OF
THE
FOR
ST.
CROIX.
(Continued from yesterday’s
Avis.)
2nd Member for Christiansted
Country
Districi (Berg) remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
A bill
introduced
in
the
Senate
by
Sena-
tor
MclLean
was repudiatei
and
consid-
ered
worthiess,
o
| am
not surprised
if
the resolution
whieb
I have
introduced
is
considered
worthless
by a member
of this
august
body.
Since
this
Council
assert
that
Mr.
Rothschild
Francis
has
acted
without the
consent
of the people of this
island
1 tkouzht it incumbent
upon
me,
particularly as
[ cast
a
vote
on
the res»nlu-
tiuvn,
to
ask
the vpinion
of the
people
on
this
matter.
?f
a plebiscite
has
not
yet
been
taken,
let
us
do
it,
Jt
was
not
asked
whether
there
was
a transfer
be-
fore.
We
made
a
trapnsfer.
lam
not
here
asking
ior ways
and
means
to
do
things for
the people.
|
am
here
doing
things
for
them.
[
am
not
here
to fiii
buster.
If the
Hoaorable
2nd
Member
fcr Frederiksted
Couotry Distriet
thinks
that
this
~measure
is
not
suitable
to
conditions¥%in
this island
he
may
bring in
something
wkhich
he thinks
is suitable.
It
seems
as
it
the
eighteen
members
sit-
ting
here
are
casting
asperations
upon
themselves,
and by
doing
so they
make
me
their leader.
Why
don’t they
come
torward
with
a
proper
bill7
Congress
cannot
please
them,
1
canvot
please
them.
If
the present
form
of
Govern-
ment
is
considered
a civil form of gov-
ernment,
then Ldo
not know
whatls
a
civil form of
government.
1 ¢an
ask
the
Honorable
Member
many
technical
ques-
tions and [ am
sure that
he wiil not ve able
to construe
them
with American
concepis.
Mr.
Arthur Warner,
a representative
of
the ‘*Nation’’, an
American
newspaper,
was here
the other day,
he
studied
con-
ditions in this island,
it you cail his paper
a
radical
paper
then
take
the
''Science
Mouniter’’, another
American
newspaper,
both
papers
think
we
should
have
a civil
form of
government,
What
the Federal
Comm:ssion
has
10 say
as regards
condi-
tions
in this
island?
They
were
enter-
tertained
here as Americans.,
They have
given
their
verdiet,
and
1
bhave
seen
everything
in this
verdict
to urge
a
civil
form of goverrment
for this island.
Any
suggestion
memers
may off:r which may
be
bereficial
to
this
Island
and
its
lu-
habitant
will be acceprabl-.
2nd Member
for
Frederiksted
Country
Distriet (Curry) remarked:
Mr.Chairman.
1 voted
to forward this resolution;
1 voted
for it tocome
on. I wanted
to discuss
it. I
will earry
out
my oath
as
a legislator,but
1 don’t thinkI would
be
doing
it if I
favored
this
resolution,
I would
he
In-
consistent
just
as my Honorable
Friend
£ T L1
A
Y
is.
He wants
to
leave it up to
Congress
as
to what kind
of civil government
we
should
bhave.
I
will
retire
from
this
Council
if
the
Honorable
Member
can
show
mie any
inconsistency
in the
reso-
lution
passed
by this Council
at its
last
meetinz.
Conecerning the
Senate
Bill, he
guotes
from the Resolution the following:
“Phat it is
our opinion
that
the
pres-
ent form of Government
shouid eontin-
ue
until a change
is requested
which
emanates
from
the
people
of the Vir-
gin Islands.”’
That’s
all
he
read,
but
the
paragraph
woes
on to say,
which he did not read:
““After
they
bhave
given
deliberate
thought
to the
subject
and
have
pro-
posed
2
measure
embodying
adequate
provisions
to
care
for special
locai con-
ditions
"’
The
speaker
coitinuing,—Can
any
one
show
me what
thereisin
the
resolution
introduced
by the
}Dnorabie 2nd
M:2m
ber for Christiansted
Count:y District
to
take
care
of
conditions
in
this
island?
The
people weuld
not
know
what
tney
would
be voting for if this
resolution
is
passed andaplebisciie
is taken.
The
Reso-
lution passed
by theljoint Zounecil
in joint
Session
should
ke
tauken
care
of.
We
voted
for
it,
practiczliy
unanimously.
Things
are
not* perfect
here.
1
do
not
know of any
govercment
that
is perfect.
We have troubles
and inconveniences,
it
is
true.
If we
are
1o build up this
little
garden
it is guing
to take
time
and
co-
operative
thouzht
and
1 wiil b 2 there
to
help
with
all
my
lezal
knowledge
that
my
honorable
iriend has given
me credit
for, and
1 hope
be will be there
too.
