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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08
La SituaCi0n del TeSOrO
Decrecen los sobrantes

Tenemos la vista el balance CO.
respondents a Junio pasado de los
fondos del Tesoro de la Isla, prepara-
do por Ell Auditor de Puerto Rico Mr.
Regis H. Post, del examen de sus
partidas Sc deducen las conclusiones
|siguientes:
&c. Que los saldos son memories a
los obtenidos en- igual mes del aflo
anterior.
20 Que comparable con el balance
de Mayo resulta menor en- $I7 o58.22
Ell saldo correspondence a la partida
de fondos insulares.
Del analisis comparative de las ci-
fras de los balances referidos, Sc in
tiere que la situacion del Tesoro en-
o de Jhnio era va decadente, puesto
que dispon1a solo en- total de oI.223,93,
correspondence $55o,354,oo a rentas
insulares y S55o,s6o.S4 al fondo de
|depositos.
Los ingresos anotados en- todo Ell
mes pasado alcanzan 4 $IS3 7o2,o7
por la primera partida, y $40 o7o,S5
por la segunda, hacienda en junto
|$2I2,772.o2.
Forman parte de los ingresos por
rentas insulares, SOL 900, por rentas de
aduanas; $780, ,425,I2, por rentas in
|ternas; $Io,6o3,1o, por mlscelaneas. y
SII.583 70, por reintegros de los oficia-
les pagadores.
Resumiendo, tenemos que Ia parti-
da de rentas insulares sumaba en- total
|$534,o56, I6, y la de fondos en- depo-
sito, $s7o $4,000, 6 sea en- conjunto
ambas $I,II3oo6.S5.
~
Los gastos efectuados durante Tunio
| Y satisfechos mediante revision del
Auditor y aprobacion del Gobernador,
ascendieron en- total $24o,55o,6o, CO.
rrespondiendo $2oI, 800. .2o Ia prime
ra partida rentas insulares y S4S, 10000
al trust fund
| De manera que presentan el saldo
siguiente las referidas cuentas:
Rentas insulares, $332,6o5.s7; Trust
fund, (depositos } 53I75o.2o.-Total
lsobrantes, $So4,44o.16.
A la simple vista puede deduclrse
que Sc han reducido los saldos de am
bas partidas y en- cantidades de i'm
portancia. Y no tan solo comparan-
dolas con ell previo balance, sino con
los de los dos aflos anteriores.
Comparable el balance de Junio con
| el de Mayo t1ltimo resulta menor en-
l$I7,o58,22 en- la partida de rentas in
sulares, y en- $40. 1855 en- la de depo
sitos, 6 sea en- total $36.67o.77.
Y comparable con Junio de 1908 re-
sulta reducida EN- II,6I47I Ia parti-
da de rentas insulares.
Los balances de Junio 1902 y JUNO
1903 presentan los saldos siguientes:
Sobrantes en- 80 de Junio de 1902.
Rentas insulares, $3I4,ooo.4o; fondo
| ldepositos, ST. ,o43 .SoS.46; total $I,35S,-
1886.
Sobrantes en- 80 de JUNO de 1903
Rentas insulares, $3443Io.58; fondo
depositos, $94o ,732.58; total, 81 ,2S5.-
o43.I6.
Asi es que ell balance de 1904 pre-
senta una diferencia notable en- am
bas partidas, Y en- Ell total de sobran
tes dc $494, o22,7 que seguramente
Sc habran invertido en- la construction
de ediicios escolares,. carreteras y
otras erogaciones cargo del fondo de
depositos.
Va trataremos este asunto nueva-
mente al ocuparnos del inforne anual
del sefIor Post correspondence al aflo
Ieconomico expirado en- JUNO 80 ppdo.
NOBSO.v.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08
En- AreCibO

Debe encontrarse en-. Arecibo el ex-
alcalde de Mayagiiez y distinguido
hombre p1blico don Mateo Fajardo,
que salio para aquella ciudad en- Ell
tren de la maflana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08
Ell COnSQltOriO del Dr., Mu1Oz

Ell doctor Gustavo Mufloz ha trasla-
dado su despacho al piso alto del no.
9 de la calle del Santo Cristo, esquina
a la Fortaleza, donde recibira sus
clientes. Horas de consulta de : a
p. m. Telefono 1o4.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08

