Show PORTO RICANS STARVE WHilE CONGRESS DELAYS republican Administration Responsible for or Appal Appalling Appalling ling hug State S tate of Affairs in Il the Island People of the Helpless Country Dont Ask for Charity But for a Chance to Work to Th Tha Herald S SSan San Sin Juan P Porto to Rico luco March 18 The condition of or Porto Rico lUco Is almost alm st In InC fl C 11 The whole people popie are being beI pauperized by free government which wl oh 1 instability of O the country without constitutional guarantee prevents Am m Ami i fr n an U capital from fro flowing in There Ther is i a general outcry from leading Porto Ii ip aJ ins m in all parts part rt of ot th the totem against this thle degrading almsgiving as a 11 ruse rum t too t people while congress congre l is fastening the slavery of ot a colonial system ti Lo them th The official relations show that in five months the normal death rate of ot tiO had hd increased since s nce the tornado period showing that the tel alt 81 IK i jk losing in population at the rate of OO a year as a a result of ot American The Tho sights In the mountain districts are appalling All experienced men me urn l rf in rn that the only show BRow of ot saving Porto Rico from ruin is to at att t II n l i nert it into a regular United States territory Th whole people pe dont need charity charily They Th y need Med the opportunity to work Th of the mo most moat t sordid truet president would be melted molted by the spectacle tr lOr r a t nation waiting in suspense for the news newa that congress has bee re refine rc fine fueI 1 to take all hope from them |