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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-06
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NOta del dia

Ell emprest1to para las carre-
teras va esta aprobado por la
Camara de Representatives. Es
una bheza Ler que Sera acepta-
da por unanimidad en- el Ejecu-
two.
Los congreganteS tienen a
SuS 0rdeueS I'm million de do
liars. para Comprar cilindros V
AUTOMOBILES, Y pagar dietas al
Comisionado del Interior V a
Sus aC0litoS favoritOS. La con-
gregacion eStara Satisfecha de
la Conducta de la Camara, que
ha antepueSto a todo, la apro-
baci0n de eSe empr6stito, aten-
ia solo a dar gusto a nuestros
tutOreS.
Entire los aplausos de la OPT
MON, y dos o tres fraSes de cor
dialidad fingida de los congre-
gantes, la Camara ha preferido
este uitim0. rs un error nue.
70, una equivoCacion mas, que
puede Sumar a la gran lista de
suS grandeS erroreS.
Sin perluicio de anotarlo, por
ST llega el dia de echarselo en-
cara, los congreganteS aparenta-
ran ahOra una gran satisfaction.
La CondeScendencia extrana del
parlamento les permite hacer
nuevoS despilfarroS Y les CON
tlrma en- su fauna de gastado-
res Y de TumbOSOS.
Teniendo eI dinero asi. con
eSa facilidad, 4 man0S llenas.
tpara que sirve una ley de SUI
baStaS, hi para que la pueden
querer los bur0cratas que com
pran 10 que quieren Y en- donde
quieren, sin preocuparse del
preCiO de las COsas, con una
despreocupaci6n Y una esplen-
didez libreS de tOda c0mpeten-
Cia?
Nuestr0s tutOreS eStan curados
de esas pre0cupaciones cavilo
SaS. que haCen encaneCer V ave
jentan las personals que Sc
cuidan meticulosamente de dar
emple0 legitimo Y ordenado a
los caudales ajenoS.
EllOS malbaratan V tran, Co
mo los mayordomos de casa
grande, lpara que sirve la eco
nomia, nj para que ocuparse de
SuS metOdOs juIciosos, cuand0
el dinero viene d las manos q
chOrrOS. merced a la muniflcen-
cla de una Camara que no sien-
tie el menOr eScrupulo por To-
que hace. nj el menor recelo por
el porVenir2
La implantaci0n de los nue.
vOs m6tOdOs no eS c0sa que pue-
de hacerse sin desembolsOs cos
tosiSimOs. y tai vez entendi6n-
d0lO aSi la Camara, la discreta
mayOria y la condescendiente
mIn0ria, han cOnvenidO en- do
tar a los COngreganteS con OtrOI
million de pesos. para que ST
gan practlCandO ensayoS expe-
rlmentales V comprando cilin-
dr0s como los de Mr.. Elliott l.
pagandO dietas como las de Mr. !
Elliott IL, y rOmpiendo auto
movies como Ell de los subalter.
nos de obras publicas. inclden-
te que tuvO reSonanCia en- las
esferas gubernativas Y merecl0
muy atlnadOs concentrates en-
la opinion.
Con el empr6stito para carre-
teras, Sc ha querido signi6car
acaso que la unica crisis i'm
portante la que tiene ell poder de
preocupar al parlamento Y de
poner Ell agitacion a los parti-
dos polfticos. es la crisis buro-
cratica, es la que pudiera dejar
a is c0ngregantes sin los gran
de- Te1urs05 que estan hechos a
deSp;lfarrar.
ian admirable es este, como
indudable la afntdad etocttvo,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-06

-
tantes, que sc siente atraida,
fascinada, arrebatada por una
sonrisa amable de los ocupan
tes del poder, y en- recompensa
de esa inefable merced, les da
cuanto tiene en- SuS manos V
hasta 10 one no tiene. 10 que no
Ipuede tener en- just1Cia, porque
para reunirlo en- la cuantia que
10 OtreCe. eS neCeSarIO que Su-
fran nuevos abusoS crueles V
barbaraS injusticiaS, las victi
mas de todo este: los contribu-
|yentes, ell pals en- general.
iPero q II e triunfO para los
CO ngregantesl
No han tenidO mas que for
mular sus deseoS, velando en- el
tono de la vOz y en- el gesto, ell
ademan de una amenaza, Y casi
todas sus pretensiones, por ina
ceptables que parecfan, las han
visto cumplidas.
