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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
Ell entitrrO del Sr. hOnlOtO

a iss einoo te a fafic. cnm cNa
'as aaancaA8e. ~ vemhoS q s,so d~l
scpelaa 81 csdAVcF de Aun NAaus
" nsoso y Corral
Zee Una msaiaea;aeiaa ae lss gFAn
d,s ss@pA,iss csneeiSsdAs pos i fins
- = - di9iacuia fAmsh
81 coohe ibs cgh.vwo con cnsidas
1stii.ssogias
IN l. presadcncia del due sban
maestro Distinguish amiCa ? n Amt
fsco Sa'sS hiio psliiico de- schar Mon.
20 II kvdc Padre Caso. don karn6n
Falcon. doa Aibero Marin. don san
;os FilipTa dos Dsmian Nensegrai Y
e ~cfior ncTez l. - a.
lban iamhien los SeiioTes Caubei.
Ger cedo GaoS. padin. Medina. Tos-
;e (don Feltpel Sus h'j,S. q u
Eduardo y don ErneS,o. {, senor Fer
nandez los padres Coon y Hernandez.
el doctor Nelez Lop, z. senor Caniero.
N a ldun Francisco. Lopez Zaraie.
Ba7an don Jose y don Anloniol lriar.
;e Cueiars. Colorado. Daubon (don
ose Antonio), paiacios. Ramirez, Pa
checo el sefior Consul de HAITI.
Vimos tainbien los sehores Mola
trAzzy. Olivia puma-ada. Fernandez
(don Bernardo. Lomba, Snarez, Sifre,
Cabrera y muchos mas que 40 recor-
damos. fernando un acompa fiamiento
numeros y distirguido
Despidio el duelo con su acostum =
brada elocuencia, el Lcdo. don Ra
mon Falcon. poniendo de relieve las
grandes virtudes del fnado
Nosotros reiteramos la familia del
hnado y especialnente 4 sus hijos y
al seflor Salas, el testim6no de nues-
tro pesame.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
Italia y ell Blazil

Rma de q brll.-El Vaticano ha
manifest do al gcbierno brasie 10 que
tn el prSx no consist orio Sc nombra~
ra un ca ~den'l de aluella nacion. con
ell bien eutendido de que el nombrade
no representara al gobierno del Bra
sil excuSivamente. re ervandose la
S ,nta Sede el derecho de designar al
prelado ,Tienese entendido que el
caprlo Sera conferido a monseIior Bra
ga. obi po de petr6pois.
Aver fuerOn recibfdos en- audien
cia pr el Papa el duque Y la duqness
de Connaught, y sus hijas la princesa
Margarita y Patricia. FL Papa dio' las
grscias Il duque por la vista y lie en-
c rg6 Saluda de su parte al Rey
Eduardo pr cuyas cualidades de go
bernante expreso admiracion.
-Hallsse en- Geneva Mr.. John Hay,
m,nistro de Estado de los Estad
Unidos. Aver corrio la ciudad en-
carIuaie. diciendo sentirse muy me 10
rado y haher hecho un viaje agrada-
bilisimo por mar. No tiene planes in.
mediatoS >al,o el de permanecer algu-
nos dias en- Geneva.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
Resolution del Gran JuFadO

