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THE
ST.
CROIX
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is printed
and
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tid Holidays
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s
second-class
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26th
1917 at
the Post
OFTee
at
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when
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with mat-
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author’s
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as
@ quar-
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antes
of good faith.
The editor cannot
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responsible for the views of his correspon-
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lents
nor does
he necessarily endorse them.
,
THE
PRICE
OF MILK.
VIILK is
an
i dispensible
commodity
.
for the
nourishment
of tiie young
or the
up-building of the weak.
It is
chieflya
|
local product,
and
is
ever
in demand
by
every section
and
class
as
an
article
of
|
diet.
For
all
time it was sold
at
& rate
that rendered
it easily obtainable
by
the
poorest
of mothers,
but,
with
the
out-
|
break
of the
war and in keeping
with the
|
tashionable
advance
made
on
all thing
|
by
reascn
of the shortage
of
labour
and
|
the
necessary
certailment
ol
supplies,
milk went
up,
The
standard
price
in |
pre-war
days
vsas
one
shiling per
gailon
or three
cents
per pint,
aod
this
figave
when
compared
vith its
imported
rival
|
_condensed
milk—was
high,
but
the
lo-
|
cal produc:ion
always
held
the advan.age
|
of preference.
During tke waging oithe
|
war ana
since
the cessarion
of bostilities
tie price
of this commodity
has
eonsid-
erably advanced
by something
like
(wo
|
hundred and fifty per cent,
and
now the
ngedy
are oppressed
with a
further
ad-
|
vance
on the local
production
to the
ex-
tent of eignty
cenis
a g llon .or
ten
ecents
|
per pint.
Stock food and
atlention
we
|
admit,
are
just
now
very expensive,
bul
|
aot to the extent that miltk
has
advanced
|
loeally: and
when
the convictions
secured
|
by
the
Police
for
milk
- adulterations
|
are
taken
int>
aceount,
one
can
fairly
|
casily
judge
the
nourishing
quality
of
|
the stuff the public
are being called upon
|
‘0 pay
for so heavily
Milk, then,
being
|
an iudispensible
commodity for all class-
es it certainly
should
be
entitied
to
the
|
vroteetion of the
Kood
Controi
Commit-
|
tee,
and regularly scheduled
among
aru
?
cles
of
food
for
whnich
the
maximum
|
price
1s
fixed.
Milk
at
ten
ceunis
per
CHRISTIANSTED,
V.l U 8 &
FRIDAY
418
JUNE
1920,
even
®hen
sold
without
the
water
sso
commonly
added
nrow-a-day.
places
it
out of the reach
of the
labnuring
section
of
our
peßple
who
have
to %ontend
azainst
a crushinz tariff in the
purchase
of
the
greater
necessaries
of
life
such
as rice,
potatoes,
corn
meal
and
the
like.
Even
the middle class
man,
whose
salary
has
only
advanced
by
thirty
or
forty
ver cent,
will find
1t
almost
beyond
his
purchasing
caoacity
to
serve
the
usual
evening
cup of tea,
or
to
indulge
in
an
alternoon
creatn
made
from
Cow's
miik.
We
trust this
note will caten
the
eye
of
those
charged
with.
the
authority
to
protect
the
inhabitants
of
this
isiard
from
unserupulous
de:lers,
and
an
ef-
fort
be mad:
to
place
milk
on
the
loral
market
at
a
figure
whic
is
just
and
reasonable.
Barbados
Globe
17th May.
W
2
Ve
i
Publicaiion.
T URSUANT
to
paragraph
8 of
Charter
=
of
Foundation
for
Upper
Chanmber-
lain
Valdemar
lully
von
Oxholm
#nd
Wite's
Legacy
‘or
assisting
needy
per-
sons,
it
is
"hereby
brought
'to
public
notice
that
a halance
of
interest
amount-
ing
to Fres.
900.85
will be
on
hand
for
dist
ibution
on July 18t, 192¢.
Applications
containing
the
requisiic
information
and duly certified,
should
be
forwarded
to the
undersigned
on
or
be-
fore
the
20th
inst.
Despatehing
Secretary’s
Office,
Chris-
tiansted,
St
Croix.
V.
1., June 2nd,
1920
ERED.
B. COLBY,
Despatching
Sec: etary.
3
Publicati
übilcation
FURSUAN}‘ to paragraph
2of Charter
of
Founaation
for Merchant
Wilhelm
Smidt’s Legacy
for assisting
poor persons
in St.
Croix,
it is hereby brought
to pub-
lic
notice
that
a
balanee
of
interest
amounting
to
Kres.
555.80
will
be
on
hand
for distribution
on July
1, 1920.
Applications
for participation
in
this
distribution,
duly
certified,
should
be
forwarded
to
the
undersigned
on
or
betfore
the 22nd inst.
Despatching
Secretary’s
Office.
Chris-
tiansted
St
Croix, V. L.. June 2nd
1920.
FRED.
B. COLBY,
Desputciving
Secretary.
No.
12?7
AGTESKAB
EN
vongre,
huslig Pige,
Landmandsdat-
ter,
vnsker
at
kcrrespondere
med
en
solid
Herre,
som
mene:
det
oprigtigi for
senere
Aigieskav.
Vedko mende
er
i
Besiddelse
as Kapital
til Xob as
By eller
Landejendom.
Frk.
Cm.
Christensen,
Trojborgvej,
10,
2 Sal Aarhus.
Frederiksied
Apothecary’s
Hall
has received
a fresh supply
OF
ASSORTED
CHOCOLATES
Maillard’s and Greenfier’s
4 &
1 'b.
boxes
VANILLA CHOCOLATES
+ & 4 Ib.
cakes.
MARIE & LUNCH BISCUITS
UNEEDA,
UNEEDA LUNCH,
ZU-LU & FIG-NEWITON BISCUITS,
TEFLEYS
ThEA
PIO.
RO
COF-
FEE,
BAKER'S COCOA,
EXTRA FINE MACARONI
small
packs,
SWEET
& BITTER
ALMONDS,
Raspberry
and
Strawberry
Syrup
in
3 bottles
CALIFORNIA PEARS,
VEGETABLE SOUF,
SALMON,
Aladdin
& Tiutex Dyes,
CASHMERE
BOUQUET SOAP,
HIND’S HONEY & ALMOND CREAM.
keeps
the
skin fresh
and beautiful.
CAMEL
CIGARVITES,
the tavorite
smoke.
GRAPE
JUICE,
CIHER
VINEGAR
VINEGAK-ESSENLE
Writing Paper
and Envelopes.
Nuxated-iron.
ete
o
R
o
1
PP
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rrederiksted,
a7
2
For Sale Or Reni.
The
property
No.
3 & 4 Hill. tr.
and
64 Fast Str.
For
particulavs
apply
to the
own-
er
EMILY QUIN
11th
Mayv 1920.