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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-01-10
AClaraCiOnGS
del COmiSiOnadO
DEGETAU.

Nuestro amigo bien estima ado.
don F. Degetau, hs enviado al "San
Juan News" la siguiente carta, fa-
chada en- Washington el 81 de Di-
ciem bre pSsado.
Sef1or:
En- uro de los n1meros de su
peri6dico, publicado cusndo me ha-
llaba en- San Juan durarte ell OSofo
dltimO, apareci6 una carta escrita
por un emigrante puertorriqu :no en-
una de las Repdblicas Sud-America-
mas en- la cual su autor hablabS de
la posici6n especial en- que los emf
grantees puertorriquef1os SO hallab an
colOcados. Ell comunicante Sc QUE
jaba amargamente de Ia falta de pro-
teccion debida la iucertidumbre de
su status polftico.
Como por entoncss estaba discu-
tiendo 20 10 question de nusstra ciu-
dadanfa con ell DepArtsmento de Es
tado y esperaba una respuesta sob %
este asuut0, no entendf que procedfa
iuguna declaration pdolicA en- la
materia. En- el curse de esta discu =
sion he recibido una comunicaci6n
del Honora BILE Secretario de Estado
con fecha de 20 de Diciembre, en- que
dice:
clos representatives. diplomati-
cos y C6nsules (le los E tsdos Uni
dos) hau recibido instrucciones de
dispensar la misma ~protecci6n q to-
dos les puertorriquenos en- sus per-
sonss y prop!e ladies', que Sc otorga
a los ciudadants nacidos en- los E
tados Unidos.a
Cualqutera que sea ell resultado
final de mis- esfuerzcs, para cumplir
Ell compromise contraido con mis- cleo.
torres, de reclamar nuestra ciudada
pfa americana, considero que es mi
deber hacer pd dolics Ia declaration
citads, con objeto de que llegue
conocimiento de todos aquelIos &
Quier es pueda interesar.
Rogandole que SO sirva insertar
esta carta en- su peri6dico, quedo de
Vd.
Muy respetuosamente,
FEDERICO DEGETAU.
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Juan LlObGt.
Maestro PIOmGrO eXaminadO

Ofroce sus trabajos sin compe-
tenci4 q los Propietarios, COZ faccio
nAndO ell m'sm0 los proyectos y
pianos para ser aprobados por Ia
Junta Sup, rior de Sandal, siendo
este una ecoLomis para el Propieta-
rio pues no tiene q. buscar otro pa
IA qFe haga dichos pianos y proyec'
tOs.
Responde de no eslropear los
edifcjts.
No sdmite diuero h ,sta no ter
minar ell trabajo y ser recibido.
Direction CEisto II altcs 6 la
Quincalla del Sr Matienz0
G 2O 9
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FEDERICO DEGETAU

Resident Commissioner from Puej
to- Rico,
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Sc epvia por correo q toda la is
Ia al rac;blr % centavos en- s3llos los
cuel9s d; ben venir puestos en- forma
que no su peguen,
AcabAmos de recibir hilo de limo
para tejer encaie, no so, 60, 80.
ST Sc nos piden de 10 wadejas en-
adel ante los remitimos por correo
hbre de gastos.
CAda madeja vale 10 centavos.
SOBRINOS de ARMAS.
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SOLVENTINA DU MOND
Lease ell siguiente certiftcado,
Sr. Don Manuel Badrena.


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Juan, PR.
Muy ST. mo:
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na~ ha sdo pobado depos de Compan1 ha dado
buen esuado canad pude entretene
continuamente la mp de nuess caderas de ocmooas
Red los Ferrocarr de Puertoo
De Vd afmo S. S.
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ngneo e de la Compania de Ferrocailes de Puerto-RcO
Chouden Hacienda &Eugena Ahas
Domingo Rafucc Central C6sica Rncon Tonabel Co. Cen
Encontrames dicha ustancla
probema aderas mpias consante
n0micamen condolences durabdad ddas
continuidad acci6n
Ell SoveninaN de ibras cada SO caba de
uerza de 80 libra Sc rve candades
de -l0O SO 25 ibras.
Dep6o pedidos que suscrbe los
M. BADRENA.
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XII Num- 1926 San 10 de 1902
a the Pos a San Jun,P as @mnm das srnHaJ
Cdnara de Delegates.
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III Honorable Senaado- de los Es-
todo8 Unidos q CdmorG de Representa7s,
teS de Washington, D c. F..
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-24

