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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-15
LA EPOPEYA DEL DOlOR
Jose NOgAies.

......y tue subiendo en- grados, has
ia llegar la plaricie de la cdpuls del
entimiento hordo alto.
Y ALA atac6 con mas brios, con m As
fuerza, Ell nervio de ese ORGANISING.
todo cariflo y TODD amor, que siempre
cede ante las pufialadas del Destino
impfo: El Corazon!
Y hizo que vertiera muchas lagri-
mas de sangre: perlas rojas que la
luz de la concic ncia brillan con reful-
gentes destellos del Sol de la amar-
gura....
Y fue sublime, y fue suprema aque-
LA pena que germino en- su corazon do
madre y en- su alma de cristsnia.
Y las ardorssas gctas que manar on
de la herida, de la herida sagrada, pro.
dujeron arrebatos de locura locura de
dolor.
Colossal locura....
Y slli vibro, con epicas resonance as
resonancias de tristeza ell arpa que
cantaba LA EPopEYA DEL DoLsR..
Maldita epopeya.
Maldito dolcr..
Mas, frente al dolor surgi6, con inex
plicable proceso, algo que tiene de
inspiration divina: la Fe del Valor..
Y ella hizo frente las punzadas te.
rribles de aquel Fantasma, LENA de va.
lentia y de fusrzas con ell estandarte de
la Fe del Valor!
Y no llor6. .. Presenci6 toda la es.
cena tragica del fratic,dio con la re de
Cristo y resignation de religioso ser.
Amo su hijo que cay6 al golpe de
la mano hermana, y lloro su desgracia
y con el fue hasta la sombria mansion
de los que han nuerto. -.
Am6 su otro hijo que cayo de golpe
de las incitaciones de la Ira con el
lloro SD suerte ingrata y con el estuvo
perdonandolo, en- la triste zelda del
pobre presldario.
en- los QOS SltlOS viDrO, con epiCaS
resonanc;as, resonancias de herofsmo
el arpa que cantaba "La epopeya de
la fe del valor 49,.
Sublime epopeya..
Epopeya bendita. -.
Despues. ...., despues del sueeso,
cuande pasaron los momentos mas la.
mentables, la Fe eel Vslor fue perdien
dose poco a POGO.
7 ell ave Fenix de la Epopeya del
Dolor, volvio seguir cantando su
victoria
Msldita epopeya.--.
Infame victoria >t
Ponce, II 1907.
LUIS SAMALEA IGLEsAs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-10-15
La Venta de las FilipinaS
Las islas Sc convierten mas mas en-
I'm complete embarazo.-El sena-
nador Teller opina que las Fill
pinas no valen I'm comino para
los Estados Unidos.

Sea instigado por alguno de los
psrtidos polfticos gubernamentales
que ell af1o venidero SC disputaran Ell
poder en- las urnas electorales; ora
por emisarios del Japon para tantear
el sentimiento del pals con referen-
cia q las Filipinas, 6 va de "motu
a-opio', el poderoso Herald" de
esta ciudad ha entrevistado 4 I38 Sc
nadores y diputados que formaran
parte del proximo Congreso Federal
y del concepto de la opinion resulta
favorec;da la Immediate y radical ena.
genacion del immense archipelago
del lejano orierte.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
FAvoRs OWENS RIVER WATER

LOS ANGELES, April 13-[Editor
Herald: The water that is dealt out
to the people of Los Angeles is not
good. Even after boiling it is abhor
rent to the taste.
These reflections arise from reading
q flaming double column editorial
article which appeared in the Evening
News of April II. That article aston
ished the writer. Can any man who has
The good of community at heart be so
hampered by combinations or corpora
tions as to oppose a project so vital TO
the health and future welfare of the
city of Los Angeles as the Owen river
project?
1t seems almost criminal to think So
The matter of cost should cut no
figure. Twenty-Five millions of dollars
is nothing compared with the great
benefit pure water will be to the 100000
people who are subjected to the present
condition of unsanitary water.
In all this TRADE of opposition there
is not one idea of relief suggested. The
writer of that article must relish the
soup that comes in the shape of de-
cayed pollywags that rot in the nasty
reservoir that floods the mains and
water pipes to the faucets that serve
the stuff to the famishing thousands i'll
this city. Fifty millions would not be
100 great an outlay IOr Sucu dll eIlIer-
prise when we consider the future bene-
fits to the people.
Pure water and plenty of it is what
is wanted and what the city must have
at any cost. Such a city cannot depend
on wells. The mountain water is al
ways good and healthful. Owens river
pdovides the most eligible and the
surest, as we'll as the healthful source
of the supply demanded. 1t will furnish
a pretext for drinking water without
holding your nose while the cup is at
the lip, and do away with the nasty
taste that demands swallow of brandy
to dispel the odor. 1t may injure the
beach bathing business some, but they
will probably be able to pull through
on salt water basis.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
DUTCH COSTUMES

