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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-09-08
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CANTIL.
San Juan, 8 de Septiembre.
EstimadO senior:
Durante la manana y la tarde del
martes, 6 de Septiembre, muchos veci-
nos de San Juan, que estan famiIia-
rizadOs con los indiciOs de la apr6xima-
ci6n de los ciclones, notaron en- la lem
ia baja barometrica, en- ell viento flo
del NE. y en- la forma y movmiento
de las nubes, senales evidentes de la
approximation de un temporal tropical
Estas senales tambien Sc notaron en-
la oficina local del weather Bureau"
pero sc juzg6 que el centric de la tor
menta Sc hallaba muy lejos al Sur de
Puerto Rico, para pensar que fuera
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
for the maintenance of an adequate mill

for the maintenance of an adequate MILL
tarv force on the isthmus, fades into u
significance when compared with the ad-
ditional expense to which the country
would be put were the canal TO be rem
dered useless, or no more useful to tills
country than to an enemy, thus necessl-
tating the maintenance OF q Pacific fleet
of the same proportions as that on the
Atlantic. The assertion that service in
the canal Notifications and along 1e
line Of the canal would prove graVely
detrimental to the health of the soldiers
is unwarranted by the facts. Service IN
the Canal Zone would be no more IN
healthful than service In the United
States proper, and much less so thah
service in the Philippines, as Is shown by
q comparison Of the health records or the
force Of nearly forty thousand men now
engaged in constructing the canal ana
those Of the army In the Philippines
The time is at hand when adequate
financial provision should be MADE Ior
the fortifcation of the canal, and 1t Is
TO be hoped that Congress viii not he
deferred from taking that necessary STEP
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
THE Ex-PREsIDENT's FOES.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l wish to say a hearty, emphatic
amen to the strong utterances in The Trib
une recently-editorially and by corre-
spondents-in defence OF Theodore Roose-
welt. Especially this one by recent writer:
Does any one think he can down the
man whom Almighty God raised UP to fight
corruptfon-as truly as He did Lincoln 10
free the slaves and save the Union? Lin
coin did his work amid calumny and vitu-
peration-though his memory is so non
ored now. And Roosevelt has nobly done
his and will do It In the future"
I have not forgotten how my blood boiled
at "copperhead' hisses that assailed LIN
coln and the vituperation now heaped upon
Roosevelt is survival Of the satanic ven
omous hate Of half q century ago.
He may havo made mistakes for ne Is
only a man: but it is fact founded upon
facts that he has made as few mistakes
as any public man and fewer than the
majority of our best public men make, ana
also that he has done as much as any pub
lie man and more than many OF our best
public men do to give square deal 10
everybody, and he can be depended on 10
continue SO doing. This cannot truthtuiiy
be contradicted.
g. PATTERSON GASTON-
Turbotville, Penn. Nov. 25. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
EORTEEYING THE CANAL.

While the reported opposition Of Rep
Tesentative Tawney TO the fortiticatlon
of the Panama Canal has given renewed
encoura cement TO those who favor the
DECENTRALIZATION instead of the military
protection Of the canal, il seems hardly
credible that Mr.. Tawney will carry his
opposition so far as actually TO exert his
influence 10 prevent the necessary appro-
priatiou at the coming session of Con-
greSs. AS chairman Of the Committee on
Appropriations, from which place Speak
er Cannon is scarcely likely TO remove
him, Mr.. Tawney might be able TO exert
q sufficiently potent influence to thwart
the wishes OF the administration and TO
reverse the decision reached by Congress
eight years ago, but such an exercise Of
power by the Minnesota Representative
would be widely condemned.
