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An oyermorked Phrase.

There Is one phrase OF cheap dcma-
sosy which is being overwoyked with
eiekeninE iteration, In the absence OF
any argument against any proposed
measure Of public policy. the Democratic
minority always fall back upon the
rlatmt 'sThe trusts are behind IT,"
Facts common sense, reason. justice or
the sound policy o. the proposed meas
,.,e. ell are passed over TO be met with
mis- nerrot-like iteration.
Cns Puerto Rico debate furnishes /"
hzun,< Sstrs ton OF this Democratic
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DO NOT WASTE THE WATER.
Important Advice 10 Irrigators In
til. state OF Washington.
EllonsDurg capita


The time has come when the people II
this valley must look m unpleasant situa-
ton squarely In the face. The Capital Is
not an aiarmist. but It @au consistently
sound a note Of warning and advice. That
We are TO have no more winter goes with
out question. and even should we have a
spell or two & is not within the range of
probability that there viii be any con-
ssItra bic snowfall. n ~ very well known
that there was very little snow fell IN the
mountains during the past winter. and to-
DAY there D. less there than has been
known at this season for many years
This means that water wlH b. scarce
during the season Just coming on Tho
streams will not carry any thing IKE their
usual volume ana the precious fiuid VIII
not he available f3r irrigation purposes IN
anything Ike the regular quantity Al
ready thi. fact is plainly apparent. aud a
Cry season IS al hand and the people must
meet 70
A. tcst our IRRIGATION facilities are nea-
ger-too limited FOR asH1red prosperity
ana great care vii have 20 ~ taken from
uow on u handling The water. "A should
be looked UPON AS a luxury ana handled
with the utmost cars Not drop should
be wasted and the moisture IN the ground
should be conserved 20 the furihest r-lsrt-
bic extent. for y timely and cot4ous rains
Io not intervene that moisture viii 30 20
q great extent uiEluE When ID Do most
needed Those who have always had
plenty o. RHter should regard u his year
aa "a priceless bstnn. and use IL with mora
discrimination than ever hef1re tho4.
whose supply Is always limited must Use
care and diligence A crlsis seems 70 IT,
ID hand. ana g. behooves an 20 meet g.
braxely and make iht best az o. Much IL
% -. snines IS 1u5ici0uz action. ana n i
none TOO early % enter upon the good
work
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30
Why There Are Three Parties.

The fusion programme as il has been
carried out in this state for the last
four years. and as II win be carried
through this summer, has become one
Of the most farcical exhibitions Of false
pretenses and political jobbery which
has ever been seen in the history of the
country. For four years there have been
skeleton orga nizations OF three so-called
cessiye election these three alleged
parties have uniformly supported the
same ticket and, more than that. they
have each adopted identically the same
platform OF principles. Yet the Demo-
Gratis profess to feel hurt when styled
Popuhsts, the PopulIsts profess to resent
bitterly being designated as Democrats.
and the Free silver Republicans. as far
as they exist. profess to believe In Re-
question.
\ condition Is here presented which
is ineNplicable on any theory that pre-
supp"ses honesty Of purpose and SIN
eer''y OF action Platforms are pre-
sumed to represent party convictions
an" party policies on all subjects
iheS' 'nr'' factions uniformly adopt
'aeh'oh platforms and vote Tor the
sam" candidates The conclusion Is
''F''a' ana inevitable that all three are
''""S oh'S one party. Kept In three dis
''"'' portions TOR some Interior reason;
'r 'h"' 'h' platforms adopted are
''"'a ana sham which do not really
anu ''"' present 'n' principles OF more
'""" ONE OF 'h' -"-''Ird parties. II of
any
As matter ~ ia<t however. 1t Ia
P''''o'N tF'e mat All three factions are
'N close t'sT'heF on a" points ~ PoitI-
'''' '"''H as are 'ne members 81 more
compact ana h'"'' Srh''u< PARTIES
'"' ave-" '''Aue party. "s at present
,'"'''''''a. ~""Ii' VS. without a Quos-
''N o" '' IN" requisite dosmas, and
mas l'''" % overheard AID 20 i.s o,isinal
'''N '''' a' '''0's "hiir the Free silver
N'p''"'"Hs-'he ie" who st'il profess
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30
StranplinQ the New NAVY.