his locality, therefore he does not care to
handle it. Can you give me market for
1t and price per ton f. o. BIZ
s. " Mich paper do you think best for
south Georgia farmer that the Semi eek
ly Journal offers in its clubbing offer?
/ take pleasure in reading all your ar
ticles and think you are doing lots of good.
1 think your article on The Man of Char
acter' is worth a years subscription to
The Journal.
Answer: l. The carrot Is a member Of
the common beet family and should be
planted, cultivated and fertilized the same
as beets You can plant them this month,
as danger from frost in your section has
already passed.
g. With the brief description given of
the manner and sudden Leath of your pig
1 am unable to say what the trouble was.
You did right, however, in separating the
balance at once. If either cholera or swine
plague caused the death of the pig, others
of the brood would doubtless have been af-
fected before now. The suddenness of the
pigs death, together w.t. It's apparent
healthy conoition at the time, was doubt
less caused by some brain or heart trouble
which will not be contagious.
g. The disease with which your chickens
are affected, must be caused by very
small mite which burrows into the lower
part of the quill or root of the feather,
causing the feathers to become dry and
brittle, breaking off at the surface of the
skin A simple and effective remedy can
be found in rubbing tie affected parts
with a mixture of lard, sulphur and car
bolic ointment. This will kill the insect
and stop the trouble.
A. Nicely baled shredded cornstalks and
slower should command a price of Sl2O TO
$500 per ton in any market where hay or
forage is in demand. Write to Miller d
Brady, of Atlanta, or the Sawtell Packing
houses, of Atlanta, Ga.
s. 1t Is hard to say which one Of the pa
pers offered in our clubbing list would suit
you best for general purposes There are
special papers in the list devoted entirely
to the raising of poultry, sheep, dairying
and cattle. The huraI New Yorker, Home
and Farm, or American Agriculturalist
are all good papers, devoted to the -.eld
Of general agriculture. Munsey's Maya
zine Is devoted TO general literature and
would prove interesting to the memoirs
IF your household; also the Youths Gem
panion or Conkey Home, Journal would
furnish pleasant reading for your family.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-24
WHAT is THE STATUS
OF UNMARRIED WOMEN?

To the Editor of The Journal:
l was delighted" with the able article
of our worthy bachelor friend, Hon. Eb
T. williams, on the Status of Married
Women"
beg him to favor us with another on
"The Status of Unmarried Women" legal
" styled femes sole. 1 am sure he could
handle the latter better than the former
subject. write to inquire why he, in
writing a splendid dissertation from the
viewpoint of the astute lawyer that he is,
turned aside to make a thrust at married
men in language as follows: Some times,
but not often, a husband is mean and pc
nurious and shuts of articles so necessa-
nv TO the wife's comfort, but she may get
the 'necessaries,' charge 70 the old skin
flint and make him pay the bill. And II
] were on a jury would hold him respon-
sibIe for all beautiful and dainty Things
from spring hats as large as flower gar
den to laces and dainty lingerie, especially
If the wife was beautiful and dainty
woman Such a woman requires not bread
and meat. but the sweet and nice things
so congenial to her nature and without
which life would become a burden"
The latter part of this is most remarka-
BILE, indeed, eminating as II does from our
distinguished friend. suggest that when
he was put on his voire dire he would dis
qualify himself to sit on jury in such
case He forgets that beauty unadorned IS
most adorned, and / rise TO inquire now
on earth he can know of the 'necessaries"
of married women?
I am satisfied it is the wish Of your nu-
merous readers to have our good FRIEND
discuss the proposition. Resolved, that
bachelors should be taxed to support the
spinsters." Respectfully,
J. c. JENKINS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-24
SAYS IT WOULD PAY
FARMERS TO KEEP COTTON SEED

