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Make the address plain and eXgily read, and alwvays use pen and inkg§cr 1t pe- writer and light colored enveloj¥es, so as to save the eyes of the post-offidg clerks. Do not use envelopes of unus@al size. The little ones that are so fr¥kuently used for cards and notes at ChTltmas and our holiday times cause an uatold amount of trouble and labor, as §hey will not fit our canceling machines Qnd must therefore be canceled by higd. Because of their size and tendency Yo slip out of a package, these smalil \- velopes are more likely to be overlook or lost. - Mail your letters and packages early n the day, ecause this avoids overload- ng and delaying mail at the end of the qy. Your local postmaster and your teach- -5 wiil tell you more about the Postal rvice. Do these things, and you will wii the gMateiul appreciation of the people in yo&g post office and especially of “our Postmaster General, WiLL H HAYS, P S Don’t forget to mail Chrisimas packag® THIS WEEK. i Copy WEST INDIAN SUGAR FACTORY. Telegran address : "WESTSUGAR’’ tlode: A. B U. bih. St. Croix, November 26th 1921 Virgin Island, U. S. A. Mr. i). Hamilton Jackson Christiansted. Dear Bir i~ We wish to confirm the agteement we arrived at today with you on behalf of the agricultural laborers of St. Croix. 1. That the work is resumed on a flat days wage as follow : Ist Class laborers 20 i (.85 Drivers 0.75 Plowmen . 46D 2nd That beginning Monday Decem- r 12, new field triais will be started as . means of arriving to fair figures that will enable the average Ist class laborer to earn 70—75 cents per day. These field trials are to be carried out on all our estz es and vareful observa tions are to be made by a party consist- ing of a representative of the Labor Union, one representative for the sugar concerns and a third person agreed upon by the two. All lhe workers participating in the field trials are 1o be paid after the figures embodied in our letter to the Investigat- ing (Wmmittee dated Nov. 10th. 1921. It ¥ s ageed that the field trials shall be cc. Bleted not later than Jan. 3lst. 1929, ! nv laborer faithfuily carrying out o veement shall be entitled to crevi- s heretofore. S 0 Ui A A Noy 5. It is further agreed that as early as possible after the election of new offi- cials and a new executive committee for the L¢ bor Union but, not later than Jan. 3lst 1922 that a b'nding agreement shall be made for a period of about 18 months uitii the completion of 1923 cirop; based on the figures arrived at after the field trials are completed and with the days wages stipulated‘q hove. Mr. Jacksor "inds himself to use all his influence to expidite the field trials and the final signing of such an agree- ment, ¢s outlined above, by the ULabor Union. Yours very truly for the sugar concerns (Signed) FOLMER ANLERSEN [ her: v confirm the abovz agreement. (Signed) HAMILTON JACKSON rELEGR 1 MS. ST. CROIX STATION. New York, Nov. 30th. —Admiral Beat- saiied for home today with Lady Beat- the steamship Adriatic, after ‘‘six weeas ~ a happv hectic time’’ in the United = and Canada. The hero of Jutiand, dre. 4im Mufti, said he was coming to this continent again’’ just as soon as 1 jilly:seli ecan.”’ Replying to a question =23 to what'action he thought would be likely if Japan should insist on increasing its naval ratio in the limitation programme, the Admiral said other .. /- ers wouid have to do the same thing. Moscow, Nov, 50th,—The Russian ruble is st.ll depreciating, it now requires two hundred thousand of them to pur- chase a dollar. Ibp one day the dollar hus jumped frorm 150,000 to 200,000 rubles, whicn is the most violent fluctuation since the free trade policy was inaugu- rated. is attributed to the scramble of possessoHrs of iarge quantities of rubles to obtain foreign money at any price, accelerated by a recent decree for the issuance oi new paper money on Decem- ber Ist. Tondon, Nov. 80th.—The India Office reports that on Nov. 25th a sma!l British column, eonsis'inz of two British officers and eighty two Indians was overpowered and cut up by a large band of Waziri raiders from across the Afghan frontier, north of Quetta. British Baluchitan. The fighting lasted four hours. Both the British officers and about twenty ludians were killed, and the other members oi the column either were wounded or pfade prisoners. It is announced by the fodia Office that the round-np of the Mpplahs in v alabar is coutinuing. London, Nov. 30th.—The wc;)come ac- corded the Prince of Wales upon his ar- rival at Jodspur was the most magnifi- cent of the receptions so far given His Royal Highness in his tour of India from a spectacular point of view. according to Reuter’s covvespondent., There was a oreat assemblage of brilliently attired native chiefs awaning t(he Prince’s ar- rival at a wondertuliy deccrated railway station. The Prince drove thernce in tke centre of a littering esccrt alopg a g ~eously festooned route which was thronged with siglt-seers to the place. In the compound of the palace a veritable canvas city has been erected, amid wtich a sumptuously furnished Durbar tent was located. Camel teams harnessed to form- er State carriages of ex-Maharajas form- ed a baggage convoy while surerbly caparisoned elephants moved with sol- »mp gait about the camp. _ ndon, Nov. 30th —All Govt. busi- ness is g. "ing way to the gravity of the Irish situativn. Both in Govt. and Irish circles the fee gis that only a miracle car avert the c. ipse of the conference, and a renewal o! \arfare. It had been intended to holda “abinet Council tc- night to consider Geru °n reparations in connection with the visic of Dr. Walter Rathenau, but this had to e postponed in orde to permit the sp3ial Cabinet Committee, dealing with Irish ‘airs, to hold a sitting. Lord Pirkenheadfgdue to speak at a political meeting in Liv§gpool was obliged to stay in lL.ondon HeXgnt a message of apology explaining that absence was owing to ‘‘grave public a fairs’’. Mr. Lloyd George wired td® the meeting explaining that Lord Birken- head’s presence in London was ‘‘impera- tively demanded by the present position of the Irish negotiations. Washington, Nov. 30th. Experts of the ‘‘BigThree’” Naval Powers agreed today that thev could not reach an ac- cord on the basis of ecalculation to be used in measuring Japan’s existing re- lative naval strength. They gave up the task and turned the problem back to their respective delegaticne to the ms comference. Upon its solution pangs the fundamental principleof ihe naval limitation proposal, the '‘five five- three’’ capital ship ratio. The experts were substantially in agreement as to the accuracy of estimates of the naval strength of each power originally sub- mitted bv the United States conference group, if the plan of including all ships actually under coustruciion in arriving at the ratio was followed. The Japan- ese experts however. inzisied to the last that this was not the proper basis of cal- culation, .proposing instead to disregard 01l ships now building by either power in determining relative naval strength. The plenary delegates of the two powers will | continue the discussion from this point, illuminated by such light as the studies of the experts have been able to thirow on the technical questions involved Firm determination of the United States delegation so insist upon the "‘five-five- three’’ ratio and inclusion of ships build- ing in any estimate of naval strength, was reiterated tonight on authovity. The purpose of the Japanese delegzation was not disclosed.