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including that ot i.ord Derby, are being mention=d in connecrion with the Colo- nial Secretaryship, it. being generally agyeed that Lord Milner’s successor must be a statesman of first rank. London, Jany. 12th.—S8ir T. H. Grat- tan Esmonde, ex-M. P. -for North Wex- ford, Ireland, has been refused vermis- sion to land at Sydoey from the S. S. ““Makura’’from New York, says a des- pateh to the ‘“‘Times’” from Melbourne. [t is alleged that he is 8 Sinn Fein emis- sary. Ottawa, Jany. 12th. Canada has ccn- cluded a new trade agreement with France. The agreement provides: [l] For the minimum tariff of Canada to be given in exchange for the minimum French tariff on nearly the whole list of articles included in the convention of 1907-9, with a considerably extended list of articles, not ineluded in that ceonven- tion. (2] For a fixed percentage on certain other articles some of which were included in che preceding convention at minimum rates a~d others not included in that convention. TOBACCO CONCERN SOLVES PRO- SLEM IN VIRGIN ISLANDS. Scarcity of labor in Hartford has re- ceatly prompied J. Rosenberg & Co., leaf tobaceonist of No. 35 canton street, s solve the prublem of having their produet prepared for the market in the novel way of shipning it to the Virgin l=]lands, where a piant was opened, and after the process of stripping it, return- ing it to the markets of the United States. - . These islands are approximately 1,300 miles to the south of the United States, lying to the east of Porto Rico. Mr. Rosenberg, who is an extremely clever man, went down there, bought a gbuild- ing, formerly an old government plant us the Danish government and -had his cased tobacco sent down by boat, and stripped it. [he process of stripping is to remove the mid vein of the leaf. The tobacco that J. Rosenberg & Co. was unable io “hand e because of lack of labor here was what is termed fillers. BRought in Con- pecticut, this stripping has in the past been done here, in various plants for the purpose. These fillers are the short to- baceo that is sorted out on the table when the wrapper cropis sorted over. ihey constitute the body of the cigar. _Covered with a blinder apt to be broad leaf in the better cigar or that grade of Havana seed that is unfit for wrappers as being too dark and without sufficient quality for wrappers,) the wrapper is put on and the complete cigar as it is ' used by the smoker is asumed. But before the filler tobacco can be utilized in cigars, the mid stem h.s to be re- moved. And it was because of inability to secure this character of labor that Mr. vy e R U X AN L% Rosenberg made his jump to the Virgin Islands. The stripping is done largely by wo- men. Their labor is cheap, and the work can be dore much more cheaply than would be the case in the United States. At the present time Mr. Rosen- | berg says that he bas 500 hands. Asked if he expected to have more, he said that it all depended upon econditions, he might have 1000 after the first Ot the year. | He admitted “that as far as making | much money on voyaging his tobacco to St. Thomas and back, he was not so | much ahead. The freights are very | high, and the extra handling necessitat- ed by the voya e, adds costs that make | tobacco stripped in the Virgin Islands | come to about the same production cost | that it would handled right here in Hart- | ford. But when J. Rosenberg & Com- | pany had its fillers. it could not get suit- | able help here. 1t was a question of | having the work done and from the | standpoint of attaining the result that he 3 wished, the possession of stripped fillers, | he acconiplish>d his purpose. ! It was a pionéer move. There may | have been some who thought it wasa | long way to transport the tobacco, take | it into the plant, handle it, case it and E then return it to the State. But un- | stripped, Mr. Rosenberg could not sell | his fillers to such good advantage. So | he seized the most likety born of his | dilemma and sought the abundant labor | of Uncle Sam’s newest possession. He | went down person2lly last July and spent | most of the summer tnere, a summer by | the way which he reports delightful. At the St. thomas plant has been lo- | cated a government man, who sees that ' the United Siates governmental regula- | tions are correctly followed. - The St. | Thomas business is under the personal supervisicn of Mr. Resenberg, who is | now in this country and who left George | Moorehead, termed the ‘‘King’’ among | the local residents of St. Thomas to | handle the heip who work at the strip- | ping plant. The hookkeeping of the St. | Thomas piant is done in New York, the | house of J. Rosenberg having offices in Hartford, New York .and St. Thomas. | Among the local leaf tobacco men Mr. Rosenberg is considered to have had a | very extensive experience in the tobac- | co busivess. He has traveled much to | places where the tobacco industry- flour- | ishes. | All of the Virgin Island employees are | negioes, native tQ the island. Tney speak Danish as the islands were under the | rule of Denmark for years before they | were purchased by the United States in 1916. The island of St. Thomas and its | neighboring island, St Croix, or Santa | (ruz as it was called long ago, wereonce | owned by Spain. The J. Rosenberg & | Co’s. warehouse is located npon the wa- | ter front and has its own private docks. The building, like so many similar struc. tures in the American tropies, is of white stone and one story high, specifications »bich are best suited to the climate. the Virgin Islands were bought by this goveinment because of their strategic value in case of war; they are an impor- tant link in the chain of islands that com- mand the entrance to the Panama Canal that lies about 800 miles to the south- west.—The Hartford Daily Courant, Deec. 3, 1920, ® © Publication. T 48 hereby: made krown that the l Horse, Carriage anc Fcat Tax fcr the first half year 1921 will be received by the Policemasters in Christiansted and Frederiksted from the £oth Januarv to the 10th of February 19241, both days in- cluded, after which the list of arrears wi'l be transmitted to the sane authori- ties for further measures. Each debtor of tex will be subjeet to a fine Fres. 1.00 if the tax be under Fres. 25.00 and Fres. 2.00 if the tax be Fres. 25.00 or above, beside the ordinary levy expenses, Governm~nt of the Virgin lslands of the United States of America, St. Craix, Decemkber 30, 1920. For the 'overnor . W. FOX. Despatching Secretary. e N e N i S Puklicati Fubiication FROM THE POLICE. N accordsrce with the (hdinance of l 14th November 1908 § 5 ail ¢wners of fitearms in Christiansted’s Jurisdiction are hereby motified that a new sign mninst be taken out for 1921 befcre the 15th of February a. c. Christiansted Pclice Office, £t Croix, the 29th December 1920. olllkl DEAFNESS Ard Noises In The Head. It# YOU ARE A SUFFERE-—-Go to your Local Druggist and order ‘CON- CENTRATED SOI/RDAL,’ price 46/ per tin. This New remedy gives aimost immediate relief, and quickly edects a permanent cure. It penetrates to the actual seat of the complaint, and bhas completely cured many cases which were considered hopeless 1f your (Chemist does _not yet stock ‘SOURDAL’, do not accep: any substitute, but send money- order for a supply direct to the ‘SOUFX- DAL’ DISTRIBUTING €O, 388 STA- TION RCAD, CROYDON,. SURRLY, ENG., and a package will be mailed pet return with full directions.