When, IN 1902, Congress passed the
Spooner act authorizing the construction
OF the canal, # specifically instructed the
Executive 20 take such steps as might
be necessary 10 protect the canal against
attack by an enemy. President Roose-
welt declared himself IN uneouivocal
terms for forU1caLOD, and President
Taft has done the same, having sent 10
Congress special message on the sub
1ect as recently as last April A mill
tary board consisting Of high ranking
officers Of both arms Of the service has
visited the canal and prepared plans for
its fertilization and an estimate Of the
cost, and no considerable opposition TO
xaoPoV n
peared-
The argument that the completion OF
the canal would practically double the
efficiency OF the navy has never been sue
ssessfully cuntroverted. The claim that
euch fortif1cation would entail heavy ex-
- "A poo nnr tao fpIt1dc4t1 t1o0A, but
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
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wALLACKs :15-Getting Polish
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New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
THE ARIZONA LANGUAGE QUES-
TJ0h

Language questions, which have been
so troublesome in the politics Of various
other countries. as witness Austria,
Hungary. South Africa and Finland,
have not been altogether unknown In the
United States, though they may not have
been raised in quite so trying form as
they now are In the prospective State
of Arizona. It is announced that the
constitutional convention there has
adopted a provision to the effect that
nobody shall be a voter who is not able
to read the constitution in English The
result will be, if this is finally adopted,
to danrive of the franchise a large part
of the people, including many native
horn Americans Of alien ancestry who
have retained the speech Of their fore
fathers and have had either no oppor-
tunitv or no inclination to learn the
English language, at any rate beyond a
mere speaking acquaintance
It is not improbable that that Is pre-
cisely the result which is desired and In
tended Incidentally, no doubt, the pro
vision will debar from the franchise
those who can read no language, but its
urinary purpose seems to be rather to
discriminate against men Of an alien
speech. no matter how well educated
they may be.
Now to whatever extent this Arizona
proposition is inspired by racial ami
mostly or prejudice, it is to be regretted
and condemned. We do not want an
other race problem on our hands.
Nearly one-third Of the white tnhaol-
tants Of Arizona over ten years OF age
do not know English. 1t would be most
unfortunate to prescribe them as IN
feriors. Perhaps it would be well TO
consider where the chief blame Tor their
ignorance lies, whether with themselves
or with the educational authorities OF
the territory. 1t may also be consid-
cred whether It is better TO make them
pay the penalty by excluding them from
the franchise or to lay 1t upon the state
by admitting them. Doubtless the con-
dition will be only temporary. Another
generation at most will see It abated.
But whatever adjustment is made. 1t
should be one which will not ALLEVIATE
the INO WHICH, AuORoI iA SpAA4S ''"s
permanently live together.
So far as the proposal Is intended
merely to penaliZe illiteracy and to en-
courage learning, without regard to race,
and SO far as, without malice, 1t Is
meant TO urge the learning of English
by those to whom that language Is not
native, It is heartily to be approved. The
authorities of Arizona should see to it
that educational facilities commensurate
with the needs-Which are great-are
provided and that suitable degree OF
compulsion is exercised. And the
Spanish-speaking residents would snow
practical wisdom and fitting appre-
citation of American citizenship ana
statehood by voluntarily Kidding them
selves of the handicap which the con
stitution proposes to recognize as resting
upon them. Let the English language be
The speseh OF Arizona by all meanR but
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
THE CHURCHES AND PEACE.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: It is q good sign that thousands OF
our Christian people here in America are
awakening to tho fact that our churches
should DO q vast deal more than they have
vet done in behalf of the cause OF inter
national peace. Why may not all the
churches of America and the world unite
In demanding that war be outlawed? The
worlds burden and need are great. and
the time is opportune for Il vast meeting
here in New York in 1918 of the parlia-
ments of nations to make for the whole
world an open way TO peace.
The Christian Church should come out
and declare with uncompromising energy
that man killing has no part OF place in
our Christian ethics or craftsmanship and
must stop. OF course, we must protect in
dividual life and the life of the nation but
not one war IN twenty originates in
mere self-defence the indictment still stands
against war.
Let US have one law OF ethics for the
Individual and for the nation and let us
have q now declaration. not of indepen-
dence. but of interdependence as between
our eighty nations. In the last century
we have lost In wars 14.00OO 900 young men
whose productive value TO the world would
havo been s6.20O.OO0.O00. Think of Il!