I'm Cambio, los cafeteros, los
Campesinos Ell pals en- general
menos la burocracia Y sus AGO.
litOS, Sc han cansado de pedir
un emprestito para el cafe V no
sc les ha atendido, no sc les ha
hecho case; mi siquiera ha sido
presentado en- la Camara ell pro.
yecto de ley!
81 la Camara 10 que trata de
eSe modO eS de Ocultar Su i'm
pOtencia, otra cOSa es 10 que
demuestra. que le disculpa me
nos a los Oj0s del pals.
Y cuando empiecen los ire
mediables despilfarros V los de-
rroches de dinero arrancado al
pals con inauditas crueldades,
cuandO el pals yea nuevOS cilin-
droS, Il Otras maquinariaS V OBJ
ietOs traldos EN- las mismas con-
dlciOnes de irrespOnSabilidad V
de abandOno, en- que la congre-
gaci0n adquiere todos sus bar
tul0S, Ia aCtitud general habra
de ser fatalmente COntraria a.
los malgastadoreS de los cauda
les publicos y a los obcecados|
completes, que no han tenid0|
siquiera la provision al darles|
el dinerO que pedian en- virtud|
de una ley, de hacer otra lev
que les obligara a emplearlo con
Julcio Y muy ordenadamente,
hacienda todas las compras en-
subaSta publica. Y en- el pals
del que Sc extrae Ell dinero,
slempre que sea possible.
para cuando es que Sc deja|
entonces, alley de subastas, que
obligue a los jefes de los depar
tamentoS a dar mejor empleo|
que EN- la aCtualidad 4 los dine
ros del pueblo2
Escudados en- la irritante irres-
ponsabilidad que ahora disfru-
tan, pueden caer los admi-
nlstradores de ese emprestito
para Carreteras, en- las negligen-
cias Y torpezas mayores. SIM
que el pals tenga a su favor la
mas insignihcante garantia.
ESQ eS 10 que tOdOs tememos.
Por experienced Sc sabe va loI
que puede esperarse, Y 10 que
debe temerSe.
Y 81 en- los pocos dias que fall
tan para Clausurar Ell liamadoI
temple de las leyes no Sc trataI
de corregir la impunidad alar-
mante en- que Sc deia a los fun
clonarloS que han de maneiarI
eSe dinero, la Camara habra
pueSto el apropiado regaton a
la tarea legislative de este afio,
que no desdiCe gran cosa de losl
anteriores.
Y enti6ndase bien que no ira
tamo6 de offender a nadie conI
5ospechas prematuras, aunque
los antecedentes estan en- nues-
tro abono, pOr desgracia.
Pero es que no basta con quel
un tunc1onario tenga honradez,
eS necesarlo que tenga compe-
tencla para saber administrar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-03-06
Gonsejo Ejecutiuo
SESSION DEL Ola (

Sc dl6 principle q la session a las
? de la tarde con Ia asistencia de to-
dos los consejeros.
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substitution of scientific and accurate
weights and measures for feudal relics
believe a time has come for law
making the use of the metric system
compulsory in the United States. They
point out that the standard has been
a legal one since 1866 and that this
country has made its use mandatory
in Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
Practically the same time elapsed be-
tween official recognition and passage
of a compulsory law in France as has
intervened in this country since con-
gress accorded recognition to the
metric system.
Reports from Washington, where
the Society for the Promotion OF
Metric Weights and Measures is hard
at work. and from Boston, where Off
cials are earnest champions of the new
system, reveal the strength of the
movement.
1t is claimed that the principle on
which the metric system is based is so
simple that anyone may learn its es-
sential details in three quarters of an
hour The exposition of it set forth
with such precision by Mr.. Forster
dwells upon its uniformity and ac-
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curacy and the fact that it is easily
understood. widely known and simple
in calculation.
The metre was supposed to be the
ten-millionth part of the distance from
the equator to the pole. and its equiv
alent in English measure is 393-079
inches, or, as it is commonly ex-
pressed, 1897 inches. Great care was
taken in deriving this standard. and,
although subsequent measurements
showed one two hundredth and eigh.
teth of an inch variation, the cacula-
ton has remained unchanged. From
this absolute standard it is possible to
derive all the units which are required.
Its mutiples expressed by the Greek
prefixes, go from ten to ten thousand
and the metre is divided into decimal
parts expressed by Latin prefxes.
The tables of metric length would
therefore be as follows:
One myrametre equals 10000 me
tres.
One lilOmetre equals 900 metres
One hectometre equals 100 metres.
One decamelre equals 10 metres.
