El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-02-11
| THE GOVERNORS
MESSAGE

:xs *: sent his message to the Le-
f@4 gisature. All of the points
to which he calls the attention Of the legislators
important, and among them distinguish the follow
ing:
Salaries of Government EnpIoyces-The Governor is
very modest in his recommendation that these salaries be
restored at least to the figures that prevailed in 1914
How any worker can live today with less money than he
she earning five years ago. is something that
make out Only iii Porto Rico could such thing
happens in any other country, where there are not
many people after each job the government service would
have been deserted long and the workers to
at least twice much with private enterprise although
that would have meant of course that the employees
to out richer at the end of the month"; but at
least the starvation would not have been SO acute.
EducGtion.-The Governor confirms what have been
saying time and again at least once every week. since this
paper began appear. The figures submitted which
identical to those mentioned several days ago by Santa
go Igesias, simply appalling In spite of the great
prosperity of the country, according to members Of
smart set the appropriation for the Department of
Education has been reduced after 1914 in something like
$45SO00; and the number of children attending school,
which in that year reached 2O 0O today is 42 31 The
average attendance then 155 $50 children while TO-
day it is only 1O644 Only but third of the children
of school age Porto Rico go to school in the cities and
towns, and only one fourth in the rural districts
Now, this is going to be the touclstone Of patriotism
for the Legislature of Porto Rico; and dare say that
he will be traitor to his country who attempts to delay
block in any way interfere with the progress OF legis
lation in this particular respect Anything else watt
but not the development of system of public educa
tion Rumors have been circulating that because the
tua Commissioner of Education does not to be of
the liking of noisy people, whatever he may
mend will be the subject of attack by two irIes-
ponsibes in the legislature but earnestly hope that
the good of the overwhelming orty will speedily
put to rest all personal ifeelng, which has nothing to
towith the welfare of children and the future of Por
to Rico Look out Legislators from all over the country
two million eyes looking at you!
Small I.oeAs LasrOur Governor rightly calls t ,t-
tention of the country Tor of its representatives Which
in theory at least amounts to the thng de-
fciency in this connection The only way to get rid of
the loan sharks that is to prevent them from thriving
among the poor people, is by having the State be
only money lender, either by the establishing Of
bank by it's supervision of some benevolent institution
We have lived in several of those states in which the
Governor says laws have been passed. regulating the bu
sness and in all of them the money shark thriyes among
places have the operation of Montes de Pedd the
poor pawn their property and small at
a reasonable rate of interest.
il To -drod BOIshcUism.-The Governor speaks like the
professor that he was when he says that Potca dem
"gogues and Bosheviki in all countries appealing
e passions of the ignorant and the poor with the most
customary and radical schemes for the reorganization OF
"s0cety and government These visionary schemes will
"prove successful with the of the people only in
proportion to their suffering Our duty is to try to
"alleyiate these sufferings much possibly
with all the at command to foster education
and social progress amongst all classes of people,
and to promote justice and equality in all parts of the
"Island.
legislators please take good notice of these
tences They the most substantial of the entire
messages
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