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merits of government and private operation which is
worthy OF consideration IL u the custom Of n gov
eminent bureau to make estimates Of the cost Of con-
dueslng r piece Of construction work. but experience
shows that in almost every instance thu estimates are
exceeded by from 26 TO 90 PEI cent II not more. A
government DO eau may estimate its ability to conduct
the work for Iess than 4 private contractor would
~stipulate as his price, and thus the pubic be induced
to believe that the government work is the cheaper.
hut when the work Is finally completed the figures
will usually show that the private construction cost
would have been less. The private contractor is
obliged TO do the work for q stipulated sum, whereas
the government bureau is practically Unlimited in the
amount it may spend.
There is another viewpoint that is favorable to the
contention of the private contractors. They are main
tanning equipmen. to enable them to undertake large
construction enterprises on short notice. Their super
visory forces are well organized and must be con-
organization and equipment for their own private
gain, they are also doing it for the benefit
of the entire commonwealth or community
Since It is to the interest of the nation, the state, the
county and the municipality that these large private
construction enterprises be continued, It is we'll that
they be given every encouragement consistent with tie
public welfare. That being true, they should be given
an opportunity 10 bid on public work in competition
with any governmental agency which eontemplates do
ing the work. Moreover when n government agency
bids on public construction work it should make its
bid on exactly the same basis that a private concern
must adopt, figuring in its costs all of the overhead
and supervisory expenses, rental Of building, depre-
Tiation of quipment, interest on the investment and
ell other proper items.
When competitive bids are taken on this basis the
taxpayers, who ultimately pay the costs, may rest as
sured, that they are getting the work done at the least
practicable expense to themselves. .
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The purveyors of propaganda in Wyoming are hay
ing a rather hard time of it in their attempts to make
their mud adhere 20 or even besmirch to escutcheon
of Frank Monaeii. They are largely unfortunate in
selecting the SUBJECTS upon which they would inform
the people. They also, in their ignorance, commit the
further folly of substituting measurements OF TACT Tor
truth. Unfairness is to be expected from a Demo
cratic source; but even the novice avoids untruth in
attempting to influence or convince people of inteli-
gence against a set of facts of which they already have
fell information. Therefore future misrepresentation
win be taken as wilful.
Gentlemen of vivid imagination, who head their con-
tributions 20 rural Democratic newspapers in Wyo-
ming with Washington date lines and ateempt to tell
the people of this state that Frank Monden is OPP
posed to this, or against that, or is fighting the other
thing, concluding with a paragraph explaining how
strongly John B. Kendrick is for the thing or meas
rre Mr.. Monden is alleged to be against, are circulat-
ing about the cheapest literature coming into the
country. That will remain their business however,
Just so long as they confne themselves to as near the
facts as it is possible for Democrats and hired propa-
gandists to do.
When these gentlemen come out of the trenches and
huri stink pots al any q cur folks they must remem-
ber that We VIII take it out on them and their eandi-
date, eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.
Senator Hendricks campaign managers may select
the weapons they desire to use in the senatorial serim-
mage approaching. We have no choice Anything
from a pick handle to htiIsl gas suits rs. Only we
don't want 20 hear any bawhng or any illusions TO
mud throwing after the exercises are under way. Ken
drick rumancers are entitled to whoop her for John
B. and they may lay It on good and strong when recount
ing his good points. In this direction they can go as
far as they like. But when they get so bold rs to step
on our grass plot and make scurriIous remarks
about Frank Mondell or anybody else belonging to us
it is at their peril and the peril of retaliation upon
their candidate. We have a process Tor removing
~cuiticle from Democratic candidates that we do not
desire to employ unless the case is aggravated. The
directions say to apply it with reckless abandon, so II
there is any repetition of irresponsible fabricatlons on
the part of press agents or rural editors on the other
side of no mans land, the fun will begin and alibis
will be disregarded.
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Brazil wm nee railroads to haul its
iron ore to sources OF fuel supply.
Without doubt. in the future. the coun.
try that controls the iron of Brazil
Will control the steel of the world. Our
consuls In Brazil should be experts in
lumber, rubber. hydro-electric develop
ment and mining.
in Mexico we need mining men,
while in Norway and Sweden electrical
engineers could probably serve best.
II we must find places in our foreign
service for international lawyers let
them 90 to pests in Europe where our
chief concern for years to ome will be
selling of goods.
Tho fundamental truth underlying
foreign trade is that buying power is
limited to selling power. We wish &c
sell South America n the Orient ma
chinery and manufactured products
The only way we IA do this is &c
show these foreign peoples where &c
find materials with which 30 pay
for what we propose to sell them
Our overseas sales in the future viii
DO limited by n lack of money to pay
for our goods rather than n lack Of
desire 20 buy them Our consuls II
, the future must be able to show for
eigners how to tap their undevelopeC
sources OF wealth. and they must b,
qualified in tho work OF encouraginl
tho greater production OF native good.
in the countries to which they are as
signed.
Few Americans who have travelle,
abroad. particularly in the Latin coun
tries OF Central and South America
viii deny the need for a higher grad,
consular service. In the raw countriet
TO the south and in tho Far East W.
must have technically trained mer
with sufficient imagination to see tn
Industrial possibilities of a country an,
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H ESSENTIALS.

