BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-28
EDITORIAL.

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positions wAsgA tc.opg - Tie uAiiNes
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rcS are a. ihe mcfcs 81 The taprcrS
and an;ips;hles at incompeien; SUPER
iors Ca 1us more often because
the SaboyGlnatsS show CREATE o.ps-
city and more practical experience ~
deciding any quceuon g ihc prbhC
service
!; is then. th@; the chief on learn
ing that be Is tsurehead. instead
of promoting the 81 o din~te, using
him as. an aid and protecting himsel.
with his knowledge. nc dIssniSses him.
or what's mere ccnsura ole. he asks
him 10 present hi resignation.
In this way the victim OF the.con
ceiiedness of despot on small scale
approved on one side by submissive
adulation, and on the cher BY fear
appears 10 have presented voluntarily
his resignation.
This happens in all the public ofices,
but where 1t is NOR obnCx ouS IS IN
the custom house, in that disastrous
Office which is a -careCrow to our
merchants, driving money from the
island and committing unheard OF
abuses against public interests and The
people money.
To correct public evils, it is neees-
sary 10 first know lheRl; and then see
i. who is to blame and point;out a: radi-
cal remedy. This is what We are
goineto do.
The FIRST part of our labor is finished
the showing up OF the evil.
Who is responsible for the .eonver-
sion OF the Offices Of the administration
into camps Of hated officials OF dual
citizenship, ,,Hho repel the natives, and
divide among themselves with bru-
tai Selflshness, the phenomenal budget
which our spendthrlft and extravasant
representatives place within the reach
of those having such poor concep-
ton of its value Who is to blame
Ii is certainly net the fault Of those
who in exchange tor lhelr rudensS and
abuses; obtain a submissive approval
from tha natives. The singular bu
reuacrats who believe themselves to be
civilizers in = country which can teach
them something OF everything, are not
in fault, because the natlveS.are outside
of the Official sphere. Mr.. Foraker,
who was bold enOught to do any thing
did not arrive at the point OF exagger
alton of calling the citizens Of The
United States, citizens of Porto Rico.
All the glory Of that task belongs te.
the suicidal House OF Delegates that1
surrendered the island 20 the pleasure
of adventurers and foreigners, which
upon defining the citizenship of Porto
Rico in Title II of the Political Code,
declared that all persons born outside
of Porto Rico anG who are citizens Of
the United States residing IN Ports
Rico, shall be citizens Of the Porto
Rico.
The Organic law does not speak Of
this. 1t does not confer the citizenship
of Porto Rico on the Americans surely |
because the natlona, legislator must
have detained himself before this +
reef for the very reason that nc could |
not offer reciprocal privileges to the
Porto Rican, making them citizens Of
the United States, or bccuaoe he plain |
ly understood that all men should |
have but one nationality or citizenship
But what Mr. Foraker did not do, our
Legislators carried into affect, in their
anxiousness to appear lovers OF the in
vading power and to end by opening |
unobstructedly what the master Of the
island did not dare to invade on &C
count of a respectful prudery.
1t was done by the most needy class
es, who, for that very reason were
used by former governments As docile
Instruments.
The Forkaker law speaks of citizens
of Porto Rico and citizens Of United |
states who reside in Porto kico that
is to say, he it makes a distinction, a |
discrimination and separation. On
the other hand, our legislators with =