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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03
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La distnguida dana Ma. Edit n
mer Wood, Presidents interina d /,
i"ga Anti-tuberculosa de Puerto Es>
'nciadora de las notables conferene;.,,
pronuneiadas en- el salon de actes dea
Aydntam'ento de esta ciudad, nos -
mite la siguiente expresiva carta:
San Juan, p. r., Febrero 2. l9Oa
Sr. Dalmau y Canet
San Juan p. r.
Muy senior mio:
Deseo expresar mas extensamentr
de 10 que pude hacerlo durante nues-
ira breve entrevista el otro dia, mi seu-
ti'niento de admiration por el gran ,er.
'icio que estan hacienda al pueblo d
Puerto Rico, el BOLETIN MERCAN-
TIL y listed, al publican las admir-
bies conferencias dadas con motive de-
Ia Exposition Anti-tuberculosa. dur.n-
te la semana que 6sta permaneci6 en-
San Juan, y La cual ACADIA de cerrar,e.
Su idea de reunirlas tambien en- nm
folleto, es asimismo digna de alabar-
"a. Esta idea tiene dos objetos dis-
6ntos, humanitario y patri6tico. Hn-
manItarlo, por los buenos resultados
que daria distribuyendose ese folleto
por toda la Isla y todos los m6licos.
Juntas Escolares, peri6dicoa Ouh..
asoeiaciones de trabajadores, etc, dom
dc sus ensenanzas, 4 Ia veg cientffie.x
y Practicas, rnedan producer fruto. Pa
triftica, lorque Eeda puede demostrar
la cultu1a de Puerto Rico, meior oue
"a distribution de esas brillantes con
ferencias entire los cientos de socieda-
des anti-tnberculosas de los Estade~
Umdes, 10 cual Sc podria hacer faca-
Mente por conducto de L. Asociacs6n
Nacional, de la que todas estas socie-
dades son afiiadas. Pero para ests,
es precise traducirlas al ingl6s.
La Ega Anti-tuberculosa sc ale
graria mncho de tener una parte en-
los gastos de publication de estos 10
Hetos, en- case de que 10 considero NJ
ted practicable, y yo me alegrar6 NM
eho de poder hablar con usted acercs
de este asunto cuando usted 10 conm-
dere a.onvenienta.
LA Exposition acaba de salir para
Arecibo, donde permanecera cinco dias.
bajo La direction del doctor Stahl, dex-
pues de los cuales pasara Agnadilla,
y asi sucesivamente por toda Ia IslA-
Reiterandole las gracias por las sim-
patias demostradas por usted s fassE
de La Iiga Anfi-tuberculosa, por Ia
roderosa ayuda prestada por medic e
las columnas del BOLETIN, tan gene-
rosamente cedidas por La empresa, que
do dc usted atenta y segura servide-
ra,
Edith Elmer Wood,
Presidents interina-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03
La discussion del PrguluSto
Ell discurso de Mr.. Ward
La s"si N 6e aver tai de:
Scior Presidcnte y miembros del
Consejo:
Scnor Presidente y micmbros del