Social hygiene, like every other advance movement,
has its "lunatic fringe" its self-appointed advocates,
earnest wef-meaning men and women who lack moth
ing but discretion, a sense Of proportion, and n con-
ception OF what to say and what not to say. The sin
cere lady who forgets that high school girls arc not
third-year medical students and that intimate details
Of vice are no help to a young mother, the excited gen
tlemen who gathers statistics from the surrounding air
and uses them as thunderboits, the alarmist, the ex-
tremist, the half-informed, the radical, all these worthy
but educationally unhelpful folk should not be per
united to have a part In such delicate and Important
work.
The successful lecturer or worker must possess four
things. The first is a thorough knowledge of the sub
ject and the other three are perfect taste in handling
il. You may define taste to suit your taste but the
correct definition in this case is,-the power to pre-
sent the subject in such a way that no essential phase
be omitted and no nearer left dispieased.
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KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young is to feel
young-to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels-there's no need of
having a sallow oomplexion-dark rings
under your eyes-pimples-a bilious
look in your face-dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety
per cent of all sickness comes from
inactive bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards. a well-known physician
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil to act on the
liver and bowels. which he gave to his
patients for years.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel. are gentle in their
action yet always effective. They. bring
about that natural buoyancy which all
should enjoy by toning up the liver and
clearing the system Of impurities.
DIR. Edwards'O liveTablets are known
by their olive color. l5c and 3oc-
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FOLK.

The literary department of the Boston Transcript
Of March % contains an item Of considerable inter
to Wyoming and Rocky Mountain people. The
Transcript says:
"a book of poems of considerable interest to the
Intermountain states is announced for publication this
spring by the B. j. Brimmer company Of Boston. The
volume is by E.. Richard Ship, an eminent lawyer of
Casper, Wyo., and is called 'Intermountain Folk:
Songs of Their Days and Ways" It is certain that
Wyoming will be the second state in ihe union to Of
fcially name its poet laureate, following the action Of
Nebraska, which lately conferred that honor on John
G. Neihardt- It is expected that the legislature Of
Wyoming win confer the laureate honor upon Mr..
Shipp, who is supported for the office by the press of
the state Of all shades or opinion, as well as by the
people. Mr.. Ship has had a very interesting career
and in many respects is a seR-made man. Though
born in Illinois, he WIS employed at one time as a
young man as typesetter in the composing room of
this paper. He graduated in law from Georgetown
university, where he was a classrate Of George B.
Cortelyou, a member Of Roosevelt's cabinet, through
whom Mr.. Shipp came to know tho late Colonel Roose-
welt intimately"
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PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION.

There is considerable good sense IN the suggestion
dade by a group OF construction contractors, that pr
waite contractors be given an opportunity TO bid in
competition with government or other public agen-
cies who would do the work If undertaken at the di-
rect expense OF the public.
1t is common belief, if not common knowledge that
government business is more expensive than similar
undertakings conducted by private enterprise. Man.
ayers of government business have not the same in
centive to economy and efficiency which determine
the methods and policies of private enterprise whose
profits and continued existence depend upon success
full management. It is also common belief that when
a governmental agency, undertakes construction work
it does not charge, as part of the expenses, many over
head costs, interest on investment, depreciation of
property and other incidentals. Because Of this, gov
eminent work is frequently represented as being less
expensive, whereas, the actual cost imposed upon the
taxpayer is greater than would be the case il the work
had been done by private enterprise.
There is another fact in connection with the relative
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DEFENDING THE FLArpEk.

