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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-09-08
Excesso depolltica

no So Olga que, desda hace veintitres
amos, Ell afan &c atacar personalidadeS,
en- vez de com0atir ideas, Sc ha troca-
co, por obra gracia del ambiente, en-
una insita cssah6ad de Ia gcneraci6n
que ahora tiene en- sus manos Ell estan
6avte de la crltura de nnestro pueblo.
Pero hay mas todavia! Hombres lla-
madcs a iluminar con el buen ejempio
los senderos abiertcs Ia fut.Ts gene
raci6n en- el campo de la vida publica,
aIardean, 6e IN modo irrisorio, por 10
uenos, de la blsncura de Gu piel, y
'fecLan en- cara, en- ell decurso de las
discusiones, a Sis aGversarios, la supuss
sta falta de poser una pigmentacion os
clGra! GSe quiere mas pequerez Gle al.
MAJ.
Els hora de que reamplacemos el sis
tema AB-IRATo de conducir nuestras
rclemicas por e. que observaron los illus
tres compatriotas que ahora duermen EN-
los gelidos brazos de Ia muerte. Mire-
NOS retrospectivamente al Parlament3
espafiol, ALA per los dias del 1873, re
cordemos aquellss discusiones sosteni-
Gas por Emilio Castelar, Antonio Ca
Kovas del Castillo, los dos colosales tri
tunos y fervientes politicos, tan alicia
Cos por sus ideas y tan csrcanos por
Ia mutua cortesia y por ell entradable
sfecto que ambos Sc profesaban, "senti
mientos aquellos CUE estan siempre por
encima de los intereses politicos'', CO
mo dijo una Yez el orador enorme del
siglo XIX, gloria de Espafia y asombro
del mundo.
Los adversarios merecen la misma
eortesia, cuando menos, que los correli
gionsrios del que discute, porcue. entire
ctras cosas, todos nos equivocamos. Ma
Gle en- Ia terra, que sepaTnos, ha sido
ungido con la gracia de la infalibilidad.
Todos somos pijos de Adam. =.
Elevemos, compatriotas, ell nivel de
ruestro progrcso regional. Y va que tan
to nos gusta la politica, hagamos de
ella algo asi como un lago cristalino
para que en- los espejos de sus aguas So
redejen felmente nuestras necesidadef
Tdblicas poda1nos yer, asimismo, 10 d
Sc encuentra en- ell fondo. -. Pensad
que hasta hoy, desgraciadamente, es III
aguaEal turbio pestilente 10 que he
mos tornado con ell cieno de nuestraf
Tulgares pasiones Y las lagrimas de ia
Fatria!
Fraternicemos. Subamos La cumbre >
atisbegnos el horizonte. Y cuando una
ola de coraje until quiera cegar nues
ira alma para lanzarla al abismo, pom
gamos en- ejercicio la voluntad inqus
krantable, esa misma voluntad de qus
/ tantos ejemplos nos dieron los insigne,
ccmpstriotas Gel pasado, y no nos oJ
Vidamos de que 81 por distintos camino;
yamos en- busca de la felicidad de nue.:
tro amado Puerto Rico, al fin y al cabc
hemos de encontrarnos en- ell punto de
llegada. lone vamos persiguiendo TO
DOS un ideal id6ntico y nuestras mira
oas convergen bscia un solo todavia
krumoso Porvenir!
J. Colberg CABRERAS.
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II