Al cons!derar cl Proyecto de Ley
fijando el presupuesto para las ope-
raciones del Gobierno Insular durante
el proximo ano econ6mico, nos encon-
tramos EN- una situacion enteramente
diferentc a la que prevalecia el ano
anterior. En- aquel entonces reinaba
una epoca de prosperidad, uno de
los problemas que sc discutia era la
manera de conseguir una deblda re-
oucci5n en- el saldo cxistente en- Teso-
reria. que aIgunos de los miembros del
Consejo consideraban excessive.
al discutir la cantidad que propia-
mente debe asignarse en- cualquier ano
determinado, sc hace ahsoiutamente
necesario para :odo Gobierno bien ad-
r,inistrado, ell no tomar en- consldera-
cion los fondos retenidos en- deposito.
Tartiendo de este punto de vista nota-
mos oue con anterioridad al ano eco
n6mico l9O6-O7. ell balance en- la Teso-
rerfa Insular, en- otras palabras, ei
saldo disponible para egresos de acuer-
do con las asignaciones votadas por La
LEGISLATURE, ascendia q cantidades que
xariaban de 100000 dollars 4 3OO,OOO
/, menos; esto es, una cantidao sun
eiente para el desenvolvimiento de
las oneraciones del Gobierno lnsular,
pero NADIA mas.
Con anterioridad al aiio 19O6-O7 los
ingresos egresos casi ascendlah d
iruales cantidades, no alterando mu-
cho ocomnaratiIamente ell balance efec-
two aue sobraba de ailo en- ano. OH
embargo. aunque los egresos durah'e
al ano 19o6-07 con cargo las asigna-
clones legislatiyas, aumentaroh mu9
noeo las rentas disponibles para tales
.s;,nac;ones aumentaron de un modo
considerable, dando por resuitaao qus
!, balance Elective al comienzo del ant
.s.endente 4 4O5 ,2l5.16 dollars, Sc eie-
yara la terhinaeioh
40.247.76 dollars, debiendose este au'
,,a,to on su totalidad los lngresoe
nor derechos de aduana ascendentes
A22 600 dollars, o un aumento de ID
nor ciento en- comparacion con los del
a,o anterior. Ell aumento en- los III
oresos de rentas internas fue tambien
,,,v saludable. Como resuitado dc
las oneraciones verificadas durante el
a6o los ingresos excedieron a los eyre
sos an mas de 100000 dollars, y como
copsecuencia ell balance en- La Tesore'
no aument6 con dicha cantidad. I'm
,o07- -08 los ingresos dlsmlnuyeron ire
nreseniando los dc aduana una perdi-
da de $4,000 dollars y de ~.ooo 10
liars los de rentas internas), dando POI
rasultado el que el aumento de los
.gresas durante dicho aiio casI iguaia-
ri 4 los ingresos, de modo que, en- iu'
car de obtenerse nm balance de mas
de GOO 900. como resltltado de las ope'
raeiones del afo, solo obtdvose un sal
do de s2O5l.63 dollars.
Como era natural. durante la Sesion
ordinaria de Ia Legislature, viendo Ia
r,ayorfa de los micmbros que q ereci
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03
pRoYEcTos DEL CoNsEJo

G. b. ]. Por ell sefor Gromer: Pa
ra enmendar el articulo 348 del CAPT
t,llo 1, titulo TX, del C6digo Politico,
Tasacion de la Propiedad, segun Sc
estnmend6 el IA de Mario de 1907.
G. b. IL. Por ell senor Was Ocho-
teco: Para. enmendar la secei6n. @B
de una Fey titulada eLey para crear y
establecer en- Puerto Rico una escrse-
La correctional para j6venes delinca1en-
tes aprobada en- Mario 9, de 1905.
Ell sefof Dominguez presenta una
mocion, referente a deslindar el area de
terreno en- que esta acentada la ciu-
dad de Guayama. Qa pnblicamos EN-
otro lugar del BOLETIN.)
Sc discute el informe de La Comi-
sion referente al oP. de La c. mum. %
Para prevenir la mortahdad de los nj
nos 4 causa del tetano infantil.D Vie
ne el informe favorable al proyecto,
con algunas enmiendas.
Los se6ores Canales y Tizol comba-
ten la asignaci6n de los 5000 dollars
fijados en- la session tereera sosteni-
da esta por los sehores Diaz Nava-
rro, Dominguez, Acuna y Elzaburu sc
vota el proyccto Y es aprobado por p
votos contra 3.
a las $40 Sc suspenle la session
para el microbes las 3 FL senor
Diaz Navarro informara hoy Il r. de
10 C. MIN. /.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03