How much harder must it be brought home to the
parents that the responsibility for the sins of the chill
dren is upon their heads. Being parents carries with
1t something more than turning the children over to
their own devices and permitting them to grow up with
no direction except the impressions they pick up on
the streets, at picture shows and from companions at
school who are older in years and older in knowledge
of the world. The fapper has lately come in for an I'M
usual amount Of public attention. She has been the
object of newspaper ridicule, social investigation,
school discipline, and general and widespread criticism.
Although he merits greater and more drastic con-
deunation than the fapper has been compelled to bear,
the male of the species has received little or no at
tention. II there is blame the young he vamp should
get his. Placing the blame upon the woman is old
stuff. Too old in fact and too much out Of style to
work in an age of equal rights aud privileges.
The New York Post comes to the rescue Of the flap
per and really and in positive fashion fixes the blame
where it belongs-upon the parents. The Post says:
isn't it about time that ar adrlt civilization gave
up utilizing its young as an abb and a scapegoat for
its sins? A luxurious opium den is discovered on Cen
trail Park west, and it is in order for the headline
writer to remark, Hop parties for happers charged by
drug suspect An anxious elder generation, somewhat
oblivious of its own faults, but also greatly and sin
cerely concerned for the welfare of the young genera
ton, reads about opium parties for fappers and asks
despairingly, What next?' Tho answer is that there
probably will be no next because there probably was
no opium for the fappers in the first place. Or, as
suming hat an erratic and neurotic case of the kind
might be proved, the question remains whether it is
quite fair to make the fapper responsible for opium
dcns that are maintained by and for the adult public
AFTER all, the happer, at her supposedly worst, is
not a cause but q result. The cause is in the elders
Her whskey flask is a pathetic imitation of the hip.
pocket flask of her fathers. Her reprehensible meth
DDS of dancing find no encouragement in any percept
ible different methods pr~acticed in adult dancing. HeI
eccentricities in dress are largely the eccentricities OF
those higher up in the age scale. After all, it is not
the young thing who keeps the bootleggcr in furs and
limovsines.
''This business of piling on the poor bobbed head Of
the fapper all the maladjusthents of a grown-up worlt
has gene too far. The happer is not altogether respon
sible for the disturbed state Of affairs in the realistic
novel, in Ireland and in India. Given the marveIlou,
gift for mimicry which is one of the unmistakabls
characteristics of the happer, it might be an excellent
idea on the part Of the elders to give her something
really worth while to mimic.-
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enough experience to outline a prac
teal plan OF development. A mar
who can master the i~ntricacies OF en-
cheering, numbering. stock raising OF
agriculture can quickly pick up a
working knowledge Of international
Law
Some may inquire as to where we
shall get technical experts for our
foreign consular service. In answer
let me point to the many splendid tech
meal bureaus row run by the govern
ment in Washington. Why can't we
utilize these bureaus also as training
schools for prospective consuls7
Instead OF sending an engineer to
South America or the Orient and c K
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pecting him to eovsr a half DOZEN or
more countries in a limited time. as
is now done. let Us keep industrial and
engineering experts in every great
foreign center. Commerce rests on an
exchange CT commodities. IND the
United States VIII not progress far or
fast on any other basis What we
need abroad is production. Engineers.
not lawyers. can stimulate output
, 1922-03-28

Among the superstitious peaeock's
feathers have always , a had repu-
tation. Il is n common belief that TO
keep thom In the house Tor decorative
purposes portends disasterous events
and that IL there are daughters in the
family they VIII never marry while
the m-omented feathers form 4 part
OF the household adornmenta.
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..LA PERLA DEL cAR1BE'

Ha sido estrenada en- los cilss "'Tres
Banderas4 y ''Rialto" Ia ineompara-
BILE. cinta portorriqueha esLA PERLA
DEL CARIBE" que, segdn sabcn los
lectores, es una exposition, tan cspl6n-
dida como detallada, de TODD 10 mas
bello v digno de loa que poses Puerto
Rico, moral, intellectual y materialmen-
tie.
Numerosa concurrencia, desde mu-
cho antes de empezar Ell espectaculo,
anheladisino por todos, llen6 compile
tamente los locales de los popularisi-
mos cines, aplaudio frenet;camente
las bellisimas escenas que Sc desarro-
Han en- el s'flm''.
No teremos para que agregar que el
pdblico sali6 satisfechisimo del espec-
taculo que es beno y cautivador en-
grado sumo.
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Ell puerto de Arecibo