9ud
Member for Christiansted
Country
District
(Beryg)
remuarked:
Mr.,
Chair-
man.
Certaiuly
the.resolution
says
to
take
care
of loeal
conditions.
That
does
not
mean
that
the Colonial Ceunci!
should
draw
up the
permanent
form of
govern-
ment.
J
cannot
see
where
the
present
resolution
is inconsistent.
Ist
Member
for
Frederiksted
Town
(Jacksonl
remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
I
have
an amendment
to brin.z in,
but
be
fore
doing soIwant
to
go
over
what
has
has
been
said
by the Hoynorable
2nd
Men b:r
for Frederiksted
Country
Dis-
trict.
As
regards
the
resolution
now
before
the
House
it
1s
perfectly
proper
and
in
order.
This
Council
went
on
record
by
joint resclution
of April 4 by stating that
they
aie
not
‘‘unalterably opposed
to
civil
government,
but
that
it
is
their
opinisn that the present
form of govern-
ment
should
continue untila change
is
requested
which
emanates
‘‘trom
the
peopie
of
the
Virgin Islands
after they
have
giv:n careful
thought
to the
sub-
ject,
ete.””
How
can
any
one
say
that this matter
has
no been
ziven care-
ful thought by
the people
of this islend.
Tne bill
has
been
published
in
extenso
by the press
of
this
island;
1t has been
discussed
ecitarially by ea*h paper
in the
island.
What
this
resolut.ion
is askirg
is to take
a
plebiscite
and
members
of
this Council have
a
chance
toggo
on
re-
cord
that
theyl are
sincere,
1
see
ro
harm
in
this
resolution.
Why
not
say
ves,
we are
ready
now to{carry out
the
wishes of the
people?
Why
npot
say
sp-
point a committee
of
five, seven
or nine
members
for
the
purpose
of
taking
a
plebiscite?
Gentlenien
it
seems
to
me
that there
is
no
nreed
to
take
offence.
The
Federali
Ccmmission
says
that
the
inhabitants
of this
island
arei97%
liter-
ate.
1 offer
this
amendment
which,
|
believe,
will
take
care
of
one
or two
¢ .
the
questions
prepounded
by jthe
Cov-
ernment
Szcretory.
4th
Memter
fcr
Frederiksted
Coun-
try Distriet
(Andersen)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
When vou go out to the
peo-
ple
to
take
a
plebisecite
you
ceitainly
have
to
put
something
tangible
Lefore
them.
You
don’t
want
to
go
to
them
and
say
you
want
a
change
fcr
the
worse.
No, you
gant
to
talk
to
them
abouta change
for
the
better.
/Znd
if
you
do who is going
to
see
that they get
something
better?
The
fencrabl>
Ist
Member
ier Fredoriksted
Town
is taik-
ing
for
bimself
and
the other
hcitors,
but it is my
earnest
belief
that th2
peo-
p'e in the country
do
not
know
wlhether
the change
would
be for the
better
or
for the
wurse.
1
spoke
to miny of
the
veople in the
country
aboat
this matter
and
the
question
was
invariably
asked
woeth
r the change
wi!l bring work,
so
that they
can
eain
a daily bread.
1 can-
not
sece
my way
to
vote
for
this
resolu
tior until iv is
made
plain
to
me
that it
is something
that
wiil
be
{or
the better-
m. nt of the island
and
lis inhabitants,
20d Member
for Christiansted
Country
Distriet
(Berg)
remarked:
My,
Chair-
man.
There
are
people
in this
commu-
mty who eriticiscd
the stand
1 took when
[
voted
for
the
resolution.
There
are
people
who know
what the change
would
mean.
We
cannot
expect
everything
from the people,
bat
this
is away
to get
their opinion.
We
have
said
here
that
the people
don’t
want
the change
Let
us
find
out
wheiher
they
want
it
or
not.
Why
are
we
afraid
to
ask
their
opirion.
:
(To be concluded.)
LECCAL
We had the privilege yesterday
of
in
specting
a
sample
of
excellert
brown
erystallized
sugar manufactured
by the St.
Croix Sugar Factory,
It isof a verylight
grayish-brown
eolor, and
Y 8 9
test.
The
Factory
has
made
some
200 bags
of
this
strike
and is retalling it at $lB
a
oag
of
250 pounds,
English
weight.
With
the
advancing
price
of sugar
it
would
be
well for merchants
here
to
take
advan-
tage of the
local
sugar
market
as
im-
ported
sugar
is likely to be high later on.
If the factory
could
be
assured
of sale
for this
sugar
locally it
would
be
pre-
pared
to furnish the trade,
as it could not