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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-01-08
De Ponce
a. POSADA.

En- la High and Grammar
School de esta ciudad, funcio-
ma desde aver TN reloj con tim
bres, movidos por electricidad,
que anuncia las horas de clases
y de salida.
En- Ell tren de hoy por la
maflana, ha sal1do para Rio Pie.
dras, la distinguida senorita
Vidalar Martinez, estudiante de
la Escuela Normal, que estaba
aqul, pasando las vacaciones.
Los d1as de Aflo- -Nuevo Y
Reyes han pasado muy festeia-
dos, y con mucha tranquilidad.
Desde temprano en- la noche in
vadieron las GALES algunas pa
rrandas.
-Gontinua enfermo de CANA
Iel conocido periodista ST.. Con-
treras Ramos. director de "El
Aguila' Ojala mejore de sus
dolencias.
X dSdQO mdndHd sc GSpGTd en-
esta ciudad la companfa de zar-
zuela en- pue tlgura la notable
tiple Laura Nunez. Y que re-
presenta don America Marin.
Sc aguarda con gran entusiasmo,
-Ha regresado a su residen-
cia de Aguadilla don t. Sill
va, del alto comercio de Paris,
que sc encontraba en- esta ciu-
dad, hospedad0 en- casa del Sc
nor Carlos Armstrong (padre).
Hoy debe regresar de San
Juan don Guillermo Wives, con-
cejaI del ayuntamiento ponceho.
va sc estan terminando los
trabajos de carpinteria que sc
estan hacienda en- la casa que
ocuparon la Policia lnsular Y la
Audiencia (calle Castillo) y que
pocupara el Casino Espanol.
-Dentro de algunos dias re-
gresaran para su residenCia
de Arecibo los seflores don Car
los Storer y don JESUS Ma Lago,
delicadisimo y laureado poeta.
Corresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-01-08

porque las revolucipnes son casi
siempre fomentadas ALI poT al
guna nacion vecina.
ST los Estados Unidos ejercie-
sen una accion mas deflnida,
mas constante, en- toda la re :
gion americana comprendida en-
su esfera de Influenza pTesta-
rian IN gran servicioa a la civi-
lizacion. Por desgracia, esta po-
Utica, que es la del Presidente
Roosevelt, no ha sido apoyada
por 81 Senado; el cual, como Sc
recordara, enmendo y achico el
tratado con Santo Domingo; "a
pesar de ESQ, el tratado esta
dando buenos resultados, asi CO.
mo en- Cuba la Enmienda Plat
ha servido para salvar a esa
Isla de la anarqu1a. Hay nacio-
nes americans, como la Argen-
tina, Ell Uruguay, y Chile, que
estan tan fuera de la Influenza
de Washington como los pue bios
del Mediterraneo; y asi 10 reco-
noce Mr.. Albert Hale, en- su re
ciente { interesante libro titula-
do Los Sud americanos." va
sc Comienza a desvanecer, aqui
el sueno de crear un bloc" con
todas las Republicas del Nuevo
Mundo, bajo la jefatura de los
Estados Unidos; h bra do S
"blocs' 8 habra mas, 9 no ha.
bra ninguno permanente, por
que como en- Europa, sc cam
biara de alianza. segun con-
venga
Pero no es TN sueno, sino po-
Utica practica, politica reals
ta'-como decia Bismarck v
hasta buen negocio Ell que esta
Rep1blica emplee los poderosos
medios de que dispone en- puri :
fear y ordenar y en- dar desa-
rrollo economico a las Antillas
~ a la America Central v a la
parte septentrional de la Ame :
rica del Sur. Puede llevarse
bien con Ell resto 5de America,
sin ofenderlo con amores de
"protecci6n desdenosa" como
dice Mr.. Hale; pero, aca, en- to-
da esta vasta Zona RIGA, mex.
plotada y entregada a las haza
1las de dictadores, regenerado- }
res, libertadores y restaurado-
res, tiene el deber y ell derecho
de establecer, con una conducta
flrme Y discreta, un estado de
tranquilidad y de progreso.
Y este, ssin mas anexiones
que las indispensables, alguna
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-01-08
CULTURA
Ri presupueste Dc la edutaci6n nacisnal
en- Prancia

