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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-14
POlftica rsusa

No Sc ha Ocu'tedo al Gear de Rusis
el hecho de que para apasiguar eficaz-
snente el espfritu revolucionario en- ell
seno del proletariado, Sc hace indispen.
sable dar soluci6n al problema agrario
antes que todo. Para quienes han
puesto en- duda las buenas intenciones
y sincere deseo del Emperador en fa-
vor del pueblo, no ha podido menos
que sorprender la noticia de que antes
de dos semanas Sc prolonsara un ukase
imperial erdenando la Comisi6n Agra
ria que de principle la distribution
de cerca de veinte millones de fanega
das de terreno, de las cuales, mas de
la mitad son propiedad de la corona.
Esta Saba disposition del gobierno
ruso, demuestra con mas claridad que
otra cuslquiera, ell error voluntario, y
por 10 mismo imperdonable, en- que
5ncurri6 la Deuna al proceder en- opo-
sici6n alberta sistematica contra Ell
Trono; contribuir4. no hay duda, po-
ner de manifesto ante el pals la falta
de patriotiSmo de los mjembros del
Parlamento. quienes ST hubiesen obrado
cen mas tacto y menos egofsno, ha-
brian contribuido evitar una in6ni-
dad de males que va Sc han sentido Y
los que faltan a1n por aparecer.
Sc dira, y a case no sin raz6n, que
el gobierno imperial ha demorado lar
go tempo en- dar un paso semejante,
impuesto por las condolences del pals
reclamado q gritos por ell pueblo,
Sin EN- barge, precise es tener en- cuenta
que las circunstancias sc han prcsenta-
do de tai modo y con tan inesperados
caracteres, que dificil habfa sido pre-
sentirlas mucho menos preyenirlas
La guerra con ei Jap6n, y SuS de-
sastrosas consecuencias para Rusia
cuando nadie pudo sospechar que tales
reveses courier an, colecaron al C2ar
en- una situaci6n tan erizada de diff
cultades, que jamas pudo i'm aginar que
ol espfritu reaccionario sacara prove
.cho de esa hora de dolor dueo ma
cionales. para lamar al pats en- brasos
de la revolnci6n interna; Y menos adu,
que una vez demostraba su buena in
tenci6n de atender d las justa demar-
das de sus subdjtos, Sc pretendiera no
va un cambio en- las inStitpcioneS. sino
"a absolute rulna del siStema Imperial.
Priacipio quieren las cosas;y no po.
dra desconocerse que el gobierno GO
mienza bien. Resuelta satisfac ctor:a-
snente Il question agraria, los otros
sroblemas son de mas facil soluci6r, =
ella Sc llegara Y por 10 mismo es.
tristemente criminal que los reaccio-
narios Sc obstinen en- querer decidir
de la suerte del pals por medic del
asesinato. Quien es de tai sue,te pro
ceden, reve]an que mas que para ciu-
dadanos libres nacieron para habitar
perpetuidad en- las estepas de ST.
)eria.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-14
VISTA HACE f.


comprometfa sufragar los gastos de explotac6n
perfmetro determinado
anadia:
-Pero todo 4 condici6n de que Sc ahonde Ell
solar mucho mas que haya llegado hacerlo odos
los deras.
Micent Observable Mr.. Robinson; allf como en-
todas parties lie aparecfa superior por certas fscuta
dcs del espirtu pero ella hubese peferido ohu
biese querido de geniadad que consumia
ntelgentes generosidades de obsentacon vandosa
que parecia 1neo movil, aunque realmente to-
vivo interes en- las de que alardea ba.
Al enrar Ia comtva en- la piramede de Dumas Ar
chibaldo pregunt6 su gufa:
-lCree v que seria possible demoer una de estas
pirzmides transporter los msterales para
irla tai y lugar?
Lo hubiese apostado murmurS Luisa de Banneleu
Sc al dido de Moucheron: ell mastadonte piensa la
enorme tumba que admrara al mundo despues de
su muerte; deseara tener piramide dc Egipto,
ell cementerio de New York
-iY aunque asf fuera! dijo Emilio los FaTaones no
tenfan ora preocupoci6n mayor durante mi vida sin
embargo eran unos monarcas su decentes, juzgar
por 10 que dice NJ Cruas.
-iAh!
va estamos en- la camara fuleraria de Ia faraon.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-14
Buena noticia