The women's costume is a trife too
complex for verbal description, as femi-
nine belongings usually are, but the
white lace cap which covers the head
from eyebrows to nape of neck and
from ear to ear, curving out in rounded
wings on each side of her cheeks, is
always a conspicuous and inevitable
portion of womans attire. 1t may
possibly be that on Sunday this cap is
a trifie whittier or daintier than on week
days, but the difference is not very ap-
parent.
The ladies assure us that there is a
vast difference in the quality of the
net and the amount Of handiwork en-
ployed, but the lens made no special
note of that. In shape and outline the
camera finds great distinction between
these caps and those of Katwyk or
Marken or Bois lie Due, but between
Sunday and Monday caps in Volendam
it records none whatever. For the rest
of the costume feminine Holland asks
above all things, apparently, a very
nat, narrow chest surmounting enor-
nous hips, and Volendam is no excep-
ton to this fashion rule. The invaria-
BILE black "best waist" of the elder
women is usually frightened by a
square yoke of lighter color and ma
terial, and the dark apron or overslSirt
is topped by six inches or more of gay
plaid, or bright colored band, worn
over an underskirt of dull blue striped
or black material and uncountable pet
ticoats. About the throat a collar
formed of many rows of heavy, dark
red coral beads is fastened by huge
silver clasps, and the number of rows,
the size and quality of the beads are
matters for feminine pride. Long hair
Is not the glory OF women in Holland
save, perhaps, at Marken.. 1t is usually
hidden, and at Volendam is cut quite
close and entirely covered by a tight
fitting thick black silk cap, concealed
beneath the snowy white lace. The
younger girls, from the tiniest toddler
to the young melsje, old enough to
wed, wear dresses and caps the exact
counterpart of their grave mothers, no
less full of skirt or narrow of chest,
but much gayer in color. A group of
tiny maidens in a stiff breeze on the
dixie resembles nothing more than a
zine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
rHE BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR

The president is intensely in earnest
in the Brownsville matter. This is made
evident by his determination to secure
further evidence, If possible, in support
of the wisdom of hiSaction. He realizes
that his adversaries intend to prove, II
possible, that he has inflicted grievous
wrong upon innocent men in his eftorts
to punish certain murderers and those
who have shielded them. Possibly the
president may have expressed himsell
in an impulsive fashion regarding tne
criticism which his action has aroused
in the senate. But 1t Is utterly lncoh-
ceivable that the president of the UnlIeo
States has indicated to anyone ms ue-
liberate intention to refuse TO execute
the laws of the land and to race I'M
peachment proceedings rather than 10
execute such laws merely pecause no
does not believe they are cohstitutioilal' az tSl
Such an attitude cannot even De III lIle
presidents thoughts, for II Woutu ilean l
mat he Intends TO violate, In the most
ia grant manner, his oath to preserve,
nrotect and defend the constitution"
which requires that che shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed"
THE laws enacted by congress over the
presidents veto are valid until declared
otherwise by an authority other than
the president, aud no president or the
Tinted states has ever constituted him
sole an authority as to the constitu-
tionalitv Of laws he is called upon to
svecute' These facts are so self-evi-
dent that Il Is preposterous TO assert
mat Theodore Roosevelt has indicated
IN any way his intention to swerve from
his duty as executor OF the laws
Washington Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
AS A MAN FIRST

An ex-inspector OF police, who has
been retired good many years, relates
some amusing stories in connection
with his career.
When he first Joined the force the
regulations were scarcely so stringent
as they are now, as the following win
show.
on one occasion he came across a no
torlous poacher who was in the act of
committing a brutal assault on his
wife.
When tho constable interfered, the
poaeher used some very insulting Ian
guage, and, moreover, insinuated that
the constable was hiding behind his
uniform.
"If it weren't for yer buttons an yer
coat" re remarked, ''you daren't stand
up to me two minutes"
"WhereupOn," says the narrator of
the story, Il promptly doffed my tunic,
rolled up my sleeves, and-as a man
pitched into him. When I'd done with
him / resumed my uniform, picked up
my man from the road. and-as a con-
stable-locked him upl
"Of course" he added, that sort of
thing wouldn't DO nowadays, but II was
done thenl"-Tid Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
APOLOGY TO LITTLE FOLKS

