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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-14
COMISION CONTUNTA

La forman para visitar al Goberna-
dor G informarle de los acuerdos los
sefiores siguientes.
Por el Consejo, don Herminio Diaz
Navarro, don Andres Crosas y don
Luis Sanchez Morales.
Por La Camara, don Carlos Maria
Soler, don Ramon II. Delgado, y don
Carlos II. Blondct.
The sun., 1907-08-14
A Review OF Public Art.

From Brussels comes new and important art
publication. Ian Public issued by the Institut In
ternational d'Ar Public, and edited by NJ. Eugene
Broermann. The lnstitut was founded In 1908 al
the International Congress held at Lhgc, In which
twenty one nationalliics we're represented
Broernann has been busied for twenty years IN pro
noting the Improvement OF public art and the
organization of those interested IN II. The estab
ishment of this review should prove of great help
IN spreading the propaganda.
The breadth OF the view taken OF public art by
the instiut Is shown IN the character OF the arti-
cles These deal In part. Il is true. with municipal
buildings and decoration, and with the laying out
OF cities, but they include too papers on popular
music, on national spirit and on the preservation
Of natural beauty. The International quality OF
Ian Public may he inferred from the fact that
the papers contributed to the nrst number are
written In French. English, German, Italian and
Dutch, not to mention a Proveneal poem by Fred.
eric Mistrai. Among the contributors arc the
Queen Of Rumsnla CCarmcn Sylva1 and Walter
Crane.
The Illustrations arc all works OF art. Some
are photogravures. some are In coiors, but even
In the reproductions from photographs there is a
standard OF art which Is here applied, and the selec
tion OF the pictures shows taste and judgment.
There IA an admirably Illustrated article on Hercu-
Iancum another on the Paris OF the sixteenth cen
tury and one on the Ardenncs country. The de
scrlption OF the artistic evolution OF cities includes
Brussels, some interesting minor towns OF Germany
and some In tho United States. Two papers on
art teaching In tho schools deserve attention.
Among the full page Illustrations That should br
noted are beautiful reproductions OF the statue of
the Virgin and Child In the Antwerp cathedral
tho Tour st. Jacques IN Paris; a Bible cover de-
signed by Carmen sylvia; the Herculsneum statues.
and some wonderful old women OF Aries The
typographical and artistic execution Of the nrst.
June number is beyond all praise.
The sun., 1907-08-14

hope Of remaining independent and pro-
gressive lies in her adhesion TO the policy
adopted under the present Mikado, that
is to say, in the quicSness with which
she profits by the innovations made by
more gifted peoples.
Equally open to dispute Is Professor
STAINS assertion that in 1904 Russia
was the only Western Power that had
chance of success in a contest with
Japan. 1t is true that so long as Japan
remained mistress Of the sea and was
able to land at will troops and supplies
on the Asiatic continent Russia alone
Of possible opponents had the advantage
Of geographical proximity and Of the
means of transporting soldiers by land.
The primary condition Of Japan's success,
however, namely. control OF the strait
separating her from Corea, could not
in all likelihood have been fulfilled in
the first instance and subsequently main
tanned had she found herself opposed to
Great Britain, France, Germany or the
United States, every one Of which Powers
could have placed, speedily or ultimately,
in the Pacific a naval force more or less
decisively superior to Japan's. From
this point of view it may be said that
among the five Powers which four years
ago ranked highest in respect Of naval
strength Russia had not the best but the
poorest chance Of victory in contest
with the Japanese.
As for the assumption current, it seems,
in anthropological circles at Chicago that
and officered, maneuvred and handled
than those Of the four other nations to
which We have referred, there is not the
slightest ground for it except upon the
theory that priort the pupil may be
expected to excel his master. As a mat
ter of fact such victories as the Japanese
navy has won were gained over con-
temptible antagonists; indeed some Of
the Chinese vessels in the war Of 1S94-9S
fought better than did any of the Russian
ships with which TOGO had to compete.
To draw from such premises the deduction
that as regards seamanshp and GInnery
the Japanese outrank the British, the
Americans, the French or the Germans is
the height of illogical absurdity.
In the absence of any we'll founded
apprehension of aggression on the part
of Japan some Of MS may doubt, as
a measure of naval strategy, the expe-
diency Of transferring all our battle
ships to the Pacific. Professor STARR,
however. stands alone in opposing the
movement on the ground that our
battleships would simply demonstrate
how inefficient our navy is and would
invite Japan TO gobble them up.
The sun., 1907-08-14
WASHINGTON. August