In ell antique y muy acreditado es-
tablecimiento Bazaar de ropa hecha y
Sastreria dc r. Monies, 50 scaba do
recibir TN immense surtido de casi-
mires ingleses y franceses, los que
ofrece q su numerosa clientela nj
p1blico en- general.
En- ropa hecha tambieu hay un ex-
tense surtido de elegantes trajes, los
que Sc detallan desde 81 a $I4. Cuen-
Ia tambien Ell Bazsr con un srrtido de
abrigos para caballeros y nlf1os, propies
para viajes, gorras. camisas, cuellos.
pun0s, tirantes, Cinturones, ligaS, cal
zoncilllos. corbatas, medias, y muchos
rlas artfculos del ramo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-14
HAGNESIA AEREADA ANTTBTLI0SA
DE ]. M. BLANCO

Con ST uso desapar ecc ell extrcf1i-
miento, indigestion, dolores de cabs
"a, jaqueca, bills, &1ido del est6ma go,
en- general todos los desarreglss pro-
ducidos por el est0mago intestlnos.
E'asAsacSG 90 E9Gnce.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16

tended trip to the eastern markets. They
didn't cross the ocean.
Mr.. A. M. Baldridge. buyer for new
cloaks, suits and ready-to-wear sections,
comes from Marshall Field & Company.
Chicago. He is an expert on imported
goods. and an authority on styles. He
declares, without compunction, that ''the
fall styles of 1906 are in most senses a de-
parture from all previous ideas. Designs"
says Mr.. Baldridge. ARE unique-cut,
hang swing and contour are perfection"
Mr.. Baldridge is very enthusiastic on his
stock of evening gowns-from designs for
evening wear in Princess gowns, such ss
have never yet been shown outside New
York. Philadelphia and Beston-will have
a place in his peerless display. He VIII
show evening wraps and dresses. street
gowns for Ak-sar-Ben and Horse Show
week. such as will entrance the fashion
notions of western femininity.
In addition to gowns, cloaks. suits and
all other accessories in ladies' ready-to-
wear needs. Mr.. Baidridge will show line
OF furs-natural mink sable and ermine
furs-their values such that Omaha will
learn to know speedily that the Bennett
store is the one place in which furs can be
bought economically and satisfactorily
Contiguous to Mr. Baidridge's depart
ment, there's the corset. muslin underwear.
waists, wrappers. kimonas and petticoat
departments. in charge Of Miss Rabinowitz,
a thoroughbred Omaha girl-ambitious. de-
termined and thoroughly qualified. On the
eastern markets she is known as a woman
of great discriminating taste and ability.
From a trip TO the east she returns to
Omaha enthused regarding styles. and pre-
pared TO pitch herself right into the arena,
knowing full well that ''the goods back
OF her" are the very finest that buying
skill can procure. Miss Rabinowitz is
proud OF having secured the la Grueque"
corset, exclusively for Omaha, and others
well known in western merchandising.
These are destined 10 create stir in west
ern fashion circles. OF the lingerie waists,
the messaline and superb plaids-the
counters will speak.
One OF the most attractive departments
OF the new dry goods sections will be the
infants and children's ready to wear dts
play on the second floor. The young lady
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16

in charge is Miss Esther Simons. EVERY
thing in children's wear. from one-day-
old necessity to a kindergarten introduce
ton and bit beyond. will be shown
embracing the daintiest and most delicate
ideas the world knows regarding infants
lingerie. This department will be an
especial feature OF Benefits new dry goods
sections.
Mr.. r. A. Cramer will have charge of
the silks, dress goods. wash goods ami
domestics. He is also a product OF the
great Scottish dry goods syndicate OF
America. and springs fresh from the J. E
Manix company of New York. On his
eastern trip he secured a very large line
of exclusive foreign noveltiesf and is posi-
tive that nobody else in the state has any
thing to compare with them. They are
mostly of French material. and are wholly
hand designed, some of them running as
high as SOS a yard.
'Plaids," says Mr.. Cramer. will pre-
dominate this season. Stripes, and broad
cloths are very unique and pleasing. Do
mestics are very pronounced" He Is SAN
guine that his department will. by merit.
elaborate display and cut prices. establish
itself as headquarters for "piece goods In
Omaha's dry goods world"
Mr.. ]. J. McDonough, buyer of linens
and white goods. is a young Irishman.
born ana trained in historic Limerick. the
famous treaty stone city of stirring times.
Mr.. McDonough comes from the fine dry
goods house of Joseph Horne & Company,
Pittsburg. where he had been for nine
years, prior 10 which time he was six years
with Schlesinger & Mayer of Chicago. He
speaks glowingly' OF the fine importations
he secured OF linen and white goods, an
enormous quantity Of which are from Bel
fast, ireland. and the historic old town OF
DunfermIine. Scotland He win 'offer q
special display Of French and German
white goods and linens and he confidently
looks forward to a successful debut q ''If
quality. variety and right prices mean
anything in Omaha. my department Is a
winner from the word CO." says Melon
ough. rh
Mr.. M. J. Malone. win have control OF
the hosiery. gloves. handkerchiefs. etc. He
is also an energetic freshman. born and
trained to his business In Milton Malbay.
County Clare. Ireland. thereafter moving
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16