The Herald is compelled to apologize
to its thousands Of little readers this
morning for the absence of the comic
supplement. There are ten weeks
shipments of this supplement tied up
in the trains that have been lying out
on the desert for more than two months
and the first trains which arrived last
night were too late for unloading.
But The Herald has prepared for its
little readers an entirely new and bet
ter colored supplement, which they will
receive in next Sundays issue. Watch
out for it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
THE BEST HUSBAND

A Chicago woman boasts to the ex-
tent Of a page in a Sunday newspaper
that "she has the best husband in the
world" With all due respect for the
woman, and with all admiration for her
domestic loyalty, we may be pardoned,
perhaps, for venturing to differ with
her bit on her choice of her qualify
ing adjective.
What constitutes the best" quality
In a husband? Is there an absolute
standard whereby It may be fixed? Is
II not rather relative term? May not
what may be "best" in one woman's
estimation be quite the contrary in an
others view?
Take the average wife and doubtless
she would rank among her husbands
"best" qualities that he is a good pro-
WIDER Certainly, he is hardly good
husband unless he does provide. But
what is a good" provider? Does the
word apply to the man who, out of his
abundance, gives his wife whatever she
may desire and never knows, much less
cares, how much she spends, or for
what? Or does it better designate the
workingman who on Saturday night
brings home his unopened pay envelope
and drops It in his wife's lap? The
former perhaps bestows thousands in
month; the latter seldom turns over
800 TO his helpmeet in the same period;
shall the latter, who gives his all, be
deemed less a good provider than the
one who presents an unlimited check
book which yet represents but a paltry
fraction of his income?
Then there is love to be considered; I;
which gives more, the man of millions
or the husband of mites? Does the for
mer, with his club life and Wall street,
his yachts and chorus girl friends do
more to make a home than the humble
worker who sits opposite his wife, with
their children about their supper table.
and asks a blessing on his assembled
family? Is this scene of domestic joy
entitled to qualify the word best" or
does the club husband with the society
mad, estranged wife, better fill the idea I?
BEST" is a strong word; a relative
term. What is one mans meat is an
other mans poison; doubtless the
'best" husband as one wife finds him
would be about the worst possible for
some other woman. Men and women
are generally sorted out into agreeable
pairs, the divorce record to the contrary
Notwithstanding. The Chicago woman
is undoubtedly right and earnest in
thinking her husband the best" but
she is not alone in so estimating her
masculine partner; most true wives
have the same loyal view of the man
whose name they bear-and thank God
for It
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
WHERE DO 1 STAND9"
FROM the New YorI. vvorId.

THE testimony Of 70. II. Hartman
and President Roosevelt agrees as
to the main point OF their familiar
personal relations during the 1904 cam
paign. Except in some minor matters
the two accounts confirm each other.
In the closing weeks Of the presiden-
tial campaign the situation in New
York was disquieting to the Republic
cans. From final interview with
President Roosevelt, after discussing
Higgins chances and Senator Depews
or "Jimmie" Hyde's appointment as
ambassador to France. Mr.. Hartman
returned to New York to raise money
for the Republicans. It was unjust to
Chairman Cortelyou to say that he had
failed i'm obtaining funds; he had col
lected an immense sum of money, in
Guiding Vice President Perkins con-
tribution on behalf of the New York
Life Insurance company. But more was
needed I'm New York state for use at the
polls, mot including tho watchers"
Mr. Hartman gave his own check for
$4,000 and aided in securing $150,000
more from friends of Mr.. Depew. Pres
ident Roosevelt had written him not
long before you and | are practical
men" Being practical man, Mr.. Har-
riman assumed that he had clinched a
bargain when he paid down his cash,
and he assumed that President Rooose-
welt, being n practical man." would
take the same view. President Roose-
welt in his letter to Representative
Sherman says: Il never requested Mr..
Hartman to raise a dollar for the pres
idential campaign of 1904" Mr.. Harri-
man i'm his letter to Sidney Webster
says that the money he raised was
turned over to Chairman Cortelyou and
that 1t enabled the New York state
committee to continue it's work, with
the result that at least $4,000 votes were
turned over in New York city alone,
making a difference of 100000 votes in
the general result"
Mr. Hartman has met nothing but
disappointment. This present situa
tion," he complains to Mr.. Webster,
has been brought about by a eombina-
ton of circumstances which has brought
together the Ryan, Root, Roosevelt ele-
ment," and he wants to know, Where
do 1 stand?"
AS a matter of political principle
Senator Platt held that his party was
under "a moral obligation" when it ac-
cepted a campaign contribution. That
is the basis of Mr.. Harriman's grievance
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
A CIVIC nxnMPLAR

