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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-04

De esta manera he estudiado la fe-
cha de los grandes cataclismos, en-
|contrandolas casi t1niformement dis
tribufdas en- todos los dias de la lu-
|nacion.
= No hay, pues, relaci6n de causa
efecto, pero pudiera haber una in
Ifucncia.
iObrarfa, mas bien, ell sol2
| Sabido ,es que su actividad esta So
metida a una fuctuacion periodica,
|cuyo ciclo es, por termino medic; de
once amos. En- 1905 hemos pasado
por Ell maximum.
Ell maximum fue en- 1901. Tampo-
co me parece que pueda haber aquf
una proportion suficientemen ente indi-
cada, como 10 Green algunos sabios.
La cataStrofe de la Martinica de 1902
fue vecina del minimum. -
Sin embargo, no Sc puede menos
de notar la recrudecencia de estos
tres 1lltimos, y acaso hubiera motive
para sospechar mas directamente de
las inhuencias astronomicas.
Observamos, para terminar, que
Espana es una ,comarca desgracia =
damente expuesta esos fenomenos
geoldgicos, pero solo en- ST. region
austral, de Gibraltar a Barcelona, Ma
laga, Granada Murcia, son los prin-
|cipales puntos criticos. Los movi-
mientos del suelo no traspa san la ori-
la derecha del Guadalquivir; Ell Gen.
tro, el Norte y el Este de Espaia son
casi indemnes. Sc puede dormir tran
|quilamente con mucha mas conhanza
que en- California, en- Chile en- las
Antillas.
Ell desarrollo que en- estos 1ltimos
amos han adquirldo los estudios Sis
micos, .conducen a la comproba ci6n
de I'm hecho curioso, y es que no
pasa luna sola hora" sin que la TERRA
tiemble en- un punto en- otro y que
cada af1o hay mas de Glen temblores
de TERRA bastante violentos, bastante
intensos, bastante formid bles, para
sacudir "todo .el globo terr estre" Y
hacerse sentir hasta en- los antfpodas.
Nuestro plane eta es todavfa joven.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-04
.NGrtO de Es4sgk.
lncIdente enojoso

Tia causado gran sensation en- Ion
ores el acto realizado por el gobpr-
nador de Jamaica, sir Alfredo Swot
tenkan, al escribir una carta al almi-
rante Davis, y atribuida a fl Dor IA
Prensa americana { inglesa.
Undo como 10 eSta este ep;sodio 4
los terrlbeS suceSos producidos en-
kingston por los terremotos. esto GO
10 que mas ha atrafdo Ia atenoiGn r6
Dilca durante los tiltimos dias.
Los terminus en- que sc halla conce-
oloa la carta Zen la cual el gOberna-
dor aSeguraoa al almirantc america
no que no tenia necesidad de socorros
nj aayuda, rehusando al propio item
po la oterta de que fuesen traslada-
dos al hospital Ia mayor parte de los
entermos) han sido censurados con
dureza, y todos los esfuerzos de Ia
dlplomacia y de la Prensa han sido
encamlnados a que desapareciese TO-
da som ora de recelo Ell ell amino de
los americanos atribuyendo el hecho
una genlalldad del gobernador.
ia producldo, sin embargo, exec
lente efecto, que las cdusticas obser-
Vaclones de los peri6dicos america
nos no han traspasado tampoco los
limites de 10 personal, Y todas ham
ten1do por fin poner de relieve ,a
cconducta del personal. in2lGs, sin
hacerl la extensiva q sus compatriotas
y Sc tlene la evidencia de que IA,
modo de de pensar es general en- los
Estados Unidos achacando solo 4 un
acto de locura pasa jera, 4 esta nube--
cllla que ha podido turbar Dor ~,
momento, las buenas relac ZONES one
en- la actualidad existen entire lnpla
terra America del Norte.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-04
N Neoyorquinas
LOS H0RR0RES DEL TRUST
Para sl Bsletin Hertantil)

La hebre de hacer dinero--no i'm
portan los medios-debe ser excitante,
debe apoderarse del sistema nervioso
de la misma manera que Sc apodera
del jugador que al lado de la ruleta
concentra sus sentidos queriendo hip
notizar la bola que rueda a la ventura
6 del "Sportma n" que atraviesa wales,
vadea rios, sube montanas y salta GER
cas- y precipicios en- busca de la presa
de su fantasia.
Ganar, siempre ganar. -. no impor-
ia de que manera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-04

