El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-15

Y yTTO sINESIO tice how the country is coming gra
~ 1.,s II duay to the realization alton 4 that 4! fore ore
most among problems is the eco,
nonc one In our opinion (Which of is simply
eopnion like other and may be mistaken one) more
than political problem, what we have to solve is how to
clange people from mass of needy humanity to
body of free and prosperous citizens we place the eco
omc problem before the polite because 1t IS evident
3dhat by the changing of political status, from
that of territory whatever this country may be at
present that of fuhedged state of the American
Union to that of absolutely Independent nation,
nothing all would be accomplished far the social
status of people is concerned. Americans Porto
Iicans, would he just poor because the
State has control to such extent over the individuals
we may even say that it is not the State that makes lis
Individual citizens but it is the citizens, The people, who
make the State.
It'll Seaaso remarks in Ei Ticapo the we'll known fact that
the wealth of the country is in the hands of Porto Ri
cans but he She Sendsio ought to go further, for even
if that wealth in the hands of the natives and dis
t1bued in such disproportiOned manner it at pre-
3selt, relief would be obtained by the country. Our
social status would be exactly like it is today rich Porto
Ricans just the they do nOw would go to spend
their money out of the country and if they went
to Europe the United States but spent their money
here don't how the country at large would be help
T. ed
We are not prosperous, simply because we are igno-
ann we not efficient We not lazy at ALL
superficial observers have asserted, but don't know
how to work efficiently We may have many distinguish
ed men in Porto Rico, many illustrations patriots and
so forth, but certainly have mighty few skilled eff
cient, useful workers; and that does not at all
we'll The real fact is that if today all foreigners and
strangers continental Americans ncluded) went away,
LEAKING the countrys wealth in our hands, would not
be able to administrate that wealth would not know
how to the country. We be called antipatr0tc
for talking like that but provided not called liars
we don't care; simply state the facts just they ap
pear to
We Porto Ricans when properly nourished, when fed
ke decent human beings ought to be, just good
workers any other good workers The face Of the
Earth; this have the opportunity to many,
re a n
simply telling the truth. Equally The
average just intelligent any other people in the
world when by chance Porto Rican elucates him
self, in the real meaning of the word he conceive,
think and execute, exactly the average intelligent per-
anywhere is evident to that all We lack is el
cation, training and the day have that the country
Will be ours not merely in the political sense, but
mically speaking.
But education whole lot, and we don use the
word here any meaning it has
meaning. The other day, speaking about the cigar
makers lockout told them that it shameful that
tey could be able lay something aside for the rainy
ay and of the cigarmakers felt offended o they
asaF should not talk like that But the trouble is that
have to talk like that must time and again.
that saving important part i'll the education
3 the citizen We Porto Rcans should, not expect
nohcal emancipation, real freedom till cultivate the
money-savng habit They should have saving banks in
the public Schools and teach the children how to keep
one out OF every two pennies they have
If have real educational institutions in Porto
Rico not only the young people will learn there how to
ta points that enter into the composition of the citizens
character. Then shall be really educated and the
country will be