BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-31
Politics v. S. Material interests

q lAlbS VI Ll1O past ]AhNA IAAo
of the incorporation to the National
republican party has prevailed, just as
if the general opinion of the country
judged it favorably.
If the colonial republican party
maintains it's purpose of appearing
American, the country will not reap
any benefits from the situation, quite
the contrary perhaps, something new
and unexpected may fall un us, as has
been the case already number of
times, and then we can complain at
Our leisure.
The only republican paper has said
something that does not fit in any
democratic country, or among persons
endowed with democratic feelings.
The assembly las not been called
together to discuse if the incorporation
was right or wrong. 1t was to inform
then of the fact simply. And of
course, this has not been much to the
taste of many republicans, because to
communicate TO them simple fact,
already accomplished they have been
made to incur in many expenses, not
easy to meet at the present hard times,
and they think, of course, that a
circular letter had been sufficient, but
an assent ly was needed, something
like sonclave where every one was
to say yea"
Whatever would follow, we give
not any importance to the resolutions
of the Assembly, the somersoult at
Chicago or any political accidends that
may occur during these days.
Something of greater moment,
will come to happen because it is
impossible to group together national
and colonial party.
While it was al noise in the
political camp, somewhere else,
work of great consequence to the
country was being accomplished,
modest and silently
We had already occasion to refer
to the matter, and most recently, when
the visit to the Governor of Mr..
Agestiny, representing the Commercial
Chambers of Ponce, we consigned our
appreciation of those that make the
country interests their own.
1t was the object of the Chamber of
Commerce to favor and impeil by any
known means the cultivation of cotton
and the sanseveria, which may become
a source of wealth to the country.
The impressions which the repre-
sentative have taken to Ponce are
most pleasant and comfortable, he,
with his we'll known ou.petence in
matters pertaining to the agricultural
interests of the island, could make
things plain and clear and iurged the
necessity of helping coffee, our chief
product, as we'll as others that acting
as complement of wealth, will give
the island a permanent foothold in
the field of advancement and progress,
he requested that part of the trust
funds should be appropriated 2for the
ACQUISITION of agricultural implements,
to distribute the same amongst the
planters, and if to his petition the
Governor has not aCceded at once, he
is however sure that the Governor is
convinced of the utility and conve-
nience of the plan, and this is sufficient
guarantee to the country that their
hopes will be fulfilled Mr.. Winthrop
offered to recommend to the legisla
ture the most ample protection for
agriculture.
The Governor will say that cotton as
q portorican product deserves all help.
He will say that it is the duty of the
Legislature, as all public corporations,
to assist and advance the interests of
the country, thus avoiding conflicts,
when the scarcity of work, darkens the
fields and the miens of the labor men.
The Governor will say that all must
help in the work and these words will
be rightly appreciated by the gentle
men of the Executive, who did not
passed the bill of the loan for the plan
ters.
Many time experience has given
us bitter lesson when confiding in the
words of public funclionaries, they fail
at the eleven hour without scruples; but
we have no reason this time Of distrust
and will prefer to believe implicitly
than show any doubts, although we
may be accused of optimism.