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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
Notas espanolas

gobierno una contribution por ell cultivo, al
municipio derechos de consume, La vida es
cada vez mas cara, pero Sc les aumenta la con-
tribucion, al mismo tempo que vienen amos
de sequia, 8 granzo, 8 inundacones.--. Ne
cesitan apelar los usureros, pero el amo no
quiere dsminnir el elevado tanto pOr ciento de
ganancia, nj Sc avene cobrar un centimo
menos por la cesi6n temporal del terreno,
en- lugar de pagsr mejor Ia cana, la rebaja de
preciu, que es loque dltimamente sucedi6, oca-
sionando esta terrible explosion de ira....
M
Estudien los soci6ogos cuanto queran
estos dlicutosos intrincados problemas,
difundan por ell mundo sus razonatles teorlas,
que no estara de mas pero siempre serah Ia
meior mas efcaz de las ensenanzas los oscar
mlentos de este indole. Sepan que solo po-
dram evitarlos ejeFciendo estas virtudes: Ca.
Ttddd, HulndntdGd.
NADIA risueha es Ia situaci6n de Espaiia en-
10 referente production agrfcoa; en- NotdS
precedentes puse de manifesto, con nGmeros,
la enorme desproporci6n que hay aqni entire
las tierras cultiVadas las que permanecen en-
estado improductiVo, por complete abandO-
nadas.
Viendo esta decadencia de nuestra agri-
cutura ocurre pensar que tai vez contribuyaa a
ella e que la corriente general Sc inclina mas
bien hacia las empresas industriales y la
exploitation del subsuelo, que RI cultivo de los
can pos, que Sc supone da menos rendimien-
tos es indudable que 10 que descendemos CO.
mo agricultores, nos elevan os como indus
triaIes mlneros por cada tro2o de terreno
cutivable que be rotura, SO abren diez fabri-
cas- Sc denuncian veinte mtnas.
Este ovido del terrunO es un NAL gene
ralmente todo pals agricoa es rico porque CO.
mienZa por no necesltar peur a los exJranOs
ell sustento las prlmeras materias para la in
dustria pagan lolo buen precio.
Els, por tanto, mas que conveniente, pre-
ciso, pensar seriamente CD la regeneration de
la agriculture patrla, hac6ndola salir de la
penosa situaci6n en- que Sc halla, como 10 de-
muestran de un modo bien elocuente los datos
que van a continuation:
Fl rendimiento medic anual por hectarea
de terreno, en- el trigo, es en- Espaha DC cnco
hect0itros en- las tierras de secanu (que son la
mayor parte), y de 1S en- las de regauio. En-
los uemas paises de Europa, sin distinction de
regauiO secanU, es como sigue:
Franca, Is; Escocia, 81; Jnglaterra, 26 !;
Beiglca y Hoanda, ~; Austria Rpmanfa,
~: Russia, 8; Dinamarca, Suecia, Alemania
Norueg&, IL 20, 8 Italia ii.
Para apreclar 10 expuesto t6ngase en-
cuenta Ia escasa proportion de terreno culti-
vado en- Espaha, que hace resute la exigua
cantidad ue I'll hoct6ltros de trigo por habl-
qante, 10 que hace inevitable Ia Importation
ue extranJero con grave queDranto para nues
tros intereses, esta Importation assemble en- ell
a1O Gltimo 4.052, 474 quintales m6Jrcos,
Nv
comsi6n de Almeria ha vsitado al
minis Marina en- sOilcltuu de que presto
| su apoyv Cungreso naval que SO lnauguraIa
en- Mhdr ol II de Mayo proxlmo, cump.eahos
| DEL re-
Eli d, listro prometi6 los comsionados
apoysr a idea aoogar porque SO ceciare on
cial dlcho Congreso.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02

