BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-01
EDITORIAL.

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shed. a. described u ,hc daily reports
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ASSsssina'ion. robbefles and ASA
ul;S sre IL, oucni and - perveries sic
lac pubhc in.iinc;S o; Justice ,s@t
N court of justice. the s;upencous
case has been presented that the
soconplicrs in a CRIME of a<S ssination
have been found without the discovery
o; ,he au hor ot Inc crime iisef.
Among the new items road today
from Humscap. there IS one that
would seem rdicaiou~ did no, sober
reflection show inc seriousness of the
question involved. because II nlsnifesis
70 what an extreme OF boldresS and
temeriiy the present cglsIS has lead
the public mind.
An Insular Police lieutenant went
10 the assistance of a citizen whose
house was assaulted by robbers as
was natural he left his horse At the
door. believing that no oae would
dare to touch II because OF its owners
hip; but on coming from the bouse
he discove ed his error; the horse had
been stolen!
This might serve as a humorous
item Of news but beyond question
it show, the lengths TO which de- pera-
tion will lead.
Ruin misery and scarcity bring an
inevitable increase OF crime.
In Europr, the cruel winters whose
long night bring hunger and distress
to hearth stonea re Dreaded because
of the eff CT on public wealth and the
abnormal increase caused by want
and misery.
Upon US has fallen the severer
winter Of mlsforiune. A winter long
and merciicSs. A cruel winner. 7
In the boblos so great IS the des-
peration caused by misery, that q
species ofslunacv mas token possession
of many good men, leading the NJ TO
attack lives and prope ty, where
hunger long exists, honor and virtue
must soon Ot come weakened.
Ii is n, CT ssar, 10 say these things 10
those IN puwtr. We must repe- t them m
again, b. ecauae thJ>e who are in aulhO-
rltY seem incapable of knowing the
facts, or their ca scs and provluin9 q
remedy; they are as ignorant As II
they lived III all lnrt4l wOTId.
And Il wou even seem that IN
the midst Of he ruin that thrt aten>
to overwh i'm Us, they were interesttd d
IN its perpe tuatlon and IN the increase
Of crime. Inca pable Of reniedylng the
situation, theJ appear - be really
the ones resp nslDIc for tAe state "
anarchy.
As matter Of fact they are unable
TO do otherwise, they are incapable
OF tQlnklHS u CI ISd SODluS OCt"uoS OA
lack of BRAINS.
.aA little while apo when We tried TO
convince them OF the ueCe hlty ot a
loan as a T, ,medy for the evils which
we lament todty they thought We
were speaking, as 1t were, Of some
astronomical turOrem.
Ia their ignorance, they they think
they are dong Whit is best, tina, the
art of gov. rument consists in s4uecZ
ing out OF the taxpayers enough TO
cover their bu, del some budgets. they
think the most agreeable Spectacle
for people : th4t Of an oriental and
satraplc bureaucracy; and SO as a M
tural result, tue sc detcstd ble tunttlo-
narieS walk in the beaten pathway
without understan ing the situation
nor aware Of the abyss lnIo which they
are leading he people.
One would think hey were wicked
and evil men bat instead, they ar
blunderrrs. The fact 10 they are SUI
fering from an enlarge mcnt OF the
craniuR because they find themselves
occupying positions which they were
never BIN = fill, thy { like people
in balon whose ropes have been cut
by some mischlevouS bystanaer. i
Their j. iuCy generates a feeling Of