From tie Nsw York CommerciaL
ft would appear 70 be wholly unnecessary
and supsrnuous for any announcement to be
made from the Executive ofiioes at Oyster
Bay with reference to settlement" OF the
telsgraphsrs' strike By the President Of the
United States. He has no more 60 do with the
grievances. real or fancied. OF the telegraph
operators Of the country than he has with
the menus at the summer resort hotels: and
It is no more a part OF his Official duties or
within the authority or the province OF his
ofnoe to Intervene between these teleg.
raphers and their employers than Il would bc
Tor him to put on wings and try to straig ighten
out the procession Of the equinoxes. Yet We
and in the Sycamore Hill bulletin an "oficisl
denial that the President had ordered
Commissioner of Labor Nell to Chica 20 for
stopping this strike; and Secretary Loeb has
been moved to add that President Rooseyelt
has taken no action Ia this matter and will
take none-that he will leave the strike IN
the hands OF the heads Of the labor bureau
Why shouldn't her Why should It be neces-
sary to give out this information any more
than IL Is necessary to say for the President
that he will not depose Uncle Joe Cannon
from the Speakership next December or that
he will leave the eighty cent gas case here
In New York In the hands Of the courts? The
ten thousand and one things that he has no
idea OF doing-that he could not possibly do,
II he would-sre not a one-millionth part 90
important an one or two things that he would
and might do; change his mind about &c.
cepting a Presidential nomination for On.
stance. lt is the misehievous. vicious prece-
dent Of -butting in" on the anthracite coal
strike OF le02 that now supplies the excuse
for official announcements every now and
then to the effect that the President IL pod
lively not going out to Nebraska to settle
. row In church choir and that he has de-
cided not to interfere in the strike by the
sculiions against the proprietor OF the Mack
erel Pavilion at Passamaauoddy, Me. II the
precedent Of 1902 doesn't some day work
vastly more serious mischief it will he
wonder
The sun., 1907-08-14
Yellow Fever In Cuba ?

The reported outbreak of yellow fever
among our troops at Cienfuegos, while
deplorable from every point Of view,
may still be made to serve a useful pur-
pose through the medium of a really en-
lightened investigation by thoroughly
qualified investigators. A great many
physicians whose experience entities
them to respectful consideration are
far from satisfied that the mosquito is
the sole cause Of this disease. They do
not doubt that yellow fever can be prop
agated by that agency, for the record of
the Havana experiments, conducted by
intelligent and honorable men. is before
them; but they have never accepted
as final the dogma of the mosquito a
the first and only cause. And IL is fact
of more or less significance that these So
called dissenters are to be found chiefly
in localities where yellow fever has pre-
vailed at various times in the past,
whereas the cocksure disciples OF "the
theory" are to be found chiefly In New
Jersey, Pennsylvania. Illinois, Michigan
and Kansas.
OF course it will be claimed that the
revival Of the malady in Cuba is directly
referable to the mosquito, which some
how has eluded the vigilance OF Its offi-
cial exterminators and resumed its evil
courses. Nor is it wholly impossible that
this may be virtually true. But here we
have occasion for a very searching in
quiry, and none will be accepted as
satisfactory, at least by earnest and
well informed scientists, which sets out
from the mosquito hypothesis and rigidly
forbids every form of alternative or
even parallel imagining It might, for
example, be assumed that the old theory
Of the mosquitoes exclusive initiative
still holds good Very likely il will be
80, since that assumption courts the least
resistance and involves a minimum of
demonstration Nevertheless, even at
that. it would be worth while to inquire
whether a genuine determination of the
mosquito is practicable and to ask
why. If so. the consummation was not
achieved at a time when our means were
unlimited and our authority absolute.
a itltticSJ dttdtUtS
to the argument that II We could not
triumph then we may hardly expect to
triumph now.
But the investigation, supposing we
ordan one, should take wider range
and open paths to much more valuable
information. 1t is very possible that
the last word has not yet been spoken
in respect of yellow fever, its origin its
symptoms and its treatment. Much has
been learned regarding typhoid since the
first oracle was issued. We have not
yet abolished Group, or whooping cough,
or measles. much less smallpox and con-
sumption. Why take il for granted that
human science and human industry
must needs be concentrated on the ex-
termination of an insect which perhaps
cannot be exterminated?
Meanwhile, there is announcement in
the thought that our sick soldier boys
will be treated intelligently. and reas-
surance in the fact that, so far at least,
We haven't had Round Robin from
the Focus.
The sun., 1907-08-14

