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good road we:ie. I asked him if he would contribute cowards the buildiag of a good road, be said yes. As regards the tax, the inteution is that hey shail remain in force until the road is fully repaired, and when that is done, the tax can be modified. The member asked what the cattle man is going ty pay; why, he is paying his tax. He and I are-paying tax just the same. It seems to me that this is the easiest and best way andI don’t see any injustice in the matter. | Ist Member for Christiansted Country District (Stakemnn) Mr. Chairman., 1 propose that you follow the Rules of Business and put Section 1 of the amend meilit to the vote. Secéiion 1 of Member Blackwood’s amendment was put to the vote. 2 Members voted for; 5 azainst. The Chairmon remarked: Section iof the amendment is lost. The ( hairman then brought up 4th Member for Frederiksted Country Dis- trict (Fleming) amendment to Section 1 of the bill. The Member in introducing his amendment said,—Mr. Chairman. My reason tor proposing this amendment is, that when the Public Works Officer and the Road Commissio meet they would decide what kind of road we are to have. If the Public Works Officer finds some parts of the road in good con- dition he ean macadamize it, and if he finds a soft part it could be concreted. If we vote {or concrete alone, we would not be able to use macadam 1 propose that the bill go through so that we may have the roads put i~ order. 2nd Member for Frederiksted ?uun-:r;: Distriet (M. M. Skeoch) remark®: Mr. Chairman. lam in favor of the amend- ment introduced by 4th Member for Fredertksted Country Distriet (Fleming), and Ialso agree wilh his proposal that the Public Works Officer and the Road Cominission meet so as to decide which is the best road to build. The Council do no. know what kind of road o build; there are many pro and c¢hn, therefore we do not know how to vote on tie matter. The honorable 4th M2mber for Frederiksted’s Country . li&trict’s amend- ment seems more feasable, 1 will vote for it. Correspondence IT HAS BEEN ABKED WHAT ABRAMSON HAS DONE IN THE CO- LONIAL COUNCIL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. The answer to this is. He has been in- strumental ayd have succeeded in ob- taining better schools for the Island. 2. He has succeeded in getting the Government to give as a frac gift the greater part of the Hurricane lLoan to many of the inhabitants of this island. 3. He has succeeded in getting subsi- dy for the three Native Bands. ST CROIX A VYI3 4. lln repealing the prohibition act. 5. And is now advocating for a fish house for Water Got, {f during a short period of four years he has done so much for youa, then Mr. | Vater it behooves you to vote the straight ticket —ABRAMSON & TEYTAUD. { FAIRPLAY. | # ® ® D.. Longfield Smith will accdpt election to the Council. He will run on the Christiansted Country | District tietet. The country will havea man it can well be proud of. One who | is in a position to protect the interest of all econstituents, principally squatters and | rural frlk: and wherefore all should | give him their vote. PUT BRAINS IN | THE COUNCIL; PUT INDEPENDENT | MIND: FUT LONGFIELD SMITH | THERE. 1 I'ELEGR =MS. | ST. CROIX STATION. | New York, April 28th.—Germany, | through eeconony sacrifices of her work- | inz people, has settled down to real production, and is outstripping the Uni- ted Siates and the Allied natinns in the fight toward normaley, Chas. M. Schwab declarad here today in an address be- fore the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York. ‘'‘Germany today can put a ton of steel in England at the price of S2O a ton cheaper than England can m:ke it’”’, he said, "‘and is selling prenumatic tools in Detroit, where formerly we shipped snch ma- chinery to Germany, and sold it cheap- er than she could make it. The differ- ence is sclely o matter of labour costs. It is esiimated that 5,000,000 men are out of work in this country. It is ac- | cordingly of supreme importance to the | working man as well as to the capi- | talist, to restore our prosperity. Never | beiore was the need for product s@ | great, never before was such valcable ' producing-machinery and facility avail- } able, never before was there so much | that needed to be done. I have just re- | turned from Europe, and I came with | renewed admiratico for the courage, | the enterprise, the determination dis- | played in Italy, Belgium, France and | Engiand. Germany was abead of all | of them in production. Js it possible | t at after having won the war, we of 1 the Alli-d nations, with everything | in our hands, will allow Germany to | win the peace through the efforts of | her jlabour? Labour on the whole can : be paid only what labour as a whole | earns, and if some sections of labour I exact moie than their share Yof the cur- | rent prodice of the world, other sec- | tions are going to suffer. Iunderstand that our railways today pay to labour over 60 cents out of every dollar receiv- | ed. The labour cost of making a ton of steei today is 85 cents out of each dollar of total costs. In so far as our people in America are prenared to go to work at reasonable wages, in so far as we are prepared quickly to abandon the artificial extravagances of the war, will we lay the foundations for a new prosperity such as we never enjoyed be- fore. This is the route through which, not merely America, but the peoples of our Allies can find their way out and triumph in peace as they did in war. London, April 29th.—Sir Edward Carson, who recently retired from the leadership of the Ulster Ui ionist party has accepted the post of Lord of Appeal, according to the Daily Meil. He sue- ceeds “helate Lord Moulton, London, April 29th.-—Negntiations for the settlement of the eoal having become deadlock through the rejunction yester- day of the govenment’s temporary subsidy offer by the delegates of the miners, the three parties to dispute the miners, the owners and the govt., have once more re- turned to their camps to consider who shiould make the next attempt to negotiate asettlement, and what form that move should take. The memters of the miners exccutive board scattered to the coal fields this mornlng, apparently with- out expectation of an early adjustment of the difficulty. The next business will be in the districts said one of the lead- ers, while another told an interviewer, “the stoppings may continue for an- othier month.”’ l.ondon, April 29th.—-The House of Lords yesterday passed the third rvead- ing of the matrimonial bill. Paris, April 29th. —M. Briand left for [.ondon, early today to attend the meet- ing of the Supreme Council on Satur- day. He will appear before that body, with the support of the France Parlia- ment bouse and press. which is unani- mous in demanding ‘‘direet action’’ in enforcing penalties against Germany in default of her payment of reparations. Block Island,R.l.,April 29th.— he Por- tuguese steamer N ermugao, bound from Lisbon for New Ycrk with 448 passer.- gers, went ashore on Black Rock on the west of Block Island in a fog early this morning. The captain of the coast guards station reported that the steamer was leaking slightly, but was notin a dangerous position. WANTED Saddle H.rse EASY GAITED To Hire By The Month, Address Clerk of the Court, Government House.