a. Gfaa 'ufads & snus ao psfa "a
scssoa dc Abfsi &c ia Iofsg fs1esal
Pa A. 80 q frsoialitn Gga1n9te
tramera - tsf&a lurado Fenaiaa
grpsscr;scs6a &c naSs dc un mslida
dr hsbiiAut,x suplsc4 FySgSiaosansra
q - ic.idcuie y IL Cuagrc~o ar lss
E>'aslte luides cue "a "a p'6X - 81
sior de Jas Carsfss naSionairs Sc 60
me ua aCuerda tavsTAh,c ~ rrco-
micnde IA vs@cidc DC una loy advcua
Ia pr IA cnal x oonccda u pneb,o dV
pucro Rioo i,S plenoS dcre0hos Y pi-
vilegiuS dc . ,in !saauia de IA Repa
blica dc los ES;ados Cuidos DC y 5fie
America
Al hscer con ioio ei respc;o debido
eS;a snplios. 81 Gran lurado Senala
con verdsdcra SaiiSfscci6n Y orgu,io ii
senalsdo progress el es;ado geaera!
dc prosper lad dc que hoy GOA IA iSla
de Puerto Rico, y en- Particular q gran
1e sn;o .n IL enSehanza y Ia ambl
cion p aprender que Sc ob>erva ge
neralmenie. tesiimonio dc 10 cual es
.el excessive coniingenic dc a'umnoS
que concurren 4 las escueias public as.
inauguradas dirigdas con buen exi
10 desde la ocTpaci0n americana.
Asi miSmo el Gran Jurado Sc com
place en- hacer notar el orden y tram
quilidad que exiSte en- Ia isla. hecho
lie Que ce:ti6ca el Honorable Gober
n dor EN- su Nensaje annual i las Ca
maraS insulareS.
Esta felil circumstance ha Sido tam
bien oDjeto de los elogios de los Jue
ces que han presldido IA Corte Fede =
raj en- sus discursos al Gran Jurado
en- Il curse de los cuales han felicia
do al pueblo de Puerto Rico por la au
sencia de Crimenes horrendos por la
asOmbroSa escasez de infraccioncS de
las leyes fcderales desdc ell cstableci-
miento del nuevo regimen
Segundo-Que ell desco ardientc y
IA ambicion de los pue1orriaueiIo es
eutrar inmediatamente 4 gozar de las
bendiclones, ventajas y benehcios de
la plena ciudadau1a Americana euys
aspiration y deSeo han tenido publica
expression desde el advenlmiento la
Isla de la bandera de los Estados Uni
dos, en- especialidsd que las prone
SaS indirectame nte hechas por el Ge
neral Miles y pr los representatives
enviados aqui por ell Goblerno hallen
debila realiz scion.
Tercero.- Que Sc eniregue una Co
pia de esta resolucion al Honora BILE
Juez de esta Corte. con la s1plica de
que deba Constar en- las aCtaS del tri
bunal, y que Sc remit. otra copia al
Presidente de los Estados Unidos y 4
cada uno de los miembros del Congrc
SO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
NuevO sOciO

Los Sucesores de la importante ca
sa comerc.aI Fritze Lundt y Co., de
este plaza nos participan en- stenta
circular que desde ell pHmero de Abril
actual ha entrado formar parte de
dicha soliedad ell conocido comerciau
tie dou Adolfo Rauschemplat.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19


Que ssgn,hcsEia esiaolccef un
regimen DC ,dcnsidad con Ia
Metsapoli. hasada en- el distrs.
te dc una ciasdadania comun
1 >sdc "a momenio en- que Ia Sea
l.dad lrvanta una harveTa IN
franqu~ahle entire los pnehlos
dc disilnsa orSanizsc4un soSial
Y lun3ica.
III aame nio dc las conirihu
Cones. Va se ve que 60 imposi
bic RI gohlerno insular NO ga
bro el anterior presnpuesIo. a
eausa dc haber decIecido tan
aceniuadamenie las renias De
Aduanas.
NO esta demostrado enton-
ces. que la total entreHa de
nuestros re.ursos arancelarios
al Tesoro de Washington, trae-
ria una crisis completa en- las
esferas del gobierno. como la
que ahora existe en- las de la
agriculture V la industrial
Evidentemente que 81.
Y no es bastante raZon el que
Sc decrete la protection arance
laria al cafe para que deJe de
preocuparnos la del ingreso de
las Aduanas.
Esa protection que obedece a
la necesidad de Cubrir un def
cit, puede desparecer en- up mo-
mento dado, y aunque persistle :
IA no es tanto 10 que ha de pro-
ducirnos, que podamos desde-
rar las reptas de nuestros adua-
mas, confando en- echar sobre la
agricultural graves y peligrosos
reCargOs
Al deCir este. no hacemos en-
manera alguna politi "a anti
americana. que pueda parecer
enemiga de aproximaCiOnes y
enlaces a la metropoli.
No son esos nuestros prop6
sitos.
Queremos que exista la ar
monia y el respeto que procla
ma entire los pueblos la doctri
na de Monroe, en- sus mas puras
lnterpretaCiones;y pOr ESQ adver
tlmos, Cuando tienen renedio
aun. los pellgros de una reforma
1eI sistema de gobier 20, que nos
pudiera guitar a lgunOs reCursOs
eCOn0mlCo>, tan esenClaleS al
sostenimie nto de nuestras car
gas publiCas.
ASl como enCOntramOS exec
lente la celebration de COnve
MOS COmerCiales, que favorez
can los mutuos negocios entire
Ia coIOnla y la metr0poli. nos
parece mOnstruOsa la absoI Ci0n
que ahora Sc esta perpetrandO,
merccd al cabOt4je y a las AGO.
metividadts del Collector; pOr-
que no entra III puede entrar en-
los planes del eXpansionismo el
anlqullar los pueDlOS SCORE los
cuales pcsa y gravita ell gobier-
no americana, nj es el ideal de
la doctfina de Monroe la ocu
pacion de territories agenos, ST
no ell en,auchamientO de las es-
feras d com ercio y de la vida
de los neQOciOs.
Asi enten1 1emos nosotros el
expansionismo. en- ia forma que
mas convene q la America del
Norte; en la-iue limpia de reCe
los la conducta de los Estados
UnidOs Y libra d los demas pue
bios de America de una amena
Ia, que tendrian que aprestarse
a conjurar. impulsados por un
supreme lnstinto de conserva
C10n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
No es ciertO