Monsieur Steeg, diputado frances,
habla desde la "Revue Bleue" de la
crescion de un ministerio de la Educa
cion nacional. Hace tempo que esta
idea trabaja ell esplritu de algunos
hom bres polfticos de la gran Repdbli
ca. Precise es reconocer que Ell tftulo
que Sc quiere dar al ministerio de la
cultura es bastante mas expressive que
ell que actu slmente lleva. Pero, seg1n
10 que dice monsieur Steeg, no Sc trata
solo de un cambio de pala bras, sino de
algo mas hondo Ell genio frances Sc
revela puro en- la idea a que alude el
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-01-08
Bol-Er1n MERoANTIk ID PUERTO RICO

diputado Steeg. Sc quisiera recoger
en- IN gran organismol directivoy y com
prensivo todos los esfuerzos, hoy dis
-persos, que la nacion, como Estado, rea
liza en- pro de Ia educaci6n.
81 frances no puede yer con calma
la diversidad y heterogeneidad admi-
nistrativas, y es raro que Sc haya po-
dido conservar hasta ahora sin mayores
protestas la serie de ensefianzas que,
fuera del ORGANISING titular de la ms
trucci6n pdblica, existen en- Francia
dependencies de los distintos ministerios.
Monsieur Steeg Sc explica el estado
actual de las cosas. "Comprendemos
-dice-lo que ha pasado. Las gran
des admin str aciones del Estado han
tenido que hscer frente necesidades
cada vez mas considera bles mas com.
plejas. No han podido menos de pro-
curar su personal una preparation
cada dfa mas ~tecaica. Los distintos
ministerios Sc han esforzado por desen
volver tan completamente como era
possible las cualidades, las aptitudes,
las nociones profesionales que CORES
ponden a su propio objeto."
Asf Sc han creado y multiplicado las
enseflanzas tecnicas como protesta,
ademas, contra las tradiciones las
tendencias unive rsitarias. Las impo.
MIA el ambiente, las requerfa la necesi-
dad sentida en- as luchas industriales
y mercantiles.
Pero las cosas han cambiado; la
Universidad francesa Sc ha alberto
todos los vientos del espfritu Ell Mi
nisterio de Instruction pdblica ha sido
Ell gran propulsor de la renovation ne-
cional y de la cultura; por e han pasa-
do los hombres politicos mas eminen-
tes y activos.
Y Sc cree por algunos que acaso Sc
obtendria un mayor rendimiento 81 los
esfuerzos dispersos en- los distintos de-
par tamento ministeriales Sc armoniza
sen, constituyendo Ell servicio de la
educacion nacional ba 10 una direction
superior, no absorbente, nj concentra
da, pero ST fuerte. impulsora, energica,
con un mismo oriente.
No voy yo a emitir juicio alguno
sobre sta reforma. SuscitarG en- ella
ell problema que ha de resolverse con
espfritu de Francie
Lo que ST nos interesa va, y por ESQ
recojo como tena Ell articulo de M.
Steeg, son los datos que este anota
Monsieur Steeg recuerda en- pri-
mer termino, que la Repdblica ha ele-
vado Ell presupuesto de Instruction
p1blica, de "a 2S3, 3a1 frances que su
ponfa en- 1870, a a7I.3sz7o6 propuestos
para 1908.
Pero Sc equivocan los que Green que
en- Francia 20 hay mas que esa cifra
para la educacion nacional en- ell pre-
supuesto del Estado. En- los demas
partamentos ministeriales fguran
consignaciones de mucha considera-
ci6n para el mismo servicio.
El mnisterio de Negocios extranje-
ros tiene establecimientos de ensefian.
"a superior y secundaria en- Oriente
en- ell Extreme Oriente: un presupues-
to que Sc eleva a 821.ooo frances. Ell de
Obras p1blicas gasta al afo en- las es
cuelas de puentos y caminos y minas
la suma de 64o,ooo frances. El minis
tro del Interior, "sin que Sc sepa por
que, dice NJ Steeg, tiene a su cargo la
pedagogfa mas delicada, las escuelas
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-01-08
Los cablegramas de hoy

Hasta la bora de entrar en-
prensa la edicion del BoLETIN,
no hemos recibido el despacho
que nos envia diariamente nues-
tro corresponsal especial en-
Nueva York.
81 llega a tempo aun, 10 in
SertaremoS q Ultima hora.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-12
THE JEFFERs ON1AN.

about it and Brett did so. Walline fired
up, resented the husbands remonstrance,
and thus brought on a fight, in which
Brett was killed.
Walline must have been ably defended
for the jury mercifully returned a verdict
for manslaughter, when the evidence
would have justified one for murder.
After about three years of Walline's
term had been served, the governor par
doned him.
Why?
by his indecency had provoked the fatal
encounter. The husband lost his life in
the effort to protect his wife from in
suit. Walline outraged the wife by un-
gentlemanly conduct, and then killed the
husband who asked the young man to
respect her
Yet the governor, who was as hard as
flint in the Rogers case, was as soft as
butter in the Wal1ine case.
Why7
He was steel rod in the Rogers case,
but in the Walline case a willow twig.
WHY?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-12
What Is Cotton Worth?