Why keep lAooo.0o0 mon under arms to
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
ALPINE FATALITIES.

Mountain climbing and its dangers
have ceased to attract much attention
now that automobiles and aeroplanes
claim their daily quota of victims. In
fact, the sport itself has apparently lost
much of its oldtime allurement. It IS
stin practised in distant ranges, largely,
II appears, by daring American women,
but the erstwhile centre OF the sport,
while maintaining its attractions as a
tourist resort, has grown to be rather
tame as a field for the amateur noun
taineer Time was when the seasons
first ascent Of Mont Blanc oftenest by
a venturesOme Englishman, was deemed
worthy Of place In the worlds news of
the day Now it is allowed to pass un-
perceived, crowded out perhaps, by the
long fall Of a flying machine or close
succession Of automobile disasters.
Still, during the year ended with Oc-
tober last the Swiss and Italian ranges
claimed a toll of ninety deaths and
eixhty casea Of injury, Of which four
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Gaynor denies the report that he favors
a Vice -Mayor in New York Evidently he
belteves that one man he might name IS
big enough for the ob.-Washington Post.
You can go through New York and never
see II according TO a Georgia cOntem-
porary. Maybe he didn't, when his Georgia
thirst was appeased.-Florida T1mes-U Mon
New Yorks Museum of Natural History
is all stuck up because it's acquired a lot
of whale skeletons from Japan. Put to-
gether they probably wouldn't equal Pitts
burg's tame Observation-Disclosures Gazette
Times.
New York proposes to have a great Chris
tian unity meeting in 1910 instead of
worlds fair. New York being a trust cen
tire, ought TO be fertile field for mission
aries WORLDS $ fairs are always failures
Milwaukee Journal
Maybe New York CITY has achieved it's
greatness because its people are such u
restless, unsatisfed lot No sooner does
one or a company OF them erect the high
est building in the town than another man
or company starts In TO build a higher one.
Topeka State Journal
Some time ago tho statement of q Now
York society woman WAS printed that no
body haa lisht TO assume to be In So
ciety VINO had not an income OF $4,000 Il
year. NOW New York woman gives her
opinion that AZ her daughter should bs able
to live on AO.ooo year. Evidently tho cost
OF high living Is coming down In New York
-Watertown Ttmsa ~
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
NEW YORK DRINKING WATER.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Will you permit an old reader Oh
your paper and an old-fashioned woman
who loves good water to drink to ask an
important question?
The pipe of our hot water boiler burst
Our doctor ordered my husband and my
self to stop drinking Croton water Inc
plumber says there is a sedimentary deposil
I'm the pipes from soluble matter in city
water and that he has many such cases.
Our physician says: III you wish 10 hVe
stop drinking this hard water There VIII
be no water fit to drink till we get our
supply from the Catskills."
Now, I ask can there be worse STU
alton for a. city OF millions Of inhabitants! !!
Can Mayor Gaynor hurry this matter! he
is very apt at Scripture quotations would
ask him to look this one up. II an ola
woman asked for cup OF cold "aeeF'
would he give her cup Of city water!
AN INQUISITIVE WOMAN.
The Bronx, November u, 19l0-
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
NOT At EASE IN ZION.

After much trepidat1on the Democratic
party, under the guidance Of the HON.
Norman Mack and the Hon. Champ
Clark, has decided that it may risk that
Baltimore gathering after all. Only 't
must not be conference" Such things
will be discussed as everybody will agree
upon, and they Will be chiefly meat and
drink No plans will be considered. No
resolutions will be offered, or if offered
they viii go upon the table. No pref
erences" will be expressed. No candi-
dacies viii be promoted. Ideas, If any
one attempts to smuggle them In, will be
coufiscated at the door. In short, every
Democrat is hidden to the feast, and
asked kindly to leave his weapons" ct
home
It is going to be q harmony meeting.