Washington advices indicate that the
old game is being played, with too much
prospect Of success, by the enemies of
the navy. They do not oppose the con-
struction Of new ships. They are too
crafty to set themselves against public
opinion to that extent But they ac-
complish the same end by fighting an
appropriation for armor plate. The re-
suit of this is that construction Is at
a standstill. Ships partially completed
cannot be finished, and others whose
not begun. because there is no provi-
sion for armor in sight and none likely
to be made. So the opposition accom-
plishes its purpose without inviting the
odum of enmity to the navy; nay. Il
struts about with patriotic air. claiming
that 1t is defending the people from the
outrageous demands of the manufactur-
ers OF armor plate.
In the last congress the appropriation
purchase OF armor plate at 1925 a ton.
the price demanded by the manufactur-
ers The directors declared that this
was out of all reason, and had the figure
cut down to $500 ton. II the material
could not be obtained for that. then they
said the government should build an
armor plant OF Its own. The makers
refused to sell, nothing was done and
the increase of the navy was defeated.
Now the manufacturers ask s545 ton.
The people have lost s12O ton on the
armor that should have been purchased
for the ships under way. There is the
same cutlery against this proposition.
and the same determination to prevent
any appropriation at all
The plan of a government armor plant
has absolutely no bearing upon the stu
alton as it exists. For il IT were de
cided wise TO go into that business. and
II the money necessary for II We're set
aside at this session. 1t would be years
before the plant could be completed. II
would then have 70 acquire the right to
use the Krupp process for treating steel.
which is the secret Of the latest success
in armor plate making. The outlook
for the future Is not hopeful For the
present. that programme would put an
end absolutely to all construction. our
navy would remain at its present
strength. the new ships authorized
would not be built, and those now walt
ing for their armor must remain unhn-
shed until some indefinite future date.
The duty Of congress is too plain TO be
missed. First Of all, II should appro-
pirate money for the armor needed by
ships now in course II construction
Possibly the price asked is exorbliRnt,
but the manufacturers have the coun-
Try at their mercy Nothing was gained
by waiting In the last congress. Moth
ing will be Ssined now Let US have
the new battleshlps finished, After that
Is done II viii Do uuae 70 decide for the
future. The present need is one thing.
and the question whether the nation
should manufacture armor for its own
ships another and totally different thing
By confusing them the opposition has
not oaly put n stop 20 naval constrac-
ton practically. but q has played IL
r-ctly INTO the hands Of the very people
whom II Affects 70 fight Il Is time TO
syop this little game and to apply The
the completion Il new and needed ships
q war.
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SEATTLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 80.
No Water Shortage.

Iy by the official declaration that there
Ia no intention to forbid the use Of
water this summer for sprinkling lawns
and keeping shrubbery alive. The rumor
made had disturbed our people greatly.
It's enforcement was not to be thought
of. Thousands and thousands of dol
lars worth of property would have been
ruined during the dry season, and this
OF such character that only years coulu
restore it. With dusty streets dead
shade trees and lawns baked to a Gin
der and covered with brown and lifeless
blades OF grass, Seattle would be an
object of disgust to resident and visitor
alike. Ii Is no wonder. therefore. that
the baseless pumor which was put in
circulation aroused much interest and
feeling. and that the opinion of our cit
teens was unanimously in. favor of the
purchase and installation of an extra
pump II necessary to avert so dire "A
misfortune.
At a meeting yesterday Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce committee with the
city authorities 1t was decided that there
would be nc need to cut off the supply of
water for irrigating purposes If the re-
sources OF the water department are
husbanded carefully. Nor should there
be-. A supply of 100000 600 gallons is am
pie for city Of this size. and allows for
even a margin of extravaganza The
trouble seems to be that our people have
contracted the habit Of using water lay.
ishly for all purposes, and the necessity
constantly. until the new source of
supply becomes available. not one gal
lon OF water should be consumed un-
necessarily In any private residence or
public building.
IL Is believed that. by the enforcement
" careful restrictions. enough water
may be had for all purposes. The period
within which 1t may be used for irrigat-
ing will be somewhat eurtaned More
inspectors viii be appointed to see that
there is no infraction OF the rules and
no unnecessary waste. And some ele-
Vators viii be cut out where steam or
electric power can be used with equal
convenience. In this way and by caro-
ful outstanding It IS estimated that
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The Hon. George Fred Williams says
he has no wish 10 b. vice president IT
this Mr. Williams displays more thar
his wonted wisdom.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30