Es conpletamcnte incierto que el
Gobernador autorlzase al Coronel de
la .roicia insular Mr.. Hamill pa a
alistar q 200 guardias especiales que
prest4sen servicios en- las haciendas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
El &C a 8 tin e"

Aver tarde tomo puerto el cafone-
70 dc la marina norte americana Gas
tine, procedente de Santo Domingo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19
En- lo> slla> Santos

C0mpliends con IA tfadsciou
es,abietisa slo se publicsta al
b'narlA al lncves "a e. vicrnc~
Saugo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19

Anoche Sc verified en- la Iglesia de
San Francisco la festividad del tercer
paso de la pa,ion de Jesucristo, vien-
dose bastanle concurrido el temple.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-19


rado de la Corte Federal.
II y pulallcamos la que ha de
ser elevada al pTesi ienie de-
Congress- dc Wa h,ngion. To.
mazda cuando se oonstiiuvo el
Jursdo para la session de Abril.
Como tpda> las instituclones
de ca acter popular. que osten-
tan la representation del pue-
bio. Ell Gran urado nos inspira
profnnda simpatia Y profpndo
respeto
Sus resoluCiones han sido en-
favor de Puerto Rico. Cuando
pedia las reformas de nuestros
puertos y las mejoras que neCe-
sitan. entire otras COsa> de igual
importancia y de la misma opor-
tunidad, lie consagramos un ar
ticulo Ell elOgio.
Porque la lustiCia ha sido la
inspiradora de nuestra conduc.
ta siempIe.
Ahora, ese Gran Jurado pide
una refOrma de grande V altisi
ma trascendenCia al parecer.
Plde la Cludadania americana
para los puertorriquenos.
Y es plausible ia peticion
hecha por un alto cuerpo de ca
racter luridico a cuya Cabeza
tgura IN ilustradlslmo uez
americana. porque decIara como
es merecedor el pueblo puerto
rriquehode la c,ula anla que
lie ha sido regat ada ta,nto item
pO, Y que taI vez sc lie siga ne
gando. a pesar de d declaration
justiciera de- Ora n ulado de la
Corte Federal
HubO un tempo en- que esa
era, etectivamente, Ia aspiration
pu oi1Ca; pOr zoe no &c COnce bla
como puedtn VIvir 10, nom bres
en- los tlempp, mpdtrnos Y eu
los paiSeS dem muCratlCOs. sin el
tltulO de ciudadanO>; Y era una
neCeo1ddd e-L ltuiO, pueStO que
los puertol Tlquen0 tenian el de
cludadanOS espano,e- los ES
tadOs UnldOs no prdian tener
en- memo a los naturales del
pals, III Greer qu- los nOmbres
que eran ciu1adanos espanoles,
no .fuesen dlgnos e serlo dc
n Norteamefica
SIN emhargo, e deCla. Q asi. Y
Sc dlJO brutal mente. SC repltio
con bruSea dc1~On i ieraclon in
sultante.
EntonCes el pueblo reaccion6.
va no queria a1r cl iadano de
los Estados Tn do, va no quie
re serlO
Porque ha med1o tarubien las
consecuen IA d de,a>tro>as de esd
misma ciuda iania ha podido
comprender que l. mer1ed sera
muy grande, pero r. utllldad
muy po-a, las con9ecuenclas fa-
tales, como les la . urridO a los
habitantes de- lfaweii.
Porque Il e-0no-1nlento de-
la ciudadania trac tam ben la
Teforma de 40oleln0; en- vir
tud de esa retprgla -Cria legal
10 que ahola vieue pasando co
mo anormal y dcaa- a-ostumbra
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
MAY IS. 1905