The Democrats will eat, drink and he
merry, and take no thought Of the NOR
row when a Democratic Congress goes
to Washington and exhibits to the coun-
try the paty's capacity for united ac-
ton. Trouble comes soon enough with
out 'Sconferring" about 1t in advance 1t
was generally felt In the anxious con-
situations which have just been held that
the party could be trusted TO present a
united front in an attack upon Baltt-
more's famous cooking and Europe's
famous vintages. And as the Hon Champ
Clark would put it, if ever. one was
warned not to come "totin'" anything
the meeting would be safe and its be-
havior adequately sane. Senator John
Walter Smith summed up the argument
for the gathering enthusiastically when
he said: a1t can do no harm
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-An engagement is report
ed to have occurred at Chihuahua be
tween six hundred Mexican troops anu
four hundred revoluuonlSts. IN WlIcn tlte
latter were routed with conslderaole
loss II was reported at Rio de ia
,,ai-o that the families who fed the city
in fear Of bombardment from the mu-
.ino71s sailors were returning now that
The Brazilian warships were again III
the hands Of the government - Ar
1hur J. Balfour, leader OF the OpposiIIol
in the British House OF commons, IN d
1,rief election address, reported at Lon
.lon. asserted that behind the single
,hanber conspiracy turks socialism anu
Tiolne Rule. - The Pope ratified lne
anl,ointment Of the Very Reverend John
ward as Bishop of Leavenworth' the
,onsistory scheduled for this month, 80 az
,,nrdine to a. cable dispatch from Rome
viii not be held until February
n0MFSTIC.-The net income of the
.l6a 1870 corporations OF the United states
which are subject tc tax under the cor
aJorations tax law, was 50, 10, ,4So,Vcp 1or
The year which ended on June 80, II was
announced at Washington; according 10
The returns made TO the Internal ReVe-
1,,,e Bureau the capital stock Of the cor
7sorations was So. .311. sec. 152 and their
bonded and other Indebtedness was s3l,-
::,y:3,3 ar2 696: the tax yielded SZo.SIZ,-fV
- The report Of Walter L. Clark
Washington. 80 Ingram {. SoWeH
1nidshipman quarterback on the Navy
team in its football contest with the
ARMY cadets had a rib broken ana
probably & lung punctured In the nrst
few minutes OF play, but he continued IN
= the game TO the end. - MlchaeI
AGudahv. founder Of the packing house
YEbearing his name, died from pneumonia
Wsn Chicago - General James Oakes,
who saw service in the Mexican and
Civil wars. died suddenly in Washing
ton - Mrs Naude T. CLAWS. wife Of
louis R Claws. obtained a divorce IN
Seattle OF q complaint charging cruelty
and desertjon President
Sherman presided at exercises to dedi-
cate q new Salvation Army building at
Utica Y. Y It was said at Bur
1ington, VI. that President Buckham Of
the University OF Vermont was seriously
sll
CITY-The total known dead in the
Newark factory fire reached twenty
four, leaving only one body in the
snorgue unidentified. - Manufa ctur-
ers reported that business conditions
generally Were slow. - A man was
arrested IN Williamsburg, charged with
Elassing counterfeit half dollars. =
The Rev Mr. Smith preached on The
shame Of the Stage for which he held
churchgoing people largely responsible.
= third person was found who
stated that he saw Caller the supposed
victim OF the trunk murder, since 1907,
when the police believe he was killed
THE WEATHER--Indtcat for to-
Say Rain or snow. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 46 degrees; low
est, "a.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS
Federal Courts Should Take Cases In
volving Treaty Rights.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The late John Hay, when Secretary
OF State, used to say that the only source
of modification to him in connection with
the position was the reply he was obliged
to make to foreign governments which de-
manded redress for injuries to their citi-
zens in this country protected under treaty
rights. Instead of being able to give them
assurance that prompt investigation would
be made by this government and the treaty
complied with, he was obliged to say that
the United States would do it's best to per-
suade the Governor of the state in which
the wrong was committed TO take the mat
ter up and deal with it.