yer una verdaderR batalla pues su
regimiento que no ha disparado un
solo tiro estS va reducido a la mi
tad. Los soldados bavaros, sajones
huyen en- desorden per todas par
tes; pero los de Ponghuenbina, de
la grsnde y pequefio Krsysda, de
MiseTows, estan tan bien acostum.
brados por la severa discipline pru.
siana, que permanecen inmovlles
como 81 estuvieran enclavados en- Ell
EuelO.
POGO a POGO, sin embargo, los q.
las empiezan q desordenarse; un
momento adn J la cadena de la
discipline que los ha tenido sugt tos
hasta alli esta punto de romperse,
La tierra ests tibia y hGmeda de
saDgre; al olor de la polvora Sc mez-
ella Otro especial; va no Sc pueden
estrechar las filas; los cadaveres
forman montones pestilenciales, de
los cuales es precise aleiarse.
En- las fllas Sc murmura;
Nos han conducIdo al mata j.,
dero.
-Niuguno de nosotros volvera q
casa.
-Silencio brutos polscos, dice
IN Official.
rs muy facil de decirlo. Estas
detras de nosotro.
= D6Dde ests Ell animal que. -.
On soldado comienzs q recitar Ia
plegaria: "a I'd altisima protec
ci6n...1
Y Barttk continGa:
-sRecurrimos loh Santisima vlr.
genl...s
Los soldsdos siguen So ejemplo;
SAcoje benignsmente Duestras
plegariss, loh Santa Msdre de
Dicsl- --..3
Ia Virgen ha DIDO segur meute
aqueIlss fervidas s6piiCss poroue
en- squel momeDto mlsm IN ayu-
dante de campo llega 4 t0oU galope
y el coronel manda;
-iAdelabte 8 la bayouetsl iHV-
rrui
Eu 10 instante son calatae las b.
yolotss, loa que cue Del regi'
miento e. estlsHasa sB npa lafgl
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
-AVISO

Sc ofrecc como un buen administra
dor de incas urb mas, don Gregor Di
mas. administrator las fncas de la
viuda del doctor Ferrer de doha A-un.
cion Sabat, viuda de Geigo y de don Jose
E. Marxuach, Sc ofrece para aimInistrsr
y cobrar precios convencionales ofre
ciendo garantfa y limpleza en- suS incas.
Puedeu dlrljlrse la calle de San Jose
numpro 20 altos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
Hasts que vivamos. ;. .

va no piensan en- la muerte; con
Ia rapidez del rsyo van al encuen-
tro de los franceses, caminRudo So
bTe los hombres, sobre los caballos,
y Dor ditimo desaparecen en- los Vi
iiedos, despues de haber escalado
IN muro. ContlnGa resOnaudo Ell
himno polaco y de yez en- cuaudo
resplandece una bayoneta; Ia bats-
lis Sc hace mas furioss J las from.
petas coDtinuan tocando. Violen.
tss. fncesantes, insoportables, son
las detonaciones. luego cesar de re.
pente.
Al pie de Ia colina, el yIeio
StelnmetE fuma con su pipa de por-
celana = dice sonriendo
-Unss cuantas notas mas de ese
- -
ID "a Il pripclplo del himno po.
lsco De Teo6lo Lenartowinr pruhi.
DIDO poF Alemania en- tempo de-
ps
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
Ramiro Blanoo.

que la casual, dispoLlendo severos castigos
para los que tengau nlnos sd cargo con-
traigan Ia cUstumOle ue emOrlagarse, uando a
ese ueito signlncauo legal de crueldad per-
slstente, prUhlDiendo despachar licor gentes
va Dorrachas danuo derscho . las muJeres
oe los tales para divorciarss. DefenulO lord
Salisbury el proyecto con gran empeno, aun.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
MUY BARATAS

Sc venden dos casas en- Sant0rce
acabadas de fabrica", con ,ervI 10 de
aqua. luodoros, luz etc. C. Informaran
en- est imprenta en- bouca colon
plaza de Alfonso XII capital.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02

que advirti6 Ia Camsra que con semejante
legislation podfa llegSr a restrngirse Ia liber-
tad de los ciudadanos. Ago pudo haber dicho
ell noble marques acerda de una ley one tan
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
Al. i.PUBL4> ID

La q "a sue Id h ,ce nresent' q p
esde no no recO Oce cu nta do u
mento algnuO que 10 y s1OA tori a
do pOr su 1rma Q d. III thcarg do
don E gen Rivera.
p tlla. il % de 1901
AMoStGSfa RtceTQ de Gsuyata. f.. 30
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
FslTZE, II ,Og L y.
pom r.. Z.