Los fraudes de las compafifas de
aseguros de vida, el adulterio de la
leche, la mezcla de productos quimicos
en- conservas alimenticias son artfculos
de menor cuantia cuando Sc comparan
con ell dltimo acto criminal del "Trust"
de hielo.
New York consume anualmente GER
ca de 100000 toneladas de hielo (6. 500
900 liEr as) Y la production artificial
no es suficiente para cubrir la dem an.
da y desde )uego la necesidad de re-
curir al hielo natural. Este hielo es
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-04

que ell acto es mas que criminal, no
caoe un atomo de duda, pero por otro
lado la ganancia es enorme. Sin duda
que podria cortarSe hielo de otros ST
tios pero este implica la inversion de
mucho capital en- fabricar nuevos de-
positos lineas ferreas para conducir
el nieio esta ciudad este es en-
contra de los principles del bolsillo del
''Conservativo Trust.
Pudiera ser por otra parte que er
goblerno del Estado tomase parte ac-
lN'l'l- tlva en- este escaDdalo prohibiese ell
cortar hielo en- aquellas parties en- don.
dc moran toda clase de microbes para
toda clase de epdemias, pero en- YER
dad no Sc vera por ahora-Poroukp
FOR la sencllla raz6n de que ex ste una
ley rohibiendo el cortar hielo en- Ia
g0S naturales etc. tPorque esta alb
surda ley? ... Es que ell lena de Was
hineton "honor. verdad. honradez
''amor al pr6jimo Sc han olvidado CON
"el pasado" el presente solo siqni6ca
ganar, ganar y GANAR.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-04
NGmero SO

cortado del rio Hudson entire Albany
y Troy. Ell estado de- e1descomposicion
del aqua en- estas regi4es es tai, que
al remover ell bloque de hielo cor tsdo
el aqua despide malos olores varias
han sido las veces en- que animsles
muertos Sc han descubier flotando
en- ell aqua debajo, de la capa helado
del rio.
Impossible seria describir ell sucio
estsdo de cosas sin sentir nauseas, pero
oasta decir que el aqua esta tan .puri-
hcsda" al extreme de que no pueden
vivlr los peces en- aquellas parties.
Justamente en- Ell sitio donde el hielo
que seguramente hemos de corsumir
es cortado, vacianse las podridas aguas
de las alcantarillas de Albany con 100.
600 habltantes, Troy con 1900, Cohoes
con $4,000, Watervlist con 1900, Glens
Fallo con 1900 otros muchos pue-
bios de y mil almas, como 81 este
no tuese suhciente, tenemos que varios
cementerios en- donde estan enterradac
las victlmas del titus derramau sus se-
uoas corrlentes de aqua en- aquella
misma parte del Rio iuntas con las
aguas multlcolores que corren desde
las muchas fabricas de anilina, potasa
y otros productos quimicos.
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Receipts and Expenditures.

hECElf1S.
The receipts from all sources, !
on account of the water dcoartr
follows:
Cash balances July 1, 1906. .....
Taxes and other general revenues.
Trust and special fund collections.
Loan advances to the District of
Columbia by the United States
under the act of June n. 1906.
United States payments from ap-
propriatiOns under act Of June
II, 1873. ................
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STRIKING POINTS FOUND in THE MESSAGE.