by officials as a serious sin. But the reap
pearance Of the check scandal at this par
ticular moment is interesting. Unless 1t has
changed hands since was in Caracas, it is
now in the possession Of A. H. Garner. the
man Castro has appointed receiver, and who
is working in Castro's interests. such
check is in existence and in the hands OF
Garner it would be the particular card that
such man as Garner would play at this
particular moment. An ultimatum has been
served upon his friend and employer, Presi-
dent Castro. Having served it, the secre-
tary of state, who hurled 1t, departs for
Genoa. The president Of the United States
! is absent on his vacation, and the affairs OF
the state department that sent the ultimatum
are in the hands Of Mr.. Francis B. Loomis
the man who received the check. What mo-
ment for it's production could be more pro-
pitious? AS weapon for blackmail it had
lost it's power; as a means of embarrassing
the enemies of Castro it could never be more
effective.
OF the truth of all of Mr. Bowens charges
Mr.. LOOMS has made sweeping denial He
agrees that such check as the one Garner
is now hawking about the streets and foreign
legations of Caracas exists, but he explains
that it was given him by the Bermudez
company in return for one of his own for
like amount The reason for this exchange
was that the Bermudez company allowed him
the proper New York rate Of exchange, which
he could not obtain elsewhere in Caracas.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
PENNSYLVANIA DISASTER

The Pittsburg Leader, commenting on tht
,rrible wreck at Harrisburg Pa, demands !
sarching inquiry and increased precautions fol
le protection Of human life:
The accident was the result Of the wreck
ing OF the freight train Immediately prior to
the arrival of the passenger train. Appar-
emily there were no means of warning the
latter, and, as a consequence, it was travel
ing at high rate of speed and crashed into
the freight with tremendous force The two
cars Of dynamite blew up, setting fire to the
wreckage and otherwise working havoc.
Under the circumstances the wonder is that
a single one of the passengers escaped un-
scathed, especially inasmuch as all were in
their berths at the time and had no Opportu-
nifty to look to their safety.
The manner in which the collision oc-
Cured renders it doubtful that blame can be
directly visited upon any one. AS a rule the
Pennsylvania railroad exercises extraordi-
nary care, and watchfulness and mishaps to
passenger trains upon it's lines are few and
far between. 1t does not appear that in this
case there was any relaxation of vigilance
Nevertheless, the necessity Of searching
inquiry is obvious. 1t is public duty to in
sist upon such precautions in the handling
of passenger traffic on our railroads that the
possibility of accident shall be reduced to
an absolute minimum and also upon such in
vestigation when an accident does occur as
shall demonstrate positively whether or not it
has been within human power to prevent it,
and if so why the means of prevention have
not been utilized The railroad companies
themselves are as deeply concerned in the
matter of affording the best possible protec-
ton to passengers as is the travelling public:
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
PAGE Z

might and probably would do precisely what
he did and in doing it did not depart In the
least from the prescriptions of the law.
The thing the people admire most in Pres
ident Roosevelt is that he has the faculty OF
doing things and doing them anyhow -pro-
viding that he does them lawfully. II he did
not do them lawfully there are number OF
tempestuous gentlemen, representing the OPP
position party in both houses Of congress,
who would Immediately be heard from. II
there is any one of them who has complaint
to make of the manner in which President
Roosevelt interpreted and executed the Pan
anna canal law he should be heard from at
once or else forever after hold his peace.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
EXPERIMENT IN HONESTY

The Hartford courant contains this amusing
attire on statement by the Wall Street Journal
hat the Western Poetic is to be built without
raft"
On the authority of zone Of the parties in
interest" the Wall Street Journal informs it's
readers that the projected Western Pacific
road is to be built without graft-like the
Great Northern" If this incidental statement
isn't reflection On the railroad fortunes of the
country, we fail to see how they could be dis
credited. AS If it was an important feature Of
the construction of this road. it is thus con-
spicuously announced that it will be honestly
built. How have other roads been built, and
who got the graft that it is implied was in
volved? These are interesting questions. Pos
sibly the public is getting used to the odor of
successful finance, but if so, they should not
be expected to enjoy it. Every time new
lot of Equitable revelations comes out, clothes
pins are in order. 1t is current rumor that f.
nancial circles in New York are worried about
the uncovering of things as yet only whispered
Of Surely enough has come out already, but
it adds touch when formal and public an
nOuncement is made that an enterprise is
about to be undertaken honestly. A new de-
parture?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
SHALL QUAY BE HoNoRED9