Fhe heaVies, Immigration from ri
Paul westward W 90 date has utca g.
the pakotas. and The new arrivals are
greeted with the heaviest snoWt.a af
the season. These who are BEADED og
Washington can rest assured they vU
meet with no chilly reception ukc ta.s
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30

The Subway Construction Company
of New York, has insured the life of
John b. Mcdonald for five years for
100000 Mr.. Mcdonald is the con-
building Of the new rapid transit
tunnel and if he should die the
company doesn't know where to
get another man equal to the WORK
This investment teaches that while
men may be born free and equal.
the value of a man who can hold down
his job tends to become a good round
sum.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30

The eagerness of Mr. Macrum to get
a consulship was equaled only by his
eagerness TO quit that consulship just
at time when he ought to have re-
mained b. tt
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to hammer three Chicago scrubs within
an inch of their lives. In this particu-
lar the mayor seems to be unmindful Of
some of the real needs Of the municipal
ity of which he is the head
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30

Rostand's new play now on in Paris,
runs from p. m. until 2:sO a. m This
is longer than Cyrano's nose.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30

Macrum should recall the sol!loquy
OF the unfortunate parrot.
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The pollceman's lot has been said 70
be not happy one, but it is good
deal happier than that Of those fellows
the policeman is after.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-30

Problem in division: If Senator
Clark's income is 100000 per day, as al
legged by the New York World. how
many legislators can he afford to buy in
a year?
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Rate war or 10 rate war the people
are anxious to come 20 the Pacific coast
and they are coming even II the trans
Continental lines fall TO adjust their Diff
fcrences as 10 fares.
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CoL bryan viii be the lrst preslden-
tial candidate TO visit Seattle between
two defeats
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logic. Speaker after speaker on the
Democratic side. and all Of the Demo-
cratic newspapers which have treated
the subject have fallen back upon this
as their chief argument. Yet in the
particular connection used. the position
that the trusts, or any of the trusts, are
interesting themselves in the faintest
degree against the proposed Puerto
Rico tariff Is too absurd to be seriously
considered. The men who use II are
banking almost too strongly upon the
wel-tested ignorance Of their party fol-
lowers II they expect them seriously TO
swallow such utter nonsense as this.
The only products Of Puerto Rico
which will come within the operations
Of the proposed tariff laws are sugar and
tobacco The sugar exported from
Puerto Rico is all in the raw state. The
so-called sugar trust is apurchaser of
raw sugar and a seller Of the refined
article II has always clamored for free
raw material and a tax upon re-
fined Its interests are squarely with
free trade in raw sugar with Puerto
Rico and. for the matter Of that. with
every other country.
The so-called tobacco trust is engaged
in the business Of manufacturing pipe,
cigarette and chewing tobaccos from
raw materials The tobaccos which 1t
uses In its business are exclusively
OF American growth The cigar tobaccos
grown in tropical countries like Cuba,
Puerto Rico and the Philippines are not
there Is or Is not a duty upon such to-
baccos Is a matter In which the tobacco
trust naturally has not the slightest in
terest on earth,
The question Of protection Of Ameri-
can Industries is but one OF the slightest
of the arguments used in supporting a
tariff upon Puerto Rican products. The
person who would receive n ininitesi-
NAL degree OF protection under the pro-
posed tariff, and the only ones who
would be protected at all, are the grow
ers Of cigar wrapper tobaccos in Con-
necticut and Wisconsin, the sugar cane
growers of Louisiana and the beet sugar
growers of Nebraska. California, Utah
and Washington If these growers have
united in a trust. the fact has thus
far escaped public observation.
This threat to shut off the water for
sprinkling purposes opened an awful
prospect for the man who delights in
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AMI sEMENTs TODAY.

