BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
EDITORIAL

f&snh~u ctNfista o. MN* - s&AA4ai R8N&
an ~snsneas paEgs s.s.
rhc b,nsNol.rt cglsioism shAi -
mode wr1ih sna, fant nes snd conrfcsN
se whom Il nav ~ &rgalscd "a ell
geaeTAi criticism Enesninr that u -
NA~uc end nN0asan,tnE @na. ~ cour.
se. tneftcss ni
The fancisoa~ncs - exp Ftaiion
wait case @nd do n0 understand
more thar caSeS
rof shs ~ TAX gnio con>i idr -aii "a
the rrccp;svIv and pidermis IL each
one. weighing their weight by sad blh
constant dedu,gioa e. II Il imperative
tor ihe press Ia sgcaG to them very
clearly. very loud y aud very force
fully
IL is not cur custom nor our rleasu-
&c; but We are convinced that there is
no other way of IA king ourselves
understood no other met 1od of rea
ching those funciionaries who are
enjoying themselves.
Weaie ,ircd + denouncing IN a
pacific form he abuses. n bl nders
and the desp tl>m f our aaminisira
tion. we are we.iy of talking Of the
particular case The scandaloas affair
of The Custom liouse
We have teen forced to. becanst
they have not wi,hc Il TO b ar because
our criticism been g,nerel We
now descend 10 de tails, mpha sizing the
immorallties I'D attackS and naming
the infratois of the law, the useless
bureaucracy and the ignorant and in
competent occupants Of the public
places.
The case of the Custom House we
have treated numerous occasion
and the abuses and interference with
our commerce h ave continued with in
creasing frequ ncy
And now after rur last articles, the
Collector his began to realize that
the wrongs cUmntte1 in the Custom
House ara dI,p. .,i1g to the public.
Until then the Collector was Supre-
mely happy, paying no attention to
criticisms immate rial and general.
1t is, then, the Collectnrcand to him
we explain graph scslly the case So
that he may fully understand that it is
TO him W. refer and to the department
of which he i he ch f. although it
appears as f curtis Id Ball were the
directors and bosses.
1t is the case in h- Custom House
of San Juan that he interests of com
merce are treated with want OF con !
sideratiln never u fore "a SLED, that !
he merchants are looked upon as a |
gang of ruffians or professional de
frauders Of thp tariff. We would |
like Mr. Bail 10 i Understand that when |
we mention the tariff We do not refer |
TO The Bibe.
None Of the officials Of the Custom |
House are diposc 10 offer the mer-
chants th It h mag # re cct VIII ch is |
accorded thcur:lu al the civilized ooun- F..
tries of the world because OF their /
Importance and * incance in lie and I
social progress =
IL civilized countries: and even in |
those semi -ctvlnztd. he merchants |
are treated II he most courteous !
manner i'm 4glnab.e. In Porto Klco,
Curtiss and B4i uudef the auth orlty |
of Collector VA /, needless. have |
apparently < taon>hcd The principe !
that the meroh - l> a highway rOb |
DCI low QN Wn'ilt az obAN - ~ SNS r. 7
cions aud imp. ,ltl as are Jn%ihed.
In The Custom Hou,o ii Sal Juan |
there are no4 & wno take she time to !
study the ST ud ). au importance Of (
the different com TclaI hoaaes those |
eminent-u < wins who pose 5 pubic
officials $+lmaelue IN thc commerce
is som nethIng t + ,n and eX tic, aud
they deem !. >te Of time - study |
the conditions, 10 prcccdents and the
history of any p tlcui house, which
in all the Custom t1ou5es OF the world |
constitutes something sini ar to prl
mer for the en- plDy II The service.
Neither d the employees OF the
Custom House III San Juan know the
tariff rates
A cert.ln article of meoch ndlze
appraised under NJ partlcul"r head
at one time, Is t = other CLASSIFIED dit
fercuily; meroh nuize b longing on
the free l,t Is III de 10 pa duty. and
thus II IS h Intl. Custom House Of
San luan th@re w5re duties assessed
and paid on Spanish books which are
exempt in virtue Of nothing les, than
The treat OF Paris
The same obstacles and difficulties
and stupidities hich are met with
in the appraise ent Of certain arti-
..lo ara encountered not only once