Deciamos en- nueStro anterior art1culo
cue la-politica. en- Puerto Rico consti-
tuye la ''tierra de promision'' para los
cue Sc sicntan poseedores de Crandes ia
lentos Y &c no pequedas ambicions, CO.
mo 81 otros mas fertiles campos de ac
Nvidad humana Gonie pGede sembrarse
y alouirirse L. fama populachera que
tGnto5 desvelos cauSa, NADIA vaheran :
naia signifca-an en- este pe-ezo de Anne
1ica Latina. Y eS 10 peor de todo cue Ell
inevitable contagio politico Sc extie1do
va Ge una manera alarmanto hast1, Ia
jlventud impdbera y desproviata aun de
la axperiencia Eecesaria para consolidar
cn su alma Ia possession de I'm ideal de-
termina 20; va, nconsultadamente y
Ell forma POGO provechosa para los que
a penas han roto 81 cascar6n de Ia
niEez, echan gu cuarto a espadas has
ia Sc permiten CRITICAR las actuacio-
nes de hombres que tienen plena con-
cienc.a de sus hechos y que, 81 yerrau,
su nal no Queda impune porque la Has
toria tiene sienpre paginas en- blanco
y esa misma iuventud podra escribir En-
elias ell juicio que la futura expsrien-
cia les dicte eli relaci6n con los aetos
dc nuestros actIales prominentss poll
ticos.
NADIA, NADIA consigue la juventud
portorriquefia oc2- atielantarse tanto en-
e! escenaro de las luchas civicas. Esos
arrestos tenEraueros deben gnardarlos
en- Ia alforja de s., preparation inteiee-
tual que dia llsgara loh, j6venes inG
pacientes! en- cue podr6is lucir las ga
1as de vuestros corocimientos en- todos
los ordeaes. MieLtcas tanto, no distrai-
gals esas alergtas mentales, dedicad-
las fntegra;i. .ertc a las -actividadcs del
ESTUDTO. No pe-d&is vuestro tien.ro
on IA polztic2, porqUe los hbros son
ahora vuestcos mejores amigos. va 81
turno os llegara. lEsperadlo sin deva-
neos! Y
Y yolviendo al asunto de que trata-
NOS al prinG:nio de estas notas, diga-
mos de paso 0te 81 exceso de politiaa
or nueStro pais ha tornado Las pcopor
] clones del deliroi. La febre de las dis
putas periodisticas dentro del -cotidiaao
| PoLITIQUEC avanza sin cesar sin
rene5io, tai extreme, cue polemistas
de grandes reeursos intalectuales saltan
! por sobre las ideSs para caer de hruGes
CIR el Iodo del RERs RsoNALIsNFo. Y' este
as. 10 grave del >easo: la degeneration
frnesta que Sc inicia en- nuestras con-
ticndas plblica5, acentuada y aceleraaa
ror el apasionaniento morboso que nos
! ciega. =.
Claro esta que, como en- todas las CO.
sas, hay excepciones honrosisimas que
nunca salen del tiesto de Ia cultura
cue diria Vazquez Cabahas; pero este
no es bastante a consolar los esprit
tus elevados y es inuy poea scosa para
eohar las bases al ejemplo dignifcador
con que hanos de orientar a nuestros
hijos en- el cariino de las Abertades pa
triSs. Hay one variar de rumbos. Qua
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fnontiniia an =, mao 1fll
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pREcIo REDUcIoo

esta en- alg1n otro ESTABLISHMENTS.
Nosotros le pedimos solamente S425.
Conprandonos nosotros Sc ganar&
la diferencia.
Las capas estan hechas del imper-
meable con que Sc construyen las ca
retas de gases asfxiantes, con elm
turon, doble costura. largas y anchas.
NO ENVIE DINERO, envie sola-
mente su nonbre, direction y tama-
no Y mencione 81 desea pesada Iige-
ra la capa, y lie enviaremos esta ma
ravillosa capa sujeta a su aproba-
ci6n. Pague al correo $4.25 y Ell fran
queo LIE devolyeremos ell dinero Il no
queda satisfecho.
INTERNATIONAL COMM.
HOUSE, Dept. R-46.
210 Second Ave-, New York. N Y.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-09-08

