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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
MOvimientO Obrer0I
POR
Santiago lgIesias

Comienzo esta secci6n, con la es-
peranza de que ella ha de ser dtil al
moviniento obrero en- particular, y al
pueblo en- general de Puerto Rico. La
direction de LA DEMOCRACIA. al igual
que la de otros grandes peri0dlcos de
poder pGblico universal en- Europa y
America, ha consentido e iniciado 4
la vez en- Puerte Rico), poner en- prac-
tica este procedimiento usado ha mu-
cho tempo pOr los grandes diarios
continentales, dando obrerOs signi-
ficados en- las luchas obreras moder-
mas la oportunidad dc hacer conocer
\ divulgar los principles, fines, as
piraciones inmediatas del movimiento
econ6mico-social que las classes pro-
ductoras estan llevando cabO en- el
mundo entero. Ningin medic mas in
teligente efcaz para el case, que las
columnas de On diario popular, en- las
que libremente pueden exponerse las
palpitaciones y sentimientos de las
masas obreras en- marcha hacia una
futura sociedad inevitable, mas justa
eouitativa con los oprimidos de to-
dos los tiempos y de todos los estados.
Preocuparan principalmente mi
atenci6n, las luchas que mantienen las
asociaciones obreras adheridas q la
Federation Libre de Puerto-Rico, y
American Federation of Labor por me-
iorar 4 todo trance las condolences
actuales de los rabajadores. y tam
bien ser6 mi objeto primordial dar
cuenta de toda clase de arbitrarieda-
des iniusticia que Sc cometan direc-
tamente con mis- companeros. En mi
caracter de organizador general de
la A. I'll. Of II. en PUertO-Rico, publ
care cuantos datos convengan las
asociaciones federales constitufdas, y
estos seran reproducidos semanalmen-
te por GUni6n Obrera,> dnico peri6di-
co Obrero que Sc publica hoy en- la
isla.
Es mi esperanto servir los intere-
ses de los prolectarios, dedicandO dia-
riamente algunas cuartillas su eau
"a.
Lo que deseo, es que otros peri6-
dicos sigan el ejemplo de LA DEMO
CRACIA, creando una secci6n especial
para la clase obrera por la clase
obrera. Otros obreros competentes
pueden hacerse cargo del trabaio y
entire ellos pueden mencionarse q los
companeros Romero Rosa, Conde,
Sanchez, Morel Campos, Rodolfo Ro-
drfguez, Ferrer, Balsack, etc
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
Exterior
yaua.9

B@lgjca. obreros diamantistas
de Amberes Sc han declarado en- huel-
ga clamando la jornada de nueve
horas Algunos patronos han admi-
lido Ia reclamation.
FL ministro del Trabajo, NJ. Fran
cote, ha intervenido en- la huelga y
espera one Sc resuelva por I'm arbitra-
je.
Holanda. Coigados "a mayor
parte de los patronos diamantistas de
Amsterdam, han declarado el lock oa
echando K Ia calle 5000 obreros. So
10 trabajan 1000, ocupados en- las ca
sas cuyos duenos no forman parte de
la Liga patrOnal.
Los obreros Sc disponen hacer
en6rgica resisteucia. Su GAIA de huel-
ga contiene 200, 900 frances
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07