Las mayores velocidades del viento
Sc han Observable en- America. En- el
huracan que Sc desencadeno en- Puer-
to Rico, ell de Agosto de 1900, pudo
apreciarse que llevo de cierto momen-
tos la velocidad de 22o Kilometres por
hora.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08
Las nOVenaS del Carmen

Anoche dieron principle, en- la Capt.
liza de San Francisco, las novenas en-
honor a la Virgen del Carmen.
Ell temple Sc vefa bastante concu-
rrido por los fieles de San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08

En- la ciudad de Hasting (Estados
Unidos), al decir de un periodico, Sc
ha desterrado ell dinero, en- absolute
tratando de volver los primitivos
tiempos de la permuta, pagandose los
mutuos servicios y sirviendo para las
transacciones alimentos y objetos titles
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08
A traV6S del mundO

Las mayores velocidades del viento
Sc han Observable en- America. En- ell
huracan que Sc desencadeno en- Puer-
to Rico, ell de Agosto de 1900, pudo
apreciarse que llevo de cierto momen-
tos la velocidad de 22o Kilometres por
hora.
~
Han sido verifcadas, de orden del
Gohierno ingles, pruebas con los sub
marinos Ell Newport (Prode Island),
maniobrando perfectamente los barcos
de esta clase Fulton y "Porpoise"
Las pruebas de volocidad, sumersi6n y
vuelta a la superfcie, han sido salts
factorias
Ell "Porpoise" Sc sumergi6 a 38 pies
de profundidad y reaparecio en- la su-
perfcie los dos minutes y 80 segun-
dos.>
Dos peritos opinan que con toda Sc
gurldad pueden separarse los subma-
rinos hasta una distancia de 200 millas
de la costa.
Al paso que lleva extendiendose ei
idioma ingles, dentro de algunos
amos podra considerarsele como idioma
universal
Al empezar ell siglo XIX 10 habla-
ban 20 millones de personals y en- 1ooo
este n1mero ascend1a 1870.
| En- un monte vecino Elcho NE
veda), hay un yacimiento natural de
ia bon, consistente en- una prominencia
de regulares dimensiones de escasa
dureza, cuyos componentes qu1mices
son analogos a cualquier jabon.
-.
Leernos y nos asombramos:
"Acaha de descubrirse una fabrica
de caracoles arti6ciales en- Paris. Te-
nieEdo en- cuenta que el consumidor
solo Sc come la sustancia, dejando la
cascara entera, Sc aprovechan estas
rellenandolas con asaduras de cato ~
convenientemente retorcidas por ma.
quinas ad hoe.
~
En- la ciudad de Hasting (Estados
Unidos), al decir de un periodico, Sc
ha desterrado ell dinero en- absolute,
tratando de volver los primitivos
tiempos de la pe1muta, pagandose los
mutuos servicios y sirviendo para las
transacciones alimentos y objetos titles.
Con motive de la aperture de la Ex-
poslclon de San Luis, ha sido puesta
en- circulation una nueva emission de
sellos americanos
La serie comprende: un sello de I
centimo, de color verde, con ell retrato
de Livingstone; otro de centimos,
granate, con el busto de Jefferson; otro
de 3 centimos, violado, con la imagen
de Monroe; otro de s, azul oscuro, con
la de Mac Kinley, y, finalmente, otro
de 10 centimos, en- ell cual Sc destaca,
en- tamafo min1sculo, el mapa de la
Luisiana
|
Lo pr1mero que hace una iaponesa
blen educada, al entrar en- un wagon
del ferrecarril, es quitarse los zapatos
Ell inventor Marconi tiene una voz
de tenor tan hermosa, que Sc le ha
propuesto para cantar EN- el oratorio de
la capilla Sixtina
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08
MAN ana!

Tema: Esta do polftico de Puerto
Rico y sus habitantes ante los depar-
tamentos legislative, ejecutivo judi
cial de Washington.
Conference.-The: Don Federico De.
getau y Gonzalez.
Local: Ell Ateneo Puertorriqueho.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-08

Esta conferencia sera ,muy intere-
sante.
Ell culto pueblo de San Juan concu-
rrira a oir la autorizada palabra del
distinguido orador, que honra a este
pals y lie ha representado dignamente.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31
PROFESSIONAL BEeGARs.