A este pobre pueblo nuestro siempre
lie salem las c5sas nal. Cada vez que
dispara lie sale ,el tiro por la culata.
Lo decimos pcrque nunca ha lcgrado yer
cristalizados aquello que mas ha nece-
sitado siempre y a pesar de sus ansias
de progreso y bienestar y de estar prom
to a secundar toda' cbra altruista de
benefcio para la comunidad, siempre ell
mas tremendo fracaso fue ell preTuio a
sus desvelos, cuando no Ell mas risible
ridiculo.
Ahi esta Ell FoMENTo DE ARECI-
30 que como recuerdo de su paso por
la TERRA nos dej6 un obelisco en- la pla-
ga (demasiado pobre para conmemorar
la grandeza de aquel hijo glorioso de
Puerto Rico) I'm mamarracho en- el
Fuerte.
Los puentes que son de tan gran nece-
sidad para la vida de este pueblo el
distrito, Sc los ilev6 el rio Y iojos
que te vieron ir!
Ell puerto. En- nuestro puerto solo
fondearan aquellos barcos que hacen la
ruta de Nueva York a Utuado.... iY
tan conformes como nos quedamos STEM
pre-!
Hace mas menos tres afios, Sc orga-
niz6 una corporation (de la cual son
principales accionistas Central Gambia
lache y la casa de Roses y Coz, para
mejorar las condolences de nuestro puer.
to y icatapllim! estamos peor que nun
1 ca, sin que haya nadie que olga NADIA
nj siquiera aquellos encargados de velal
por los intereses publicos.
La comraffa a cue nos referimos es Ia
'tArecibo Dock and Shipping co.. y
cuando sc trat6 de conseguir la fran.
quicia de que hoy goza a sus anchas
ofreci6 villas y castillas v 1iaturalmen.
te todo ell mundo le secund6 en- su EN-
pefio: ell comercio, el publico, Union de
Marines Y ell Municipio de Arecibo re
presentado por su alcalde don Manuel
Ledesma. Y no podfa ser menos, porque
esa compafiia construiria un puerto >
rebajarfa las tarifas que entonces re.
gian en- mas de un CINCUENTA PoR
CIENTO. iAlbriciasl Hasta nosotros dis
cutimos mas de una vez con gentes que
Sc oponian por desgracia muy d6bilmen
te, que la corporation obtuviera La
franquicia. Y decimos que por desgracia
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Sc oponian muy debilmente, pcrque en-
la practica no Sc ha visto algJno de aque
los salvadores ofrecimientos y lejos de
hacer las rebajas ofrecidas, las tarifas
fueron aumentadas en- mas de I'm setenta
y cinco por ciento con perjuicio del CO.
mercio Y del pueblo que en- tiltimo extre-
mo siempre paga los vidrios rotos
Antes de nacer esta corporation
servicio de lanchaje 10 hacian empresas
particulares y tin quintal costaba su
descarga, almacenaje, conducci6n, esti-
va acarreto hasta la puerta de la casa
del comerciante NUEvE CENTAvoS Y
MEDIC v hoy, con esta compafia de
UTILIDAD PUBLICA ese nlismo quin-
tai cuesta de TREUE A DIEz Y sIETE
CENTAvoS, cobrandcse ademas alma
cenaje cuando la carga no Sc levanta
del muelle dentro de los tres dias 81
guientes su llegada, segun informes
de comerciantes,
mo es realmente una desgracia la
nuestra? Afortunadamente hay oportu-
nidad para corregir Ell NAL y sabemos
de un buen niimero de comerciantes que
Sc disponen a solicitar de la Comisi6n
! de Servicio Publico Sc haga cumplir por
la eompa1ia los terminus de la fran
uuicia concedida y una revision de las
tarifas actuales para fjar por 10 menos
aquellas cue regfan cuando esta corpo-
raci6n ofreci6 rebajarlas. Dichos conner
ciantes preferen perder en- lltimo casa
seis u ocho acciones de Ia Arecibo Dock
a seguir vendiendo I'M cinco diez po1
! ciento mas caro- que otros
Esta actitud debe secundarla todo e1
pueblo de Arecibo sin distingos nj life
rencias politicas nj religiosas, va que
es el quicn mas directamente Sc pcrju
--dica
La AREcIBo DOCK AND SHIPPING
Go. Sc cre6 como una compafiia de UTI
LIDAD PUBLICA con ell fin princtpa
de abaratar las tarifas cue regian J
debe responder su fnalidad desapa
/ recer; pero nunca convertirse en- una
! CARGA PUBLICA.
Prometemos seguir ocupandonos de
tan importante asunto que interesa a
todos por igual.
Anton CABALLERo.
XArecibo, enero 27 de 1922.
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Ell SHAH DE PERSIA A EUROPA

