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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-24
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biernos y trastorna por compile
to la vida economical del agre-
gado. Como medic de llevar I
.cabo grandesreformas. que afec
tan de un modo trascendental y
permanente la existencia de los
pueblos, ell emprestito es ur
bien, una potencia que impulse
la riqueza publica.
Constituye hoy en- Pto. Rico
ell t1nico medic expedite, breve
para aumentar la circulation
metalica, conjurar la crisis eco
monica y establecer, en- bases
s6lidas. el credito agrfcola que
centuplicaria los productos del
Suelo.
No Sc trata de desempef1ar
fincas cafeteras, gravadas por
mas de 10 que valen Y que son
irredimibles, de esas uada he
mos dicho, nj tampoco de otras,
en- realidad merecedoras de ex-
pansion hipotecaria y las que con
refaccion a interes modico, acti-
vidad e inteligencia, podrian Ii
quidarse, constituyendo solido
patrimonio de una familia hoy
pr0xima a la ruina.
Ell credito territorial Y ell Gre
ditto agrfcola son cosas distintas.
El primero esta garantizado
por la terra; ell segundo busca
su desenvolvimiento en- la pro-
ducci6n, y es Ell que aqui mas
necesitamos constituir, ampa-
randolo con leyes sabias y para
poder dar a la propiedad rural
capital circulante, en- ammonia
con el capital flo, sin 10 cual los
productos seran siempre escasos
e impossible que ning1n fondo
agricola pueda desenvolverse y
extinguir su deuda.
Con esa poderosa palanca, va
probada en- paises distintos, ell
n1mero de quintales de cafe Sc
elevaria, como antes, a proper
clones considerables y a estoS
debe darseles la briana v no a la
cyerda cwIti0ad0, como propone
TN colega ponceno.
Alemania, Francia Y demas
paises proteccionistas asignan
la bonifcacion a los kilogramos
elaborados en- los Centros indus
triales, y no a los campos culti-
vados de remolacha.
Ell cultivo intensive, la mas
alta production por hectarea es
10 que aconseja la ciencia agro-
monica.
Mayor numero de kilos de Ca
fe bueno. en- menor espacio de
terra y gastos reducidos, confie.
san en- algo la baja del precio y
la que obedece a causas genera.
les y multiples.
De todos modos. sea para SEM
brar o producer hasta poner el
fruto en- el mercadO. sc necesita
refaccion en- buenos terminos y
sin el no puede haber primas
que algo signifquen. que de una
manera positiva infiuyau ca Ia
tiberaci0u de Ia propiedad gra-
vada.
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dicho algunos goberuadorea d
a. Isla. ha4tA acousejar el ahan-
dono de las plantMcioncs de cafe
Refo SestA seVuro el mcncio.
nado pericdico del Sur cue ob'
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30
Crop and Climate Report.

Limited States Department of Agricultural, Climate and Cron Bulletin of the Weather Bureau Arizona Section, for the week ending Monday May 25.
 NAVAJO COUNTY.
 Heber-Weather cold and windy; rain on 17th; corn planting in progress, but cold weather prevents it from coming up; grass on range good; water still plentiful; cattle looking well. -C. E. Porter
 St. Joseph-Heavy winds most of week; some hard frosts killed young vines and tender garden stuff; fall wheat in boot; water plentiful for irrigation; range we'll supplied with grass and water; stock in good condition. Hans Nielsen.
 Sn0wfake-On 16th and 17th we experienced the most severe wind storm of the year, ending with a slight rain, followed by three nights of frost which damaged all vegetation; weather remains cool and windy Miss Ethel Smith.
 Winslow-High winds; very cold days and frost at night; vegetation growing very slowly; corn just coming up.-F. M. French.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

that fine range, and all did by the daming up of little creeks (dry creeks too,) and saving water for summer. The expense is something of course, but nothing to speak of when the benefits are counted against expense. The reservoirs referred to are extended from the Box Elder country of Montana, for 75 or 80 miles south east into the Belle Fourche country of the Black Hills $. D.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

There are no reason why stock men and farmers of Arizona can not and do not prepare for drouth more than they do. Some years a go the state of Montana had range that could not be grazed upon only in win- ter, but now they have rcser- voir line, one every 12 or 15 miles apart, for 75 miles across
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

An effort is being made to induce Booker T. Washington to deliver a series of western lectures on the race question.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

Roosevelt travels behind a pair oflocomotives, making from forty to fifty miles an hour.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

A prosperous season IS pre- dicted for southern planters, and especially those who make a business of raising cotton.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

The political pot will soon be boiling over.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

The czar did some great four flushing when he advocated international disarmament. The Bear is a willy old animal.
Holbrook argus., 1903-05-30

While President Roosevelt is covering 14,OOO miles of travel on his presidential tour and broke his journey for ten days rest in the Yellowstone park, he is consuming no more time in this trip than Washington did in six or eight weeks journey limited wholly to the southern states. Washington travelled behind a pair of horses, making not over eight miles an hour, while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
Heavy Life insurance.