The subjoined questions and answers are
from an alleged interview with the Hon.
JOSEPH @. CANNON In Kansas City:
what do YOU think Of TARrs chances for the
nomination."
Don't know q damned thing about them.
These are dog days and no one should think Of
politics. l don't
- How about the tarin''
"'oh, helll Nothing doing. 1 tell you
No sympathetic person would ask Uncle
JOE about another mans boom for the
Presidency. Ls he not the favorits son of
Illinois and the choice Of many Republican
members Of Congress who expect reoog-
milton from him in December? The most
popular man In Congress 10 not keeping tab
on the Taft boom. of course.
As to Uncle JoE's strong language about
the tariff. IL was the heat and not the SUBJ
ject that provoked his sulphurous rejoinder.
We have IL on the authority Of Senator
HoPKNs of Illinois that Uncle JOE Ia st
heart a tariff reviser When It's cooler
perhaps he will say 90 himself.
A rough. frank and sometimes rank old
man, but as true as the tail OF the Dipper to
tho north stari
The sun., 1907-08-14
The Alleged Superiority of Japan.

Mr.. FREDERICK STARR, professor of
anthropology in the University of Chi
cago, lie credited with expressing the
opinion that Japan could beat the United
States in war. Whether he is qualified
to expound the science with which he
is presumed to be specially conversant
we do not know, but we find il hard to
believe that his researches have con-
vinced him that the Mongolian type, Of
which the Japanese is an exemplar, il
physically or intellectually superior to
the Caucasian. Neither can we accept
his averment that Russia was the only
Power which in the recent Far Eastern
conflict had a chance OF coping succ ,ss-
fully with Japan.
II there is anything about which there
n a consensus among anthropologists
n Is the superior aptitude for physical
and intellectual achievements of the
race or family of races still popularity
called Caucasian, term applied to a
physical type which generally is or has
been associated with the use of an
Aryan language. The peoples which
on their part to great religions, but
most Of the territorial conquests made
by them for the propagation of Islam
have not been durable, and the civ
ilization which they borrowed fron
the peoples with which they came in
contact has long been in process Of
decay. As for the Mongol or Mongoloid
section Of the human race, it has never
evolved a civilization at once original
high and lasting, except in the single
case of China, of which Corea and Japan,
and probably also AMMAN, Siam and
Burma, were pupils and disciples. To
speak of Japan as superior to her Vest
ern teachers because she has been able
to assimilate certain material triumphs
Of the West in applied science, triumphs
which if we may judge from her his
torical record she would be Incapable
OF achieving or Of extending, is on the
face of il preposterous. As we'll might
one assert that a slavish copyist sur
passes the author of the thing copied
The applied science of to-day in the
countries where il has been evolved
will seem backward and inadequate to
the next generation; but if Japan could
he deprived q! access 10 OR improve
rnents she would remain stationary at
her present stage OF progress. Her only
The sun., 1907-08-14
COYOTE COURAGE.
stories Os the Little Beasts DARING which
Mr. Roosevelt Would Call Mature Faklng.

tn yur Enron or THE suS-Siy; Down
.. .,..ns.. aa,,n,S TEA. l,y.s n certain
ranchman whom have known FOR more thsn
thirty years. In all of that time have found
hin, the soul Of truth and honor. He has the
..... - -, 80. A., -on,hx.st Tsxa. xbo
respec' Oh every one sh sou.nw .,.s s us
knows him and ne Is wideIy .,,ne shown. ne
Is man OF good education. keen Observation
~ 80. "a $500 hrsoasd al n liar and
70 nsve TINS VI" hreuu VI go. :, -
Tor That reason only snail reirhh from sV
Ing his name. Yesterday I received q letter
from him. Here Is part of IL:
- ,.-,., 80. ,s., ,s. .o,o,.
will not attack q deer he Is on the Track DO you
remember on our initial trip to Laredo In '7o. how
on the ssisdo prairie. between the Frio snd .ns
Ss. rSeess, "e 80. 49, sh.v, N . c,rc,e,
s, uno vas 'unh'ns .. ,S~ ..n,,,,s"yo,,
You know We saw tho chase ana the capture-you
and aud John Ross. Captain Durand. JACK Evans
The sun., 1907-08-14