The January issue Of Everybody's
Magazine contains an article written
by a New York journalist, who spent
six weeks disguised as a beggar, liv-
ing among the professional pan-hand-
lers OF that great city, and begging
with them. The story he tells will be
a revelation to the average person,
whose emotions and pocket have been
touched by the spectacle of abject mis-
ery presented by the blind organ grind
er on the corner.
According to this writer who lived
among the beggars and who, for the
time, was q beggar himself, the bust
ness Of begging is profession in which
a petty graft has been reduced to an
art and when practiced by real artists
proves exceedingly lucrative. He tells
of the "blinky," technical term for
blind man, who hires two spoilers on
salary, posted on watch up and down
street, to give warning of any ap-
preaching officer, a professional who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31
New York Herald.
; LOOKER.ON IN IOWA ]


Ocheyedan, Dec. 30.-The lesson of
the Sioux City big fire, fortunately this
time, only includes the loss of one hui
man life. But if the Sioux City au-
thorities had been as negligent as some
other cities in enforcing their fire es-
cape ordinances there would have been
a fearful tale to tell. In the buildings
adjoining Pelletier's big store, where
the first started, in the basement at
$40 p. M, from burning match used
to start big gasoline engine, there
were forty-five families living in rooms
or flats. Nearly all of them only man
aged to reach the streets by using the
fire escapes in the rear of the buildings.
And if this fire had occurred say at
midnight, there would inevitably been
many lives lost for within fifteen min
utes, so fast the fire spread, all
sources of exit for those up four and
five stories, We're cut off, excepting the
fire escapes at the end Of each hall.
After the Cedar Rapids hotel fire,
many cities and towns in Iowa had
spasm of passing fire ordinances. But
even now there are many hotels in
Iowa not equipped with fire escapes
as provided for both by city ordinance
and state law. Many public buildings,
including opera houses and blocks used
by families and roomers for living
purposes are still unprovided with exits
and fire escapes. And worse still is
the noncompliance on the part of
owners of halls and church societies
with the law preventing closing Of
aisles and the use Of chairs and bench
es for the purpose of accommodating
big crowds Not three weeks ago the
writer was in church Sunday even
ing, where revival was in progress
and if panic had occurred from any.
cause there would have been an awful
loss of life. In our theaters now
while immense crowds are present it is
the practice to have policemen and
firemen to see that city ordinances are
lived up to. His it come to this that
such practice needs to be extended to
our churches when they are having
revival? All agree that no such pre-
cautionary measure Is needed at the
ordinary Sunday service.
In reading over the history OF the
thirty-seven bank failures in Iowa dur
ing the past two years, as has been
mentioned, it is noticeable that the
majority Of these failures occurred
among private banks, and in the small
towns. Perhaps it has not occurred
to all that the private bank as well as
other kinds in the small town, feel the
force Of town competition more than IN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31

selects his location with such skill
that he can pay his help regularly, live
in a first class establishment, and own
houses for rent in Hoboken.
Other specialists In the profession
are described as the throw out" men,
begging artists who will cast a crust of
bread into the street unnoticed, and
rush wildly after it like a starving
man just as several women are pass
ing by. This trick in the business
never fails to win good returns, but
much Of play actor. A story is told
of one throw out" man who so touch
ed the heart OF a millionaire by his
stunt" that the rich man handed over
a roll of bills amounting to $3.50. The
result was q sensation turnout beg
gardom on the lower Bowery and many
new recruits were won to the profess
sion. because of 80 lucky a strike.
But it is the conclusions drawn by
the writer after his thorough acquain-
lance with professional beggars that
are Of the greatest interest to the pub
lie. After having talked as man to
man with hundreds of them, after hav-
ing seen them in their own lodging
houses, saloons and dance halls, ana
after having begged from the street
corners himself, making as high as
dollar per hour, he concludes that there
is no excuse whatever for begging in
our large cities and he advises the
public to tighten up its purse strings
and give nothing to the street beggar.
He says that no worthy person need
ever suffer because Of the admirable
system of organized charity now estab-
lished in every large city in the coun-
try. He admits that there is great
deal Of poverty that is in need Of char
ity, and that people can not give too
much to the assistance Of the charity
perience that the street corner beggar
is invariably a professional, making
good money at the business and gener-
ally shamming his misfortunes. The
same is true the world over. The
tramp asking food at the kitchen door
is SO seldom deserving that his class
should be turned away and the beg
ging business discouraged. When kind
hearted people realize that they are
actually making beggars instead OF
helping the unfortunate, less aims will
be given Unfortunately and more
regularity in contributions to organized
charity will prevail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31