To the Editor of The Journal:
If you will allow me a shoft space in
your excellent paper will give my reasons
for differing with writer in your paper on
the cotton seed question. Are the farmers
of the south benefited by selling their
cotton seed? Those who take the affirm
alive of the question assert that the 49,
100000 which the oil mills pay for the seed
is what the farmers make by selling their
cotton seed It takes but little figuring
to prove the assertion absolutely false.
Instead of making $42.00O.00O by selling
their seed they absolutely lose the diner
ence between that sum and the amount
they pay for fertilizers, which amounts to
much more than $42.OOO,OOO. This is not all
the loss the farmers sustain by selling
their seed. The fertilizers they put on
their land are not equal to the fertilizing
substance in the seed which they take
from II. The seed contains 80 per cent OF
the substance the cotton plant draws from
the SOIL and if this amount is not return
ed the land is falling off every year in pro-
ductive power and the farmers are losing
the difference in the amount of crop pro-
duced by the use Of commercial fertilizers
and what they would make by using their
cotton seed.
There is not the least doubt that the
lands of the south have been failing ever
since the oil mills began to succeed in
making money. lnlS - ltd-l-At seen oAA
over the south. Land which formerly pro-
duced .1,C0O pounds of seed cotton per acre
now making only 800 or 400 pounds. and
some of them so much exhausted as to be
worthless.
The farmers make a great mistake in
selling their cotton seed TO the oil mills
and buying the seed meal which contains
only a very small part Of the fertilizing
value of the seed. In a very dry summer
which we often have, It does more harm
than good by causing the crop to fire.
Some years ago ] was at a farmers
house Just after he gathered his corn crop.
He told ne that he had put seed meal
on a part OF his corn field, and left the
other part without any, from which he
gathered . bushels per acre, and from
the part on which he put the meal he
gathered only five bushels per acre, be-
cause the dry, hot summer had made the
meal hre the corn 50 much. 1t has the
same effect on a cotton crop.
c. e CRENSHAW.
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WON'T DO TO MENTION
STATUS OF SINGLE LADIES

To the Editor of The Journal:
In reply to my friend Jenkins wish to
state that, in my restrictions on skin
flint husbands. nothing therein applies
TO any married man of my acquaintance.
I have only heard of such husbands.
am like the man, when the preacher asked
his congregationi any one had ever heard
of a perfect man to stand up. A little
trembling, ''hen-pecked" fellow arose.
'sZVhat," said the preacher, 'you have
heard of a perfect MANI" YES" said the
demure looking little man. MY wife
first h1sbandv'
Now, said If were juror I would al
low dainty things, as necessaries where
woman was beautiful and had been &C
customed to such. The law allows this
distinction when the commissioners who
set aside a years support are permitted
to give the wife the whole estate If 1t re-
uuires it to keep her up in her accustomed
manner of living.
Now the laws Of Georgia fix the status
of married women; but when my friend
Jenkins asks me to give the status Of un-
married women, I will reply as Silas
Wegg did when Mr.. Balm asked MIN
what was the difference between the Ro-
man empire and the "Rooshan' govern
ment. Mr.. Wegg looked unusually wise
scratched his head and replied that the
difference was very marked; but 1t was
such as would not do TO mention in the
presence of Mrs. Baffin. and will add,
Of the ladies' Truly yours,
- EB T. WILLIAMS.
April q. 1902
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-24
To Southern Cotton Growers.

