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this discussior.. The point is that the con- tracting Planter must deliver canes ~ontaining ot least 17% of sugar in the juice or be pzaid at a figure less than the one we are calculating on. Now, the Sugar Canes of St. Croix have an average fibre content of about 15%. Ca.cuiated on this basis and on a 17% sucrose content of° the juice, the canes contain 14.45% sugar, and a mod- ern Sugar Factory should recover at least 857, of the sugar of the cane in the form of 96© rystals, that is, it should recover 12.24 lbs. of sugar from 100 lb. of canes of the richness demanded by the Factory. Tha wers feature of the case with the Bethlehem Jactory is that they paid thoir contraciing Planters for the first can->s delivered during erop on the basis of a quotatior of $7.28 for 10C lb. of 96 € Crystals, knoewing full well that $13.00 was the correct price. Further they still pay their contracting Planters in local do:lars, thus deducting 273% from the amount they should receive, ‘thoug' they are well aware that when the value of the local ¢ rrency became Jepreciated the Planters had without demur made up the cepreciation to the labhurer in his wages, thus .endz2ring tane production of cane more expensive. [ trust that the Rethleham Faetory will see fit to roctify this gross injustice. : 1 &, Yours faithiully, LONGFIELD SMITH. P. S. | might meation that the Gun thorpes Factory in Antizua rz2cove.cd in 1915 91.3% and in 1916 $2.3% of the Suerose of the cane in the form of 96° Crystal Sugar. My assumption of a re- covary by Batnlenem of 8% will there- fore ba seen to ba quite a modast one. L & Edito -of the St. Croix Avis. Dear Sir: I beg to agree with Consumer that the wholesale price of sugar is very high, the hopkeeper has to pay $32.50 for one bac of raw sugar of 250 ibs. or in other words 13etss per pound in bag, which is only turned out to the cart by the whole- saler and his work ends "here. Now the shopkeeper has to fill out the sugar in packages which cost somethirg, he has It wlha salianfor handline the cnéan io pay the selier for handling the suger, he has to pay the rent and other expen- se¢ connected in running the business, when you deduct all the expenses there is hardly anything left at 16cts. per ~ pound; 1 too would be glad to learn why we here must pav higher prices on the spot where Lhe sugar 1s manufactured. Respectfully, ENQUIRER. Frederiksied, February 16th. 1620. “he mail schooner “*Virginia’arrived this morning at 5 o'clock, with a small 11 BpdartX A% 1S United States, Porto Kican an? St. Tho- mian mail. 72 packages genéral cargo and the following passengers: From St. Thomas: Judge Noll Lawyer Payne, W. 1. Horton. She left about 10.30 o’cleeck with pas- sengers: For Porto Ridp: Mrs. B. V. Daniel, & 1 child Bernice. Mrs. V. Wil- son, Miss Albertha N. Wescott, Mr. C. W. Bjaelke, Mrs. Luecille Gordon. For st. Thomas: Ensigh fook, W. C. Van Norden, Dr E. Petersen and Dr. H. C. Hark. The sloop ‘‘Eagle’’ left about noon itor St. Thomas with the following pas- sengers: Roumalia [saac. Ovilda Rich- ards, Miriam Thomas, Mrs. Eienora Jacobs, Muriel Jackson, Ethel Jackson, S. G. Crosswaithe. Jacoh Johannes, Jos. A. Flynn, Albert Martin, Alphonso Marcas, Georgiana James, Albertina Tho- g We are ¢lad to welecome the new ice- manufacturer and wish him success. For a long time we have been 'n need of this most necrssary article, because of the breckdown at rhe plant and have had to rely on Christiansted. TELEGRAMS. . con died OROIX STATION. Barbados, Feb. 13th.—U. S. Battles Lip “*North Dako a’’ arrived 2.55 p m. from Gibraltar. Barbados, Fea. 14th.—U. S. S. ‘‘Penn- sylvania’’, ‘‘Arizona’’ ‘‘Oklahoma,’”’ and **Nevada’’ lett 5 p..m for Colon. St. Thomas, KFeb. 14th.—Six seaplanes of the Air Detachment of the U. S. At- lantic Fleet which arrived at San Juan, P. R., on the Bth. instant left there tor St. Thomas at 9.15 a. m. today and arriv- ed here at 10.50 a. ni., alighting in the harbour. It is reported they are ¢n route to Trinidad via Marunique. Ponce, P. R., Feu. 12th,—-U. S. Hospi- tal Ship ‘‘Solace’’ ieft 11 a. m., destima- tion unknown. NEW YORK, Feb. 11th 1920. #lour, Blended Clear St. Lawrence [rand pr. bri. 811.75 Meal, Kilndried per 100 Ibs $5.55 New Seasoan’s Pork per brl. $46.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $43.00 sugar---Crystals maxiniu per (00 lbs . $13.04. Sugar---Crystals minimum $12.79 Molasses sugar (Confirmed by Brokers) 28 12--100 d. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at L.ivernool per Ib. no quotation r.xchange, New Yeork and Liondon, 60 days’ sight $3.33 t.xchange New York and London, sight $3.36% LONDON, F:b. 11th 1919. sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. fixed by the Royal Commission par cwis 106s. od. -109s. od. Muscovado, 89°/- basis, floating terms in ‘bond, Ditto duty free. 955. od. 975. od. German Beet 88°/. r.o.b. no further sales during the war White Java sugar cif U. Kingdom cif without engagen.ent. 90.0 White Java Sugar, c¢it Uunited King- dom if arrives before 27tk Decenber &5/ Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal, Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red per cwt 128s. od. 130 s. od. Cottc Medium ['ine Sea Island, at Liv errv.ool nominal per Ib. HONI SOIT QUI MALY PENCE'! There are in our midst a group of men who have from the time of the fransfer oi these islands to the United States, a“ted as leaders of the poorer and less in- teiligent section of our people. These men are not real leaders--they are but opportunists, who, misinterpret- Ing certain principles of Americanisns, and seeing a lack of cohesion among the people, have stepped forward in the guise of leaders, an in their eagerness to pass as such not weighing the con- sequences of their course have tried to. introduce a wedge between the geod un- derstanding that have generally existed among all classes of our people. . These would-be leaders—many of whom remind one of tue lilles 0f the field, Inas- much as they neither toil nor spin—have been advoecating a change in the present administration of the islands. They arc leaders who seem not to think of the impracticability ¢f their schemes. They seem to think only ¢t the pleasure of hav- ing the governing power in the hands of their ciique, even the power of appoint- g their own Governor! and thus giving but Jitte consideratior. to the prerozative of the United States. Happy are we, however, that there are not many disciples of these advocates of what they know not of themselves. 'L he great majority of St. Thomians have fully demonstirated I.eir sourd judge- ment by repudiating such leadership, an act on their part that will go far towards proving w en the time arrives that they are not wanting in ahility to control and administer a purely civil form of government. Meanwhile, lct all respectabie citizens beware of the extreme teachings of this group of men, who having nothing to lose, not even we bhelieve sincere love nf country,—would not mind seeing their fellowmen brought to the same level as themselves. Above all, let Si. Thomi- ans remember that ‘‘a man is a man,”’ primarily, because under the glorious flag which today we ca'l our own, the lowes: pldced of mankind has every op- portunity of achieving the highest pos- sible suceess in life, if he willbut prove that he detves not into the by-ways of ignorance, dishonesty and lawlessness, but lives in the realms of truthifulness and honesty of purpose. St. Thomas Mail Notes, Feb. loth.