Ell Shah de Persia ha salido de Te-
heran con direction Europa donde per-
manecera seis meses. El Departamento
de Estado ha comunicado que es muy
probable que el referido personals vi
site los Estadcs Unidos.
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UNA cARTA

Octubre 8 1921.
DR.. o. D. VERGE, BOX 21; SanturcC, P. R.
Distinguido caballero:
Abiendome encontrado en- tiempos
pasados en- situaciones muy lamenta-
bles, y estando ahora a mi entera sa-
tisfacci6n, mi deber es ccnfesarlo, que
todo mi exito Sc 10 debo IA reliQuia
que I'd. me consagr6; y me envi6 a
esta; la cual me dijo llamarse EEL Sc
CRETO DEL AMOR" ha sido mi pro,
tecci6n en- todos mis- .asuntos, princi-
palments en- amores, me .encuenSro muy
agradecido; por 10 que puede contar
que sere un buen propagandista, en-
toda esta republica.
Puede darle el uso que I'd. preiiera
esta carta. Asi pues, me cs grato
suscribirme de I'd. muy atto.,
Edo. Jose de JESUS Jim6nsz.
Pueblo Guasumal Pe6s.
Pals: Repdblica Dominicana Advt.
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NEGOCIADO DE MATERIALES.
IMPRENTA Y TRANSPORTE
SUBASTA

Sc recibiran proposiciones bajo
sobre cerrado hasta las 1000 a. M,
febrero 90, 1922, para el suminis
tro de una installation completa de
Rayos x para fines de diagn6stico,
incluyendo trabajos fluoroscopicos
y de radiograffa, similar a la ms
talacion Campbell.
Pueden obtenerse proposiciones
en- blanco dirigiendose al Negocia-
o de Materiales, Imprenta y Trans
porte, San Juan, P. r.
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La rGnunCia del GOTOneI
ShantOn
Enero 80 de 1922.

Enero 80 de 1922.
Al Hon. Gobernador de Puerto Rico.
San Juan.
se6or:-
En- virtud de la situacion que Sc me
ha crefdO debidg a haber 81
do sentenciado por la Corte Federal,
por I'm delito de rebeldia, y encontran
dome deseoso de que mi permanenc1a
en- mi puesto no entorpezca i obstacu-
lice la buena administration del De-
partamento de la Policfa Insiilar, sir
vase; tener la bondad de aceptsr la re-
nuncia de mi cargo de Jefe lie la Po-
licia Insular, para que ria Immediate
mente. H .5tgigI#I.
Respetuosamente,
Geo. r. STANTON,
Coronel Jefe de la Policia Insular.
San Juan, P. r. enero Sn 1922.
Hen. George R. shanton.
Coronel y Jefe Policia Insula.,
San Juan, Z. R'
Mi .querido jefe:
AcaboI de recibir su carta en- la cual
me presenta su renuncia como jefe de
la Policia Insulsr. Como usSed tai vez
sabe, me apena mucho aceptar su renun
cia; pero la raz6n dada en- su carta es
ctra demostracion de su lealtad a nues
tro pueblo, despues de consideradas to-
das las cosas.
listed ha sido un jefe de poncia en-
Puerto Rico por mas de trece afios y
tiene un record muy notable, record
que es reconocido generalmente por to-
dos los ciudadanos cumplid dores de la
ley de esta isla. No Sc d6nde podr6 en-
contrar persona algrna para ocupar su
puesto. He decidido aceptra su renun-
cia para ser efectiva enseguida; pero
quiero que sus amigos en- Puerto Rico
sepan que su renuncia no lie fu6 pc
dida por mi, sino que fue enteramente
voluntaria de su parte.
De usted sinceramente,
E. Mont. REILLY,
Gobernador.
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NotCiaS CQndsnsadas del
mundO enterO
INGLATERRA AYUDARA A FRAN
CIA ST EsTA ES ATACADA POR LA
FRONTERA DEL ESTE

LONDREE, enero 26.-La gara1tia
inglesa a Francia Sc refere solo en- ell
Tratado a la posibilidad de un ataque
a1eman por Ell Este de la Repdblica.
Francia guerra cue Inglaterra garanti-
cara todas las fronteras de la nacion
inclusive las del sur de Espaiia, pero no
logr6 la conformidad del Premier brita-
nico quien dijo que solo debia estimarse
possible un asalto aleman y que Espafla
era una naci6n pacifca y deseosa de re-
construirse y de trabajar en- su propio
territorio.