''The death of E. G, Richmond is a great blow to the south and particularly to Chattanooga" said T. c. Thompson, a prominent insurance man of that city at the Hillman yesterday. MT. Richmond was a philanthropist in the broadest sense. His charity knew no sect or race Many a young man has been assisted to a good business position by the broad and catholic heart and views of MT. Rich mond.
 "In insurance matters he took the same broad position that he did in the other affairs of business In which he was most successful. Carrying s25O,O00 himself, he advised all young men with whom he came in contact to keep we'll insured His familiar way of expressing himself was that life insurance is a great equal. izer.' It equalized capital and labor. 1t capitalized the distribution of wealth and was a great conservator of good govern ment. Though a rich man he carried life insurance so that his untimely taking off might be capitalized, so to speak, that none of the great enterprises with which he was engaged might be lessened by his death. He had the distinction of being one of the heaviest insured men in the south, having in all over twenty-five poll cies in various companies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
Hunfinq Season.

Though the hunting season is now nearly two months old, the sport has just begun in earnest and Nimrods fresh from the held are reporting fair success. The effect of the game laws in the various counties throughout the state is beginning to show the wisdom of the legislatures which enacted them In counties where birds were once trapped and shot out of season they are now protected. AS a consequence the whirr of large covies can be heard in fields where formerly the whistle of lone bob-white was the only satis- faction left to the hunter
 Reports from over the state indicate disposition on the part of the people in town and country to observe the game laws. This shows true sports manlike spirit, and with few more years Of such experience no game law would be need and trapping and pot hunting would be a thing of the past.
 While the birds are plentiful this season, hunters are having great diff ficulty in finding them. The best trained dogs have made frequent fail ures and received many unjust scolds from their masters. The difficulty in finding the birds is caused by the odors arising from the ragweeds and other vegetation witch were late in falling before the frost This odor is stronger than the scent of game, and consequently the dogs cannot locate the quail. When they do accidentally find coyey they frequently flush them without coming to point. This is not an evidence of bad training, and dogs should be encouraged instead of pun ished They are not responsible for the variety of oaors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
A Weddinu.

"There Is distinct difference in the use and application of the words wedding and marriage nowadays" said fem mine passenger on the street car the other day.
 "Of course every girl who contemplates getting married wants to have a we'd ding. The word wedding carries witb it visions of gown that Is a dream of beauty, a gorgeous display of flowers. handsome ushers, and in fact everything that goes to make up an elaborate func- ton at one of the fashionable churches. The word to her means days of prepara- tion for the momentous event, scores of gifts from loving friends and the numer- ous little parties and affairs that always precede it.
 "On the other hand what does a mar riage' signify?' When l hear the word always think of a justice of the peace or of a runaway match or of an occasion where only a few intimate friends were present. So don't ask me If I am look ing forward to my marriage with all sorts of happy feelings. I want you to understand that I am going to have a wedding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04

the east are this side of the grave. but their descendants are making as much of the race question today as their fathers did in the years leading up to the civil war. t is their hobby and they seem never to tire of 1t. It's con stant agitation may be irritating to southern people, and t may also cut some figure in politics, but as it is chiefly academic. busy men in the cot ton states pay no attention to it.
 As an evidence of the interest which northern people take in the problem McClure's magazine makes the follow ing announcement: Thomas Nelson Page will discuss the negro question in a series of papers. Backed by the au- thor's personal experience, tempered by his wide knowledge, written with the clearness and charm that charac- terizes everything from Mir Pages pen these articles hit hard and strike right at the root of this vital question"
 These articles in McClure's are sure to be closely read--in the north. And since the negro question is to be dis eussed for the reading public it is for tunate that MT. Page is the man who is contributing to the literature on the subject. Page Is a Virginian of the old school. Although he was only a little lad when the war closed he will draw truthful picture of past as well as present conditions and will submit some observations from the southern point of view But after all the dis cussion of the race problem, even by a man of letters to the manner born will do no good, because northern hob byists are blind to the truth and are unable to aoprehend the practical side of this so-calle,. question.
 The repro sentative men of this sec tion who give employment to negroes and who are always kindly disposed toward them certainly weary of dis cussion touching their condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04

