BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-02
'Yhe New York Suns Declaration in
Favor Of Porto Rico.

entire country discontented and Sc
rionsly disaffected toward its Govern
ment because of the extreme misery
thst afflicts it.
Such is the very important declara-
tion which 1.-The New York Sun makes
reia i've to Porto Rico in commenting
on ourjarticles concerning the econo
mical crisis Of the island.
Choice words that do honor to the
sincerity and honesty of the writer.
We were right, then, in supposing
thar our complaints would receive res
pecful consideration on the part OF
the people of the United States; that
they would not be lost. as has been
the case until now, in space, and that
they would merit serious attention IN
tha country when once formulated in
tho English language.
It is newspaper very widely r.
and semi-offtcial in character whose
mole words give hope, encouraging
th idea that the day drans near
wen the sad colony shall receive her
jEt dues.
ITO quote our words uttered on an
foher occasion-Supposing that the
eprld could sit in Judgment on the
dstruction, be it by design or no, ofour
cuntry; then, if we regard the cause
G Porto Rico is irredeemably lost,
Duld be recorded in history as hei-
rous crime the fact of having existed
this earth and lived among other
1tions nation devoid of the instincts
righteousness and justice, that is
! say people morally inGapacitated
sr living; for collective perversity is
ne sign, is infallible proof rather, of
ae damnation and extinction of a
-sople or a country however great it
.av seem to be or actually is.
But no, this is not to be. For already
se have seen in what manner our
,merican colleague expresses its in
,nformjty with conditions that allow
.isery and ruin to rule in Porto Rico.
lreadyieur readers know of the pro-
psitioy .ade by the illustrious Sena
trof ,sissippi, Mr.. Hill, for loan
tLncrS ase the monetary circulation
n2ort9 Rico, and that too though still
twafe, doubtless that the country
sose good he has at heart was
eanini beneath the overwhelming
xght of terrible crisis. There are
cy two voices, it is true amid the
Kli6ns of beings who compose that
cat country; but those two voices
q accomplish much when they have
t energetic support of the Por-
Ricans; wen Our commercial,
iustrial and agricultural organisa-
t1s all unite in unceasing complaint
ainst the critical state in which we
ID ourselves and which already io
plonged beyond the limit of our
wers of resistance.
We greet with respect those mis-
.naries of truth. those advocates OF
,tice in the midst of the multitude
lich shows disinclination to listen to
e griefs of others, hoping that we
all triumph now that we have sub
tted our demand to that incorrupt-
lie tribunal from which is no appeal
bile opinion.
Error and injustice are not eternal.
it it is no prudent that trusting in
is maxim we await the day when
shall be vindicated, when we shall
tain the reparation that is our due,
ith the calm indifference of him who
as nothing of stake; nor can we,
tompromise ourselves by such sud
en- assumption of meckness and con-
1ence.
We are obliged to makes an ener-
ietic response to the noble utterances
Is the New York organ, that not the
3ightest suspicion be ,harbored that
iscontent and the disafeCtion of the
1untry toward its Government are not
.1stifed.
: We have said before and now re-
,eat, we must address great nations
With strong. emphatic words to secure
hearing for his lamentations. When
n the name of justice, when as de-
nand of inalienable right then the
Soice of the petit ioner has vibration
hat is not plaintive ring of impre-
ssive energy; not the voice of the
nendicant seeking aims, not sup
1lication, but the voice of authority
living anorder.
Thus have we to speak, because
ne new and powerful Government
1ust be held responsible for the mi
ery prevailing here; for the abandon
nent of theirs fields by the peasants
n legions; for the number of beggars