In my letter published in The Journal
about a month ago. 1 said that cotton
growers of the south had it in their power
to always secure a profit on the cost of
the production of their cotton. To do so.
they will have to change their methods of
marketing the crop. Every intelligent
cotton grower must certainly know that
If eight-tenths of the crop is forced on the
market the first three-fourths of the
picking season that they, the producers,
are not only paying all the profits the
short sellers of contract cotton contracted
for even before a boil of the new crop
was picked and in addition paying the
interest and insurance as well as storage
on one-half of the s per cent Of their crop
they have delivered for at least three
months I'm addition, and nearly every sea-
son during the three months of Scptem-
Der. October and November when produc-
ers are industriously gathering and un-
loading their crops (they think they are
selling their stun and paving some en-
ploye Of the short seller 80 rents per bale
to help them unload. the price was going
lower and lower. and producers have en-
joyed all the labor and excitement and
the other fellows have pocketed the prof
it's Remember, cotton growers, spinners
never want to take off the market and
carry. more than two months supply of
workISg cotton ahead, and all in excess Of
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and buyers are left undisturbed to ma
nipulate the market TO suit themselves.
Pricing the Staple.
II makes no difference who prices the
staple or where that price is fixed so
long as the margin OF difference between
the value OF the raw material and the
finished fabric Is equitably adjusted, al
low a fair profit for handling, less the
cost OF transportation and manufacture.
The farmers should acquaint themselves
with all these details as fully as the spin
ners. and when the margin of difference
is too great and in favor of the spin
ners the producers should demand their
rights and IL necessary combine TO en-
force them. There is no good reason
why the southern farmers should not
combine and cooperate for mutual pro-
lection upon a business basis. Corpora
ton which would insure accurate and
prompt statistics as to the yield Of the
crop each season would be one of the
first and most important steps in the
right direction. An absence OF informa-
ton on that subject this last season, and
permitting the buyers to price the crop
which was rapidly rushed on the mar
ket, enabled the buyers TO control the
situation. and the spinners to secure the
crop at so per bale less than its true
value, entailing loss of at least 100000
600 on the southern cotton producers.
made every effort in my power TO impress
these facts upon the minds OF our people
and worked faithfully in the interest OF
organization in every southern state.
I advised and gave sound reasons for
holding the staple firmly at 10 cents per
pound, knowing full well that the crop
would not be sufficient to meet the de-
mand by the world. and that the price
Of cotton goods authorized higher price
for the staple than was offered. Not I'M
TIL after the crop had passed out Of the
hands OF the producers did we note any
material advance in the price. For the
past sixty days the market has steadily
advanced and viii soon reach the ten
cent mark. The only people who will be
benefited are a few wealthy cotton men
who bought at low prices and have held
for higher figures, and the spinners who
will take every advantage OF the late rise
to advance the products Of their mills and
thereby declare larger dividends on their
investment. The farmers OF the south
must unite to protect the future market
ing OF their cotton. It is inevitable If
they expect to do a successful, prosper
Gus business in the culture of cotton. An
other hard effort will again be made this
year through the Southern Cotton Grow
ers Protective association to secure good
prices next fall and the effort will be
successful If the producers will give to
the association their active cooperation.
HARVIE JORDAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-24
SENATOR MORGAN FIRES
FIRST GUN IN CANAL FIGHT