name and lineage to raise a commotion in
this country. He is the grandson Of that
John Caldwell Calhoun whom Andrew
jackson threatened to hang for sedition,
who was secretary Of war during Monroe's
second administration. vice president of the
United States from 1929 to 1888, and became
the leader OF the ultra-states rights faction
OF the democratic party. John C. Calhoun's
father was an Irishman named Patrick
Calhoun, the namesake of the president OF
the United Railroads, who was in turn the
descendant of Scottish immigrant who
settled In the north of Ireland Patrick
Calhoun is a lawyer and became noted In
financial circles for the part he took In
consolidating a number OF small railroads
in the system now known the Southern
railway. which gridirons the states south
Of the Potomac and Ohio and east OF the
Mississippi. Several states owned interests
In these railroads or had laws which stood
In the way Of their acquisition and consoi-
idation. Mr.. Calhoun displayed great abil-
ity and adroitness in getting the states to
sell their interests and enact legislation
removing the obstacles to consolidation.
The prestige Of his name and family greatly
aided him in this work. which was the
groundwork OF one Of the largest railway
systems in America. Patrick CaIhoun's
brother. John c. Calhoun. was at one time,
and may be yet. cotton planter in Mis-
sissippi. 1T is rather coincidence" says
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Revolution in Omaha's Dry Goods Activities

TO william Todd g. Co.. the famous Linn
erick linen house. He has had enviable
luck In America. On his trip to New
York, from which he has recently re-
turned, he made arrangements for special
importations of fine hosiery from Chemnitz,
Germany. He boasts an exclusive and in
comparable line. His leading glove-tha
Maggioni-will be an exclusive item in
Omaha glovedom. In other words. IL can't
be bought elsewhere than In Benefits
glove department. Other lines. all OF them
leaders. will be handled. The leading mills
of America have yielded gigantic quotas OF
underwear at the bidding OF the redoubtable
Malone. His line Of foreign and domestic
handkerchiefs. mostly exclusive lines. will
set a pace In sales volume and will give
an impetus to feminine interest in such. be-
cause of a nigh endless variety and easy
price. g1sf-
Mr.. n. @. Metzger win have control OF
the laces, embroideries, women's neckwear,
veilings. ribbons. fancy goods and notions
departments, He comes to the Bennett
Company from Younker Bros of Des
Moines. He has been east for several weeks
on the markets and declares that the
Plauen goods Observation-Disclosures their sup
posed scarcity-wiil have their most elab-
0rato ana extenooo e1pOSitiOn IN inc new
Bennett dry goods departments. Novelties
arc pronounced. the market full OF now
things. In laces. silk ciunys win predomi-
nate.
In womsn.s neokwear ruffs are partiou-
larry good. Ostrich boas are very fne and
win be prominently shown. His Showing
OF laces aud veiiings viii be such a. have
never yet been surpassed. In ribbons.
plaids viii take the lead. and In notions. his
recherche will be such as has never been
anticipated. even by competition. The en-
larsed space given 70 Mr.. Metzges's Depart
ment win give him q. transcendant oppor-
tunity for displaying the many superb lines
indigenous 20 his art
The Bennett Company has set out its
pins for an enormously increased business.
determined to put the new dry goods sec
tons on the same plane OF public popu-
larity and satisfaction-giving; merit win
count. varieties will be astonishing. value
giving win dominate ana competition win
be touched up.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Jfm HilI,. New Roaa..