SRAS. Y SRTAS.:
No desperdicien los trajes de seda 0
lana usados. Llamando la planta de
''Dry Cleaning del porto Rico Steam
Laundry, los tendran en- POGO tempo
convertidos en- nuevos.
TelefOnos 96 Y 1914. San Juan, P. 3.
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PUEDE

recomendarse como active e6caz. No
lmporta Guam severe pueda ser su reun1a.
usmo, o gotta o 10 arraigado que este pueda
estar en- su sistema. La acci6n de este ma
ravilloso especi6co expulsa de su cuerpo
todas las substancias inpuras, vigoriza v
tortalece todos sus organos en- general. re-
gulariza los nervios, rinones Y Ell higado v
devuelve. la salud completa. Ell ELiriy de
Leonard! para Ia Sdngye es un remedio
ehcaz para el envenenamiento de Ia sanpre.
Stills, tumores, Ilceras, escrofulas otras
enfermedades de la sangre. Miles de per-
sonas que han sufrido anernia, clorosis
pobreza de Ia sangre, despues de haber to-
mado toda clase de remedies sin obtener
resultado aIguno, han visto su salud resta-
bleeida al tomar Elxiy de Leonard para
"a Songre. ST I'd. tiene alguna enfermedad
en- Ia sangre, no Sc desespere, esta puede
,CURARSE
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REUMAT1sMO-CorA

son intermediates que provienen def acido
urfco en- la sangre, cl cual ataca las co.
yunturas y mlsculos del cuerpo. Para re.
mediar este doloroso sufrimiento I'd. tiene
que elilninar del sistema el acido iirico y
otras materias venenosas oue constituveT,
Ia raiz de la enferrnedad. cualouiera que
Sea su forma. FL Eltxiy de Leonard 6o.
70 "a Scngrs es el remedio que
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AMERICAN RAILROAD COMPANY OF PTO. RICO
SAN JUAN PONCE
ER1MH1ARxc

De IOa trsnes en vigor aesdo
sl / DO Agegto de 1917, re-
viza&e sl Z dc Agostc. 1919.
RaEAoI0NKs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01

A company has been organised at
New Rochelle. N. Y, with this OBJ
ject, a. set forth in sits of,icial cor
tificate:
ITO develop and promote the
utilization OF the power Of the
ocean waves az a means Of In
creasing the worlds productive
ness and conserving coal, oil,
labor and other resources"
The promoters OF this concern say
they have a working model OF tho ap-
paratus they propose to manufacture
and have generated electricity with It
Well, why not? The power is there
millions OF tons OF II. unused since
time began. Many inventors have
studied the problem Of devising means
for utilizing 'this vast power Of the
ocean. and now 1t is said they hav,
achieved some success. 1t would no.
be surprising.
Thus, while we may suffer much
Inconvenience from the present Goa
situation. We may soon have othe,
and ample means OF supplying hea
and power without being in any man
ner dependent upon coal az fuel.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01
NOW FOR ACTION.

The Board Of Health. at a secret
meeting held Tuesday morning, re-
solved to give practical attention TO
the numerous complaints that con-
tinually come to its headquarters Of
failures by the garbage collectors 20
render the service that is expected OF
them. The board decided to employ
teams and drivers for tho especial
purpose Of collecting garbage from
places neglected by the agents OF the
regular collector. and deduct the cost
Of this special service from the COL
ector's pay.
1t is hoped the members of the
Board OF Health will not falter in
the slightest manner in carrying out
this wise determination. The gar
bsge problem has been a source OF ir-
rftation and trouble to many house.
keepers, for a long while, and up &c
this time there has been no effective
action by the Board of Health TOWARD
affording relief. Much time has beer
lost In contentious over tho dutie.
and responsibilities OF the contractor
| in view OF tho recently enacted ordi
nance requiring garbage to b
wrapped before being placed IN re
! ceptacles for collection. The con
tractor claimed that this Requirement
increased his work and demande,
more pay, which City Council refuse,
% allow. Under the plan adopted b.
the Board OF Health the contracto
may seek legal relief and thus III
controversy may be settled by tn
court.
The Board OF Health also decide
20 prosecute owners of vacant lot
who refrain from cutting down nox
ious weeds growing on their proper
ties, and this also is a commendabl
move-if carried out. Former Board
of Health have not been very goo
at performances Of this character
| although liberal In promises-and
is hoped the present board Will max
Il a fine record.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01
THE DEADLY BOMB.