In no nation are the fundamental business
conditions sounder than in ours at this very
moment.
There may be honest differences of opinion
as to many governmental policies, but there
unhinching perseverance in the war against
successful dishonesty.
No small part of the trouble we have comes
from carrying to an extreme the national vir-
tue of self-reliance >.
Until the national government assumes
proper control of interstate commerce in the
exercise of the authority it already possesses
it will be impossible either to give or to get
from the railroads full justice.
Corporation and labor union alike have
come to stay. Each, if properly managed, is a
source of good not evil.
To aim at the accomplishment of too much
usually means the accomplishment of too lit
tie.
The antitrust law should not be repealed;
but it should be made both more efficient and
more in harmony with actual conditions %
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A combination should not be tolerated if it
abuse the power acquired by combination to
the public detriment.
Provision should be made for complete
publicity in all matters affecting the public and
complete protection to the investing public
and the shareholders in the matter of issuing
corporate securities.
The real owners of corporations should be
compelled to do business in their own names.
Ample. safe and speedy transportation ia
ciities are even more necessary than cheap
transportation.
We need a greater elasticity in our cur
rency, provided, of course, that we recognize
the even greater need of safe and secure cur
rency.
Provision should be made for an emer-
gency currency.
No legislation can by any possibility guar
antee the business community against the re-
suits Of speculative folly any more than it can
guarantee an individual against the results of
extravaganza. s SO. .,.s,z.=. :..-,s > ~
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Adequate Control Needed
for All Combinations

In my message to the Congress a year
ago, in speaking of the antitrust laws, !
said:
1.-The actual working of our laws has
shown that the effort to prohibit all COM
bination, good or bad. is noxious where 1t
is not ineffective. Combina ton of capital,
like combination of labor, is necessary
element in our present Industrial system.
1t is not possible completely to prevent it
and If it were possible, such complete pre-
vention would do damage to the body
polite. What we need is not vainly to try
such rigorous and adequate control and
supervision of the combinations as to pre-
vent their injuring the public, or existing
in such forms as inevitably to threaten
present laws should forbid all combina-
tons instead of sharply discriminating
between those combinations which do
good and those combinations which do
evil. Often railroads would like
to combine for the purpose of preventing
a big shipper from maintaining improper
advantages at the expense of small ship
pers and of the general public. Such a
combination, instead of being forbidden
by law, should be favored. - 1t Is
a public evil to have on the statute books
q law incapable of full enforcement, be
cause both judges and juries realize tina.
its full enforcement would destroy the
business Of the country; for the result is
to make decent men vioiators of the law
against their will. and to put premium
on the behavior of the willful wrong
doors. Such a result in turn tends to
throw the decent man and the WillfuI
wrongdoer into close associat ton, and in
the end to drag down the former to the
latter's level: for the man who becomes
a lawbreaker in one way unhappily tends
to lose all respect for law and to be viii
ing to break 1t in many ways. No more
scathing condemnation could be ,.isited
upon law than Is contained in thu
words of the Interstate commerce COM
mission when. In commenting upon the
fact that the numerous joint traffic asso-
Citations do technically violate the law,
they say: The decision Of the United
States Supreme Court in the transmissouri
case and the Joint Traffic Association
case has produced no practical effect UPON
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the railway commission of that state; and
the national Interstate commerce COM
mission will work in harmony with the
several state commissions, each within
its own province, to achieve the desired
end.
Sherman Antitrust Law.
Moreover. in my judgment there should
be additional legislation looking to the
proper control of the great business con-
Germs engaged in Interstate business, this
control to be exercised for their own bene-
fit and prosperity no less than for the
protection of investors and of the gen.
eral public. AS l have repeatedly said in
messages to the Congress and elsewhere,
experience has definitely shown not mere
ly the unwisdom, but the futility of en-
deavoring to put stop to all business
combinations Modern Industrial con-
ditions are such that combination is not
only necessary but inevitable. 1t is so
in the world of business just as it is so
in the world of labor, and 1t is as idle
to desire to put an end to all corporations.
to all big combinations of capital, as to
desire to put an end to combinations of
labor.
Corporation and labor union alike have
come to stay. Each if properly managed
is a source of good and not evil. When
ever in either there is evil, 1t should be
promptly held to account; but 1t should
receive hearty encouragement so long as
1t Is properly managed. 1t is profoundly
immoral to put or keep on the statute
books law, nominaliy in the interest of
public morality, that really puts pre-
MUM upon public immortality, by under
taking to forbid honest men from doing
what must be done under modern bust
ness conditions, so that the law itself
provides that its own infraction must be
the condition prec adent upon business
success. To aim at the accomplishing mt
of too much usually means the accom-
plishment of too little, and often the do
Ing of positive damage
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balance available for expenditure Juns
30, 1857, of $57 ,38O02
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rangement, good or bad. which may tend
to restrict competition. but such adequate
supervision and regulation as will pre-
vent any restriction of competition from
being to the detriment of the public. as
we'll as such supervision and regulation
as will prevent other abuses in no way
connected with restriction of competi-
ton"
/ have called your attention in these
quotations to what I have already said
because I am satisfied that it is the duty
of the national government to embody In
action the principles thus expressed.
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$20,7OO, 403.O0