At this time, when the farmers are
holding their crop for fifteen cents per
pound, it is desirable that they have
some actual knowledge Of what the price
should be.
We read in the newspapers that the to-
bacco growers have been selling leaf to-
bacco, this week, for 12h and IS cents
per pound. When the growers organized
to fight the Trust, the price of tobacco
had been run down by the Trust to four
and five cents per pound.
few years ago cotton was run down
to six cents, and Theodore Price, the lead
er of the bears of Wall street, declared
that it would go down to five cents.
The Farmers Union and similar organ
izations determined that they should
have something nearer the value of their
product, and the result is that since cot
ton dropped to six cents, it has sold as
high as sixteen cents. 1t is now sagging
between eleven and twelve cents What
ought the price to be? Is cotton really
worth more than twelve cents?
Let us look at the facts. A bale of
cotton weighing 500 pounds will make
about 5000 yards of calico. To manu-
facture this bale of cotton into the 1900
yards of calico will cost about $500 in
all. Therefore, if the manufactured prod
uct (the CALICO sells at seven cents per
yard, the bale of cotton will yield to the
manufacturer $40 His profit on the
bale, then, is about $1oo But let us say
that the spinner only gets an average of
five cents for his calico. This will be
$3.50 for the 5000 yards which are made
from the bale of cotton. In that event,
he buys bale Of cotton for $50. 90 (as-
Stunning that he pays twelve cents for
it), and sells it for $3.50. In the manu-
facture of the cotton his entire expenses
will be about 500, or $4,000 over and
above what he pays for the raw cotton J;
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-12
Those PaYdOns and These Questions

A married man, named Willie Rogers,
caught his wife in the act of inhdelity.
Later in the day he shot her to death.
1t was murder; but under the plain let
ter of the law there is no punishable
crime unless the person committing the
act is man of sound mind Under the
Georgia rule, man has sound mind
within the meaning of the law if he knows
right from wrong.
Some of the best medical experts in
Savannah, the home of Rogers con-
sidered him non-sane. Some of the most
intelligent men and women of the city
knowing Rogers well-considered him
almost an idiot.
To have given him life sentence
would have met every requirement of the
law. But he was hanged, and thus the
state lost a convict, worth to her about
$3.50 dollars per year. He was & young
man, and therefore he might have earned
$3.50 per year for the state for thirty
years, or more. But they put him to
death. And some of the physicians
and some of the people of Savannah, who
have no interest in the case save that
of common humanity, declare that the ex-
ecution of this poor, half-witted creature
is a blot on the fair fame of Georgia.
But "the powers that be" had hardened
their hearts in the Glover case; and the
powers had to be consistent; and so the
semi-idiot, Rogers, had to be choked to
DEATH because the crack-brained Glover's
life was demanded by the Augusta Ring.
So much for these two poor fellows
who were defective and decadent.
During the thirty years that they might
reasonably have expected to live, they
would have earned $4,000 for the state,
and been reformed, as well as punished.
But consider another case, Walline, a
young unmarried man, kills Brett mar
ried man.
What about?
Walline had habit of behaving him
self that was most insulting to Brett's
wife. He would leave his room door open
while dressing and undressing, and while
lying on his bed undressed therefore
Mrs. Brett, whose room was opposite,
across the narrow corridor, had to see the
indecency of Walline, in passing in and
out of her own room. She asked her
husband TO speak to the young man
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-12

consequently his net profit even at tNc.
cents per yard for the calico, is somewhere
between $40 and $50 per bale. On a
crop of 100000 bales, the spinner,
therefore, could make profit of about
$5oo,oooooo.
TO the farmer this state of affairs
means that lie sells bale of cotton for
$50. 90 or 500. co. and buys it back at
from $15o to $500.
No wonder that the statistics published
by the United States government prove
that the agricultural classes are not even
making good wages, whereas the mant1-
featuring classes, after paying wages, raw
material, and interest Upon capital, make
a net profit of $4,000, 100000. In other
words, the official statistics prove that
capital invested in manufacturing. where
it is given by law a monopoly of the
American market, yields a net profit of
Twenty-Five per cent per year to the
manufacturers.
Unprotected and competing with the
Old World, the American farmer is not
making any net profit whatever upon his
investment AS rule, he barely gets
living.
Coming now to the question as to what
cotton really is worth let us figure it out
another way Suppose the manufacturer
paid you fifteen cents per pound for your
cotton. In that case, bale weighing 800
pounds would cost the manufacturer
SIS 90. He would manufacture it into
5000 yards of calico at cost of about
Sis or $I2o. Selling his calico at five
cents per pound, the bale of cotton would
yield him $3.50; therefore his profit would
be about $50. 90 per bale.
Let us suppose that the manufactures
paid twenty cents per pound for cotton.
What would be the result to him? The
bale of cotton would cost him $Ioo. He
would manufacture it into 5000 yards
Of calico at a cost Of about $I4o. If he
got no more than five cents per yard for
his product, he would make $40. 90 per
bale on each bale of cotton that he made
into calico.
In cotton manufactures the investment
of capital is about $3.50, 100000. There
fore, if every bale of a crop Of 100000
bales should be manufactured into calico
which was sold by the manufacturers at
five cents per pound, he could afford to
pay twenty cents per pound, for his net
profit would be $I2o, 100000, or nearly
twenty per cent clear profit upon the
capital invested.
Of course, there may be other manu-
features of cotton besides calico, which
pay larger per cent of profit. There
may be some which pay less. The proba-
bllities are that there is considerable uni
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

