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It was unanimously adoptea. The Vice Chairman remarked: The Money Bill is adopted and goes to (iov- ernment. ! To be continued. EDITORIAL. Our attention has been called to the enormous differences between prices of local frod products in Antigua, British West Indies, and prevailing prices in this isl: nd. We reprint below the rul- ing prices of articles as authorized by the !"ocd “ommission of Antigua under date of June 9, 1920, published, and evidently 1n force, as late as August 11th. according 1o oific'al proclamation in the Antigua Sun of that date. The prices of meat, milk and sugar are parti cularly striking, espzcially of sugar, an item which has soared to tae skies almost everywhere, St. Croix included, the com- modity being-now assigned (0 the cacegory of luxuries It is assumed that the Gov- oernment of the Leeward [slands under which the island of Antigua is adminis- tered, has restricted the export of sugar, or naturally it would ail soon be shipped to richer fields leaving none to sell local- ly at the iow price whieh isa zood bit under what we are required to ‘plunk down ' h_re for inferior gmde:} We are likewis: struek by the priced of some imported foodstuffs, among other things cheese. In spite of the faet thaiyt is sub- jeet to import duty 1n Antigua and 18 entered free here, this umeriean product 1s retailed in the foreign mar‘kgt at 20 cents a pound less than in St.” Croix, American territory. [The list @f prices in Antigua and this vlace, follows: ANTIGUA ST. CROIX Meat. fresh: 1035 d. anywhere up to 30 (11 ecents) per lb. cents or more; dis ference 19cts pr.lh. Milk, reputed quar: 16 cents; difference 34d. (7 cents) 9 eents. ' Sugar (grey,ery- raw sugar in this stal locally -manau place is 16 cents a factured) £4.6sh.pr pound; the refined bag of 250 1b5.£3.17 grades sell any- sh per bag of 22' where from 65 dol- -Ibs. retai* sd. (10 lars a bag to 30 cents) pel Ib.; 94d.- cents a pound. A (19 cents) for 2 free hand is given Ibs. 5 , in retailing this Sugar (white erys- sort of suzar tal locally manu- factured) wholesale ‘ 6-3714 d. (134 cents) . per Ib.; retail 8d (16 cents) per ib. Cheese, (Canadi- an) 28 B 8 ABA vl oo-2 - cents) per pound ; Chg;ese (Ameri- 80 cents a pound; can) 2sh. Bd. (64 difference 16 cents ents) ‘per pound a pound. It will n» noted that we have rated 7 S L.CRWhLX A VIS the pound: steriing at $4.80, therefore 24 cents to rhe shilling and 2eents to the penny: As our local exchange in convert- ing the pound sterling into Danish | money is at the rate of $4.40, cur figures are obviously conservative. | LOCAL. _ RN ¥A B TR S R N E S SRR Mr. CARL PETER SCHREIHUBER, for | many years a resident of this twn, died in Fi.ederiksted at 10 o’clock last night at the ripe age of 90 years. The funeral has been fixed for 5 p. m. today from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. B. Brandt, the only remaining relatives, to whom we nffer our sincere condolences. L,SN SR ASR R SIR R SRR e We consider it worthy of meation that we have bought ‘‘lrish’’ potatoes from Mr. Pretto at 6 cents a pound while just hefore, we were asked ten cents at a well-known grocery here. Is it possible this difference inprice can be due t . any thing but overcharge in the dearer case? Mr. Ans. Fabpio has kindly furnished us with a detailed explanation of the causes for the defects noted in the elec- | tric lighting systam during the last few nights. Space does not allow us to pub- lish the alleged difficulties with which the operato sat the power house have had | to contend while getting into share the machinery which is repvesented a5 hadly in need of renovation, but suffi ¢ it to | say that they are -3 ~%“tedly genuine | and worthy of thr ‘on of the | public. Just at new and permanent ‘¢ ‘3h- ed, and ths to | deliver cut” : prietor as' public ar shape s. The *' Dy, oy A Cricker, § plaved o1 on Sund “‘Horse “‘on acces is where he mean “"Herse what is questic il on ace ER. +ON. Dublin. A, <. ateland,’”’ an organ of the odinn .11l announce in this week’s issue that the Dublin eastle authorities, after consultation with the Premier’s office in London, have decided that Ireland political prisoners are to be taken to England for crial The newspapers recall that in May 1775 the United States people advise¢ the parliament Ireland, "asking its sympathy and explaining their reasons for throw- ing off. their allegiance to the King of England, saying that attempts being made to seize Americans and carry them to England, for trial’’, and '‘the news- paper adds, °‘‘the seque! to the at- tempt of dastardly English oligarc by is the present United States of Ameri ca. Today we can s&ddress America in the same words that Americs address- ed our forefathers.”’ London, Aug. 27th.—Mr. MacSweeney today began the 15th dayv of the hun- ger strike in much the same condition as vesterday. He was weak this morn- ing but conscious and able to speak a lit- tle. It was said that the Lord Mayor might live another week if his lungs had not been attacked as a result of a previous lilness. New York, Aug. 27th.—Elated by their tie-up of virtually every British ship in New York, 2,000 or more longshoremen who suddenly quits work today, expect to spread their ‘walk-out to every port in the- United States in the Lkope of forcing Great B: tain.to release from jail Mc. MacSweene:, the lord Mayor of Cork, and permit! Archbisliop Mannix to land .on Irish seill. The women pickets who inspired the unexvected wall-out of Longshore men, the marine tiremen, water tender andoilers who joined them feel the same %¥ay about it. They are not going back to work on British ships, they said, untii Great Britain meets their wishes. Irish sympathizers work- ing on United States, French and Rel- gian steamers also quit work during the whirlwind campaign and the strike wages along the north river this after- noon. Althoug‘? not en masse long- shoremen of varfous nationzlities rushed from the holdz of vesssls at the com- qand of their Irish comrades. More than 250 negroes who were unloading the cargo of a Cunard Line fell into line and received a big ovation from the other strikers. London, Aug. 28th.--The threatened itiike of coal miners continue to engross he attention of the newspapers and the :plic. The ballot'ng in South Wales the questicn *of whether the men all strike has virtually been conciuded the result of the balloting as announceas egqrly given considerable more than two- thirds majority in South Wales dis- tricts in favour of the men ceasing work. ] E{ U ? Only kFour Days! DR. J. R. MAYHEW, Eyesight Special. ist, will be at-Christiansted {rom Monday 30th to Thursday 2nd Septr. and can be consulted either of these duys from 10 a. m.