Golfers editor does not take kindly to the
AN Of erecting statue in memory Of Matt Quay:
Shall Quay be honored? Governor Pen
nypacker, as this page goes to press, is pre-
sumably wrestling with this question. Wrest-
ling? Yes, because Mr.. Pennypacker is-we
are sorry to admit-not an ideal public serv-
ant Picked out by the Quay machine, he has
given token of his origin. statue, therefore,
to his benefactor might naturally appeal to
him with force. If, however these lines see
the light, and fall beneath his eye, before the
final step is taken, we beseech him, in the
name of ordinary honor and less than ave.
rage decency, to consider the meaning of his
act The legislature passed an appropriation
to raise statue to the memory of Mr. Quay,
as was not improper, for everybody has long
known that the legislature was named and
possessed by the machine of which Quay was
the unchallenged boss; but is Governor Penny
packer prepared to go conspicuously on record
as an admitted creature of the same organiza
ton? Senator Quay stood for corruption. His
public career stands for nothing else. A statue
to him would be a monument raised by Penn
sylvania to it's own cynical and disgusting
shame We have lies enough about the dead.
They are looked upon as called for by the oc-
casion. A permanent lie, in stone or 5ronze,
seems hardly called for, even by the hypocrisy
and servile venality of Pennsylvania official
ruling citizens.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
REMoDELLiNe THE COMMISSION

The Chicago Tribune holds that President
Roosevelt did not overstep his rights when he re-
modelled the Panama canal commission:
Doubtless we shall hear a clamor about
this. 1t will be said that the president usurped
the functions of congress, or that he denied
the authority of the legislative branch of the
government to control him in matters of this
kind. Still, it must be admitted that he acted
strictly within his powers. He has trans
crossed no law of congress. He has appointed
nobody he was not authorized to appoint He
has fixed no salaries that he is not empowered
to fix. He has simply redistributed the duties
of the commission in such way as to make
it more efficient and has complied with both
the spirit and the letter of the act of congress.
Congress knew when it passed the law that he
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18

President Stickney also explained how re-
bates are given under the guise of elevator fees
and how the midnight tariffs" are made:
Since the injunctions the traffic directors
have stopped paying rebates grain ship
ments, but in lieu thereof have paid elevator
fees, practice which the interstate COM
merce commission has sanctioned as admis-
sible under the law, Notwithstanding it is
evidently a rebate paid to elevator owners
which is not available to ordinary shippers.
The traffic directors have made secret con-
tracts with the traffic directors of large ship
pers at rates below the schedule rates, and,
having thus secured the tonnage in advance
they publish" a schedule containing the con-
tract rates. Such schedules are called mid
night schedules" and have all the effects Of
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
CONDEMNS FREE PASSES

Testifying before the senate committee on
Interstate commerce, President A. B. Stickney Of
The Chicago Great Western railway, criticised the
Eree pass system. He repeated suggestion made
by him several months ago that President Roose-
yelt should set an example to his countrymen
by refusing free transportation. On this point
be said:
AS al individual rule of action the law
against free passes was ignored by the con-
gressmen who passed it and by the president
who approved it, and subsequently congress-
men and president with rare exceptions, have
ignored it's provisions Travelling they pre-
sent the evidence Of their msdemeanor be-
fore the eyes of the public in way which
indicates no regard for the law. The govern
ors of the states, the judges and, in short, all
oficialdom, from the highest to the lowest;
the higher clergy college professors, editors,
merchants, bankers and lawyers present the
evidence of their misdemeanor in the same
manner
There is one man. and but one man,
whose example would be effective, and, I'M
less the American people have misjudged his
character, if he realized that he was trans
crossing the law in accepting the courtesy Of
free transportation, Theodore Roosevelt
would have the virtue and the courage and
ability to set the example which shall awaken
offcialdom and all good citizens to a sense
of the individual duty to obey this law.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18

It is to be regretted that President Stickney
did not discuss in his lucid style another phase OF
the midnight tariff" The Missouri Pacific re-
Gently made secret contract to carry large
tonnage of grain from Omaha to the gulf for ex-
port to Liverpool and other foreign ports The
Missouri Pacific did not give the required three
days notice of reduction in the rates. 1t de-
veloped that the Missouri Pacific and the steam
ship line had agreed on through rates from Omaha
to foreign ports What proportion went to the
Missouri Pacific and what to the steamship
lines was not published, but it was generally
understood that the Missouri Pacific had made
considerable reduction in the rates. When taken
to task for their action the traffic officials OF the
Missouri Pacific asserted that the interstate COM
merce law did not apply to through rail and
water rates, inasmuch as the commissions juris-
diction was limited by the jurisdiction OF the
United States government
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-18
6bs Nebraska Independent

secret rebates. The small dealers are driven
out Of the market, or those who have made
contracts are saddled with losses which the
large dealer pockets as profits and the rail-
way company secures larger tonnage OF
competitive traffic. These legal midnight
schedules can only be prevented by comforting
upon a government commission the sole
power to make such schedules.