Total .$27S. s14. 423. 50
Population.
A census of the inhabitants of the Dis
trict of Columbia was taken on April 10.
1907, by the police department with a
view to ascertaining the number of the
population and the sex. color and ages
and school attendance, as basis for vital
statistics and for use in connection with
public school questions and otherwise.
The total population of the District of
Columbia SO enumerated was 800 591, in
GLIDING 06 1873 colored.
Extraordinary and, Current Expend-
itures.
The Commissioners earnestly recon-
mend to Congress the adoption. az funda-
mental to all appropriations for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Of the principle of dis
tinguishing. In the appropriation acts and
on the books OF the Treasury and of the
District of Columbia, between extraordi-
nary and current expenditures. In the
preparation of their estimates of appro-
priatiOns necessary for tho next fiscal
year they have continued their policy of
recognizing that principle and have sub
mitted both items for extraordinary prof.
ects Of Improvement calling for large
amounts OF money and of benefit to DOS
ferity and items o: current expenditure
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Figures From the Report,

Total funded and unfunded debt June &C., 1907
The assessment of taxable real and personal
property ::..... 27s8144e353
Estimated revenues from all sources for next =
fiscal year, exclusive of water department o3ooo
Total amount OF estimates 67,e6635
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Daiance available for expenditure June
30. 1857, of $50 39092.
Debt.
Funded debt Of the District Of Co
which was incurred under the
forms Of local government which
existed IN in the District prior to
un 1 debt DEBT Of the district Of s 5000
on June 80. 1907, arising from
loan advances made by the United
States from appropriations charged
to the revenues Of the District OF
Columbia in excess Of the reve-
nues thereof Observation-Disclosures. 3,2II .S66.26
Total funded and unfunded debt
June ~, 1oO1- ..........'. .$l4'Sl 6l62S
The District has a further matured liza
bility of five payments of $1o0.O00 each
to the Treasurer of the United States. in
trust fer the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, to meet the Districts half
Of $1.jO0OO required to be paid in con-
nection with the railroad terminal i'm
provement under section of an act Of
February II, 1901.
No change has occurred in the status
of the conditional obligations Of the Dis
trict to redeem certain drawback certifi-
Gates issued for overcharges of special
assessments levied by former municipal
governments of the District. which the
Commissioners have discussed at length
In preceding annual reports.
Assessment and Annual Tax Rate.
The assessor reports the assessment Of
taxable real and personal property in
the District Of Columbia for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1907. based upon
valuation of all real estate lat not less
than two-thirds' of the true value thereof,
and of valuation of personal property
at "a fair cost value over and above the
exemptions" provided by law pursuant to
the provisions of the act of Congress ap-
proved July l, 1902, entitled "An act MAX
ing appropriations to provide for the
expenses of the government of the Dis
trlct or Columbia for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1903, and for other pur-
poses," as follows:
Real property, taxable at the rate
OF SLSo per 300. .............$ 2i7 JOG 49,. 90
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Executive Office. Commissioners of the

Executive Office, Commissioners of the
District of Columbia,
WASHINGTON, December 2. 1907.
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled:
The Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia herewith submit for the In
formation Of Congress. pursuant. to the
requirements Of section II of an act pro-
viding a permanent form of government
for the District Of Columbia, approved
June II, 1873 co Stat L., 1OS, report OF
their official uoings for the fiscal year
ended June so, 1907.
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$40, S62, 947.O3
962,Gl2.3s