SEATTLE THEATER co., "Tae Three
MuslSeteers"
THIRD AVENUE THEATER--"In
Darkest Russia"
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how smoothly it works. was illustrated
in the last election. Four conventions
met, three OF which went through the
motions Of nominating tickets and
promulgating platforms, and yet the
ticket for which the members of these
conventions afterward were called upon
TO vote, and the platform which they
were expected to swallow. were both
prepared in back room, by handful
% political leaders, after the members
Of the conventions had adjourned and
gone home.
The only trouble with the effective
working Of this machine is the impossi-
bility Of its again securing votes enough
to carry an election. Fusion on the
lines in which politics have been run
in the few years in which it has been
in effect in this state simply means the
complete elimination of the individual
voter as a factor in the nomination, and
the substitution of the back room eau
Gus for the open convention For this
purpose and for this alone. are the
three factions of the one party kept
alive as distinct political organizations.
The Horton law, under which prize
fighting has fiourished in New York for
some time past. has been repealed. and
the sports of the ring will grieve ac-
cordingly The managers of the So
called sparring contests reaped har-
vest while the law was in existence.
Thousands have turned out to witness
nearly all of the events, and whenever
champions and ex-champions came to-
gether the attendance has been limited
only by the capacity of the buildings.
Under the present condition OF pugilis-
tic morals II was only question of
time when the public would have been
led into patronizing fake" contests got
up for money making merely, and per-
haps II is well that the law has been
repealed before the wholesale robberies
were successfully under way.
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Mayor Harrison Of Chicago says he
does not propose to allow Mr.. Jerries
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This threat to shut off the water for
sprinkling purposes opened an awful
prospect for the man who delights in
puttering around his flower garden and
finds solid enjoyment in holding a noz-
gle and talking politics with his neigh
Dor during the cool of the evening
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-01-17

Ell Teniente Oxd Sc ha hecho
cargo de Ia .Alcaldfa de Fajardo,
mientras duren las elecciones que
han de celebrarse en- aquel pueblo el
20 del actual. t..
Ell mejor surtido que existe de
Piqu@s blancos de colores, mpseli-
mas -gasas Ultima novedad, crespones
de lana seda driles panama en los
Dependencies Fortaleza 33.
A don Felipe Martinez de Hato Vie
jo, Arecibo, le llevaron 100 cep as de
yausia do1a Isabel Serrano, del
mismo barrio, una vaca. A ningu-
no de los dos les dieron aviso alltici-
pado de esa broma, que resulta uu
tanto pesada. -
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P noranla

X (
Haee cosa de dos anos SO es-
tableci6 en- Russia una companfa con
objeto de exportar huevosT en- gran;
,des cantidades 8 Inglaterra, y, ha-
.bi6ndose- -hecho va todos Ids prepa-
rativos necesarios, ha dado comien-
xosa sus opeHaci6nes mercantfles.:
I'm detalle mu curioso interesan-
te, es que los, huevos Sc embarcan
envasado en- grandes tapques de
meta, desrroHistos de SD cascara
con obieto de eYiitar las psssa alidas que
resultan de las roturas duando se
en 81 estado natural, y
economizar al mistuo tempo en- el
costo de los fetes.
Los huevos Sc venden por medi-
da s las grandes confiterfaB y paste
lerfas y ell negocioI Iresulta lucrative
LA deuda pdblica de las ma
clones de Europe asciende 4 las si-
guientes cifras: Inglaterra, SO, 223,
S19, 500; Francia, Sc, 246, $50, 600:
.Alemania, So, Az, 349, $50; Russia, 81,
,759, 434 900; Austria -Hung gria, So.
574, 1873, 800; Italia, SO, 4$2, 814, 812,
y Espana, 81. 798, $50, 799.
de todos los puentes arqua-
dos que Sc han construidos hasta la
fecha, SO distiugen por la longitud de
su luz, Ell de Niagara, con hn claro
de $50 pies; ell de Garabit, On India,
con $40 pies; el del Duero, en- Lis
boa, con 528 pies; el de San Luis,
Missouri, con $50 pies; Ell de Gran
nenthal, en- Alemania, don BIB pies,
y el de Harlem, en- Nueva York, con
BIO pies. En- Mungsten, Alemania,
se aeaba de hacer IN Duente de fe-
rrocarril que ttene un claro mayor
todavfa que ninguno de eStps, pues
el arco mide entire sus extremes $50
pies de largo, y es, por tanto. el ma
Yor que existe.
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ANUNClOS AMERlCAMOS