One metre.
one decimetrc equals one-tenth Of
metre.
one centime,re equals one-hundredth
of metre,
One millimetre equals One-thOu-
sandth of a metre.
From this table can be calculated the
measures OF volume, the cubic metres.
the cubic centimeres and others, and
also the measures of capacity, begin
ming with the litre, which is vessel
containing a cubic decimetre.
The simplicity of the system is dem
onstrated by a small rule which many
Americans are now carrying in their
waistcoat pockets. i is a decimetre
in length. a centimctre in width and a
milIimetre in thickness. It's contents
are therefore a cubic centimetra. and
If ia were a cube filled with Standard
izei water fl would weigh a gramme
Taking the specific gravity Of steel it
Is easy t0 determine that the weight of
the small scale would be - sramua5.
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The Fashions of the Day

follow no one fashion-ani Is IT not
true that the American woman is
building up an individuality of style
that bids fair to lessen the prestige
of the long,ruling Parsian?
We have recently had a peep at
spring models, and though it is some
what early 10 talk OF fashions that are
to bloom late in the spring we feel
tempted TO let fall a word or tive
anent soou-to-be shown designs, There
are to he some very smart walking
suits Of the three. piece order, the fea
ture that skirt and waist match and
that the jacket is separate affair,
foi instance, there will be a shirt-waist
suit of brown and blue check the
checks small and neat, and worn with
this acket of either blue or brown,
the whole making for harmony rather
than sharp contrast
Brown, that color whose beauties
are from time to time brought for
ward, is now much to the fore as
trimming. II has been found that IT
serves about as we'll as black to re
fine and tone down. and this year we see
women wearing a brown hat with a
pale blue gown, with the old-roSe so
fashionable now, and with prunes and
plums and reds, touch of brown with
the peacock tones. is the height OF
fashion, and fancy may have started
with the rage for brown fur trimming
that has marked the season at the
French capital.
Again tempted TO refer 10 spring
fashions, we would speak of the fact
that there are going to be some very
attractive long-coat suits in silk, In
the same breath we would mention
that the short Elton coat will lead for
wrap and other costumes In cloth a
lcng redingote is pretty heavy ana
burdensome. and save in silk it Will
not be 50 popular as it has been.
Silk is extensively used for trim
mings the plated frills are new and
pretty; there is a liking among dress
makers to make sleeves, girdle and
woke OF a wool gown of another fab
ric, and silk is preferred above olherS
The allsilk dress for evening wear is
the best style, and a more serVlceaple
costume than this cannot be had; with
little changes here and there, it Will
do for any hour of the day or even
ing.
The graceful wrap here pictured Is
one of those ever-available possessle1s
plain enough for day time, elegant
j enouar for evening: for carriage q
for walking. although too cumbersoM,
/ for a very long tramp. But 1t Is
very desirable wrap 10 own.
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Tile icrm 'metrie system" is a fs
4 liar one and is commonly lhcI-
stCod to designate the I:ench standard
of weights and measures, but it may
not be SO generally known that in 1866
the United States took the first step
towards introducing the system into
this country by legalizing its use and
since the acquisition of Porto Rico and
the Philippines has made its use in
those islands compulsory, and further,
it may not be known that at the pres
ent time there is a movement on foot
to make its use compulsory in this
country.
Under present conditions there are
three legal systems of weight in COM
mon use in this country: Avoirdupois,
troy and apothecary. And as to meas
ures, they are of all kinds. There Is
the gallon the imperial gallon and the
wine gallon, all different The states
have assorted gallons for various COM
modities. A milk gallon is the stan
dard size in New York, 231 cubic
inches, in Minnesota the farmer
has to sell 2S2 cubic inches to the mill
gallon or go to Jail. Barrels come in
all sizes Some are 42-gallon barrels,
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others hold 80 and some half a gallon
less
Every state has a bushel or two of
its own devising Vermont as recently
as 1896 enacted law that as far as
certain commodities were concerned
"one bushel and three-quarters of a
peck should be considered a bushel." :"
Many of the untrammelled common
wealths also prescribe how many
pounds Of certain products shall be
considered bushel. There are at least
six different bushels in the oyster
trade about Chesapeake Bay, the lar
gest one being the Washington yari-
ETY., which has to be standard size.
Otherwise the container would be
smashed on sight. There are all kinds
of miles; mile which is more than
mile is a geographical mile. Land is
still measured in arpents in remote To-
calities. Lumber is reckoned in ac-
cordance with ten different scales and
drawings and castings are figured at
figures which bear little relation to
their label names.