site in a model twentieth century city.
II even has Broadway three miles long,
with concrete sidewalks and with two
miles on each side Of business blocks.
1t will probably also have a. White Way
Of it's own in imitation of its model. for
the coming steel capital Is not to be-
altogether devoted to business, but will
have parks, Fairgrounds, theatres and
opera houses. These, however, viii nat
urally come later, though when they do
come they will fit harmoniously into the
general plan.
Gary Is not to be another Pullman,
but a city which has had the benefit Of
that notable experiment and conse-
quently an Improvement upon 1t. How
far it will justify the large and gen.
erous hopes Of Its founders is a question
that will be partly answered, at least
in the near future.
The sun., 1907-08-14

years later. The lower end OF the psnin"
sula, oAGt Of tho Chiokahominy River. 10
more especially the battle-ground OF the
earlier days. and the country between chat
stream and Richmond is more especially
the scene Of the latcr struggles. although
the fighting In either case was not confined
ID either area. Forty-hve years ago such
names a. Harrison's Landing. Malvern Hill.
Bermuda Hundred. Dutch Gap and half a
score more were a. familiar TO the people
OF this country a. san Juan. Santiago.
Caloocan. Malolos and a few others were
In 1898.
Those whose motive In visiting the expo
sition 10 TO have q good time" will prob
ably find larger supply OF what they want
In the neighborhood Of the warpath than
they would at any Of these three side shows.
Those whose purposes are more serious may
we'll and wisely spend a few days In York.
town. Williamsburg and jamestown.
The sun., 1907-08-14

TO TEE EDITOR or THE sUN~Str: What Is the
trouble between the Fire Department and the am.
bulance servtce' Twenty years ago when the
writer served In one OF the city hospitals the nre-
men and the policemen were our most spprecisuve
patients They recognized the tact that their own
surgeons were inaccessible In emergencies and
gladly accepted our services.
think investe eaton will show that the rules and
regulations Of the Fire Department wilr not permit
the ofhcers TO take the same amount OF respons.
bility for the treatment OF their horses that they
assume for their mon.
Not long ago one OF the chief oficers discovered
at home three days after an injury that supposed
sprain was really fracture of the leg. a fact he
could have ascertained at once n he had not beeu
saved from kidns pp,ne" by the ambulance sur
geon who was summoned. J.PD.
NEw YoRK, August IL
The sun., 1907-08-14
The Cnfairncss Of Frank Foster and
Hen Franklin.

One FRANK n. FOSTER in Boston has
been acting in way that requires dras-
tic action on the part of the labor unions.
Pretending TO be their friend. an EN-
ployer Of union printers, an officer in
amalgamations Of toll, this FOSTER
nevertheless stultifies himself as to each
such profession by an arrogant defiance
of fundamental union axioms.
The late BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, a non
union printer, bequeathed a sum of
money to be held in trust for Boston
during a hundred years. After that
period the accumulated money was to
be used for some public purpose to be
determined at the maturity OF the trust.
A century found the gift amounting to
nearly half a million dollars, and the
Hon. ANDREAs CARNEGIE. who runs an
open foundry and gives away Libraries
without regard to whether the builders
of them are union or non-union, offered
to double the sum il the trustees would
select as the purpose something resem-
bling Cooper Union, New York, and also
providing the city would buy the site.
The conditions having been accepted.
commission to carry out the terms
was constituted, and one of the men,
bers was this man FOSTER
When bids on the building were opened
the lowest was that Of a firm which
maintains an open shop. FOSTER, rec
reant to every obligation, not only ac-
quiesced without groan in the auto
matte verdict of the figures. as submitted
by the competitors, but actually voted
for the award
Justice was swift on his guilty spoor.
The Central Labor Union OF Boston,
having listened TO the tainted talk of
Commissioner JAMES j. SToRRow, a
notorious phiianthropist who gives his
time and subscriptions to the better
ment Of social conditions without even
a pretence of asking to see the bene-
ficiary's union card. and Commissioner
HENRY s. PRITcHETr. a minion Of the
open shop, voted a request that FOSTER
resign from the board For most hon
est men this would be enough. But
what does FOSTER do? He arises from
bed to which he has been confined for
six months with a malady contracted
while serving as delegate to the national
convention Of the American Federation
The sun., 1907-08-14
Memory and Admiration.
Fron fhe wall Strset Summdr,

