La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-08-22
.FORERU NNERS
OF SUCCESS.
The JnI6a Of ih8 Porto RIGans
Isa Fruitful and Tangible
Reality

1t is, forgOoth, pleasing thing to
see that we are now giving indicationg
Of being . clear sightsd, levsI.headed
and practical people; that wa are no
longer 3 fOotst0ol fof trick sry and
compromises. nor for petty ambitions
with their Gttendsnt vices, nor flr
thinIy diAhuised aelf-seeking with It's
harvest Of diGCord. nor for c!iugiug 80
hopeless stste of s # ,irs into which
the vain hopes Cf Certain <lopy1 Por-
to Ricans have deluded than. to the
hating sorrow and Injury Of their
m0thsF county.
Io proof of this thare is tbs School
Teachers meeting which tos K place
the other day. Rs waIl as ths later
Convention Of the tGwa councils.
Their far. reaching rssoluti 1ng have
made q deep impression not only on
public opinion and ths American
press. but on the fl bal regions Of
heedIesO Waahigoton itse f. Can there
be img gined q more n&turaI partner.
ship than that communion Cf souls,
from which, 30 to spec K thu interests
and preFogatiVes Of Porto Rico Ere
emerging TO loom up in triumph? Il
tn w4V it f. kas on Q political aspect,
as true patriotism understands such
mAtteFs--&nd not ss Mr.. HYnes and
hia i'k seem to undeEtand them.
There we have real propaganda.
To make it self sustaining and # C.
tive ali that 10 needed is iust what w 10
manifest in excess in bath CoEven'
tioua: conviction, disintefcstedness and
truth. Thsre must be what was seen
there in abundance: the prRcticRJ
spirit. There il no dod Rirg tha con-
cluHion, and SlI hearts v ore possessed
by this conviction: th sFe must be
moral peace era ths i'd land can ever
secure the justice which it demands.
Therefore. let as nj " sgit&ta for
independence in municipal govern
ment. 1t is nOtiseab'e that the inter.
nal economic problems of ths local
entities 0re becoming Increasingly
critical. ominouS AMI agafming. Will
the ruined p8rt of the Porto R;Can
districts be abe to support the bur.
densome taxes just imposed? UomiB-
tex bly,, great injury iG beirg done TO
the cause Of harmonious management
owing to the diasatiOfaction of some
c asses and the dt wnrlR bit suff srirgS
of others. and it w uld b for the pre-
fit f oil TO secure equality in the In.
ternal burdens. There O Rnnot be hap
pineSs in the Island f1r bne class and
misery IL another: they must ah sink
together or bs saved together
A New York paper. the esteemed
eSun,2 which is wall acquainted with
our disease and hiss made diagnosis
of it on ssveral occasions, adviOss az
to ms ks o good deal Of <nOiseo We
are learning q thing or two from the
time honOHed methods Of the nation to
which Wa are fastened, and &s wa
adopt everything that haa an applicA'
ton to practical life, By Rll means let
as ms ke oil the racket that circums.
tSnces require. In the end wa will
accomplish something. IT will not be
in q day nor in q year, but it III I'll
come some time. If the presents
generations does not zee the fruiti0n,
no matter. A man hsa Q right to feel
Contentsd and great when he plants q
tree with the words: <Perchanca its
fruits viii not be for me, bat my
children will enjoy them
D. COLLAZO.
New YOlk, Aug. II, 1905.