BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-28
EDITORIAL.

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Il is already Known how he labor
no class i've IN Porto Rico.
Ii Is no; necessary for us ~ give an
Affecting descrip ion Of that. nor is It
oui object - paint the sad picture Of
the way the laborer lives IN san uan.
We have on various occasions gi
ven a general description OF the Condi-
tions which grieve and sadden The
heart. re ieciins charity, which is no
solution nor does II mitigate The dis
tress OF social plisery, neither can II
compensate for the poverty Of their
resources. II i not radical or an
effective remedy.
But We know Of remedy On other
occasions we have 5, ken Of this pro
iect; when that vioiclt order Of eva
cuation was issued against the neigh
borS Of the r. rth Pole. We h2d 10
speak of method that TO us appeared
excellent for solution Of the problem
for the subsstcn # the laborers in
San Juan and throughout the island,
looking for economy before lpCre aslng
wages. for in that consists the definite
and real solution. Already the prices
Of the most favored products are sub ::
iect to many hICluatiOnS, osclllating
with great fr quency regardless OF
the amount OF pro uctlon, OF the SIZE
of the crops at he will If mercantile
combinations and at the pleasure Ct
the trusts.
The safest method according 10 the
eminent german sociologlst to whom
we are referring, is to reduce the ex-
pcnses Of the laborer, because indus
trial changes and mercantile Specu
lations and other accidents disturb tho
scale of wages with much frequency
For this reason, keichenberg has
conceived the project OF Wolkmens
Hotel.
Such buildings to be constructed 50
as to have plenty Of air, light, gard
ems, ample dining rooms and comfort
able sleeping quarters, making the
project Of the wise german the true
ideal OF living for the laborer.
We have spoken before OF The i'm
provcment ii the living conditions Of
The workmen as being the great aim
of the soclologists to render more
agree bic and better their lives and
homes.
Now it is Workmens Hotel. Su-
perior to anything it IS possible to-
imagine &C nomlcal and accessible to
all. until the point is reached says the
eminent Reichenberg, of family
con SlStlnS Oh luS ldtuC4, tHC h'o|Asi
and three sons, living in one OF these
hotels at cost of forty cents a day.
Putting aside TO- a moment the alb
surd co tertion that thee hotels
would look like asylums or barracks,
we will show how San Juan might
erect several OF these buildings on he
outskirts of tAe city for housing the
working class.
They might be built by the Ayunta-
miento; but il might better serve the
purpose to interest capital, guarantee
ing the investment an income, tor ex-
ample, of eight per cent tor several
Assured of an income, there is no
doubt but what the Workmens Hotel
wils be IN immediate reality, because
nae capital, if backward, needs no
more than a safe guarantee, such as
could be furnished by the municipality
to assist an enterprise which we be
neve to be one Of great utility and ab-
solutely feasible.
The problem Of the laborer has also
the solution of providing an associa
ton for mutual benefit and protection.
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