Clay county. where he conducted most successfully a teachers institute. Prof. Gunnels is one of tAe best known eduea- tors in Alabama. He has bese ehief clerk in the department of education for six years. He was also state superintendent of education, having been appointed to fill the unexpired term of President Aber- crombie when the latter was elected to the presidency of the University of Ala bama. Prof. Gunnels is enthusiastic over Alabama's educational future. He said: Alabama has taken two long steps to- wards educational progress during the past three years. The first was the es- tablishing of a state board of examiners to pass upon the competency of teach CTS This has done much towards rais- ing the standard among the teachers of our common schools. The other step was the redistricting bill passed by the last legislature, which goes into effect October 1. This measure Is purely demo- cratic and will place the education of Alabama's children in the hands of their parents. The bill provides that the par ents shall elect a board of educations in each county. The schools of the county will be entirely in the hands of this board. Under this bill all incompetent county superintendents will be a thing of the past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
lieense Collections.

"The license collections of the city of Birmingham this year will show an in- crease of something like s15.0O0 over the year 1902" said License Inspector and Street Tax Collector A. A Gambill. In 1902 the total collections for license in Birmingham amounted in round numbers to s155,0O0. This year the total license tax will probably exceed s17o.O0o.
 This speaks well for the growth of the city during the past year inasmuch as the city council made but few changes in the license schedule for the present year. Figures go to show that num- Der of new firms have started business in Birmingham during the past twelve months. With the exception of the spe- cial holiday license for fire works, and the like, about all of the merchants and other business people have paid their licenses for the year 1903. On January l of each year the license becomes due"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD.

From the New York World.
 pr. Morgan Nix in his Thanksgiving sermon included in those features of life which least shadows upon our national satisfaction "the steady decline of wo- manhood from it's high ideals
 Is there such a decline? Is this the lan- guage of exact observation, or does it mean the pessimism that often grows with mems years? May not the feeling that prompts it arise from the fact that far. Dix is brought into close contact with wealthy members of society whose antics and extravagances are widely heralded? If newspaper had used such language concerning the 'insoence of wealth." the growth of luxuries." the "breaklng up of homes by divorce and adulterous marriage,' 1t would have been termed sensational. Yet these expressions are just if they are applied only to ten thousand who with growing wealth cast off responsibilities and devote their lives to pleasure.
 A society which is only three genera tions from shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves" has no traditions. Many follies are com mitted by the sons and daughters of the newly rich from which good taste would as easily as good morals have restrained them. The son of a great house in Eng land looks forward to career in parlia- ment; it's daughters expect to be mothers and house-mistresses as we'll as great la dies. Here the big red man-kiling auto mobile, the Lucullus feast, profligacy in dress. over-eating. over drinking and lax morality do attest the devils work among the idle rich.
 That some women in high places have low ideals is true. But 'womanhood' means more than the individual The widest view of the activities of the sex will be not only the most charitable but the most hopeful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
Passenuer Station.

Mayor Drennen has fallen in line with the Commercial club and the press in urging Birmingham's very great need of larger passenger sta ton than the one now in use. His remarks on this question, submitted in writing to the board of aldermen Wednesday night, and duly referred to the railroad committee, should serve to awaken new interest in matter that affects directly the travelling pub lie and has an important bearing on the progress of the city. It is hoped the. committee will not delay long in making report.
 The Lopisslile and Nashville Rail road company built and owns the union station. Sixteen years ago, when the building was erected it was believed that it woulu be adequate for all the lines entering Birmingham for a half century at least. It is adequate now, perhaps, for one railroads business, but, judging from the congestion, it is entirely inadequate for all the lines that are here now to say nothing of the additional lines that will come, And public convenience can only be subserved and certainly can best be subserved, by all the roads using the same station.
 Whether the congestion could be most satisfactorily relieved by adding to the station, by pulling down the present station and building another, or by acquiring a new and larger site and erecting station thereon, is a matter for future consideration. But Birmingham as railroad center Is growing rapidly, and when a new sta ton is built it should be large enough to accommodate a city of 100000, be- cause the Create Birmingham will contain that many people within the next twenty or twenty-five years. A slow-going city, even of very large population, will put up with almost anything, but Birmingham will never be that sort of town.
 Let the commercial club, the Board of Trade and the city council work together for a large station and not relax their efforts until something is accomplished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
Iron Market Improves.

