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Publi i üblication. El' 1s herehvy l‘u‘()L‘Qk";f to ;H!Hkt X potice that the Government has, this date. authorized the Revererd CIORGE | 3 SCHANEIDER, G 3. R, to pe form civil-rehigious funcetions in the Municipality “of Saint Croix. Government of the Virgin Jslands of the United States, St. Thomas, 2 June, 1924, WM. S. ZANE, {,'”w,*,‘“»,;,'nt ‘\'{'q‘)‘f'fll:';‘,’. Mails Cloze for St. Thomas, V. L by ths *‘Ran- gor’” and for the Lee yard and Wir- ward Islands, by the s. s, Bridge- town’’ at 4. p. m. today. mm MALCOLM OGAARND'S Filld&r L vesterday afterncon was a iarge one com- posed of pecople trom all parts of the is- land who oathe:red together to bastow thoir tast kind att ntion an | to sympith- -Iz+ with the oer aved. The proc:ssi n consisting of sone twenty automobhiles from Chbris-ianst.d toxn and distiit started from Barien Spot at 4.45 and reached Frederiks ed town at 5.15. 'Thea numernus friends from Frederiksted joined at the church there which was well filled by the time the fu- peral arrived. The pall bearers were members of the Christiansted Liter- ary and Debatirg Club of which the deceased was an active member. lhe procession was led by the Rev. H. M. Picoit and was met in Frederiksted by tilc Rev. A. Banks of S'.Paul’s both min- isters performing the burial ceremony, Amid a sea of thwers they laid Maleolm away among other mombers of his fapi- ly gone before. R 1 B Correspondence Christians ed St, Croig, 5-9-21. To the Editar of the ?? Croix .\‘.’i‘:‘“ * Bir; Kindly allow me space in your es- teemed columns, to say a few words on the “'hasty dreams and no aceomplish- mnnts,”” that we read and hear so much of in the daily newspapers, | mean the “Oivil form of Government that onr poli- ticians are trying to introduce in the Is- lands.”’ I wish to state that it will be a very gool idea if rthese newspapers and politi- cians will let the peop'e know their fu- ture views of the benefits to be derived g1 [ 1 I'Fs %N 15 from the form of govt. th.t theyaret v- ing to introduce in the islands. If they v il throw some light on the subject, 'hey will be doing the prople a great deal of ju tice, The-present way of handii: g the business 20/l vot. and cainot work, The people have been misled and fool- ed so very often that under present ¢ir- cumstances they are guite right to xeep quiet on the subject. They have never been given a fair chance of choosing; comparison of present and future chang- es has naver boen made ior them to choose, therefore “‘they have been feed- ing on the dry fields their <hephords dream to be green, and finding they are no better off from their hailings, they hive decided to stop and make up their minds for the worst, and under present circumstances the worst is death. At the beginning th2y eame out in large erowds to the different mass meetings when the islands were to be scld, at these meetings they eried "SALE,’””what Lave they (bencfitted by 11?7 N thing. . Next they wanted a new coda of laws, the code was put betore the Legislative tody for framingz, the “‘whip and spar’”’ was quickly aceomplished; what g¢ood have the hailers rzceived? Con empt b ing popular of course. Next came the death blow to the islands *PROUIBITION,” the same way they went 10 the n:ass meatings and eried ‘‘prolibition;”” here came the final smash of incustry in the islands, anl now every day looks ke Sunday. The people are tired ol empty dreams. and are trying to 2migrate as tast as they can, and of thosc that re- main. will ra-her go to church und fuger- als than attend political mue10 1% H 're comes the gquestion, "*Wilta Civ- il Form of Govt. help or improve condi tions in the Virgin Islonds?’" Wiil it heip industrially and financialiv? Taese two items sare the most essential handieaps in the Islands: industrial and financial d - culties. At present the form of govt, we possess is not the trouble, @ form of govt. should tot account for b.d legisia- tion. Will a new form of gevt. dissolve the Legislative Body and give us men that have the islands’ weliare at heart thaot will see the people justisied and not loc kin their personal benelits first? 1 should say po, because that lies within the power of the electorate, and the ma- joriiy that make up the electorate are a set of easily beught fools, and when the electorate becomes more opfn to voters, it will be the same old **J ;hn Charles,” it means more liberty and new hardships for a new form of govt. wil' bring n:w grievances. The first step will be the cutting jdown of expenses, for if you want a new ferm of govt. you must ex- peet to pay for it, the first plice they zre going to start with is the govt. depart- ments, where they have tiwo persons they will use one, and of those thet they keep their salaries will be cut down; will that he improvine the islands? Wih the new for.a of govt. we muy be granted ciiizon- ship, but vhat d~es that amount to, we wile suhjuct gto the sam> protections We ate sdoj-2 ioas presont, we will be termed the same Virgin Islanders, taxa- tisn will be rai=scd, and of crurse we ex- peet rones 1o rals2 a'so; then comes the question, will the [ rers pay raise alse? How cout i we ex cet the laborers payv to raise when we leave the study of in- dustrial and finaneial diflienitics and siudy a form of govt., that will surciy bring high taxes in an almost bankrupt istand. Comparisons have been made between :hese islands and Porto Rieo, these comparisons are as foolish as any- thire: Porto Rico is filled with all kinds of modern improvements that affords her (o ionk out tor her rights, she is ca- pable of supporting heiself, her harbors are always {ilted with ships, while searce- Iy sailing vessels eome here, on accouit of not having a good harbour, and noth- ing for export but a few bags of suugar and for the past four years that is so lu- tie that it is hardly worth while mention- ing, then she has her millionaires who e¢ontrol b g business houses, while the whoie of St. Croix put toget er cannot equal one. There’s no comparison be- tween the Virgin Islands and Porto Rieo., Don’t look at the large salaries that some are receiving, that is not coming out of our treasury, you cau’t kick about a place bringing one hundred thousand dollars whiie her expenses are three hun- dred thousand. S:udy the different wavs by which the islands will be eble to heip themsei 7es, get help and accomplish vour plans and then you ean look around aud say,we are tully deserving of our rights; but at present you are not thinking of the wavs and means. The Tlnited States Congress know the people’s wants more th:n the representatives who live in it, fram a elipp ng in the “*Avis’’of the 31, May, we see what the home government is doing, they are appropriating the sum of $30.000 tor the purpose of sending down three experts for the purpese of improving conditions in the isiands both financiaily and economically and indusiri- ally. Here we are not thinking of these things, we are thinking of something far different, The form of govt. we now posess is not resnonsible for present con- ditions, the govt. ecarnot send rain to fHhurish tho ope hittle industry we possess when we can get rain. We are governed by the Navy Department, we leceive our appropriations throuzh this depart- ment, they send down men who they think capable of the duties they are sup- posed to perform. ‘l'ne men sent down here have tried their best, lots of improv- ments have been made: 'The Schools have been improved one hundred per cent, the Hospitals have also been im- proved wonderfully and lots of oiher things too numerous to mention. What khas the Legislative Body dube in con- nection with the improvements that have alrcady been made? We don’t want the days to return when the hespitels had