10 tota, en- FL balance efectivo pcrma.
necia aun en- los libros, y no compren'
dicndo que durantc el aiiO pudiera
existir una dismnuci6n tan considera.
bic en- los ingresos de aduana y rentas
internas, crcyeron que seria una poll
tea prudentc el asignar grandes can.
tidades 4 fin de disminuir el total de
este balance Elective, dando por resul.
tado ell que los egresos mensuales del
Gobierno Insular fueran mucho mayor
que los del ano anterior, pues Sc crefa
que la disminuci6n de los ingresos dc
aduana y rentas internas pronto vol
verian & representa- un aumentO,
que esta disminucion sc debia a los
efec.os de la crisis financiera pOrque
atravesaba en- aquella epoca los Esta-
dos Unidos. En- realidad, el aumen.
to en- los ingresos de aduana fue debi-
do 4 La asombrosa cantidad de maqui-
maria importada para su installation en-
las modernas centrales establecidas en-
varias parties de la Isla. Hace algur
tempo termin6se esta instalacion
no podemos esperar por algun tlempo
mas ingresos de esta procedencia. Aun
mas. como quiera que ell comercio en-
tire los Estados Unidos y Puerto kict
ya aumentando, n6tase la consiguien
te disminuci6n en- las importaciones he
chas de otros paises, 10 que tambl
implica una correspondence disminu
cion en- los ingresos de aduana.
81 nos fijamos en- los resultados OBJ
tenidos durante los seis meses pasados
% sea ell primer semestre del ano eco
nomico 1908-09-n6tase I'm marcadt
cambio en- ell balance efectivo del 90
b;erno Insular disponible para egresos
de acuerdo con las aslgnaciones vota
das A medida que transcurren ios
meSeS, nOtASc uH cASCSo y" W
de rentas insulares sobre los ingresos
de ;pual fuente, habiendo dismlnuido e
balance durante los seis neses apro
de $1,0720OO pocc
mas de 100000 dollars ell primero dc
Enero. alcanzando cerca de 3io,oo1
dollars la disminucion total En- par
T.. <isbese esta al aumento en- la parti-
da "Emprestitos concedidos Munci
pios .Juntas Eseolarcs la que duran
| te el citado semestre ascendio
lO3.213 dollars proximamentess Esta ci
fra no incluye la suma de los empires
titos autorizados y no adeiantados
n,,es aoui solo hablo de las operaclo
mes en- efectivo realizadas. 81 las cir
cunstancias hubieran sido tales al ex
tremo de que Sc hubiese gastado du
rante el citado semestre cualqmer gran
cantidad con cargo las asignaclones
sin referencia q ano economico, hubie
RI sido MAYOR el rapido aumento que
sc nota EN- los egresos. Abrigo duda
con respecto 81 Sc gastaran durante
el pr6ximo semestre crecidas sumas
con cargo q las citadas asignaciones
pues sin duda alguna durante ell pro
ximo semestre grandes desembolsos st
efectuaran con cargo otras lmpor
tantes asignaciones de esta naturaleza
Ademas. son meses escolares los com
prendidos en- el iltimo semestre de
ano econ6mico. de modo que en- gene
raj, desde un punto de vista optimista
el deficit entire los ingresos egres"'
| meusuales tiende ser cada dia ma
yor 4 disminuir aun mas rispidamen
te nuestro saldo sobrante.
(Continuars
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03
El Club de danlls

Esta distinguida sociedad nos ID
enviado un pequeTio folleto que oon-
tiene los estatutos de la misma y "a Es-
gaamento que eonsta de dsez y nueue
articuios.
Damos las gracias por ei envio-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03
PETICIoNxs