WASHINGTON, April A.-The senate
has heard the opening gun Of the great
canal fight.
Senator Morgan fired II. He aimed at
the Panama project and denfended the
Nicaraguan route. Thursday morning.
to a notice he gave on the previous after
noon, he called up the canal bill and spoke
with the strictest attention.
This speech of Senator Morgan was not
the great effort he had stored up for
months to meet the efforts of the Panama
crowd. It was simply a clear, concise
story of the advantages the Nicaragua
route has over the Panama route, and
statement of the facts relating to the
canal project generally. Senator Morgan
chose to make the speech at this time
merely to get his side of the project be-
fore the country. The canal bill was not
under consideration and the fact that he
spoke on the measure does not even ar
que that 1t will be called up soon by the
committee on the order of business in the
senate.
At the beginning of the speech Senator
Hanna, the leader of the Panama advo-
Gates, was not in the senate. but Senator
Morgan had been speaking but a moment
or so when some one informed the Ohio
member and he Immediately returned to
his seat. where he remained throughout
his. opponents argument. He was per-
haps the most attentive member on the
floor while Morgan spoke.
The senator from Alabama, whose am
bition now Is to hammer a canal bill
through congress during this session, took
the floor shortly after noon. For several
minutes before he began to speak he stood
at his desk to wait for silence. Calmly. as
a marble statue might stand, he paused
in the center aisle before the presidents
desk and looked over the assembly of his
colleagues.
He saw men there who like himself,
had fought for years in the interest of
canal project. Men from the south, ac-
tuated by the high motives of national
welfare, were grouped about him to hear
what he might say. On the other side of
the green and gold hall sat men of the
north and west; some of whom were eager
to join with the men of the south in their
task TO connect the waters of the Allan
tic and the Pacific for the benefit of Am
erican commerce. while others were ready
TO beat down in debate for the benefit Of
railroad corporations every hand raised
to help the canal. Morgan looked them
over. one and ALL while fighting express
ion assumed shape on his stern old coun-
tenance.
Then, with the elaboration of one long
used TO the language Of legislative halls,
the gray old warrior began his fight His
voice is not strong. He makes no ges-
lures. He even relies on his manuscript
for nearly every sentence he utters, yet
there is in what he says that interest
which aboDnds in the address of the
strong-voiced stalwart-armed orator who
speaks without reference to notes.
Senator Morgan said:
Mr.. President. there is but one class of
\ enterprises projected in the United States
that is free. from the control of private
interests and is intended only to promote
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the general welfare. It is the class of en-
terprises that In some form, increase and
facilitate ocean navigation. Such works
are government property and are guarded
by every form of legal. judicial and ex-
ecutive power against the intrusion of
private interests.
All rivers, harbors, bays and canals that
aid the commerce of the country are free
from private ownership and are open to
the use of the people upon equal terms
This policy cannot be reversed as to
ship canal to be constructed and owned
by the United States to connect the great
oceans without breach of public faith.
Assuming that congress is ready to I'M
dertake such work in this spirit of sin
cere devotion to the welfare of the people
and to realize the anxious hopes of all,
except those who would profit by further
delays, I will address myself on this oc-
casion to the question of the choice of
routes for an isthmian canal. 1t is a ques-
ton of the greatest moment, and should
be considered carefully, dispassiOnately
and with impartial sincerity.
A mistake made in the selection of ca
nal route which will or may involve the
failure Of the effort to construct a safe
canal will be fatal.
A route that is safe for the construction
and maintenance of ship canal is the
supreme consideration that should control
the selection now to be made by congress.
The interest at stake and the expendi.
lures involved are too great to justify the
abandonment of a safe route for the sake
of the possible saving of money in a less
costly route that is of doubtful safety.
will assume that the senate, without
material division of opinion, is convinced
that a canal is an indispensable, national
necessity, and that the people, with al
most complete accord, are demanding it for
e.. ~
that 1t will remove the Instructions to in
dustry and commerce that have so long
chained the right arm Of their strength in
almost helpless paralysis.
The subject presents itself to my mind
with conclusive force in the form stated
in the six propositions will now state:
l. We have reached the point where in
vestigation is complete by observation, ex-
perience, scientific research and forecast,
and these means of knowledge are as
conclusive of the facts as we could hope
to make them in another half century Of
delay.
This knowledge of the controlling facts,
as to the practicability of canal through
the American isthmus, satisfies the peo-
pie of the United States that the time for
final action has come
g. The question now to be decided is the
choice of either of two routes for a canal;
whether it shall be located at Panama,
or through the valley of the San Juan
river, in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
3. The controlling factor in making this
selection is the assurance of success in
constructing canal that will be per-
manently useful for commerce, and for
fife needs of the government and it's poll
cies, and for the benefit of the people of
the United States.
L. A sum of money necessary for ex-
penditure in the work of constructing
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THINKS AN INJUSTICE
WAS DONE DR.. TALMAGE
3 Editor ID Nc journal

To the Editor of The Journal:
In your sketch of DR.. Talmage's life
there occur some criticisms which seem
to the writer hardly fair TO the eminent
preacher who has just passed away.
True, these criticisms are, for the most
part. from New York papers, yet the
quoting of them without comment seems
to lend The journals endorsement TO
these aninadversions upon DR.. Talmage's
character. DR.. Talmage's veracity is at
issue.
To one paragraph the writer wishes to
call attention. viz:
The Holy Land had to yield him
sensation. and the story was sent over
here that an American had met him there
and had asked the preacher TO baptiZe him
in the Jordan, which Mr.. Talmage. &C
cordirg % bis own story. did do. But in
Broolllyn ~ Talmage's enemies said that
he had faurhf a tramp on the river bank
ard duciea him."
0f Goose. there is question of veracity
involveH 81 This contradiction; one Of the
parties has been guilty of deliberate false
hood. was ID Mr.. Talmage?
People who are acquainted with the
dover Jordan valley. that part about an
cient Jericho as we'll as with the wild
road from Jerusalem down to the GhOr,
or Jordan valley know we'll that these
parts are neither safe nor attractive, so
far as the genus tramp is concerned.
Hardly anywhere else under the sun
would the tramp he less likely TO be
found Blackmail is levied upon the trav-
eler who essays this robbe- haunted road.
dangerous now as it was in the days of
the Master Thieves perpetually Turk
along it's rocky sides. ready 10 pOunce
upon every wayfarer Who may not be
protected" by a sheikh, or other members
Of the tribe These protectors are hirqe
in Jerusalem and are paid literally for