While compelled to assume this anoma-
lous position, humiliating to ourselves and
dangerous to the maintenance Of cordial
relations and peace with other countries.
we make demands for the protection of our
own citizens direct upon foreign countries
and would be very likely to insist If told
we must look to the mayor of some South
American city where an American had
been burnt at the stake without trial, for
redress that we could not deal with any
subordinates with whom we had no diplo-
matte relations, but that If the mayors
responsibility was insisted on. he would
best meet our demands promptly or put his
city In a state of defence.
When Congress meets it should hasten to
clothe the President and the United States
courts with full power to deal IN the future
with all such cases as the recent burning
of Mexican in Texas. Surely when juris-
diction Is given the general government to
deal with such minor offences SNUG
Cling and Illegal distilling, which affect
nothing but the revenue it should be in
stituted where IT involves the governments
power to make and keep treaties and to
preserve good faith and friendly relations
with foreign countries. A. II.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28

were expected to end fatally, ana may
have ended so by now. The causes were
the old familiar ones-foolhardy enter
prises without guides, the swapping Oh
ropes, avalanches, falling rocks, sudden
mists and heart failure from overexer-
ton. The English no longer head the
list Of fatalities, as they commonly dld
a quarter Of a century ago. The SWISS
themselves, amateurs and professional
guides, hold first place this year, the
Germans leading the foreign contingent
with English climbers third. 1t Is an
imposing record, after all-imposing in
numbers and in the nature Of Its making,
the details of which may be found In
any book On Alpine climbing, OF when
there are many in the English language
New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
THEIR EASTWARD WAY.

Oregon's experience seems not to act
as a deterrent, but the reverse. Ihe
initiative, referendum and recall have
spread rapidly through the West some
states adopting all three or the two for
mer Of these devices at the recent cleo
ton. 1t is perhaps important TO note
that Illinois is becoming interested
When an idea which has been making
nrogress throughout the West crosses the
Mississippi River and enters Illinois 1t
NAV be said to be headed eastward
Illinois is one Of the borderland states
between the radical and boldly expert
mental West and the cautious and con-
servative East In its political habits OF
thought it has at least as much In COM
mon with New York as with Kansas.
Illinois has not adopted the initiative
and referendum yet, but the people OF the
state want them by very large major
ity. 4 little ballot" which Is merely
for an advisory vote OF the people, was
submitted to them at the last election,
containing among other items an oppor-
tunity for Illinois to express its views
upon the adoption Of the initiative and
referendum These two carried by
vote of A3.5O5 to 127,751. The total
vote of the state was less than 100000,
so that six out Of every seven voters re-
corded themselves upon this question
and the majority in favor Of following
the footsteps of Oregon was oyerwhelm-
ing. The constitution Of the state, how
ever viii have TO be amended before
this can be done. The Illinois Legs
lature is to be heard from.
The experiment in Illinois will be in
teresting. if the wishes Of its people as
recorded in the little ballot are carried
out, for it will probably be the first big
state TO adopt this system Of popular
legislation. If the experience Of Oregon
is 10 be a guide Illinois will have to
hedge about the initiative and referen-
dunn with a variety Of limitations. Ore
gon is a state with relative homoge-
neitv of population and interests. Yet
already the system is SO far resOrted 20
that thirty-two propositions were before
its voters for action at the last election.
With the diversity Of population and va
rietv Of interests in Illinois it is easy TO
imagine that an unrestricted initiative
and referendum would make voting a
days work Properly limited and hedged
about so that only a moderate number
of propositions Of enough Importance
really to interest the voters can go On
the ballot, the initiative and referendum
NAV prove Of use though this is yet TO
he demonstrated If legislatures fall
into the hands Of special interests popu-
lar legislation may afford a check to
misrepresentation Of their constituencies.
Questions. moreover, often arise which
both parties fear 10 handle. They may
be sent TO the people. At present an
energetic minority often secures the en-
actment Of legislation. If the people are
sufficiently interested a referendum may
afford relief from such measures.
Probably it is such considerations as
these that account for the adoption OF
that device, together with the initiative.
But they seem hopelessly fmpracticable
In any Of the large states, where the
people fall below those Of Oregon In
average Intelligence and lack the Ore
goniar,s' zest for self-government