FL seiior Alcalde de Mayagiiez soil
cita que La Asamblea Legislative auto
rice al municipio de Mayagiiez para
disponer del sobrante de los fondos Or
dinarios del ejercicio del afO fiscal
que termin6 en- 30 de JUNO de 19OS,
para utilizarlo en- obras pnblicas de
absolute & imperiosa necesidad. Aeon
paha copia de un acNerdO de aquel
ayuntamiento sobre el mismo asunto.
Ell seiior Ramon Lebr6n, marshal del
Juzgado Municipal de Guayama, soil
cita la creaci6n de una plaza de sub
marshal para dicha cOrte.
FL sefior valentin Polanco, vecino
de Salinas, solicita una pension has
ia adquirir una PROFESSION de los Hs-
tados Unid0s.
Ell Sr. Juan j. Caro-, vecinO de San
Juan. sugiere la idea de declarar dia
de fiesta legal el IL de Octnbre; dia
en- que Crst6bal Colon, en- 1882, pos6
su planta por primera vez en- el con-
tinente americana.
FL seior Carlos Buitrago y Rodri-
guez, vecino de Guayama, reproduce
una petici6n presentaila q la anterior
legislature en- la cual solicitaba la mo-
dificaci6n de la ley del ServiciO Oh
vii.
Los seiiores Reyes Peiia, Garcia Sal
gado, Izquierdo, Pacheco, Alvarez Con
zalez, y otros propietarios de fincas en-
clavadas en- la faja oeste de la Mari
ma de San Juan, denuncian el hecho
de que ell Comandante de la Estaci6n
Naval ha ordenado la evacuaci6n de
dichas propiedades. i.
Pasan q las comisiones correspon--
dientes Sc da cuenta con los proyec-
tos SO 80 que son tomadoS EN- con-
sideraci6n por la sola lectura de sus
titulos. Son los siguientes:
p. de la C. 80. Por ell senor Do
mnguez Gomez: Para ampliar el ano
escolar; para impedir que q los macs
tros contratados sc lie descuente de s'l
sueldo cantidad alguna con motive de
Las vacaciones de ano nuevo y sema-
ma santa, y para otros fines.
p. de la C.. 90. Por los senoreS Ca
ballero y Elzaburu: Para terminar Ia
construction de La caretea de AdJumr-
tas & Lares para otros fines.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-02-03
En- Ia Cdnara Dc de|sgadOs
(3esi6n del martes)
(3esi6n del martes)

A las 3 y minutes comienza Ia Sc
sion aprobada el acta de Ia session.
anterior, despues de constituida Ia CD
mara con % delegados re pasa la
Orden del dia.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
LEGAL ADVERTISING.

Final proof notices .............. $3.50
Bank statements, legal rates
All other legal notices at the rate
established by the laws Of the State Of
Idaho; that is S1.00 per folio first In
sertion and so cents per folio each ad-
ditional insertion. A folio consists Of
one inch solid nonpareiI. or co words.
No other rates recognized by the arm
except on written contracts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
Uses of the Rich.

1t is a great mistake to believe that
the rich are holding US down. As a
matter Of fact, they are pulling US up.
If there were no rich people to keep
our eyes glued upon the great gulf be-
tween having and not having, none of
us would hustle We have to have the
rich mans mansion prodding US, his
power scourging us and his automobile
butting US to get anywhere at all. We
have to see his wife and daughters in
silks and jewels and realize what our
own wives and daughters without
these things think of US as providers
to peel our coats off and get into the
game. None of US can out driving
with such as we have and suffer the
rich man to whiz past us in prism
glass and FURNISHED brass, throwing
dust in our eyes and gasoline in our
hair, without doing better in the great
area of human endeavor for the next
two or three days anyway.
Blessed are the rich, for the fill us
with shame and new resolve and make
us wonder what in the Sam Hill We
have been doing all these years.-St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
SNEAKING ATTACK ON HAMER