ANUNCIOS AMERlCANOS
ORE PUBLICA LA CORRESPONDENCE.
Emulsion de Scott.
The New York and Porto-Rict
Steamship Company.
Pildoras rosadas del DR.. Williams
The New York Life Insuranc
Company.
Vino cordial del DIR. Ulrici.
Maquinas de escribir Remington.
La Uniyersidad de Notre Dame.
Vino reconstituyente de Stearn;
Maquinas de escribir de Hammond
Vino de cereza del DR.. Aver.
Cerebrina- compuesta, del DIR. U
rici. y
Compaffa de seguros de vida 81
=. Sol"
st Mary Academy, Notre Dam
Vigor del cabello, del DR.. Aver.
Jab6n Forest City,
s. II. A. de Lima & Co. Comis
nistas. d. 80.
Dooley Smith g. 90. Comisionistas
Zarzaparrilla del DR.. Ayer.
Alimento Mellim para niflos. -
Pfldoras del DR.. Haydok.
Pfldoras para el higado, del DR..
Aver
Aermotores de Perkins.
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aslrnsi.la ailans
nsasIsiI. aIt.

-s
Dicen de washington que 81 60
b1erno SO esta oeupando serlanente
en- refoImar ei ,slstema monetar1o de
la lfia de sFuertoT ftlco. feforma que
Sc hace sumamente necesaria q con
sectencia de las frecuentes variacios
nesE que sufre Ell peso espanol en su
valor; la moneda espanola fu6 pnes
ia en- circulation ca aquella is1a har
&c hlgunos amos, para sustituir u
pfata me1icana
FL valor intrfnsico del Peso.es
panel, segdn dicen de Washing gtpn,
es solo de 40 centavos en- dinero anne.
ricano; pero en- tempo de zafra de
la fecolecta del cafe del tabaco,5
nega a waller hasta 64 65 centaVos;
tltimamente se cotizaba a SO scenta-
vos. acuyo tipo SO les pagaron los
iornales 8 los trabaiadores de campo
quienes al efectuar sus compras, So
10 pudieron conseguir que Sc les I'D:
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-01-17
HERRER0, or TEGA&Co
SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

Tienen de venta los precios
mas bajos del mercado:
Cemento marca Corona.
Puntas de Paris de todos tamanos
Aceite linaza doble cocido.
Pinturas inglesas de todas clases.
. Platos de loza y de porcelana ep
huacales y cajas.
Escudillas On huacales.
Clavos de paleta.
Rejas de arado.
Grampas para cercas.
Oalderos y anafres.
Tornillos con tuercas y arandelas
para zinc.
Romanas Fairbank.
Bisagras T. surtidas.
Bau1es forrados de papel y de Ia.
ton, en- nidos.
Sirven pedidos toda la Isla dan
preoios y toda clase de informes &
Quien los solicits.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-01-17

hoTICIAS
Generules

Ha sido capturado por la poll
cia insu4ar en- Lares otro de los pre-
SOS que Sc fugo de la c4rcel de Are
cibo. Sc llama Manuel Rivera es-
ta condenado q z amos de preside
por el delito de robo en- cuadrilla;
faltan eoor capturar Eduviges Vaz-
squez (a) el cubano i Luis Rivera q
los cuales la policfa insular sigue la
pista j pronto seran capturados.
Sc ha pedido por el Centre Su-
perior al alcalde de Barros envfe una
certifcacion expedida por dos CO.
merciantes de aquella localidad,
donde conste el precio medic en- ven
to de los. artfculos de beber>i arder
seravados con el impuesto de consul
mo.
Ha girado una vista de inspec.
ci6n q las eseuelas de Vieques ell se'
nor Gas idy, Super de las
escuelas del distrito de HnnracSo.
Telegraf1an de Pretoria que
los prisioneros ingleses que estan
en- poder de los beers, no tienen mo
two algnno de queja de la manera
como son tratados.
Nose les obliga & hacer min
gdn trabajo, La comida es buena y
abundante: Sc les permite comprar
cerveza y estan autorizados para 1eer
los peri6dicos, incluso los ingleses.
slgI
Varios jovenes residences en-
Santurce tienen en- proyecto una
gran mascarada para el dia de Car
naval.
Ell individuo Francisco Rivera
que apareci6 en- dias pasados, en-
una noticia, comprendido en- un SUI
mario por estafa q don Francisco
Vizcarrondo Andino, no 10 es don
Francisco Rivera, agente comercial
de negocios en- esta Capital.
Sc desea comprar una gramatica
por ell autor xPalenzuela y Carreno.S
lnformaran en- esta imprenta.
a% n.-S.-5-2.