Such absurd confusion and differ
ence ; reason enough for the abolish
ment of the obsolete English system
of weights and measures and the adop-
ton of the more scientific and uniform
one OF the metric system. The advo-
Gates Of the new system are to intro
duce bill in congress this year max
ing its adoption compulsory, and
everywhere the prediction is confident
~ made that both in the United States
and Great Britain the pilgrimage to-
ward the goal of civilized neurology
will during the year 1906 be brought
to a close.
1t seems incredible" said Mr. T J.
Rand recently before the Franklin In
stitute. that nation so far advanced
as the United States ought to he in
civilization, should weigh its copper by
one standard, its silver by another.
diamonds by a third and IL medicines
by q foartf-all interchangeable only
by means Of fractions
8ra IL made the change IN 1879. and
other south American countries have
adopted lie system. ana advocates Of
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struggles. The peace Of Westphalia,
which terminated the Thirty Years
war O6lS-iS), secured for France
along with other territory, Alsace, with
its ten important cities.
France became very heady, and even
made demands that the imperial crown
be given young Louis XIV, and when
the German electors put Leopold on
the throne, throughout his long reign
he was harassed by the usurpations of
the French sovereign. The League OF
Augsburg was formed against France.
then followed the war of the league.
when the French army invaded the
Rhine Palitinate.
In 1851 the French took Strasburg,
which important city had long held
out against them, and in 1897 they
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were confirmed In their possession by
the treaty of Ryswick But by this
treaty France was called upon to cede
to Germany certain border towns, and
, certain estates 10 the house of Lor
rainn
In the Second Grand Alliance, the
Germans were again arrayed against
the French The war resulted in great
misery for the French nation. "All the
old dreams of French cOnqueSts in the
Spanish Netherlands, in Italy and In
Germany, were dispelled, and the
French generals were now struggling
desperately and skillfuIly to defend
brought this war TO an end, the king
dom Of Prussia emerged
In the Alliance of Hanover, France.
Prussia and England banded together
against Austria and Spain. Later,
France and Austria were at war, war
ended by the treaty of Vienna, by
which treaty France "at last got firm
hold of the much desired Lorraine
country" In the Seven Years war, an
alliance, chief members Of which We're
Austria France and Russia, waged war
against Frederick the Great; a result,
Prussia rose to the front rank OF Eu-
ropean powers From 1892 95 Prussia
and France were at war,
When revolutionary France stirred
the nations to enter into the Alliance
of the Great Powers, dissensons and
jealOusies broke the strength Of the
union. Meantime the French, with an
energy and determination, which, con
sidering their unparalleled difficulties,
were truly heroic, had assembled near
ly million men, During the Napo-
leOniC reign, we find the Germans in
the first coalition Of the continental
powers against France; and In the
fourth Prussia. Russia, England and
SaXony stand against the man of amb,-
tion IN the sixth, Russia Sweden,
Austria England and Pruss are t.
Ecthor, Napoleon loses the decisive
battles of Icipsic and Waterloo Prus-
sia had been reduced to a second.
state, but by the peace of Vienna It got
bdth ll'di - al llo IIb5"tNNiDlT.
After tho Franco-German war Of
1901 Prussia became the main state
in the new German empire ard France
aad 10 give MP what is now known as
the imperial German province OF Al
saCe-L Lorraine. The territory ceded
consisted Of AsaCc less Belfort ard
the fifth part of Lorraine.
France Of late has endcavored to
Dacify rather than arouse Germany.
and it was due to German opposition
TO NJ DelCasse in the foreign Office hat
this statesman was replaced by one
acceptable 10 Berlin. But f. ench
meekness seems 10 have had its day.
he number Of Frenchmen increasing
that demand less conciliatory att
tude toward Germany; the old French
military spirit Is not dead.
And to-day France is not isolated is
not unfrieuded To-day English and
French show strong disposition to for
get Waterloo the ancient grudge Is
softeueI But the Franco German
pruare is not likewise softened Alsa g.
Lorraine not forgotten,
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The gown makers continue to turn
out skirts in three lengths; the short,
practical one; the all-round length for
afternoon wear. which just touches
the ground; and the really long, long
all around, perhaps three inches lying
on the floor, the kind supposed to give
statuesQue appearance to the wear
er The latter is generally becoming
and to be recommended for house
wear. Skirts are still sheath.like. per-
haps even more so than they have of
late been; and there is not quite SO
much concern for the flare at the bot
tom, although in some mysterious way
lot of fullneSs is attained.
