El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-17
AUSTRALIA
AND
NEW ZEALAND

opinion This applies equally well to the art of watch
making to religion to the science OF Astronomy as 10
Sociology
On this last subject Sociology, Porto Rcans need
lot of training and information. The World moves,
Progress must affect this country just like any other,
and if we don't want social strife here to assume the
ugly mood it has acquired in more unfortunate lands,
must be prepared to meet the future and understand
the way to approach it.
We can't egslate wisely, can't put down on the
books the regulations by which people must abide,
unless we first make serious study of many subjects,
such as History, Statistics Political Economy and so
forth Some say that Politics. the science OF ruling
we'll obeys certain fixed principles, and that all laws
are natural and consequently not be made but are
simply discovered For instance when say sNch and
such aac must be made for Porto Rico what is really
meant is that the country has already reached certain
degree Of development when it has become necessary to
put into practice here the principle that has given the
desired results somewhere else. Gs ). ssaa'.. =
We like many other Porto Ricans hold that pro
3blem is rather economic than political; and that in the
last analysis fundamental need is of more consider
ably more, and better schools In other words,
poor because ignorant, people, and what we
really need is education in the widest sense the express
sion may convey.
We must look up more advanced countries for gui
dance in social policy, not losing sight naturally of
field of experimentation; but after ALL the fun
damental truth is the all the World, and what
is just in civilized country like the United States must
be also just III this civilized country However, when
point the reacconares to what has been done in the way
Of social legislation in some countries, they claim dis
dainully that Porto Rico is not ripe for that; it will
never be- in fact according to the opinion Qfhose arch
enemiesiof progress GO" y, s.i11,,, III ~.
Take. for instance, Australia and NewZeaand where
the assof the people have gone ahead wondefully
being further advanced than in other country the
World, including the mother country, England. How
mtny OF know anything about alr4 antp0desy thex
australians and the iNew-Zealanders? And the real
truth is that whoever wishes to have anything to say
9te direction of public afairsin Porto Rico ought to- be
familiar with those countries and their interesting epeo
ple who far social welfare is concerned, are the
leaders of cfyizaton they have indeed solved the so
cal problem in very satisfactory manner No class
barriers, no misery pauperism hunger in Austria
lid OF New-Zealand-a they keep koing all the time
Apropos of Australia, reproduce below, from the
U s. Employment Se,tice Bulletin the interview which
the Minister Of Labor, of New South Wales the Hon.
Stephenson Beeby had the other day with of the re-
porters of the American press. Read it, and don't fail
to do your duty good Porto Rcan by obtaining as
much information possible in reference to social CON
ditions in those far away countries of the other side of
3tle Earth