( Casas en- Mnyagiies y S"" J4am
BanquerOs y cOmisiOmista-
AGE TES
de las Siguicnter compsfifas de vapores
Hamburg a .noriran Gine
Hsrnb
Ia vEL0CE
Geneva.
New York anss sstO. MicO 8. G. Co.
New York.
MOns0n Steamshi' Line
New York.
Sierra Steamship Line
Liverpool.
vapOres COrre0s de sObrinOs de Herrera
Habana:
Galveston y West Andies 8 8 Co.
Galveston.
De las siguientes Compafifas de Ase-
guros contra incendio.
LA BALOISE,
HAMBURG BREMENSE,
AACHEN & MUNICH.
ASEGUROS MARITIMOS
Norte Germanica.
RepresomtaDte
del Board of Underwriters Of New York.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02

La empresa del teatro del Buep Retro ha
alberto un concurso para premiar la melOr ope-
ra espaiiOla que Sc presente. I'll autOr reciOi-
ra 5000 pesetas en- esta forma 1000 pesetas
en- cuanto SO haga ia classification por un jura-
do que SO nomorara al efectu, las 5000 res.
tsnJes despu6s de la prmera representation,
siempre que la obra sea acepUaua por ell pa
blico.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
Contra Ia embriaguez

Ell jueves fu6 votado en- segunda lecturs-
que es, como 81 dejeramos, sprobado en- la ca
mara de los Lores -un oyecto dc ley hacien-
do de Ia embrlSguez habltual un delito mayor
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-05-02
BUENA OCASION

Sc desea vender una prensa de bic !.
rro de extraer aceites de POGO uso y IN
buen estado, con>trulda IN Paris, pr-ciO
menos de su co>to, PAL a pormenores di
rigirse don Cayetauo Fuster,
GuayamA, P. h. SO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
SOME THOUGHTS
Suggested by Former Conventions
 and the Present One.

Editor The Advertiser:
 The delegates to the Constitutional Convention set a fine example to the politicians, when they voted openly like men in the caucus for officers, in- stead of pursuing the bad custom of legislators who. for years. have been afraid to vote openly. and have been hiding their votes in a hat.
 This good example has been some what nullified. by the extravagant number of pages which the body al- lowed, to enable the President to sat isfy the demands of members for places for relatives and kin. The Con- stitutional Convention of 1875, which had about fifty members less than the present body and had only two pages I believe.
 The Conventions of 1861, 1865, and 1875, were august deliberative bodies, which conducted their proceedings with a decorum and dignity befltting the grave duty committed to them Some few delegates do not seem to have a proper appreciation of the dig nity of the body. They make speeches off some stale wit and have some friends laugh, and as If they were boys in a debating society
 There are few others who seem to think the Convention will go wrong if they do not enlighten 1t on everything that comes before it, and they are constantly popping up.
 The press would render a real ser vice to the public If it would Keep tai on these constant winding ora. tors. and publish each day how often they have been on the floor. The press would also prevent the loss of useful ness on the part of some very worthy members. if 1t would impress on then that even the ablest men lose their in- fluence by constantly talking on every subject.
 A Wearied Observer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
The Same Old Story.
Chattanooga Times.

CnattanooSa Times.
 The Mobile Register points out that the people of Savannah were displeased by Sam Jones's way of drawing a crowd" Jones's way is the old chest nut, to the effect that the city Is mot half mile from he'll" a charge he makes against every town he shows in. The Register says he makes a regular Sodom and Gomorrah out Of the place, all because Savannah has has taken the preacher too seriously" But what of the morality and dency of such "preaching?" Is an alleged evan gelist licensed to islander every town he vists? Isn't lie told from a pulpit as wicked as if it were told from the hustings or on a street corner? Savan- nah ought to have known better than to ask Jones to come there. Knowing his style" beforehand, those responsl- ble for his presence in the city are not to be pitied. if he "roasts' them in his Bowery lingo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
A MEETING.

We sat at the table together. She cast a glance over at me; Her face was the face of an angel A face I was thankful to see; I fell meath the spell of her beauty, Praised fortune for letting us meet, And, blisefully dreaming, I ordered The things that I wanted to eat. Her eyes were of velvety softness, looked on her face and was glad. And I felt something sweetly alluS In the shy, demure manner she had; Her form was the form of goddess Her face was enchantingly fair I was manlier. nobler, and purer For sitting so close to her there. The waiter bent over her shoulder I listened, expecting to hear Her ask for a cup of ambrosla- Her presence made heaven seem near I thought of those days on Olympus When goddesses banqueted there She ordered some buckwheats and sau
 sage.'
 And | nearly fell out of my chair.
 $. E. RISER,
 In Chicago Record-Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