Yesterday nine men were killed and
several injured by a bomb explosion
at a niae in British Columbia. A
tipple was bombed at a mine near
P,ttsbure and entirely destroyed, al
though fortunately without any sac
rifice OF life.
The frequency OF bomb outrages
shows 1t is easy for the dastardly
conspirators who cause them to Sc
cure supplies OF dynamite and other
explosives without much trouble. Also
apparently. IN a manner that defies
efforts to trace them through their
purchases Of the deadly agencies.
The natural suggestion is that the
sale or other disposition Of explo'
sives should be so carefully guarded
that none of them may fall INTO the
possession of dangerous or irrespon'
sible persons. But this would be al
exceedingly difficult matter TO regu
late. Explosives are commercial prod
ucts and are largely used. Even II tn
sales were so strictly guarded tina
none could buy without registration
and authority by special permits. the'
are so generally employed in variou
lines Of business that desperate per
sons who desired them for lawles
purposes could secure liberal supple
by theft.
The most effective remedy agains
these outrages would be the promp
arrest and summary punishpent c
the hends who resort 10 such awfl
means for gratifying revenge. Cor
victions and summary executions pr
an end 10 the Molly Mcguire nun
ders in the Pottsville coal region {
Pennsylvania many years ago. MOI
hangings would put check on dyns
mite outrages.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01
ANTI.BOLSHEyIKI REVOLT.

The best news that has come from
Russia for a long time is that in all
the southern part of the country
vigorous revolt has been started
against the Soviet government. The
reign of the Bolsheviki has become so
intolerable that the people cannot
longer endure it, and bloody encoun-
ters are said TO be frequent.
While the world is tired of turmoil
and bloodshed. it is apparent that
nothing but armed revolution will free
Russia from the iron grip of the heart
less Soviet regency now In power.
Never will that government be recog-
nized officially by reputable nations.
1t represents a minority sustained by
murderous force, and once its grip is
weakened 1t surely will fall before the
wrath of a cruelty oppressed people.
The time now seems TO be ripe for the
great revolution said to have been
predicted by Tolstoi just before his
death. with it's new Napoleon to come
out of the North" and create as much
conmotion and changing Of govern
ments throughout Europe as was
brought about by the first Napoleon
| in his day.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01
BOOKS OF THE MIGHTY.

Mr.! Lloyd George has sometimes
been accused of being lukewarm in
the cause Of disarmament. but he has
neatly disarmed a lot of his enemies
by announcing his purpose to give
away all the profits OF his forthcom-
ing book. AS the money to be paid
him will be largely on account of his
story of the war, he takes the proper
yet handsome view that it ought 10
be turned over to some Of those who
have most grievously suffered by the
war There may still he question
of the delicacy of a Prime Minister re-
vealing Official secrets, but at least no
one can longer charge Mr.. Lloyd
George with doing 1t in a mercenary
spirit There has been not a little
malicious remark in the English press
about the enormous price which he
was to receive for "reminiscences
tossed off in the intervals of arduous
official labors, and not a little sneer-
| ing at his explanation that he was
proposing to write in the interest OF
historic truth. One newspaper made
! the comment, 1T is refreshing &c
have truth valued at e 900" He
will .have made an end of all such
| gibes.
The case of the British Prime Mini
ster inevitably suggests comparison:
with that of another famous mar
whose book has been contracted fol
at a large sum. VIII he, too. renounc,
the money in favor of those who's
necessities are greater than his? Prob
ably not Yet the Kaiser might main
tain that in keeping for himself thu
5000 900, or whatever the amount Il
that is TO be paid for his recollection
of the war, he is devoting it TO tn
most extreme case of loss and suffer
ing caused by the war. Certainly tn
IIohenzollerns, rejecting upon thei
Lucifer-like fall, might advance tn
claim to stand today among the need
lest as well as the most Inundated
New York Times.
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SHOULD BE REMOVED.