bastante para despertarIo de gu
prolongado letargo. P0r cicrto
que movia & conmiserAci6n ell
observsr In sums de fiacz1s con
quo ia obs q1i~bl iu1silmeate
no h,bia iutsntid1 De nuevo
abraz ,ria Y ll9uarlA de b. So,
pues astaba rpsuelto ( observsr
con ella una conducts cxebts de
arrebAtns q1a pUJ iesen i'm oresio
narlS m 10 mas minimo como ys
le habis promatido; peTo 81 ocul-
to V silencioso amor chispeabs
en- sus ojos. vibrsbA en- sus pa
labras, lst1a en- cSda i'm mpercepti
BILE suspiro que Sc escAp2ba dc
So pecho.
Todo 81 mundo Sc ocupAba de
est IS amores hacienda cada cual
sus comenlarios acerca de 10 M
cho que Rlperto Doti galantes-
ba Y queriA Maria Luisa, V to
dos 10 dasesbSn el mejor exit,.
dudaudo MI mismo tempo que
pudlcSe $lc2nZAFlo, pues iS fflal
dad de ella era psteDte. Ape
sar de este 81 no cejabA en- 50
prop6sit) do an&nte conquists; !;
Ia esperanto 10 alentAba conatsn-
tsmente. v como quiers que
transcurrfAn los largos meses de
verauo 6 iba acerc6ndose ell in.
vierno, Sc allegro con la idea de
que Ia nueva est,ci6n aportaris
tai vez sl slmx vfrgen de Ia ni1a
nuevos elemeptos, iniciandola
en- los puros deseos de cresrse
IN hoqar propio. en- donde ha-
llar In feIicidAd al lado del espo-
80 de su coraz6n. PeTo Marfs
Luiss, que acabIba de cUmpIir
diecisiets aIos, no cessba de as
pirar 6 nlgo nuevo; pajAros y
flores; m6sics, dibujo Y cuanto
estaba en- 20 mRno para distrser-
no 8 divertirse, NADIA le satisfa-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
B1BL1OTECA DE eLA DEMOCRAC1A

fsntil inconsistencies, del terrible
efecto Que estas pslabras cEusa-
ban en- el, continue:
-Necesito hacer 10 que hacen
otras de mi ed&d. correr & mi
antojo y volar & mis- anchas. Pc
70, dime Ruperto; Sdonde ests
ese mundo resplandeciente Ileno
de hermosas dsmiselas y enamo-
RADIOS donceles? Dime; Sd6nde
ests2 SCuando podre romper mis-
cadenas para verlo con mis- pro
pios ojos2
Sc mi muier. Maria Luisa,
dijo Raperto con vehemencis, y
lograras todcs los deseos de tn
coraz6n.
Ella Sc hizo atras; con mues-
tras visibies de sentirse contra
risda por tai respuesta Y Raper-
to sc dijo que aun no era tempo.
I as1 pas6 ell helado invisrno;
sigUi6 Ii primsvera v SO acerca-
ba otro verano: Russrto no ce
saba de espi2r la menor seflal de
su futurs dichl en- Ia cara de Ma
ria Luisa, pero nada le indicaba
que era necesario insistir. No
solo 81. tambien Irene y su pa
DIRE Ia observaban avidamente
esperanto de dia en- dia Il prue-
ba de que ell amor tan esperado
empezara siquiera 4 iniciArse en-
ella. Alguien habfa. ademas. que
vigilaba tambien 6 Maria Luiss
con gran interes, pero 81 amor
ie interesaba en- otro sentido; era
Ampsro Lara. Esta h1bfa que
dsdo huerfana cuando era nif1a
a1n. y siendo hija 1nica hered6
Ia fort1ns de sus padres: estabs
& cargo de su tn. In sefiora de
Wares. y del caballero Moceli,
hermano de 81 madTe. pssardo
parte del TEMPO en- Londres =
parte en el castillo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
Atropellos en- Guayama.

La Federation Libre en- Guayama
cuenta va con IN gran n1mero de af-
liados dispuestos constituir asocia-
clones obreras para ell bien com1n.
ALI, sin embargo. como sucedi6 la
Federation Libre en- San Juan, en- Pom
&c, en- May aguez en- donde quiera, al
crearse, encuentran los obreros una
gran oposici6n por parte de las auto
ridades politicas locales, las que han
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07