Referring to the suggestion of The Advertiser that the next State Conven- tion of Virginia might have to be held outdoors, The Norfolk Landmark says;
 So the necessity might be, dear friend, If the convention were held in the good old State of Alabama but this conyen- ton (whose numbers. by the way, The Advertiser has under-estimated by more than a score) Is not only to be held in the State of Virginia, but in the City oi Norfolk, whose accommodations for the shelter and entertainment Of large swarms oe humanity are worth going hundreds of miles to behold. Selah!
 Possibly Norfolk is provided with one of The Birmingham Age-Herald's sta diums. That would hold 'em.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
v Victor H. Hanson, MApager q Aav@'
 41D1g, hCseign and local.
ABOUT SCHOOL GRADUATES. The Memphis Times says:

-8cme time ago Superintendent Cooley 6f the Chicago public schools, ventured IT too much glory in graduation day; wvhen glory taxed people who could III afford 1t with the outgo of sums for dress and flowers which meant sear j,,sa pl'Va'0"
 This was such thoroughly sensible suggestion that it should have en- countered no opposition, but the Chi cago school board looked with httie favor on 1t. They seemed to regard 1t as an effort to interfere with or cur tail the sacred right of the sweet gir1 graduate to dress as gorgeousiy ana eA- pensiyely as she can.
 And that is just the point. No mem hers of the human family are more rensitiye to ridicule, more quick at comparisons or more tender to the touch of humiliation than are the young school girls. If one is very expensiVe- ly and handsomely dressed on the day of the closing exercises those whose means do not enable them to dress with equal taste will feel humiliated in their own estimation. And because their mothers know and appreciate this feel ing the parents often go to an expense far beyond their means and submit thefaselves to worry. debt and priva- ton in order that their daughters may appear as well dressed as are any Of the others.
 In the Chicago case the School Board adopted what they considered com- promise in the form of a resolution nvafc chn not be sent the graduates on com mencement day. This resolution re- ally did not touch the point at all. It is not the flowers and presents which bear so hard on the bright daughters of poor parents but the fact that they are less beautifully dresseG than some of their sisters. To the wealthy the cost of a handsome graduating dress is a matter of small moment, but large proportion of those who attend the public schools are not children of rich parents, but they are none the less sen- aitive and observing. 1t is a case where either the child's feelings must suffer from comparison with others or the ! parents must suffer in their efforts to send their loved ones out on an equal footing with the others. In the words of The Times:
 The poor have a right to be protected from unnecessary expense in the public 5 schools. They have a right to ask that the distinctions of wealth and class shall not be imposed upon them there, and that they and their children shall not look forward each year to graduation day as landmark for worries, needless econo- mics and pinchings and a final result of general dissatisfaction because, even by great efforts, a thousand dollar income . cannot possibly produce the same results as ten thousand one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
WE STICK TO IT.

The Norfolk virginian- Pilot does not take kindly to the idea that two re- spectable white parties in the South would be better than the present con- dition, and declares that such desire on the part of any Southern man or community smscks of toadyism. It makes this comparison:
 It is not necessary to say that the South is perfectly governed: nor is 1t nec- essary to make haste to admit that It IS worse governed than the North or west when such is not the fact. It is rather lamenting our deplorable fix and begging of the North. light and wisdom in govern ment, when scarcely State of the North or West can elect a United states sena tor without creating a scandal that IS a stench in the nsstrils of honorable men and many of which actually go Tor two or three years at time Wltn put one Senator because poodle deadlock IS oh'
 For one. The Advertiser most em- phatically denies that 1t has ever inti- mated that our people need light and wisdom in government" from the North. or that we have ever asked for or want any instruction from that source. And we protest against the assumption of our contemporary that the elimination of the colored vote and the building up of a reputable white Republican organ ization in the South would result in such a condition of affairs as it points out by way of horrible example.
 In Alabama, at all events. we are different class ot people from those to whom The yirginian-Pilot alludes. and do not apprehend that change in the suffrage regulations would transform us into a community of boodle-worship- CTS, bribe-givers or bribe- takers. While that seems to be the character of poll iticians in some sections of the North and West 1t is not so in Alabama and will not be. And we re-assert the proposition. which has not yet been successfully controverted, that 1t is best for any State to have two strong parties to contest for the control of af- fairs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Wish All Could Read It.

Maplesyille Reflector.
 We wish every voter in Chiffon County could read The Advertiser for the next sixty days so that they could see for themselves what the Consti- tutional Convention Is doing and thus be able without the bias of political leaders to judge for themselves when they come to vote upon the adoption of the Constitution. Place yourselves in a position to act as freemen and not be led by the nose by designing politi- clans. We are going to get rid of the corrupt negro vote and then will come a brighter day for Chiffon County as we'll as for all Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
You Are Hunting Trouble.