In sneaking attack on Congress
man Hamer in recent issue of Col
Tiers Weekly, unsuspecting readers
who are not supposed to know any
better are treated to a Photographic
view of Congressman Hamer's home.
The house itself is the lesser object
in the picture. The photographer,
who, we are ashamed to say, is an
Idaho man, secured a good picture of
an old tenament house on the proper
ty adjoining the Hamer place, as
well as are the lots that are still
Uttered with the debris of a recent
livery barn fire. 1t all makes a suit
able foreground for a picture deliber-
ately taken with the sole idea of
furthering a sneaking, contemplate
purpose. The picture was taken and
published with view of conveying a
false impression, and of injuring Con-
gresham Hamer in a personal way.
In voting for the tariff on lead, Ida
hos congressman was simply carry
ing out the wishes of an important
element of his constituents, the lead
miners of northern Idaho. Whether
his home is a tent, a palace or a
boarding house, is as utterly beside
the question as is the fact shown in
the picture that some of his neigh
bors do not paint their houses or
clean up their lots. Of all the Idaho
republican papers that we have seen
to date, the only one of sufficient
Golfers screed is the Pend d'Oreille
Review.-Northern Idaho News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
LOCAL OPTION IN IDAHO

Mr.. R. w. Cakes called the atten-
ton of The Tribune to the following
article in the Chicago Record Herald /:
While the South has been the Sec
ton of the country making the great
est strides toward the suppression of
the liquor business, the Rocky Noun
tain states have been the section in
which the least signs of such a cru
SADIE were visible. Local option and
prohibition maps have shown Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada,
Arizona and New Mexico solidly
"black," which is the color used to in
dictate "wet" territory. Colorado was
in the some class till 1907, when To-
cal option law was passed.
Within the last year or year and a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
SHOULD VOTE BONDS

There seems to be feeling among
some of our business men that the tax
payers of Caldwell will not vote the
bonds necessary to pave. The Tri-
bune does not feel this fear. We
think that the tax payers outside Of
the paving district will be perfectly
willing to pay the small cost Of paving
the street and alley intersections, pro-
vided the property owners in the pro-
posed pavement district are willing to
stand their share of the cost. The
total cost of paving will be $127,-
854.96. OF this amount the property
owners whose property fronts the
streets paved will pay $89 ,268.38; the
street railway companies $12,526.80,
and the city as a whole, $26,059.78.
The Tribune cannot think that prop
erty owners are so blind to their own
interests, as to vote down an improve
ment of this kind. The pavement will
be used and enjoyed by all the peo-
pie; it will increase the value of
every foot of real estate in the town /;
the cost Of the pavement is borne by
the property owners, with the excep-
ton of the s treet and alley intersec-
tions. The Tribune called attention
to the fact last week that a person
with real estate of an assessed valua-
ton of 100000 would only have to
pay $3.50, all told, additional taxes.
This additional tax is paid in five
years at the rate of SIC per year. II
the people of Caldwell are not willing
to spend that amount of money foI
the purpose of improving their streets
and alleys for years and years to come
they had better give up the idea Of
trying to build town here.
The progressive towns are paving
They are making permanent improve
ments. Caldwell should not fall be
hind in the procession. Nampa ha
paved. Twin Falls has voted tn
bonds, and other towns are preparing
to take up the question. What will
Caldwell do? Will it abandon tn
struggle for supremacy? Or will i
90 ahead and make these improve
ments? The Tribune thinks that yor
will find the people of Caldwell RICH
in the front of this advance move
ment. The tax payers here are a
progressive as they are anywhere.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04

half two of these states have seen
strong county local option laws put
through their legislatures. In Utah,
however, the governor vetoed the bill
Just at the end of the session, leaving
Idaho the only one to put such law
in it's code.
Now two Idaho counties have voted
on the question, and both have gone
"dry." Idaho county was one OF them.
The other, Canyon county, showed a
"dry" majority of 1850, which is very
heavy, considering that the total vote
of the county in last falls presidential
election was less than 1900. Canyon
county is a rapidly growing region
lust west of Boise City, while Idaho
county, the largest in area in the
state, is further north in the noun
tains. AS Idaho has a total of only
twenty-three counties, action in two
of them means action in almost 10
per cent of the state.
The Wild West is not apt to COM
pete with the Solid South for rec
ord in this respect, but sometimes
communities of pronounced customs
go, when they begin to change, clear
to the opposite extreme. The West
will now bear watching.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
The North Pole Reached.