'Tt is practically impossible for one
to visit Southern California as we did
without inhaling the air Of demonstra-
tion, energy. helpfuness and enthusi-
asm which seems a part Of their very
life"
That is the conclusion Of the secre-
tary Of Sacramento's chamber OF COM
merce, contained in communication
TO the Union and descriptive Of the re-
cent visit Of the Sacramento group to
the southland. It is a handsome COM
pliment to traits of character noted
generally by other visitors
But It was to learn rather than to
admire that led the representative Sac
ramento group to visit Los Angeles and
the sister cities Of Southern California,
Here is an extract in point from the
article quoted: "Our people went down
there to learn, and 1 believe there Is
not one but will work harder and more
willingly because Of that trip. The
southern part Of California is Justly
entitled to all IT. has accomplished. for
It has paid for every advance step that
has been taken. From all of which
we learn that If our hopes of future
glory are to be fully realized, we must
begin right now to pay for It,"
Sacramento has found the secret Of
the wonderful success attained by the
cities of the southland, especially the
metropolis thereof. A large element of
the secret lies in the latter clause of
the quotation just introduced. Los An
geles, for example, never made a step
of advancement as a result Of accident
or good luck. It has acted in accord
ance with the theory that "As we SOW,
so also shall we reap" This city has
not only sown literally, but it has care
fully cultivated the crop until harvest
time.
Neither Sacramento nor any other
city can hope to make satisfactory
headway If it follows a cheeseparing
policy in expenditures for civic better
ment. And it also should be remem-
bered that the individual traits of a
people are reflected in the civic policy
pursued by the community.
The phenomenal progress of Los An
geles is attributable, first, to the nat
ural qualities of push and pluck that
distinguish the average citizen. Next
comes the intelligent direction afforded
by the civic organizations, especially
the chamber of commerce, which al
ways are in the breach to protect public
interests and advance municipal i'm
provements. The glorious climate is
potential factor, of course, and there
are many minor matters worthy of con-
sideration in solving the secret from
which Sacramento hopes to profit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
Annual

The tax is payable on the first day
of next July and becomes delinquent on
the first day of the following Septem-
Der. with an added penalty of $40.
A corporation is an artificial person
in the eyes of the law, hence this tax is
in the nature of a poll tax on these ar
tlf1cial persons Not only do corpora
tons have to pay taxes (and their full
share) on their real and personal prop
critics the same as natural persons, but
now they are called to pay even a
heavier tax on their polls in proportion
to natural persons.
Take another point: I know a cor
poration of $4,000, 900 capital stock, of
which more than $90OO,00O has not been
sold and which lies in the treasury of
the company. From this nine-tenths
of it's entire capital stock the company
has never derived one cents worth of
profit, but under the present license
tax devised by the wise and patriotic
Legislators It has to pay its share. For
what? Actually nothing. Thus the last
Legislature solved the problem Of
squeezing blood out of a turnip. Bur-
bank will have to look to his laurels.
I am not pleading for the big cor
porations like the Standard Oil; they
can easily pay heavy poll taxes and not
feel the burden; but l am pleading for
the thousands of small corporations
enterprises are foated through corpor-
ations. The fierce competition compels
promoters to put the stock on the mar
ket at a discount, and the bigger the
discount the greater the attractive
money power it has. Hence promoters
are compelled to have large capital
stock to supply the demand for low
priced stocks. This license tax operates
to kill these discounts and destroy the
business of promoters who must meet
market conditions as found. Hence
again, if promoters cannot get large
capitalization in California they go to
Arizona, where they can get charter
for a trifle. The records show that Ari-
zona leads the world for corporations
and derives large revenue from them
"a revenue much larger than California
will derive from her oppressive corpor-
alton poll tax, our long-sighted, deep
thinking, liberal-minded, progressive
Legislators to the contrary notWith-
standing.
Other states encourage corporations,
but California seems to be dead sot
agin 'em" ever since the days or Dem
mis- Kearny. The business of the world
is done through corporations. why not,
then, make the machinery or business
as easy as possible?
I protested against this license tax
before the legislature met, but the rep
resentatives of my own assembly and
senatorial districts refused me a hear
ing in the matter. Are they in the con-
spiracy to provide all possible revenues
for the Ruef administrations This
license tax looks like it. Yours truly
BASCOM A. STEPHENS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