Total. $4,000, 7l9. Is
The details of the foregoing statements
are set forth in the accompanying report
of the auditor.
While the foregoing exhibit shows the
total receipts and expenditure during the
fiscal year, 1t embraces large expend-
iture for objects not connected with
the ordinary current conduct of the Dis
trict government, the principal of which
are payments on account of trust funds,
amounting to s962. 61236. and expendi-
lures on account of public works of ex-
traordinary character and magnitude. as
follows:
Elimination grade crossings and
changes In connection with Union
awards Of damages caused by
changes In grade OF streets. $149 411.29
Connecticut Avenue bridge over
Bridge over Anacostia river i2i.7ooi5
Sewage disposal system. ........... -h53.5I2 81
Municipal building. ................ f9S 6a5 95
Highway bridge across Potomac river l1S'tOo 90
Piney Branch bridge. .............. J3.15024
Total. 81 ,S6S, A65. AZ
and q, s6s. 465.42, be deducted from the
total actual net expenditures of 81. $685.
559.45. the remainder, $500. 4Sl.67, will
represent the cost of conducting the ordi-
nary current operations of the District
government for the period embraced in
this report, including 1919, 40s for sinking
fund and interest on the bonded debt,
which was incurred under the municipal
corporations which preceded the present
form of government of the District.
Water Department.
The revenues of the water department
during the fiscal year 1907 amounted to
S5a5. 950.92. The balance to the credit
of the water fund at the beginning Of
that year was $31. 9O6SS. making a total
available for expenditure during said
year of 1851, $3.50.
The actual net expenditures on account
Of the water fund during the fiscal year
1907 amounted to $510. 466.SS, leaving a
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EXPENDITURES.
fI nriations .. $40. ss2, 947. oa
From District of Columbia special
and trust funds. 62,6lZ.5o
Irnexrended balances of cash ad
yapces to disbursin: Of1cer and
of trust and special funds.
Cash balances June 80, 1907, as
follows:
To credit Of disbursinG
officer, District Of
Columbia $262, t35. "a
To credit OF special dis
bursting agent, munich
pal building commits
sion ........ 2,27S.72
To credit of special dis
bursting agent, board
Of control, Rock
Greek Park. ......... 1,112.1O
In hands Of collector of
taxes on account of
General fund of Dis
trict .. 80, 406.16
Repayments to varl-
Gus appropriations ,292.61
To credit OF trust and
special funds. 16,33S.Il
All, $50. 20
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-15
Lively Vaudeville
War in Prospect
STRONG OPPOSITION FORMED TO
THE s~YNDicATE-THosE
WHO ARE IN At.

NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-The Keith
and Proctor:w illiams-H ammerstein
vaudeville combinations. who formed
the United Booking ofices Of Amer
fca Tuesday. have found that opposf.
tion has already begun. Kiaw & Err
LANCER are thinking OF making a van.
deyille house OF the New York thea.
ter, and Of letting the new firm Of
Weber, Rush G Morris 40 the booking
for 1t.
This firm is working hard for a New
York opening to- top off its &c vau-
deville theaters outside.
When the big variety Interests got
together on Tuesday It appears that
they left William Morris out. He had
been doing the booking for both Per.
cy Williams and Oscar Hammerstein.
So Morris straightway effected an al
lance with Weber and Rush, and they
set out to buck the new syndicate.
Their first idea. It was stated today.
was to try to get hold OF the Majestic
Theater, on Columbus Circle. and the
Circle Theater. just above. They
abandoned this. and this morning up.
piled to. Klaw & Erlanger for the New
York Theater franchise, with the no.
ton Of installing vaudeville there.
A meeting OF the New York Theater
stockholders followed at Klaw &. Err.
hangers Office. It was attended BY
Marc Klaw, Abraham Erianger. All
Hayman. Frank Mckee and William
Harris. They decided not 10 lease
to Weber, Rush & Morris.
At the same time the stockholders
practically decided that they would
themselves turn the New York over
to vaudeville and let Weber, Rush aad
Morris book for them. George M. Co.
han, in George Washington, Jr., is
there now on a seven.week contract,
one week OF which has run out. 1t
was hoped at the meeting that the
engagement could be cut down two
weeks. The New York Theater is
near Hamnterstein's victorian web.
er, Rush and Morris said today that
they were counting on getting anoth.
err Broadway theater. anyway, either
to book for or to manage.
Percy G. Williams says that the
Chestnut street Theater. Philadelphia,
will be turned into stoctcompans
house on March j. with an occasion
nj vaudeville act II wiz be closed
for a few days before the LIST to make
necessary alterations.