BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-06-18
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anve noa iusz confidence, We maia arc
hopegull, for 4 Is ax hard 20 ccnceive
as IL "a painful 30 admit that all The
nvencies of the Administrator are
working for evil when they should he
employed IN he labor thss jusiice
dictates.
The Americans as . nstion are sal
unconscious Of the evils that aabct rs,
this is evident.
Our lostes are caused by certain Of
fcials certain politicians. these men
falling TO grasp the import OF the mis-
sion con6ucd 10 them by the sovereign
will Of their countrymen. And 50 It
is necessary that the protests OF the
Pororicans be known Of the Ameri-
can nation, for only in this way will
those protests be effective. relief from
the evils that now affhct us being
wholly dependent on the intelligent
sympathy and understanding Of the
country with the other.
The purpose to finish with us in any
or every way, no, this cannot exist,
for il lacks the warrant of any cause
or pretext. The rough attacks against
the personality and wealth of people
cannot be the result of collective
crime, if we may SO term it, for
among the masses Who never march
to their own destruction exists al
ways the spirit of justice, that beauti-
ful virtue which gives to every man
his just dues.
No, il is in darkness and with i'm
punity that such conspiracies are hat
ched. It would be too much 10 bear
were it otherwise.
And yet in not few instances are
some of the officials of the Admins
tration responsible that the absurdity
seems entirely plausible, such Is the
faulty of ssme of our superfuous Of
ficials who persist in their efforts to
adapt to this environmen that which
had its birth in a far distant cline;
and the circumstances that mark the
conduct of their departments are of
ten of such nature, their acts are SO
open to misconstruction that, however
virtuous they may be however good
their intentions, at times our conf
dence and Faith give way to dark
doubts and cruel despair.
And yet voices of sympathy do not
fail us in which is heard note that
gives courage to our hearts. One ct
these is that of Mr.. Hill representing
the State of Mississippi, whose words
i'll our behalf have resounded in the
Congressional Chamber at WaShinge
ton: who is endeavoring to secure a
loan of $40, 900, 900 that the circulation
of money in this island may be in
creased. For to Mr.. Hill have arriv-
ed the accounts, less graphic for the
distance they have travelled, of our
state of ruin, cause by the lack of
money, together with other reasons for
which the people of Porto Rico are
entirely free from responsibility.
Other words in our favor have been
heard by the working classes of the
United States who are familiar with
the painful Impressions received in
contemplating the misery that prevails
in this island by man who enjoys
distinction and popularity in Porto
Rico, man who arrived from our
shores in New York still flied with
the horror inspired by the spectre of
hunger in Porto Rico. We refer to
Mr.. Samuel Gompers.
This leader of a mighty host OF
1aborers has brought to the knowledge
of his followers the terrible reality of
the vision that he witnessed. Mr..
Gompers has spoken to his comrades
in labor, who listen to his words as
those Of prophet; who support him
as popular idol deserves to be sup
ported and who admire him with the
admiration that great men win from
their fellowmen.
Surely in the depths of the great
sould Of the American people is still
felt the thrill of human sympathy,
that sympathy which the apostle Of
labor could not, nor did he wish to
Withhold.
Perhaps Mr.. Gornper's S vivid descrip-
tion Of our distress have influenced
Mr.. Hill in his efforts to secure
justice for Us; the legislator may have
received his inspiration from the
eader Of organized labor.
And now here in Porto Rico in Otr
vary rr3idcf ic heard a voices distinct