A Huntsville preacher proposes thas four hundred missionaries be sent to convert New Orleans to Christianity. This is the result of the, impression made upon the preacher during his so- journ in New Orleans, as delegate to the Baptist Convention. It Is good idea, but should not stop there. New Orleans needs conversion. So does every big city. We have always held that there is more work for mis- sionaries right here at home than there Is abroad. Let the good work begin in New Orleans. Send three hundred missionaries to New Orleans and one hundred to Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Remove the Incubus.
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
 It ought to come to public knowledge at length that what Is to be done in Alabama in reforming the franchise is not for the purpose of making abso- lute the power of any political party in the State but to free the party now in power from the incubus that has so long rested upon 1t of maintaining civ ilization by processes that do not com mand the approval of good mrals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Can Take Your Choice.

Greensboro waterman.
 The question of why rabbit wab- bles his nose Is bothering many peo- pie just now, and no satisfactory an- swer is forthcoming. Even so wise a journal as The Montgomery Advertise CT admits 1t does not know why. Seems to us the answer is easy, to wit: Brer rabbit either wants to do so or else can't help it. You can take your choice,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
An Expansion Town.
Alabama Bugle.

Jasper is a big trading center and our merchants are up-to-date. Jas per, Billy Bryan to the contrary not withstanding. is an expansion town. Jasper is a great big nest of eggs. She poses not as an exception to the rule every full nest is more than likely to have a few bad ones, but the old hen and prospects, the presiding officer of the poultry yard crows with confidence and dignity, the blue-eyed gander and Mother Goose"-his devoted wife. yell in accents wild-expansion!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Limiting the Suffrage.
Coosa Argus.

Coosa Argus.
 "Come easy, go easy" is just as true of the elective franchise as it is of money and property. The elective franchise given to ignorant, worthless people, whom it has cost nothing in blood, treasure and heroic effort. has been sold for a song and traff1cked away as a thing of no value. Then limit the right to vote to those who have suffered for it, and who have won if hY manly effort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
If General Funston has the sense

If General Funston has the sense he is credited with he will carefully guard his bonnet against any effort of the Presidential bee to effect a lodg- ment in 1t. The experience of some others in that line ought to satisfy him, and the experience of the country with Presidents who were elected solely on their military reputation ought to settle the question against any effort to repeat the experiment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

sight is seem. We do not remember to have noticed anything in the Ala bama papers about 1t, nor are we posted as to the rarity of such an occurrence. We have heard that when the common cane blooms 1t dies. but we are not sure that such is the fact Perhaps some of our old readers may be able to give reliable information on the sub- ject
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch inti- mates that fine flour biscuts are the cause of dyspepsia, and The Topeka State Journal denies 1t and asserts that it is the butter and syrup eaten with the biscuits that causes the trouble. The inference is that one shouldn't put butter and syrup on their biscuits and shouldn't eat biscuits without them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

The Weekly Enterprise thinks The Advertiser has been right in not trying to map out a course of procedure for the Convention and says:
 The Advertiser has been right in not expressing opinions or mapping out a duty of The Advertiser. or any other pa- per, to dictate what is best to be done Tn the convention, but to leave this to the wisdom of the delegates, who are the brainiest men in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Something for Himself.

Gadsden Journal.
 We take 1t that Perry Heath's news- paper experience will show him some way to get something for himself out of the lot of free advertising he IS getting. He might take the lecture platform. or put patent medicine on the market-thsre is demand for a panacea for political lame ducks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
Is the Logical Place.

Mobile Item.
 The delegates to the constitutional convention seem to be very well satis- fled and show no inclination to go to Birmingham to hold their sessions. Aside from being the capital. Mont gomery is the logical place for holding the convention. being centrally located and accessible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
1t Will Be Secured.

Troy Messenger.
 When the Capital City of Alabama decides that she needs any certain thing badly, that thing is generally secured, and therefore, if that magnif- cent hotel is not forthcoming people will be surprised. Montgomery has a class of business men that know how to make things move.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

The Charleston Post declares that only politics and selfishness stand in tke way of an adjustment of the dis pensary troubles in that city. The Post must certainly know that those are two of the most powerful factors in forwarding or delaying any propo- sition nowadays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

Nobody seems to have been able to prove to Treasurer Park, of Georgia, that he should follow the opinion of the Attorney General instead of stick ing by the Constitution of his State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

Because the operators of coal mine in West Virginia discharged an incom- potent teamster and refused to rein- state him 500 miners went on strike. A free country. this is.