una persecution inlusta
en- contra de loc obreros propagandis-
las de ] a Federation.
Aver recibimos el siguiente tele-
grama dandonos cuenta de un atrope-
llo realizado, esperanto los detalles
que nos anuncian para proceder ener-
cicamente. contando con el buen SEN
lido de justicia que esperamos de las
autoridades superiores insulares. GO
bernador Hunt Y Attorney general.
He aquf el despacho
GGuayama, Junio +, 1904.
Santiago Iglesias, Organizador Official
de la American Federation OF La
bor.-San Juan.
Comite central Federation libre
expide corrreo contra Juzgado de paz
denuncia ante Gobernador por prision
Illegal contra unionado albanil Marce-
limo Flores declarandosele responsa-
bilidad absolute multa perteneciente
tres companerOs que asociados traba-
jan ramo panaderfa ocupando 81 pro-
piedad listed recibira copia y docu-
mentaciones dirijidas tai autoridad,
oblig6ndosele investigation asuntO
para conociniento suyo.-Aturo de
Santiago, % Organizador Distrito Gua-
yama.>
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07

nan resultado verdaderas nuI1dades-
sDice Mr.. Gompers la verdad, 8 esta
equivocado, en- esta monstruosa cues
ton de la anemia condiciones de
Puerto Rico?
La Legislature de Puerto Rico, y
propuesta del Gobernador america
no, vot6 una subvenci6n de $4,000 y
nombr6 una comisi6n para estudiar
las condiciones. Esto, es possible que
sea IA 7aec}idd del error dc Jlr. Gonapers.
Ucinco mil una comisi6n.~ Desde
que Mr.. Cleveland Sc retro del Eje-
cutivo Nacional. nuestro pals ha te-
nido una gran cantidad de gobierno
por comisi6n. Estas han sido NOM
bradas bajo cualquier pretexto conce-
bible para eualquier proposito in
ventado. FL dinero en- subvenciones
ha sido votado tuerto derecho. v "a
Tesorerfa ha pagado buenamente to-
da subvenci0n. Las sumas rara vez
son sufcientes una vez agotadas Sc
vuelve 4 pedir mas, y Sc sobran me-
dios para conseguirlas. As1, las CO.
misiones republicans son suaves Y
moderadas generalmente, asf cree
mos que la Conaisi6n dc Ia Anenaia, CO.
mo Sc la llama, probablemente hara
yer que es una it'll y juiciosa comi-
sion, y que sus &estudios1 seran ver-
daderamente meritfsimOs
~Se ha establecido un hospital 4
unas cuGntas millas de San Juan. Y
las autoridades, como es natural, es-
tan 3muy interesadas> con los expert
mentos. Los cables de la Isla nos in
forman de los trabajos. Como en-
Puerto Rico el 63 por ciento de la po-
blacion esta ocupada en- la agricultu-
ra, el estadO de su salud tiene gran
importancia en- las condolences eco
n6micas, la uncinariaris es un asun-
to de vital inter6s. Los doctores
Ashford y King han hecho va un me-
ditado cuidadoso estudio de La un-
cinariaris en- Puerto Rico, inspection
nando mas de mil casos, y estan con-
vencidos que la anemia que existe es
debido que un microbio destruye los
gl6bulos rojos de la sangre circulante
produciendo por el envenenamiento
insensible, la destruction de la vitali-
dad humana. Es por 10 tanto gene
ralmente aceptada la teoria, de que
este parasitic es un '''chupador de la
sangref que extrae de la misma los
mas importantes y whales elementos:
tanbien de que la anemia es una
indigestion cr6nica, causada por la
inflammation de las membranes muco-
sas producida por las picadas de los
parasites. Ell trataniento en- Baya-
mon es muy simple. Observaciones
microsc6picas revelan la presencia del
gusano. Un preparado de tomillo es
usado Embellishments para expulsar
a los parasitos, y la consecuencia es
que los pacientes recobran su vitali-
dad perdida.>
~Por supuesto, los e,aterneos en- este
hospital serdra bien olimentados no ca
be duda alguna, que con tai trata-
miento nadie podra sorprenderse al
saber como desaparece la carrera ell
gAsaao c0rroedor de la sangre, tam
bi6n & cualquiera no lie sera diffcil
confrmar la opinion del Presidente
Gompers, que la desoparici6n del ham
bre mata incontinenti los parasites de
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07