understand that Mr.. Hills plans for the
future comprehend an enormous addition
TO his present principally. He is building
feeders all along the Great Northern and
is steadily adding new lines TO each system.
lie recently bought II is said. the con-
trolling interest in the Missouri. Kansas a
Texas to give his Burlington trafic an out
let to the Gulf of Mexico. and the Great
Northern IL reaching out toward Canada
20 grab the new wheat belt at q dozen diff
ferent points. This octopus OF the north
west already has one claw on Winnipeg
and another on the great coal mines of
British Columbia. while a half dozen others
are working northward into the agricul-
turnl regions. He sneers at the idea OF a
possible railroad to Hudson bay saying
that II would last a thousand years, for tho
road would soon be covered with fee. At
the same time well posted Canadians tell
me that ne has charter for such road
by way OF Brandon. and that II the other
lines start toward that great inland sea he
will be on ~ ground as soon as they
Mr.. Hi 8 also building number of
roads ina northwest He has lines to the
mines Of British Columbia. and under
stand will make extensions on to Van
eouver. He expects 10 run a branch down
20 Portland. which VIII shorten the route
from Chicago to that city by over 200 miles.
and II Is said that he win build road
from Portland 20 San Francisco between
the Cascade mountains aud the Pacific
ocean with a water-level grade. which win
reduce the time between those two points
about twelve hours. The Burlington sys-
TEN viii eventually be extended to San
Fsncisco. and altogether the northern halt
Of our great west win not soon alp from
sails mans hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16


may have surfeit. and boom days arc not
always proofs of stability. A city's genuine
growth is best displayed by the spring
ing up OF great factories, the introduction
Of new Industries, and the progressiveness
of retail merchandising. When the latter
finds expression in the rearing of palatial
stores. 1t is then that a city becomes a
Metropolis.
This is Omaha in fact. The big depart
ment store. owned and operated by the
Bennett company had "a splendid isoi-
ation." four and one-half years ago. II
IL now I" the key to the new retail center"
great buildings crowd around It.
The Bennett company Is gradually alb
sorbing all departments operated under
the Bennett roof. With the complete re-
movai of every cents worth Of stock
owned by the parties hitherto proprietors
OF the dry goods section-the Bennett COM
pany is ready TO install the heaviest and
most varied lines OF dry goods merchandise.
and the most intelligent dry goods sales
force.
These pictures OF the buyers and managers
Of the new departments. each as yet un-
familiar to the Omaha buyer, by sheer
force of saleship ability. devotion to a
customers interests and personal mag
netfsn-with every facility at hand IN
varieties OF stocks-wili at once establish
his or her claims 20 public confidence
respect and patronage.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16

he furnished biooded live stock, seed wheat
and other grains TO different farming COM
munities. and he Is ready to invest money
in irrigation projects for the sake of the
traffic he can get out OF them. He loans
cars and equipments to logging roads in
order that they may increase the timber
Northern.
Speaking OF irrigation, during my visit
to the Wenatchee valley last year, State
Senator Gum told me how, during the
panic of 1ses he called on Jim Hill in 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Is Hill ExtrnxaE.nt.

Some railroad men think Mr.. Hill ex-
travagant. and others tell me that he IL
the stingiest man on earth. i have known
many who worked for him and some who
have been discharged. He is close and just
the reverse. He believes In economy as to
the smallest details. and he cuts expenses
down to the last degree. At the same time
he will spend millions to reduce grades and
save motive power. He has been operating
the Great Northern for years at from
% 70 81 per cent OF its gross earnings. q
record that no other railroad IN the country
has He has the grades so cut that only
I per cent OF them between his eastern
and western terminals require double-header
engines, Will on other transcontinental
lines such engines are needed on more
than 10 per cent OF the grades.
On Mr.. HilI's railroads all the receipts
come to him. He does not believe in divid-
ing with other companies. He has the ex-
press business. the sleeping cars, the dining
and parlor cars and all form sources OF
revenue. At the same time he f. ready to
spend money to build up trade. For years
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16

