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The editor cannot be responsible - the views of his corrispoin- dents nor docs he necessarily endorse them,. | :- - - b -~, o i - B [ SN TS S T L PORT | OF DEPOSIIS & WITHDRAWALS Al ! ogk Y Y e S 9 4 [HE -7 30, Ghulh SAVINGS AN On Satuday the 13ih Dee. 193i19. , e ! £ RECEIVEERS: ’ In Cxrisciansted A. E. ST AKEMANN Trustce. in ~rcedeviksted | R E. HiGgGINS Trusiea. ! Balance of I:posits to 6th Dec. 1919 | $ 67,498.99 | 20 Deposits, of wvailen , | J 2 in Chrisd wnsted ¢ 203.49 , ( —hew) . ‘ 5 in Freder ksted $-10.50 ! ( nen ! k. $2399 ¥ . @Blqlzoß | 7 withdrawals ot Whicen ' | sin Christiinsted & 36.24 i 2in Freder:ksted ~ § 2250 &% ; ¢ $ 38.74 | Balance of deposits to date $67.654.24 |, Keceivers for Saturday, the 20° Dec. 1919, | In Caristiansted | A. BE. ST A\KEMANN {rustee, f . rrederiksied | R. E. HI3GINS Trus:ce. . A. E. STAKEMANN . President. CHRISTIANSTER V. I U.S. A, SATURDAY. 20tH DECEMRER 1919. e e e i LR WJORK HERE FOR EVIRY WOMAN %WHO WILL. WORK Embroidery and' Scwing now Employ- ing 5,000 to 16.C60 Women: Work tor aii <’ho Learn. There is 1o neea for any woman in Porte Rico to be unenploved. in i he opin- ion of Mrs. Heiea W, (ouriais, who new hes in her empioy fron 5.000 to 10,000 women making *ou b oide y and vnder- garments. $ ""A year of experinients has convinced m - that ihe wo~%n of Port:: Rieo are not or.y not jazy, asi was told they were, but that they adapt themseives (0 now kinds of work vdry quickiv. in e post si:: months we have trained a' léast - 0 women to mak: cmbroidery and wvici ais | start we dare piepared to teach muuy more, ‘The only difficclty we now h:ve i to let women kgow that theiefs wirk | to- them and hiw ihev mav obiain it. i 1c overeeme tnig we huve now obrained | revresentatives ip practicaily cvory town | in the island to vgiom Uey vay apply for | werk., ‘lo tegip with, o: course the | most difiicult wo*k ean not be dine, but | we have such a variely of embroidery ! and sewing that ttore is somethinr that ! evary woman cin o even fro: the six ’ year ~ld gitl omup {v Ler aged grand. | mother, ' | After one yeir of cxperiment'ngand | crzanizadion, Mis. Courwis said that in | " this year she hagievery reason to believe | thiit a quarter offa million dollars would | be distributed ds wages in Porto Kico | to the *women *tmployed by her. The | an cunt that anyvy individual earnsis de- | peadent chiefly on the quality of work | doage and the awmount of tinie oiven to AR/ work. ¢ - ‘ “Some of the &voen work only a few | milutes each day., whatever sparec ime - they may haved’, said Mrs. Courtois. "o thers devote taosi of their tim» (o our “work and make i%x'y satisiaciory wages. "' I'ne news wé wish to teli th: isiand is that there is work oficred ilcr every woman who wighes 0 work, and we want 1 te'l of then now s work may b 2 obuaiged.’”’ & : ~ "'he Departmesnit o fidoration and (he | cor imissioners ofeducavion: m the 5 uy - cipalities ave neibing teach “women i No. :"33‘ 'The Brass Bullet. broic-ry through special instruction ‘in . and out of the school. In addition to this, Mrs. Courtois ha= her agents also ' giving instruetion. and she says she ig | prepared to vrovide work for all who | wish to iea¢n. Porto Rico Progiress. Nov. 28t , L L gy | PART OF PUERTA DE TIFRRA MUST MOVE FOR DREDSING ! L | Hores Must be found for Hundreds of Squatters on the * Fias”’, Dredue | Expecied Here Soon. Anticipating ithe work which is to be | dome an rhe Larbor., Goverro Yager is now wiest i~ with the problem of pro- viding pac oly wbish o considerabl. - naraon of the i Obwiation at Puerta de Lisrra mav iive while the harbos dredg- lafl is Unaer way, . Che dredging of the harboyr ijs Le serve Lo purposes, according to the oovern- | ment plans. It is not only ¢, deepen and | enlarge the . harbor but Ihe dredged | material is to be used to fil in the Jyw . lands along the water front in Pueria de . Tierra and around through Miramar. 7o | carry out this woik hundreds of families ' now living in Salsipuedes, Paoria (e | Tierra, will have .0 move, Prohably it ’ will be at loast_ two years before (o ~ reclaimed land in Puerta de Tiorrn i ~again ready to ve occupied. The problem of what to do wit htine dreds of families is a serious one hoe- cause in most instances they are squa- ters, some of them owning their hoyses and some of them renters. More than g year ago work was started on a par- don of the o.d laswlar fair Zrounds to provide a Place wherd these po wie 1n Fuoerta ‘lierra might pro w lop the narsor dredgiag commenead Houa 1o GOV houses for them 15 still a probie. for i - 15 not believed that wmany o: the Shiiks in which they now iive smmuld bo loved even 1i ey are substantial enoaeh to he tranusplat.: 00, Actaaggredging in the na b e brobably wiil be 'é':;lfi?;plcnced within three months, e war Pépertmert surcha: eg a dredee w.Sew Urledns the latter pnet of Octo- bei anit GoVirnor Yager has bien ad- vised that the dredge will be sent here LContinued an 4th page].