and his pathetic closing inquiry. After
corresponding and comforting person.
ally with President Roosevelt during
the 1904 campaign, he assumed that he
had closed the deal between high
finance and Republican politics when
szOO,OOO in checks was put in Chairman
Cortelyou's hands
Inc somewhat roundabout testimony
quoted through Congressman Sherman
pg tne president that Hartman said TO
Snerman that those people (ths
tieaIsutes) were crooks and he could
puy them;" that whenever he wanted
lesis,aI lsi,i , lion from state legislature he
gress, and that "1f necessary he could
buy the Judiciary" is not too strongly
characterized by Mr.. Roosevelt as
"eynicism" and as "deep-seated oorrun-
ton" If Mr. Hartman made sucb re
marks they show what he means bv
Wnere 90 stand?" They show WHY
he threatened Sherman that "jt ,,,as
well to see Hearstism and tbe III
triumphant over the Republican pert1.,S .
That was merely the bluff prelirninar,,
to the deal"
In all this nauseating mess the world
cannot but find, as It found In the in
surance disclosures, the strongest con-
nrmation of the position It has con-
sistently held upon these points:
l. That Judge Parker was essentiaIIv
right when in the campaign of 1904 he
charged that "the trusts were furnish
Ing money with which they hoped to
control the election"
2. That President Roosevelt. instead
of calling Judge Parker's statement
"unqualifiedly and atrociously false"
might better have been engaged in re-
forming his campaign committee.
3. That the rewarding of George r.
Cortelyou by high public office for his
services as collector of campaign money
from insurance companies and from
fnanciers with axes to grind is a wrong
winch time cannot cure and which SUBJ
sequent brilliant service can scarcely
eXtenuate.
a. That the failure of the Republican
majority in congress to provide for the
complete publicity of campaign funds
and to forbid corporation contributions
thereto is inexcusable.
High finance" has been too long tha
power behind the puppets of politics.
No graver need confronts the country
than the need of cleaner elections and
legislation free from corrupting in
fluenceS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

The snooze, which is yawping like
a penny whistle in cyclone against
owens river. is recommended to bark
back to the days when the 'zaminer
took the same unpopular stand, and
to consider what happened when the
Los Angeles siness men put onkel
Heine on the carpet and took him
down the line The snooze editor may
yet have to go through with like
experience.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

Nothing better to impress upon the
shriners the real commercial impor-
tance of Los Angeles could have been
devised than display of local factory
products The coming Lhow of that
character seems to be Of the proper
scope and character and to merit the
closest attention.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

Probably that Roosevelt lemonade
generally advertised around town is so
popular because it has a big "stick''
in 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

but no more. The owner calculated
that his lawn had cost him something
over $1,000, or about $10O for each blade
of grass, so he abandoned his Landscape
garden
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

The all night banks in New York
and Chicago have not proved a sue
cess. The average all-nighter has little
call on any save faro banks.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

With SO man. would-be mahouts
the G. o. P. elephant is so befuddled
that it is in poor shape 20 run win
ming race.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

Hartman may or may not have
raised a Republican campaign fund,
but he has raised a Republican Cain
here recently.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

Better patch up and pave the down
town streets against the coming of the
Shriners, as well as illuminate them.
What boots it that a man moves amid
a blaze Of glory if his feet stumble?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

That Wisconsin man who has a dis
ease that makes him see double must
enjoy counting his money--but what
misfortune when his mother-in-law
comes!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

When the "Made in Southern Cali
fornia" show opens Los Angeles will
have another chance to learn some
surprising facts about itself.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

ter If Hartman would talk less politics
and bore more subwa. J.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

Pittsburg, by diligent search, found
twenty-eight decent and honest men.
But she had to annex Allegheny first.