In Paris the princess and Empire
robes appear TO have banished almost
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At this time of year the stores dis
play new things in wrappers and tea
jackets, and the latest thing in under
wear is now put out for my lady's con
sideration. We observe in our study
Of prevailing modes that the princess
has invaded negligee apparel, and we
vote the princess wrapper a stately
and graceful garment. Empire Styles
are very good also. the skirt and waist
Joined in lines most becoming to the
individual wearer. Sometimes the
princess wrapper is cut in one piece,
but oftener in two. 1t is fitted to the
figure by means of small tucks that
stop just above the hips, simulate a
girdle. Not infrequently an elaborate
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the natural boundary of France on
the east was the Rhine; aud in the
middle Of the sixteenth century. when
war broke out between Emperor
Charles V. and his Protestant subjects
of north Germany, the king Of France
Henry ! offered 10 defend the Ger
man PrOtestants against their own EN-
peror. entered into an alliance with the
Protestant princes and offered to send
an army to their aid The French were
to take temporary military occupation
OF three bithopriCs. each having some
portion of territory lying within the
duchy OF Lorraine and II was stipu-
lated the French were not otherwise
to Interfere with the German fiefs. But
from their entrance into the land the
French treated Lorraine as a con
quered country The three bishopric7
Of T0ul. Ncrdun ana Metz Ties Troi5
Evcches} we're annexed to France in
1852
Eventually the whoe province II
lorraine came into possession u
Fgauce af,er series Of Devastating
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Just when Emperor William, in cele-
bration OF the wedding of his son, the
crown prince, was relaxing little
from his world survey, from rigid ad
herenCe to the dictum nothing must
be done on the globe without the sane
tion of Germany" word came that
France, lately SO peaceful OF attitude,
was dispatChng troops close to Ger
manys borders, In response, the Ger
man government has sent in a rush or
der for railroad equipment which
would enable the kaiser to throw nis
army with exceeding rapidity on the
French frontier. The whole world
shrinks from another war, hopes pres
ent threatenings may stop ere fateful
declaration is made but the world
knows the kaiser has announced he is
not SATISFIED with the policing of the
Morocco Algerian frontier: this, and
lesser but still serious questions, aC-
counted matters that must soon have
definite settlement
OF late years, France, once given to
mad militarism, has been devoted to
/
of strife and strife stirring. That this
state of affairs has not been pleasing
to the kaiser is we'll expressed in an
article in the Contemporary Review:
"William II, was angry at the moral
success Of the wise. moderate and con-
ciliatory diplomacy which the republic
had made her own for some years
I a..
erything which tended to draw France
out of the isolation to which It was the
stroke of genius Of Prince Bismarck to
| place her"
The Bismarckian policy-let us re-
view il. For 50 years it ruled Europe,
! 1t placed the diplomatic center Of the
world at Berlin. Bismarck created a
united Germany and desired dis
united continent Hungary was iso-
! lated then France attacked, and at
tempt made to isolate Russia and Eng
| land. But Russia and France Joined
hands. England kept warily ont of en-
! tanglements.
In the ancient days there was a pow
erful confederation of German tribes,
| known as the Franks. in ancient days
the Franks invaded Gaul, and it Is
1~back to these German invaders the
Gallic people, much as they dislike to
do, must trace the name Of their cOun-
try, France TO balance this however,
the Gaus have the credit Of naming
their eastern neighbor "germani. a"
Charemagnc was really a German and
Church tells MS it was a mistake to
look upon his as predecessor Of the
kings who reigned at Paris and
brought glory upon France. The king
dom Of France grew from the dismem-
bercd empire of Charlemagnc.
The region called Lorraine has va
ried from time to time, but has always
been on the border between France
and Germany. For many centuries
French statesmen held 10 the idea that
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b0lero is added TO the wrapper, which
thus becomes a house gown ana
quite dressy enough to wear al dinner
such a gown is Indispensable to the
wearied society woman, and the busi.
ness woman might well adopt 1t to
luxuriate in after the stress OF the
day is over.
The French woman has better taste
in underwear than the average Amer
lean woman; the former goes In for
fineness and exquisite handWork the
latter for showy trimming But there
seems some improvement noticeable,
lately. and we find the better under
wear less elaborate. Of superior ma
terial In nightgown- considerable
trimming is allowed. however, and the
n,cdg illustrated is a far sample Il
Is mafa I1&ile style with low,
square neck, which may D. may not
De- filed IN just as one fancies The
material used is fine uails90k the
vest is of rucks alternating With in