BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-05-13
EDITORIAL

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he name 1snes-
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Ia ihc usiior. thr arpariilon Cf lhis
Snnasuus name absolutely unknown.
has ~. ducSa w0adcY aud surprise
and caTrics a. mitch weight ss j. !;
represented a ncmbcrof the Roosevelt
cabinet.
Ard who Is lanes In Porto Rico
he is known, the colonis, history Of
this subloc; i associated with the
construction OF a certain bridge and
We are unable 10 say by what ingrs-
iitude il failed 10 bear upon II the
name Of James.
Bu. on the cont neni. who can say al
the moment who rs the author of the
lectte- published in the Sun" which
pretendS to explsin the political condi-
tions il Porto Rico
Most likely the paper itself does
not know the initials that are lacking
of the very modest ex fuuctionary OF
expectation. But grateful ought to
appear 90 him the occurrence and
sublime the discovery he makes that
we are not like the Tagalogs. nor the
Moros Of MindauaO. neither the inie-
rior colored races. and for that. publ,s-
hes the letter with the honorS Of a
commentary which the foolish state
ments therein contained do not merit.
The New York Sun in an edito-
rial which we have already conmmen-
ted upon and from which we made
extracts Yesterday. esked the question:
who looks after tie affairs Of Porto
Rico?, in view of the fact that it was
impossible for delegate Of The fed
era ton of abor to obtain a reply in
any of the departments to a complaint
which he made.
And that is what Mr., James cannot
admit.
How came such things 20 be asked
about us, how was IT possible ior such
ignorance to be displayed by nothing
less than the Sun
For that purpose h. had lived in The
colony for six years, to leave the Sun
and as many readers as it has, per-
picked and stupef fed with his discov
cries made in the trifing period Of six
years.
lanes. And who IS Tanes?: but dol
not our readers know James?
But it matters not He has disco
vered, he has investigated, he has
been able to learn duling a residence
of six years in the colony that we are
not like the Tagalogs, nor the Moros
of Miudanao. neither do we resemble
the inferior colorod races which inha-
bit some regions Of the continent.
1t is enough to have discovered
And if it is true that he HIS had suff.
cient time in six years 10 note that
difference, it may also be true that
he has wished to pass 1t unnonced, IN
the same way that he ignores the
mogrebno duplioity of the present
regimen, of which he permits himself
to give information solicited by no
one, and Of evident inacurracy.
lanes understands that the island is
governed according to a democratic
system which gives the porto ricans
opportunity to display their capabili-
ties for governing their own country.
Porto Rico according to the belief
of the informant is autOnomic and So
vereign, none Of the Commissioners
have to be consulted or asked for
anything, because il attends TO it's in
ternal affairs in accordonce with the |
privileges conferred by the Foraker
Act. Also it is that The governor is the
only one who can assume the responS-
Utilities Of the cablnet tunctionarles
who are anchored here but then MI
James has witnessed tAe operation.
1t may be that James believes what
he says, but it is not true.
In the colony there exists six sove-
reign lords; the six insular depart
ments. Each Commissioner does, or
does not do things, at his pleausure,
consulting only the sovereign law OF
his caprice, without the governor ba-
wing jurisdiction to escape the injns-
tices commit tied; neither can he be
held responsible, because the Heads
of the departments are named by the
government in Washington, without
consulting the wishes of the governor.
Only with such 4 regimen OF irres
possibility as the one which now
EXISTS. would it be possible for there