Wells that furnish drinking water
are still in existence in Wilmington,
relics Of many years agone. and now
Il is said the water In some of them
is not fit to drink. containing germs
Of typhoid and other dangerous con-
tagion. Notices have been attached
20 the pumps connected with these
affected wells. warning people against
partaking Of the water.
A much better plan would be for
the authorities 10 remove the pumps
and fill the wells after draining the
affected water into sewers, so there
would be no danger Of people being
made III by drinking from these con-
taminated sources. The work could
be done at a cost which would not
be burdensome. and the results would
be fun compensation.
There is no longer any need of wells
for drinking water in the city of VIII
mrhgton. The supply afforded by the
Water Department is ample, to say
nothing of the several outlets for the
splendid water sent forth by the nu'
merous springs that abound in the
western part of the city. And there j:
no excuse, at this day, for permitting
owners of houses in the city to re
frain from connecting them with tn,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-01
WHY PEOPLE JOIN SOCIETIES.

A witness the other day no doubt
desiring TO impress the Court SAID
that she had formed society. She
NAV not have known that in doing so
she was merely following a natural
instinct of the human race and one
that Is at present particularly power
full. Those who form society no
matter what it's object may be often
feel that they are making history by
drawing up rules elecung officers ana
passing resolutions. Their proceedings
get a solemnity from the fact that
they are che proceedings Of a society
which they could not get In any other
way Usually too those who start the
society become it's first officers and
they feel that they have gained In
status by that fact. They have MADE
little world in which they are come
bodies; and luckily for them. It is
possible TO find rank and file for AL
most any society. those mysterious
patient people who will go 10 any
meeting. listen 10 any speech. and
vote for or against any resolution.
Societies are apt to be infested by
fanatics other than those who found
them and who enter them with the
object Of differing from the founders
nd officials. The point on which they
differ may be invisible 10 any one but
themselves, but they have Joined the
society to insist on it. and they do go
TO the dismay OF the founders who
expect TO do all the talking. Such
fanatics usually have a malign skill in
details of procedure and in the word
ing of resolutions. They rise to point
of order and use all the arts OF OBJ
| struction when they suspect somt
latent heresy in the policy Of the So
| c!ety: in fact, the founders and offi'
cials are their natural prey. just as
| The patient listeners are the natura
prey of the founders and officials. Per
haps nature has also inter led then
10 keep the number of societies down
There is natural balance of suci
| things, and bores must prey on bores
or there would be too many of them
and our civilization would relapse int
a state of society too primitive for so
cietiee, one in which fanatics woul'
kill each other instead of proposiul
those of censure.
But as things are, societies form
harmless vent for their animal pas
eions. They also convey to a numbe
Of people, who feel that somethin
ought 10 be done about something, tn
impression that something is bein
done at last.--London Times.
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ONE LIFE EVERY HALF HOUR.