FTom the Wal Street Summary.
What the great majority Of the people OF
this country still and we believe always will
admire most In their statesmen and heroes
is the truthfulness Of our first Chief Executive.
the patience and sound common sense Of the
one who conserved the Union. and the wisdom
and political sagacity OF the one who seven
years ago said In unconscious prophecy to q
chosen few Of his advisers who were urging
him to accept q young. untried and head
strong politician from this State as his COM
panion on the Presidential ticket: Gentle
men. you must not forget that there win be
only one life between him and the Presidency. |"
The sun., 1907-08-14

Of Labor and shamelessly announces
that he will not resign and that the Cen
tral Labor Union needn't think IL can
make him resign. He aggravates his
offence by adding that the only thing a
lawabiding, self-respecting commission
could do was to award the contract to the
lowest bidder. and that II he had it to go
through again he would do the same.
The duty Of the hour is plain. From
FOSTERS printing shop, to which he
will return when he RECEIVERS his health.
the Central Labor Union must take away
the label.
Also from BEN FRASKLIN's shop.
The sun., 1907-08-14
A Medical Test Of Aehristy.
Eonu. an. TanAou S,loh.

FTOW He LONDON Ct0Oe.
Accused Of being drunk on his own premises 4
Wgton licensed victuAlcr called DIR. Backock TO
give evidence before the Cumberland justices in
his defence. The doctor said that Immediately
after the police visited the house defendant called
at his surgery and asked TO be tested for sobriey.
In his presence the man walked perfectly along a
straight line stood upon one log for three quarters
OF q minute. repeated the word "hippopotamus
quickly and distinctly. and told the time by watcs
TO q quarter OF q minute. The magistrates dis'
missed the case.
The sun., 1907-08-14

Praise the transportation sage
While we all make merry:
His no troubled railroad life.
Charon runs a ferry.
Note no enterprislng bridg,
Has replaced his whcrry.
None investigate his rates,
Chsron runs q ferry.
Never tunnel has he built.
Knowing OF him. very:
state nor L. s. hounds his days,
Chsron runs ferry.
Toast him In the sherry:
None can try 10 bust his trust,
Charon runs a ferry.
McLANpsusoH WILSON
The sun., 1907-08-14

From ne staadar6.

Bacon curcrs are usually among the most pros
porous nrms In Belfast. but they have had to wars
the farmers throughout the north not TO k.l any
more pigs untn the strikes are settled, for Il Is m
possible TO handle the carcAsses Business has thus
been diverted 70 other Irish bacon curing centre"
although the majority OF farmers have simply re-
spited their pigs and are making no attemp. 70
supply the market. Danish bacon factories wm
thus profit
The sun., 1907-08-14
A Crowd Of Loafers which the Police should
Break Cp.

To rHk EDITOR OF THE SCS-sir: have two
daughters who are employed as stenogrsphers In
Forty third street. The crowd OF men OF all ma
tons" that hangs around Broadway and Forty
second street 10 SO insulting 70 all women passing
that I have had 10 order my daughters 20 avoid
that corner. II 10 becoming notorious. Is II not
tlmo for the police to wake up:
NEW YORK, August ~. CARROLL JAMESON.
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ps.i P.p.r Moasy . spr.ad.r OF Disease

To rms Epiron or TINE SUs-s1: I was glad 70
see In THs sun OF August II the letter OF n Val
lentine calling for the cancellation OF dirty Paper
money. Medical men are continually advocating
and urging the necessity OF preventing the spread,
ing OF disease germs and the thy condition OF our
bill currency which 10 - disgrace TO country.
must be medium for spreading such germs IN an
directions W. z. Bid6s
NEW YoaK. August ~.
The sun., 1907-08-14

Saccessfsl:
The biggest corporation
IL bustsd, OF Q verify;
The largest 10 the nation,
None other than prosperity.
The sun., 1907-08-14
Dinensiou.

Steia-what 10 gossip
Bella Something that sounds 80 big IN your ~
- cinder feels In your eye.
The sun., 1907-08-14

Paris once 81 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale al kiosque IT, near tho
Grand Hotel. Kosque H. Boulevard des Capucines.
corner Place de l'opera. and kOsQue ~. Boulevard
des ItaIicns, corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
The sun., 1907-08-14
subscriptions by Mail. Postpaid.

Published By tho sun Printing and Publishing
Association a. i7O Nassau street In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York. President and Treasurer
OF the Association. william VI. Lafan. 40 Nassau
street: Secretary OF the Association. Franklin
Bartlett, s Nassau street
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Knicker-Connd ndcnce has been shaken.
Mrs Knicker- Dear me. then why dom they so
g confidence man 10 restore II,