Ii is up to the membership of No.
every possible assistance. The silver
anniversary ought TO be celebrated in
way that will go down in history.
The Auxiliary may be counted upon
anniversary a success. Let everybody
take hold and help the committee
frame up a record breaker.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03
A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

William Parsons( aged q, driver
for the Hardy Furniture company, was
found dead in his big van near Fiji
teenth and streets. last Tuesday
afternoon. As near as can be learned
Parsons was thrown from his high
seat by the sudden starting up of his
a fractured neck. The team ran away,
and when it was stopped Parson' s
dead body was found. He lived with
a married brother and a sister at 1924
j street. He had worked for the
Hardy company two years and was a
steady, reliable man who was well
liked by all who knew him. His aged
mother lives in Omaha.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03
It Must Ask Tonaanoxie First.

A temporary Injunction was granted
by Judge Gillpatrick of the district
court at Leavenworth, restraining the
Missouri & Kansas Telephone COM
pany from building line into Ton
ganoxie. There is an independent
telephone company in Tonganoxie now
and it is said that certain interested
persons 90 not want snc.ner line to
get foothold. Tongaeoxje IS a city
OF the third class AM under the law
passed in 1905 a telephone company
has to obtain a franchise from third
class cities before it can establish tele-
phone lines or exchanges. The Mis-
souri, G Kansas Telephone company
made no effort to obtain a franchise
in TonganOxie,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

The Daily Star has started a cru
SADIE against the handful nuisance.
The Wageworker heartily seconds the
Stars protest against handbills that
do not bear the label of the allied
printing trades.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

Outside of hte ad rooms the print
ing business has been rather slack
for the last month, but there are good
times ahead. A national campaign
always makes good business in the
printing trades.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

The editor of this humble little labor
Elgin watch ,twenty-year gold case,
presented to him by William J. and
Charles w. Bryan. Maybe it was a
hint to be a little more prompt in get
ting down to work in the morning.
And maybe one of the donors of the
aforesaid watch will be the next presi-
dent of the United States. What?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03
HE WAS MISSING SEVEN YEARS
A kansan, Given Up as Dead, Heard
From in Indiana.


From in Indiana.
Edward Brown, who disappeared
from South Haven, west of Arkansas
City, Kas., seven years ago and was
supposed to be dead, is at the home
of his brother near Greencastle, Ind.
This information was received by his
father, H. v. Brown, postmaster at
Braman, Ok, in a telegram from the
brother, who simply said that Edward
had come there. One day, seven years
ago, Edward Brown drove to South
Haven, put his team in a livery barn,
drew 1925 from the South Haven bank
and went to Wellington. The last
seen of him was in company with
some gamblers in Wellington. After
a vain search for him his relatives
came to the conclusion that he had
been killed in Wellington and his body
disposed of in some mysterious man
ner. He was then 80 years old and
unmarried.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