While the pig iron situation is not as satisfactory as furnace men would like to see it. there is a decided improve ment in the tone of the market as compared with two or three weeks ago. Inquiries are more persistent, sales are more numerous, and prices in Birming- ham are a shade higher than they were last week. The advance in the price of foundry iron reported from Pitts burg will naturally have stimulating effect all along the line.
 When the market began to soften last spring there were optimists who felt tAat prices would not drop very low and that the fall trade would be active and profitable. But melters held off and bought only in small lots for quick delivery and then pessimists predicted that southern iron would drop to SS. But it is safe to say that the bottom was reached last month when No. ? foundry was sold as low as S9. Today it brings $9.5O and there is a fair prospect of it going up to $10 before another month rolls round. Ten dollars for No. would not only keep southern furnaces running to their full capacits but manufacturers would, as a rule, be able to make snug profit.
 Conservative men do not look for a high level of prices again until after the Presidential election, but only the pronounced pesslmist fails to see that, with revised cost sheets and rigid econ omies, the market vii! be remunera- tive tbroughout 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
AN oLD-TiME RAILROAD.

From the New York Commercial.
 Out Tn Topeka the charter board of the state has just granted articles of in- corporation to the Topeka-Coun Grove Electric Railway company. This incident recalls to the older settlers in Kansas the fact that one of the earliest railroad ventures in the state was a line to con- meet these two cities. George P. More house, state senator from Morris coun- railroad, told the following story of it the other day.
 "The company was known as the To- peka, Salina and Western, and the object of it's organization was to build line from Topeka to Salian and then to the Rocky Mountain. In the company were such men as Dr. Stormount and Judge Stafford of Topeka The business men of Council Grove induced the company to begin It's operations there, and from the twelve miles of track laid on the prairie grew the Missouri Pacific lines in Kan sas.
 The company had constructed only
 
 came exhausted. It had purchased an old engine which would discredit the scrap heap of a respectable railroad of these times, and this engine with two flat cars and a decrepit box car comprised the equipment Of the road. The box car was used as a passenger coach and there was some travel on the line. The farmers shipped little produce and some stock was known as the try daily train ser- vice. That meant that the train would leave Council Grove one day and try to return the next. We had lots of fun out of the old road. A wreck on the line meant that the neighbors must turn out and put the old cars and engine back on the track. "'One morning Jay Gould's private car came into Council Grover over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line from Parsons. He had his car run out over the twelve miles of track owned by the Salna, Kansas and Western. The town people were very much excited and inn mediately decided that Gould had pur- chased the road. This was correct as was proved a few days later. It was shortly after this that Gould acquired the property in Osawatomie. where the Mis- souri Pacific shops stand. and instead of building the line to Topeka as had been the intention of the old company, Gould ran it to Osowatomie and into Kansas City, leaving Topeka out of the way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
North Nineteenth Street.

North Nineteenth street is building up rapidly" said a real estate man. Since the completion of the city hall many sub stantial Improvements have been made along the thoroughfare and others are projected. The building of the handsome Hotel Hillman also benefited the street wonderfully. Within the next few months or possibly a year, the street will present almost new appearance. The handsome brick inflrmary of Drs. Brown & McLes- ter which has just been completed is a notable addition. On the corner of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street just oppo- site the First Methodist church is the site for the new Masonic Temple. The new home for the pastor of the First Meth odist church which will be erected on the lot adjoining the church will add consider ably to the appearance of that section of the city' aH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
Sympathetic RecoIlections.

q was distressed to hear of Mrs. E. L. Russelrs death" said Freight Conductor T. A. Gibson of the Louisville and Nash vile. l"Most of the employees of the Mo bile and Ohio knew Colonel Russelrs wife and she was much beloved. When Col onel Russell was president of the Mobile and Ohio he was probably as popular a man in railroad circles as could be found The boys would go through fire and wa- ter for him.
 T remember when MT. Jordan made Colonel Russell present of a private car the colonel gave a reception at the Battle House in Mobile. On every bn!- letin along the road a general invitation was posted for all the white employees Lots of the men were there, some right off the engine in their overalls. They still talk about Colonel Russelrs speech. He was talking to his honored guests and among other things pointing to his men, said These are my boys; I raised taem and I love them. A soldier never went into battle with braver spirit than they go to their post of duty. No matter how cold or how sleepy. when the call boy knocks they are ready to go It may be that they are to make their last run; they know not whether they VII, be precipltated into eternity from the top of slippery box car. They care not, hut with fearless heart they gJ to their posts. They are my boys and I'm proud of them
 1T was an employs of the Mobile end Ohio at the time O, which l speak and I know that Colonel Russell has the ten derest sympathy of all the men Of that road in his sore bereavement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-04
New Methodist Parsonage.

within a short while the actual work of erecting the new parsonage of the First Methodist church will begin" said member of the congregation. ''The building committee is now advertising for bids for the sale of the old frame building adjoining the church on Nine teenth street which has for years been used as the home for the pastor. As soon as it is sold, the dwelling will be removed and then work on the new parsonage will be started It will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $1o0OO. Pressed brick and stone will be used in it's construc- tion. It should be completed within the next few months and will add greatly to the attractiveness of that section of the city"