do
not doubt that we will come to record
our plants as we do our animals. Now,
grating and budding have been OF
great advantage in horticultural work,
as they have made it possible for us
to preserve what would otherwise have
been of short life. But that very fact
has prevented us from breeding plants,
and without the aid Of grating we
should have perhaps made greater ad-
vance than we have. -" We have
entertained the belief that we must
get our hardy apples from the north.
and it may be that this is great mis-
take. We have presumed that the
chief necessity was to harden them
against cold, but cold Is not the most
deadly enemy Of fruits. 1t may be
that our better course will be to go
south and get apples that will stand
blight and drouth and heat. We may
yet get our best results from Louisiana
and Mississippi.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS
Some Up.to-pass Hints About Gull
tivation OF the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticuiture and
Horticulture.


Experience has t-ught me that this
Is more subtle process than | have
formerly thought, and that IL varieties
once cross, the type Of either parent
remains in the blood Of the race for
many corn generations, writes J. ]. H.
Gregory in Our Grange Homes. To IL
lustrate: For long series Of years
had raised the Longfellow variety Of
field corn, and had always done my
own seed raising, exercising exceeding
care to have every ear the purest type
OF the variety, yet every season there
has shown itself two or three ears on
each acre Of the old Early Dutton corn
and Of very large kerneled sort,
somewhat later than the Longfellow.
| Many years ago planted in one Of
my lots located in the midst of great
i pasture and far removed from other
tillage land, small plot of Mexican
sweet corn. AS most people know,
this is purple variety which is exce2-
tionally tender and sweet, but it is
necessary to isolate 1t in order to keep
1t pure. The seed 1 planted had every
indication in the way Of color of being
pure, but on some Of the ears from
which it was taken were kernels Of
the color of the common sweet corn.
The crop was of all oolors, wholly I'M
fit for seed. l occasionally find yell
low kernels among my sweet corn,
proving a cross between it and our
common yellow field corn; such kerr
nels when cooked show their cross in
their taste, which combines the flavor
Of both parents. To bring such a cross
out by isolated growth into a distinct
variety is the work Of years, though
within my remembrance it has been
accomplished in three instances. All
crossing is done by the fine dust from
the tassel which holds the place OF
the stamina in flowers, falling on the
silk of the ears. If there Is no pollen
there can be no corn, as can De
proved by cutting off the tassel just
before the pollen natures. For this
reason varieties can be raised side by
side, and the one desired kept pure by
removing the tassels from all the
other sorts, or by planting varieties
that do not tassel at the same time,
though in such case one will be apt TO
find that the latest ears Of the early
sort will show cross made by the
earliest maturing rasscls Of the later
sorts.
An old farmer once told me the
story of selfish neighbor who refused
him seed of an improved variety OF
corn. Never you mind, I will yet
have It," said he, "and honestly, too"
He watched his opportunity when that
neighbor located his corn patch on an
island in the river which divided the
two farms, and planted piece of
corn on the river bank opposite; he
carefully removed the spindles as they
appeared. with the result that the silk
was fertilized from the pollen from the
corn growing on the island, and thus
that variety was transferred to the
farmers cobs as certainly as though
1t had been taken kernel by kernel and
grated there.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12
AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.

A correspondent of the New York
Times thus calls attention to the beam
in Americas own eye:
"In your congratulatory editorial on
the tone of the address of the Philip
nine commission this morning, you
seem to take it for granted that our
civilization is so important a thing
that it ought to be given to the ma
tiyes of the Philippines in the interest
of their progress? Are you quite sure
that you are right? Is our civiliza-
ton worth so much that we should
even strain in the slightest the prin-
.ciples of justice to secure it's adoption
nv peoples to whom it is as yet an I'M
known quantity in their intellectual
and national advancement?
What do you think Of a civilization
like that in New York, where there
has to be an investigation every so
many years to make living at all toll
cradle? Is human life less safe in the
philippines than in American cities
Take the police out of New York city,
.or any other large city Of any so-called
christian nation, and how much Sc
curity would there be for life and
property? In other words. is our So
called civilization based upon Chris
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-12

From Farmers Review: In the fruit
industry the waste often consumes
the profits. An inopportune rain or
wind at the time when the fruit is
just ripening often ruins the hopes
and anticipations Of whole year. The
failure to use the right kind of pack
age and to make the fruit look its best
in it often degrades the quality in
the estimation of the buyer from first
to secondclass with the corresponding
reduction Of price. The crowded mar
ket Of Saturday often leaves on hand
of the grower few crates Of berries
which are worthless when the market
ripens on the following week. The
insects somehow find their way to the
fruit and Just at the time when it
should ripen we find that it is ruined.
Nine cases out Of ten of failure in the
fruit business comes through loss due
10 waste. The successful fruit grower