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R ived ~ ¢ . 99 76 Ex S. S. “Kathadin” & “Ko- : " rona POTATOES, e ONIONS, APPLES, CARBBAGES, MIKED VEGETABLES, SELECTED FAMILY BEEF, FAMILY MESS PORK, PICKL.LED MACKERELS. - SAi.MON, BA CON, AND A FINE ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES. You are inviied io coime and see my Stock. Christiansted, 18’ Oct. 1920. A. R. Mclntosh. DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF U. S. A. During the month of September 1920, the following diseases of interest to the public have occurred : -« ‘ln Saint Crowr. R e B ] TyRaeee . Sl Pulmonary tubercu105i5............3 Dysentery entamebic . .---....... 6 In St. Thomas. Chickenpox. ... ... 1(8t John) Pulmonary tuberculosis 3 Hook-worm disease (carrier) 1 (imported) Subtertian malaria.... 1- do. HARDY V. HUGHENS. Chaef Sanitation Officer. EDITORIAL. : In this issue there is reprinted from the St. Thomas Mail Notes a comment on the sugar situation in which it is dis- closed that, as has nearly always been the case in St. Thomas, sugar is cheaper there than here where it is made. With reference, however, to that part of the article to the effect that suraris selling here at 24 cents a pound, it may fairly be stated that such has been or is the case in only some isolated instances ST CROUITX AMLS ~ where the parties would appear to be ~ unable o realize that there is som=thirg . known as “‘loss”” as wyll as “‘gain’’ in | all business, and because, as <they | claim, they paid the very high prices l which sugar once fetched, are asking ' 24 centsa pound themselves. It goes ' without saying that oniy- shortsighted . people would ;pay that price when other | groceries have dropped down to 17 cents, . and these people who are still asking ' 924 cents a pound for raw sagar know ~ full well that were they the buyers they would not pay it, neither if it had been the case that sugar had gone up in the open market would they have been so considerate as to give the consumer the benefit of the cheaper price at which they had bought. And all this despite the faect that there is a‘Food Commis- sion, so-cailed. LOCAL. The sale of tne machinery of St. Croix Sugar JFactory is authoritatively denied. A soaking shower of rain fell here yes- terday between 11 a d 12 o’clock, the guage showing about 16 lines in town and proportionately in surrounding coun- try district, although some estates report no rain whateveir. Five lines are report- ed from Frederiksted and a® estates in that qnarter 5 to 15 lines have been measured. The calm weather coniinues and up to the present the Vigilant has been unable to complete the runto St. Thomas on which a start 'vas made last Thursday morning. The water in the harbor is as smooth as a pand and to all indieations there will be no sailing today either. The Colonial Council meeting was held yesterday as called. At its opening there was no quorum but members turned up afterwards to overcome this. The Gov- . ~ ernor arrived here on the Vixen and at- ~ tended the meeting. Among the passengers by the Vixen yesterday was His Honor Judge Malmin who it is pleasing to note has recovered . from his recent illness.’ | The theatre presented its attractive ~ programme to a full house last night. " The scenes in the serial were all right. U. S. PRESS NEWS. . ANNAPOLIS: Navy defeated Buck- nell at football today by a score of seven |+ 10 TWO, f WASHINGTON: Secretary Daniels to- ' day stafted that the Department bhad issued instructions to the Commander-in- Chief of the U. S. Atlantic and to the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleets. for the foreign cruises to be made by the respective fleets in the summer 192], The present idea is that ‘the Atlantic Fleet will visit ports on the east-¢vast of . South America and alsozCape Town and ' possibly other South African ports, in- cluding passing the island of Saint ~ Helena, the home of Napoleon, during his captivity. The Pacific Fleet is expected to visit the South Sea Islands and ports in Australia and New Zealand. It is probable that the Pacific Fleet will be . able to visit the ports in Southbern New Zealand and also Tasmania or Van Dia- mens Land. After the completion ..of - this winter’s joint maneuvers in the . Pacific in January and February, the - fleets will proceed to their target grounds . on or before Mareh 10th and finish up ali - target practice of the present year., It is expected that this will be completed ~about May Ist. Then after six wecks at ~ home yards forrepairs and the customary leave, it is expected that the vessels will get away nn their foreign ceruises about June 10th, 1921. MEXICO CITY: Mezxico is anxious - to comply with her international obliga- tions, provisional President De L 2 Huerta told the correspondent of the Associated - Press, and extends a hearty welcome to toreigners. -He declared the iMexican Government had not received frem Washington ary intimation as to condi- tions upon which possible recogrition of the New Mexican Rzgime would be based by the United States. ' NEW ORLEANS: - United States Ship- ping Board sailings for Cuba have been temporarily cancelled and none of the vessels now loading here-for Cuba will be permitted to sail until further notice, according to orders received from Ship- - ping Board officials in Washington. _ | NORFOLK: Booze ships entering - Norfolk harbor cannot be seized and sold by S. D. Bramo, Federal Prohibition officer. Ilhis isthe emphatic statemont ~ made by the Treasury Department, in answer to Brame’s threat made here - Thursday. Mr. Biame denied that he - had ever made such a threat. | TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. ° Ottawa, October 14th.—The Canadian Government has suspended the order of the Canadian Board of Commerce, is- sued on Wednesday night fixing twenty cents per pound as the maximum price of sugar in the Dominion, pending a hearing before the Cabinet on October 20th in Montreal. Canadian sugar re- finers are holding commitments valued at $50,000,000 and face a loss that threat- ens to destroy the industry. According to President Drummond of the Canadian sugar refining, company, “the refipers were forced to acquire and hold large - 'stocks of sugar under Government or- der and are now unable to sell, exoept at a loss, due to market conditions in the Usited Stateg.= 7~ 0 o