BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-02-11
EDITORIAL


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condiiioas eanuuu, - ;hey afe "a -
ihcs ~sl oe d ihe nuusc d.fcs su|
pefpetrsr D. oa,nse q approving
he fuinoas bill
What is ;hc use 8 Treasurer Il
there Is no tfe.suf'.
rsiS nigsi appear a. hr& sch,
like = ,ru,h in prominent Geiicf ou;
every ;hins a. rs opposite -
bTigh; aud q < side.
The Treasurer has declared h,m
self The riv.l 81 the Collector d; Gus
toms. and b,k ,hem formidable
enemies q pab,lc interest.
one BY ssi. snd the other bv land
are bringing ab:ui = blockade whose
consequences viii soon be fel, by the
government. One beats Of The i'm
porter. The cher, the merchant. aud
the artisan
The government need no; stop 70
ponder All Il needs j. energy aud
iirmuess TO carry out il work of deo
troying, prosecuting and harassing
those who have inlative. and who work
and produce Toward this point, the
Treasurer and the Collecor Of Gus
toms seem TO be working with an
obstinate desire.
The Collector must have charmed
the young Treasurer, in order TO con
vince him that it Is necessary by all
means, TO put IN end TO the taxpayer
And the Treasurer has allowed him
selfito be hypnotized.
AS an aid to this disastrous group,
there is the inventor of the apparatus
for the bottoms and keels Of vessels,
Mr.. Post, who organized the govern
ment printing offices and is a patron Of
the art of typography and the only
possible rival of Mr.. Willougnby, the
author of eight. books read by about
that number of readers.
We can leave to one side Mr.. Sweet
who retires after glorious camp. ign
which can never be sufficiently APP
preciated by the American lawyers
and the state of Colorado These
three-Post Willoughby.and Sweet, are
scientific tourists, who dropped in on
us accidently. which should be cause
for general rejoicing.
The prohhcness of the Treasurer
has been hurtful to proper lnvestiga.
tion of these books, for while n
wrote feverish'y, the eight books on
sociology he paid no attention to the
celebrated works of Mollnari. Giradin
and ]. B. Say, which would have
contributed TO change the exaggerated
opinion of the unique Treasurer. as TO
what a State is and the duties cores
ponding to it. He would be shocked to
learn that Giradln hcl Is that the State
is nothing more than an insurer to
whom, in the form Of taxes the insur-
ance is paid; and perhA ps would agree
with Say that the State is an ulcer,
after learning from Mo mary that TO
govern is to exercise the industry
of insurance. and as industry is free.
the individual has a right to avail
himself of that industry through
associations or other means.
In consequence of MS ignorance of
thlags SO essential Mr. Willoughby |
attempts to acclimate here bureau
cratic socialism, making Of the gov
ernment supreme eutlty and the
only respectable one in our society.
To him neither industries nor COM
merce are deserving of protection or
Justice He looks upon these as evils
which must be extirpated, and the So
oner the better. This is VIII, he does
not stop in the choice of means. as he
considers them all legitimate, TO de-
stroy the class that maintains the |
bureaucracy.
The tradeSman must ask for per-
mission TO establish his trade Of the !
Treasurer who can grant or refuse the !
permit as he sees fl depending upon |
whether he, the Treasurer, b as dis
covered or OWNED the fact that the
Interested party may have more or
1ss intentions of defrauding the gov
rnment.
The tradesman will also have to give
bond, and in honor to the prudence |
nd moderation which the young Treas
,rcr manifests, it cannot IN any case
nceed twenty thousand dollars. The |
l,od NAV he either in cash or written |