nosed to the governor and his follow
ing. Never once has Cummins or
anybody connected with him in the
administration of state affairs been
even suspected of graft or crook
edness."
The Odebolt Chronicle predicts THE
next congress will revise the tariff.
Its leaders don't want revision, but
the people demand it,; and this time
the people mean business. President
Roosevelt is in thorough accord with
revisionists and in due season Will send
a message to congress which will make
the dry bones rattle"
The Manson Journal suggests that
"While they are agitating the next
rubernatorial contest the name Of
Uncle George D. Perkins should not
be overlooked" The Journal says:
"He would be perfectly satisfactory
to the Iowa idea fellows and we fail to
see where the standpatters could find
very much fault. George has the vir-
tue and is also conservative and SEN
sible. He never Stops over"
"The best progress in the way Of
adjusting complaints can be made by
mutual good WILL" counsels the Sioux
City Journal. "The railroads should
not be antagonized in an unreasonable
or unjust manner. Within proper
limits the interests of the companies
should be considered, for it is essen
tial to the public welfare that the
no ne "a
railroads should be protected. If bitter
antagonisms can be avoided legitimate
railroad enterprise as we'll as the pub
lie may gain by the division of re-
sponsibility and power which is sought
and otherwise the reform may suffer
inexcusable delay and much mischief
be DONE"
1T seems" to the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil, "as IL some mighty good
cars are spoiled in the making OF
railroad presidents"
The Register and Leader declares
that Canada Is not seeking our markets
and does not want her wheat to come
to our mills or to buy her manufac-
tured articles from the American fac
tories. 1t points out that Canada has
already, by erecting trade barriers,
forced American capital to cross the
line and develop Canadian resources
and Canada does not propose to kill
any geese that are laying golden eggs.
It is the United States that is waking
up to the fact that with the mills built,
the railways laid, the capital accumu-
rronoyod fn take
of the raw product of the western
world, just as Blaine saw we We're
fifteen years ago, and that the problem
is not how to shut this raw material
out, but how to get it in"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31

about furniture, hosiery and even ale.
Anent the great popularity of the book.
big bookseller in Boston writes to the
publishers, Mcclure Phillips saying
that he finds the craze for "The Sim
pie Life" has affected even the mice in
his place: he having recently discovered
that the only books of his stock that
the hungry rodents damaged were "The
Simple Life" and the Bible.
Pious Billy Hamilton of the Odebolt
Chronicle, attributes the Sioux City
Tribune buildings immunity from the
recent great fire to the presence Of a
preacher on it's editorial staff.
What it Proved-Republican
was this big Stick" you fellows talk
ed so much about during the cam
paign?
Democrat (sadly)-A boomerang
Cleveland Leader.
The people of a little town in Boone
county, Indiana, are highly indignant
over the discovery that cats have been
dresse dand sold in the markets for
rabbits and are threatening to lynch
the perpetrators of the fraud. The
villains should be hanged in a rope Of
bologna sausage.
Here's to the lying lips we meet,
For truthful lips are bores,
But lying lips are very sweet
When lying close to yours.
Smart Set.
It might be well to make a set of
fort to keep them after they are made.
None is so nearly perfect nor so ut
terly bad that he can not improve.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31
THIS YEAR AND NEXT.

The passing of a year Is an occasion
are growing old and none like to grow
old. It is the time for the striking
life's trial balances and such balances
bring many surprises and too often not
a little sorrow. The year that goes
out with the clash Of the bells at mid
night represents opportunity used or
wasted, as utterly irrevocable as the
sound of the bells that ring out the old
and ring in the new division Of dur
alton.
All in all 1904 has been a most sat
isfactory year, one of temporal pros
perity and intellectual advancement,
and full of the promise of better things
to come. 1t brought good crops and
fat granaries, furnished active employ
ment for labor and was rich in mater
ial comforts. Men made money in 1904
and material prosperity is the ground
work of content. The schools grew and
education was diffused more than In
any Of its predecessors. 1T was mark
ed by political reform. All in all the
passing year has been the best year.
Today is the best day that ever
dawned. It is the composite of all the
yesterdays and the dying year is the
culmination of the human experience
and Judgment that have grown and de-
yeloped since the first daybreak. 1t
held all the best Of human endeavor
and learning and sentiment and ac-
complishment and when it. dies tonight
will add its advancement to human de-
velopment as the coral builds itself in
to continents.
Let us take stock before we rail at
the world. 1t is the best world that
has ever been and is growing better
with the years. The day laborer lived
In greater comfort with more intelli-
eence and wider opportunity in 1904
than a king could have lived ten gen
erations ago. Solomon never saw
gas light, Julius Caesar bicycle nor
Napoleon an automobile. Josephine
went to bed by candle and Martha
Washington never knew what it was
to get up comfortably in a furnace
heated house. The high school boy has
had opportunities Of culture that
George III. never dreamed Of and most
men Of capacity working with their
hands earned more in the year 1904
than three men in similar positions
earned in 1900.
There is a good balance In favor OF
1904 and the promise of 1905 is bright
err still. Let us meet the coming year
resolved that it shall be better be-
cause we are better and greater in ac-
complishment, because we are more
earnest and honest. It is we who make
the year."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31