MORA cOmencemos
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07

la anemia general puertorriqu
aunque el medic para obtener el fin
sea ell nombramiento de una oComi-
sion con cinco mill, encargada de ha-
Ger pdb1ico el sensational descubri
miento de matar el hambpe con bue-
nos alimentos.2
ROCHESTER, HERALD
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07

ROCHESTER HERALD.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
Linea Ferea del Oeste

Itinerario de Trenes y vapores que
regira desde el d1a 20 de Noviem-
bre de 1902.
Salidas de la Capital Bayam6n
simultaneamente
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
When the Year Begins
There Is No Reason Why 1t Should Be
on January First.

TT is a common saying that there is
/ a reason for everything, and usually
a good one" yet no one has yet
found any sensible ground for begin
ming the New Year with the first day OF
January. If it were made to occur in
March, as the old Romans placed IL,
there might be sense in it. 1t would be
the more reasonable if it began March
%, the vernal equinox, or at the autumn
no-vernal equinox (September 22); or
June %, or December 22. Excellent astro-
nomical reasons could be assigned for
such reckoning.
Higher civilization is in the northern
hemisphere; yet January in this part
of the world is a season of cold and snow
or chill and rain. 1t is season when
moving is not only inconVenlent, Dut
next to impossible. 1t is time OF the
beginning of nothing, coming ten days
after the winter solstice and ~ days be-
fore the spring equinox.
The day was chosen, probably, upon
the assumption that any time is good
enough for a general starting point, pro-
vided everybody agrees to it, and it will
probably have to go at that. 1t is queer,
though, that in setting back the begin
ming of the year two months, the names
September, October, November and De-
cember should have been suffered to re-
main. These were, as their origin i'm
plies, the seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth months when the year began with
March, but now that January is first.
they are the ninth, tenth, eleventh and
twelfth months, respectively. Conse-
quently they are decided misnomers.
Yet there is no use of finding fault.
where no amount of it will correct the
blunder complained of. 1t has been made
and stuck down mile-post of time by
all the civilized nations, and no profane
hand will be suffered to pull it up and set
it forward. 1t has been hallowed by
usage, and must be and abide until the
coming of another civilization.
Whatever its origin or causes. the day
brings in with it thoughts and associa-
tions that should prove serious to the
reflective mind. Unerringly as the clock
records the passing minutes and hours,
the New Year writes down the passage
of the years as they come and go. The
birth of the new Is the death of the old
year. 1t proclaims that the past is gone
and cannot be resurEected. That time
which was lost in it can never be re-
gained; that follies committed, that sins
indulged, that vices practiced, while
past, have left their impress upon mind
and character. 1t tells of good deeds
that will never die, of manly actions, of
heroic suffering for the right All of
these are in the dead past. irreyocable.
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and useful only as the good done has
made better and stronger the character,
and evil done has made one less fitted to
meet the duties and responsibilities of
the hour.
The New Year suggests the beginning
of things. 1t is time of good remorse
or sorrow for the past, and of good reso-
lutionS for the future. The trouble is
that too many good resolutions are made
in this first day of the year and too many
of them are broken. 1t may be well to
purpose to do; but it is far better to do
and to hold fast. Broken promises, wheth-
er made to self or to others, tend to
lower character and render one more
fertile in pledges to do, because of the
very ease of breaking them.
The New Year is a time with busi-
ness men for casting up accounts. They
figure out losses and gains for the year
that is past, and upon the result lay
plans for the year just begun. Here is
serious work in which there can be no
self-deception, no false hopes and no
false pledges. Business is made up of
fact, OF work, of energy, of will. 1t will
