BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-31
EDITORIAL.

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productive SrVtt..rv 80 Porto kleo
olSiFac;iua him iroG hls PeIliouS
inclinail.ns las ir.D4uiil4ed Us bc
cause il would be deplorcd ih.; ;scse
proc'iNi.ics a0u'2 .ausc 'lc country
to lose one OF II mos; ilus;rioais in
ventors. and the BOTTOMS and keels-:.of
skips us Most gallant protector.
He has aow 10 develop in Porto
Rico this embryonic gloFy Work has
fallen TO him here '-
Let him apply Is he can the inven-
sion of preserving Ct ships bottoms
to tine preserv-tion II i sulsr funds.
and if unfortunately il has no possible
application, as I is t. be feared in view
of the indications marked by the
budget, gaze then Upon foiled
martyr Of science (miraculously saved
in our colony for experience has not
demonstrated TO him that Porto Rico
is too impoverished to bear the ex-
penses Of 2 budget known 10 the
Councilmen and which we had the
disagreeab'e duty Of commenting
upon yesterday.
To what has already been said we
have something to add.
The functionarles who intervene in
the expenditure of the public monies
should render complete accounts to
the owner of the money This owner
is the people.
1t is important thst1it3be known
how and when IT'S money was out
:layed, to avoid, In c3n1fng years, the
zscandalous extravaganza III the form
Of steam rollers writing-desks pres
ses, and. perhaps even, automobiles,
which have been carried on under
the shelter of budgets which place
literally in the hands of four or SIX
officials, hundreds of thousands OF
dollars.
The administrators need advice and
all the more so when they are not
elected but. appointed. They should
disburse the money at: their disposal
with great care and with faultlesS
ability. because honesty is not suffi
Cient; it is not sufficient in an Off
cial, he may be very honest but very
stupid Among Us the PUBLIC servants
have lost the character of officials and
have been converted into perpetual
tutors.
The people live in a depressing
and continual age minority, without
asking for any account and without
having laws with which to justify
their natural wants.
Abuse, on one side and indifference
on the other, are already overstep-
ping the boundary.
The government and administration
of the island demand serious formal
tiles which are not carried out.
We are in nee. Of officers respons-
ible for their conduct in the affairs
of administration that they should
give detailed statements Of their
work. w we also want that there be
known beforehand, defined and
shown minutely, the employment
to be given TO the money Of the
budget, which we naturally must
qualify as enormous and ruinous
Each department should have what
is strictly indispenss Bile, in order
to operate the administrative organism
but with a previous detailed report,
explaining the purpose 10 which the
money is to be put.
Under the present form of govern-
ing the people. we are going straight
and in direct line 10 complete ald |
disastrous ruin.
Our administrators despite all that
may be said, are absolutely ignorant
of the conditions of the island; they
have no other administrative mold or
pattern than the made.lo oyder and |
strange one used for the opulent states
of the United States.
Our tutors have not even taken to
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