The news that DR.. Cook has reached
the north pole comes as a marvel to
the world. 1t was known to those who
kept tab on the worlds events that
he was on the quest of the pole, but
in the more wordy and sensation eff
forts of others, he had been practically
forgotten. And now that he energies
so gloriously, his fame will be all the
more brilliant, the news of his triumph
the more dazzling.
We are glad that it was an Ameri-
can who achieved this splendid tri-
umph. The British Lieutenant Shackls-
ton almost reached the south pole last
year, but was compelled to turn back
with success almost in sight and with
in his grip. That he will reach the
south pole when he tries again, (as
he is sure to do), admits of no reason
able doubt, barring some heavy
calamity; for he knows the route
and can provide next time against the
defects developed before. But he had
better hurry up, or some Yankee is
likely to get in ahead of him.
The particulars of DR.. Cooks great
achievement are lacking in fullness;
but yet enough is included in the dis
patches announcing it to give a clear
idea of his route and to show that in
the chef method of advance he cut
loose from the tradition of Actic ex-
plorers by doing his work chiefly in
the winter. 1t has been the invariable
practice of north pole explorers in the
past to oremain inactive in the winter
and put forth their energies in the
spring with the appearance of the sun.
In making his journey in the winter
time, DR.. Cook must have been
hindered much by the storms and the
darkness; but when he could get a
time free from billiards, the stars and
the northern lights would give him
his guidance.
He seems to have followed the old
openings in the main. Going to north
Greenland, he thence passed over to
Ellsmereland, the latest word from him
until now being from Cape Thomas
Hubbard. Thence he must have fol-
lowed substantially Peary's route to
Grinnell Land, then to Grantland, pass
ing Peary's "Farthest North" ga
deg. II MINI with perhaps a straight
dash thence to the pole, trip of some
300 miles as straight as he could travel
more if he had to swerve from a
straight line, and as much more as the
sweryings would measure.
And so a great goal of the ages has
been won, and won by an American.
We trust that the triumph has been
reaped without too great sacrifice,
and that the scientific value of his re-
port may be commensurate with the
struggle made to get the material for
it, In the meantime, It is glory
enough. and we can all congratulate
and rejoice.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04
COMING TO A HEAD

One thing is certain and that is that
things in the United States forestry
service are coming to head. Chief
Forester Pinchot has made charges
that are wild and extravagant; the
people are coming to know the actual
tual conditions in the service, and as
was to be expected, are demanding
change. Attorney General McDougal
has undertaken to ascertain the
rights of the state to Sections 16 and
SO in every township; the officials in
the other departments of the govern
ment will not tolerate the previous ac-
tivity of Mr.. Pinchot; last and most
important the President of the United
States is a man who has a high re-
spect for the law. He will not toler-
ate overriding or sidestepping the law
by bureau chiefs. Pinchot is begin
ming to realize this, and already is
calling up Roosevelt and Roosevelt's
policies as a bugaboo wherewith to
brighten his enemies. We do not
think there is a self-respecting Ameri-
can citizen who does not feel contempt
for Pinchot in his cries, "you prom
Used to carry out the Roosevelt poll
cies of conserving the resources of the
country" Pinchot is unable to cope
with his opponents and of course is
falling back on Roosevelt. Roosevelt
was name to conjure with, but he
is not president just at this moment.
1t is more important that the policies
be right and have the sanction of law,
than that they were Roosevelt's pol
icies.
The action of the Attorney General
will clear up the atmosphere here in
Idaho. By the Admission Act Idaho
was given sections 16 and SO in every
township. This is what is known as
the school land. The forestry bureau
has unridden this law and taken the
land from the state by executive or
der. Attorney General McDougal
proposes to find out whether this act
of congress will stand. He should
prosecute the case with vigor. By