stand no false estimates and will not
delude itself with idle fancies.
The king is dead; live the king"
The year is dead; live the year. The
old year Is gone; the new year is on.
And so go on our lives, made up OF
years, or many or few, as the case may
be, each one bringing us nearer to the
shores of that sea which is shoreless and
that country in which time is not reck-
oned.
With the saddening and subduing re-
Elections come those of cheer and good
feeling, and we greet our friends with
Happy New Year"-happy, it may
prove, If past errors and follies are cor
rected and each one lives, with brave
heart, in the light that is given him.
WILLIAM ROSSER COBBE.
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make a good beginning for the year?'
He refused at first to listen, but finally
said he'd do it. 1t would be a good
chance. he said, to show his strength of
will and, anyhow, it was only an ideal!"
"Of course, you applauded that
81 did, and he went off, delighted to
count up how much he would save dur
ing the year by not smoking. AS for me,
l improved the time by making notes
of the bargains advertised in the papers
and mapping out shopping tour for
the next day which would keep me until
six o'clock and bring me home ex-
hausted. Mr.. Smithson didn't come
back for two hours and when he did, he
was cross. | tried to interest him in the
advertisements, when he suddenly
turned on me, saying that | spent more
time and money, as well as wasting
more health, on bargain hunting than
he did on tobacco, and If he could give
up the one, he thought | could give up
the other!"
"Oh, but that was different"
Indeed it was. and so told him, but
he wouldn't listen. He said was in the
habit of spending five dollars worth of
time to save five cents in money. He
reminded me that | had quantity of
things put away upstairs which | had
bought because they were cheap and
which | could never use; he proved that
many bargains had shown themselves
dear and said l could save more money
by remaining at home and seeing to the
house. When demurred, he quoted my
own arguments in regard to smoking.
until | got mad, said | had as much
strength of mind as he had and
wouldn't buy bargain for year!"
"Oh. gracious but how can you"
well, everything went wrong that
day. Mr.. Smithson was cross and criti-
cised the dinner until the girl got mad.
Mrs Trotter came in and told me that
Blank was to have a bargain sale in cur
tains-I needed curtains for the bed
rooms. My sister came in with a new
boa, bought at bargain, and told me l
could get its mate. Going into the par
lor for one more peep at Blanks adver-
tisement found Mr. Smithson chewing
the stem of his empty pipe!"
IT'S too bad; I'm on my way to rib
bon sale now, and thought you"
Wait till l get my wraps. You see,
the next morning | thought I'd just run
downtown to merely look at the sales.
and went into the parlor before break
fast to tell Mr.. Smithson | found him
smoking. He looked foolish for a mo-
ment then gave me $50 and asked me if
/ didn't want TO 90 ShODDinp Where
did you say the ribbon sale is?"
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the CHEEKY CRATE in a contented little
heap to dream over again those first
treasured chapters before the misunder-
standing folded them in
Turn backward, turn backward, o,
Time, in your flight"
Writing material and a heap of un-
answered greetings lay on the desk at
her elbow, and the pen bristled in its
rack with impatient waiting; still Miss
Belle dreamed on.
Here's letter for you, Niece Farms
worth" Aunt Roxy had toiled upstairs
and pushed open the door as she spoke.
There were no preliminaries with the
blunt old lady and she omitted the COM
mon courtesy of tapping on the panel,
as useless, seeing it was only Belle"
Not by the postman," queried the
girl, rose color suffusing her anxious
face; but luckily the old auntie did not
notice the signal of the heart.
No; boy brought 1t moment ago.
Some business of the society, pre-
sumo" and Aunt Roxy waddled down.
stairs to her cozy corner again without
even suspicion of the purport of the
message that could not wait to put in its
appearance in the conventional way.
Hurriedly opening the cream-tinted
envelope with its gold and blue mono
gram on the corner, Belle thanked Heav-
en- for once that her aunt's eyesight
was none of the best; then she read:
Dearest. | saw you to-day. The old
love is warm in my heart and want
your forgiveness, and the old-ti con-
fidence. Am hungry for your presence
would have starved to death long ago
had it not been for the image. Am COM
ing to see you this evening: going to
make New Years call. Allan"
Things are better than they have
seemed for long time" again modified
Miss Farnsworth, folding the gold and
blue monogram over her delighted heart,
"and people aren't so bad after all!"
That night as the happy stars looked
down over the rim of the new cycle and
winked at some millions of crisp resolu-
tions going up to the Recording Angel,
Belle Farnsworth, very much alive,
watched her lover out of sight around
the corner, humming softly in her old
fashioned way.
"One is not obliged to be hypocritical
after all find" she whispered to the
beaming cupid lowering near, "and my
New Year calls turned out lovely in
spite of everything"
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dow in the brown stone cottage as Miss
Farnsworth fairly flew out into the
street; carelessly glancing at first, then
scrutinizing the supple figure in gray.
The next minute he was out on the
pavement, but the tallor-made gown had
vanished around the corner.
Quickening his pace he saw the girl
ascending the steps Of humble cottage,
third from the angle
Making New Year calls?" he cogitat-
ed, but she did not ring at the Druers'.
No wonder; poor little girl"
Instead of waiting to be received.
however, he noticed that she went right
in and closed the door behind her un-
tremendously. Miss Farnsworth was
at home.
Aunt Roxy was snoozing In her easy
chair near the fire, when Belle peeped
into the parlor, so retreating on tip
toe she went upstairs with a far-away
look in her shining eyes.
Il believe am alive!" she exclaimed,
triumphantly, to the dimples in the mir
ror, land am sure he has the image
still intact"
Removing her wraps the new old
Miss Farnsworth settled herself before
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daughters of the king for the rest of the
day But she meant to go back, for they
had most cordially invited her.
Yes; and her fingers closed mechanic
ally over the silver knob of the brown
stone cottage, but-she did not ring!
A painful awakening ran over her,
bringing up at her dead" CD heart with
g desperate grip.
II cannot do it," she said, staring hard
at the handsomely-lettered plate; 81
simply cannot; it is impossible!"
She could have manufactured a dozen
plausible reasons for the omission, but
she could not go beyond that gold and
blue lettered plate cleaning above the
bell handle. Putting her hands out
bIindly she turned back to the seven
broad stone steps. the way of escape.
Had she followed him. or had he fol-
lowed her to North Adams?
If he had followed her was it because
he still cared? Or was he married to an
other and she stumbling on to the fact
in this cruel manner? She could settle
the whole matter by turning back; but
that were impossible to-day, at least.
Across the clear sunny air of the New
Years day came the old familiar words
'G shall always carry your image in my
heart Belle; no matter what has come
between us" Like a mysterious reve-
lation came a response from the inner
sanctuary and she knew that Allan
Druer had hidden more than the
image" it was her very life, and that
was why she was dead"
For moment it came to her that he
was still true to the Image" and that
there might be a blessed resurrection in
North Adams.
An answering impulse went to her
heart like Old wine and she hurried
.homewaTd dazed with the possible out
come of the call she old not make
Some one looked from an upper win
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also that the dog was loose. T
arrived just then; he was a st
and seemed to have a double set OF
The man was a new hired ham
said I wasn't Ed, because the ole
had gone to Chicago to spend
Years with him. He backed !
opinion with a gun which looked
as a howitzer in the starlight.
THE man from North Dakota
gested we go to Jim's. 1t was the
est three miles | ever walked.
was at home; he hadn't got my
gram. His wife had gone with Il
folks to surprise me. There was no
to eat in the house except some
potatoes and a jug of molasses, al
fire was out.
The next time I go home for
Years I'll wait till pa writes; he'll
me at the station!"