possibilities for new ttamc. When he sx-
tended his line 10 the Pacific he Travelled
over every inch OF the route on foot and
on horseback. making q thorough study of
what was under the soii as well as what
was in H. Before he built through the Red
river valley he went over that country In
an OK cart studying the soil and its possi-
bilities, and when ne bought the old st.
Paul q Pacific of the Dutch bondholders.
he knew what he could make out Of II.
That road had been very expensively built,
but Mr.. Hill tore up the tracks. reduced the
grades. and 50 made ono locomotive do the
work of three.
In building the Great Northern Mr.. Hill
based his probable success on the differ
ence in grades which that road had In its
favor over the other transpecihc lines. He
made IL cross the mountains at lower pass
than any other. and built II better and
cheaper. The result was he could carry
freight more cheapiy and. by study of
the traffic, was able to keep his cars full
going and coming. 1t was through him
that lumber was first shipped from the
west to the east. and by his steamships he
is now building UP a great trafic in freight
from the east to the west to go on to the
orient.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16

Paul ana asked for loan to irrigate that
valley. Mr. Hin had never met him, but
within half an hour he had lent him $4,000.
and taken the bonds of his company as Sc
curity Mr.. Gum told me that that money
dug the ditch which started the popula-
ton OF the Wenatchee valley. 1t was the
corner stone of a community which is now
supplying some of the most expensive fruit
OF the eastern markets. and which gives
the Great Northern a shipment OF twenty
cars of wheat per day during the season.
understand that Hill has not yet gotten
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Rearraneins the Floors.

The entire east half OF main moor win
be given up to dry goods Sporting goods
and candy sections win be moved TO base
ment. Stationery. shoes. drugs and per-
fumes win find their locations in the west
ern half OF main door, giving dry goods
twice the space hitherto suficient. Gloves
and handkerchiefs will be located where
once the fragrant perfumery lines were
shown; linens and white goods win crowd
the photo supply section to cozy nook
beside the elevators. An entire new aisle
win be feature OF this part 81 main
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16

back all the money advanced. but that he
will have 1t soon. and at the same time he
has received many times that in the In
creased business Of his railroad.
Railroad men tell me that Mr.. Hill has q
phenomenal memory. He never forgets q
man or a thing. A few years ago one OF
the editors of a little paper along the Great
Northern route came in to get mileage
book. such as is given to country news
papers for publishing the railroad time
tables. He had been supplied and had
started out. when he met Mr.. Hill coming
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
some HiIi sIethoaa.

Mr.. Hill is wonder as a railroad builder
and manager He knows the United States
better than his Bible. and he has gone over
every part Of the northwest looking up the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Hills big Farm.

James j. H1ll has rev hobbies outside
his railroads. He likes good pictures. lie
has one of the finest art galleries Of the
west and have been told that some OF
his paintings cost as much as $4,000. He
is connoisseur Of precious stones and IL
said to have collection OF diamonds worth
something like 100000. He likes line
stock and he has 1o.oOo-acre farm within
ten miles OF st. Paul of which 1000 acres
are water. He pretends that the owner
makes money. but 1 am told that Il costa
him about $4,000 every year.
Not long ago Miss Havemeyer. who owns
q farm about half as large. carne In to ad-
wise with Mr.. Hill about her establishment,
telling him that 1t annually cost her $4,000
more than she made. Mr.. Hill replied that
she ought to send her manager out to st.
Paul and see his farm and thereby learn
how to carry on such an estate at a profit.
For long time Mr.. Hill sent fine stock.
sheep cattle and hogs from this farm to
the various sections OF his railroad stip.
ulating that they DO used for breeding pur-
poses. He always sold them at a moderate
figure to one OF the leading farmers rarely
charging more than the freight from st.
Paul. Among other things he had very
nns hogs the offspr1ng of some that he had
imported from the old country at several
hundred dollars each These were sold for
about g apiece Not long ago. when AEr.
Hnl came into his once he found an old
farmer waiting for him.. AS soon as he en-
tered the farmer said:
Mr.. Hill. I have como down to do some
moro business with you. You will remem-
Der bought a boar OF you ten months ago
for g. Well now want to tell you that
like It so well that I will take your
whole litter II you will let me have them
at that price,"
Mr., Hill therVupon explained the phil
osophy OF breeding. telling the old farmer
what the hogs had actually cost The old
man said: II swami and went out with
his eyes a. big as your INST
FRANK q. CARPENTER.