On the square. we wouldn't mind
it at all if We had been guest of
the Home on Christmas day. The
| boys out there had a big time, judg
ing by a handsome menu card sent us
| by Superintendent Deacon. The card
| is a handsome sample of Typography,
| and the menu shows that the culinary
hands of artists. For breakfast the
guests of the Home had oranges, oat-
meal, broiled lamb chops, French fried
potatoes, hot biscuit, bread, butter,
tea, coffee, and milk. For supper they
had cold boiled ham, lettuce, baked
potatoes, American cheese, wheat
mullins, sliced pineapple, fruit cake,
bread, butter, tea, coffee and milk.
the mouth water even to write about
it. Here is the dinner bill: Oysters
on the half shell, consomme, olives,
salt almonds, celery, roast young tur-
key, cranberry sauce. mashed pota-
toes, sugar corn, stewed tomatoes,
plum pudding with brandy sauce, as
sorted fruits, mixed nuts, bread, but
ter, tea, coffee and milk. And after
dinner there were plenty of good
union made cigars.
And here's hoping that every
mothers son of 'em enjoyed the
Christmas cheer. Fine old bunch,
those veterans of the trade, those men
whose health has broken down under
the strain. There's nothing too good
for them that money can buy, and
they can bank on the fact that 10000
union printers are wishing them the
happiest kind of New Year-and
many of them.
James NJ Lynch has announced his
dency of the International Typograph-
ical Union. He bases his claim chief
ly upon the success of the eight hour
fight waged under his management.
The fight was won at an expense of
upwards of $4,OO0.OOO, and Philadel-
phia, ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha and
many another city is yet in bad shape.
President Lynch is an able man.
There is no better parliamentarian in
the ranks of organized labor. He is a
splendid organizer But he has built
up one-man power machine that will
wreck the International Typographical
Union if it is not itself wrecked. The
so-called Initiative and referendum"
of the International Typographical
Union is little better than farce.
The convention always dominated by
the administration crowd, provides
the initiative. Lese majestic has been
approved under the Lynch regime.
Local unions that have dared to claim
the right to disagree with the execu-
tive council have been trampled upon
with hobnailed shoes. The time is
ripe for a change of administration.
This departments editor is for Will
liam B. Prescott for president of the
international Typographical Union.
Prescott and reform of administra-
ton!
Frank. A. Kennedy, THE executive
coupciI nf tho r n n r. &c in dis
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

Frank A. Kennedy, THE executive
council of the B. o. o. T., is in. dis
grace. Unless he can give salts
factory explanation of his double
decked duplicity the Most Worshipful
Secretary, which is us, will strike his
name from the rolls, take up his card
and ostracize him. 1t is charged
against Kennedy, and admitted by
him. that he actually ate at the same
table in an Omaha restaurant with
Tommy Klopp Treason. Worse
than treason! What right has Ken
nedy to be eating in a restaurant, to
say nothing of eating at the same
table with Tommy Klopp? And the
worst of it is that Kennedy actually
glories in his shame. He sat right
there with Klopp, ate with him and
conversed with him. Brother Guye
of the Omaha BARRIERS Union gives
Kennedy deserved roasting in the
Labor Advocate for his traitorous con-
duct OF course Editor-President
Guye would refuse to shave Tommy
Klopp. And Colonel Mccullough of
the executive committee of the Omaha
| Typographical Union would absolute
ly refuse to write anything for Tommy
Klopp to read The Most Worshipful
Secretary-still us-hereby notifies
THE executive council that when he
sends in his abject apology and ex-
PLANTATION he must also send in a
double percapiter tax. We intend
making horrible example of cases like
| this
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

Shelby Smith, Most Worshipful
Grandaddy of the B. o. o. T., has sent
in his January percapiter and is here
by allowed to breathe the same air as
President Lynch for the next thirty
days.
George Locker is working on the
city directory in the North shop.
John Marshall is still pesticating
around on the trail of a good country
newspaper and says he is going to
land one some of these days.
Colonel Carson found a frozen viper
in the road and took 1t home with
him. He thawed it out, and the viper
repaid him by swiping an overcoat
and gold watch. The. viper was
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03
pREss PATTERNS.

New York Typographical Union, No.
6. states that the following patterns
IRE fair:
McCall's.
Independent Peerless.
Pictorial Review.
Union Dime.
Paris Modes.
Economy.
Home Pattern Company.
All the Butterick patterns and pub
locations are way up on the list Of
scabs, and should not be allowed in
any workingman's home, especially II
he Is a union man.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

Miss Anna c. Wilson of Washing
ton is still making an active canvas
for trustee of the Home Picture
post cards is one form of campaign
ing that this enterprising candidate is
using with effect
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

The Typographical Union will meet
Sunday afternoon in the small hall on
the third floor of the Fraternity build
ing. i.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

Sam De Nedry of Washington is
candidate for delegate to the A. F. OF
L. from the I. T. U. He'd make a
good one, for he knows the ropes to
perfection, and he has got wonderful
thinkery. De Nedry and Fear would
make good team.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-01-03

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil has
divorced it's job department, and that
end of it is now in charge of COM
pany known as the Monarch Printing
company. George Sancha of Omaha,
an old friend of the writer, is vice
president of the new company. San
la Dor movement and as good an all
round printer as there is in the Mis-
souri, Valley. Here's hoping for the
success of the new enterprise.