Among the most widely prevalent
causes OF mortality In tho United
States Ia the motor car. The number
OF it's victims now makes It's death
rate comparable with that OF typhoid
fever, dlphtheria or influenza, II
they are as yet far fewer than sue
cumb to tuberculosis. cancer and
pneumonia. Consolidated reports OF
the automobile accidents last year dis
close moro than l2.500 deaths; exact
figures, Of course, arc not obtainable.
A statistician in the Insurance Press,
assuming a basis OF Is hours opera
ton n day, finds that one person was
killed every half-hour throughout the
year.
In the mortality tables compiled by
the Bureau of the Census the classifi-
cation automobile accidents" has
Of deaths from all external causes. II
Is now, by far, the major item. II has
been multiplied about four times
since 1915. and is pretty sure to be In
creased annually for an indefinite
time TO come. In 1920 the automobile
death rate was l49.7 per million popu-
lation; last year it Jumped to 1851
| In Chicago IL was 1916. and In Los
Angeles 291, the latter being the high
| est registered In any large commun'
| ity.
Traffic accidents have always con
tributed heavily to the score of death'
from external causes. the steam rail
road heading the list. But railroad
mortality has been much reduced II
recent years. while the automobile
has been growing fast. The figures
1880 for 1921 are probably as larg'
as those Of all other traffic fatalities
In that year combined, and may b.
larger.
Can anything be done about 1t
Railroad management may exert itsel
successfully 10 make its transporta
ton safe. But how can millions o
automobile drivers be brought unde
effective control to reduce the shock
ing toll of a human life every hal
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
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ara fed by springs. and the water csnt
be raised or drained on al win. AM
except the tenderest plants stay In th,i
water during the winter and when los'
forms the ponds afford fine sla'lng
Mrs. Fowler and her assistants are
Kept busiest between May and Cs,ot,-
err June ia the height Of the season.
AT that time three on four thousand
blooms q day are picked and sold, butt
all through the warm months a thou-l
sand or more blossoms arc harvested I
each morning.
Harvested nj Dawn,
The lily farmer must be an early
riser. -Four O'Clock is none TOO soorii
20 start work. Later in the morning
the lilies are fun blown and then they,
can not be shipped successfully. The
closed buds are gathered and packed
in boxes with damp moss. AZ soon
as the boxes are unpacked. in Boston
or 81. Louis. the blooms open quick
" Mrs. Fowler ships more lilies 70
Boston than to any other city. FOR
some reason the florists there seem
best to understand handling thera
probably
There are only a few simple precar-,
ticns to be taken in keeping water M
les 50 that they VIII last a week. They
should not be displayed IN a vase WITH
the heads hanging over the edge. be-
cause the stem u the lily does not
bring enough water 10 the petals ara
they soon wilt. The blooms are prop.
ierly arranged IN a low bowl. 80 THAI
they float on the water as they would
on pond. II IS also important 20
avoid placing the lilies where a sfron =
wind or the breeze from an elec.rif
fan can blow directly on the fragile
petals. Aside from thess restrictions
handing cut lilies Is not difficult.
The grower however. has nurner-
ous problems. Like other farmers. the
lily raiser has 70 wage constant war
fare on enemies Of his crop. The tur-
: tie is the most ferocious Of the orea-
lures that prey on the water lily, 40
has been stated. and the orc that gives
. the most trouble. Mrs. Fowler says
that she had tried poison and trap. n
vain The turtles eat Paris green and
enjoy II. They avoid the traps 10 de-
rision. Shooting is slow, but effective.
The nuskrat. another enemy Of tbs
y water lily. Is trapped and the skins
, are sold by a trapper who works On
!. the farm. Mrs. Fowler believes IN
d turning pests into profit. She regularly
sells hundreds Of punches Of water
weeds that threaten 20 choke hsr IT.
les. Aquariums buy these weeds and
Iother water plants IN large quantities
; Fish need more oxygen than the water
in a small tank provides, and the
plants aerats the water.
Frogs, water nnoccasins, and fish II
:. the lily ponds are let strictly alone
:. They are unofficial workers for n,
= lc-op. They catch mosquito larvae and
- insects that harm the lilies.
!. Raising water lilies has been reduce.
/, Ito a sci.Ace by Mrs. Fowler. II
a fascinating work II you love wate
= plants as much as she does. And tn
= interest to the public Is shown in III
y thronss Of people who fock 20 Ksn.i
>, worth 70 see the ---arshes aloiaze witt
acres OF var1-colored flowers thrtv1rl
; under the skillful guidance and pro
3 lection OF Tho Lady OF the Lilies