They give the children medieval ed
ucation and compete in many branches
Of industry with the populace, which Is
becoming SO incensed. the senator said,
that he did not feel sure that the trag-
edy of 1884 might not some day be re-
peated.
A. De Lacy Wood, OF Duluth, has
started on an average Of one news
paper a year for the last thirty-one
years. Most of these papers are To-
Gated in Wisconsin and Minnesota
The governor Of Texas gave Christ
mas presents in the form of pardons
to twenty-seven convicts number of
whom were murders. Governor Lam
hams generosity has the air of work.
the Christmas spirit over time.
The African explorer, Shillings, has
brought to Berlin an extraordinarily
interesting series of photographs of
wild animals taken by themselves. His
method was to attach to piece of
meat string, which on being touch
ed, brought on a flashlight exposure.
Leopards, hyenas, lions, apes, zebras
and other animals We're thus taken in
the most diverse attitudes. The eX-
plorer was wise is refusing to work
the shutter himself. Otherwise Prof.
Shillings would have looked like the
,fnl, ~ c1, f1yy of ho
first exposure.
The comptroller Of the currency says
there is a great demand for IS notes.
Most Of us will confess to the truth OF
his statements but there is no reason
why the comptroller should make pub
lie in his report matters that properly
belong between man and wife.
go
In the January March Forum A.
Maurice Low gives most prominence,
among Foreign Affairs Of the last
Gentry, to the movement for self-gov-
eminent in Russia, which he thinks
likely to be regarded by the historian
of the future as the most momentous
event Of the first decade Of the TWEEN
tieth century.
1t is doubtful IL any book or any
writer within recent years has achieved
the widespread popularity in America
that 1.-THE Simple Life" and Charles
Wagner have. This little books and
it's doctrines have been taken up by the
Americans with their characteristic en-
thusiasm. Lead the Simple Life"
seems to be the slogan everywhere;
and the canny advertiser makes use Of
1t dragging in under his announcement
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-31

any other one business enterprise. We
have too many small towns in Iowa
for the population, this In the sense
that the population the state over does
not require SO many for business Of a
paying nature. And SO when accom-
odation at the bank is asked, 1T is fire.
quently made part Of the asking that
it Is for the good of the town, that
merchant to be Carried" six months,
that Stockfeeder b. must have some
money or he will go to Nextown to do
business The result is the private
banker, frequently an owner of city
lots, and land adjoining the town, has
financial interest in protecting the
business welfare of the business men
of the town and gives more favors on
the same security, that an outside bank
would do Then comes the combina-
ton OF circumstances that results in
failure. Here is an illustration the
particulars of which came from one
of the interested parties. The x. Y. u.
railroad built branch, and located
town. To be sure there were half
dozen other towns within a radius OF
fifteen miles where every line Of bust
ness was well represented. That made
no diffefence. Big stocks in every line
were placed in the new town. Among
them was a hardware and implement
dealer. To get the trade that former
ly went to the older towns he reduced
prices and extended credit. And the
day the writer was in this new town,
the machine man for the combines was
there on his annual settlement trip. The
hardware man owed the machine man
$500 and didn't have the money. The
bank was "hard up" and could not
loan any money to the merchant. Then
the machine man told the private
banker 'if the bank did not loan this
merchant the money to pay this I'M
plement bill, his instructions were to
force a collection" The private bank
loaned the money, first because the
bank already had some of the mer-
chants notes, and secondly, because IT
would hurt the town to have big
failure" At least that is what the
crack collector for the combine told
the writer.