SAGE TWO THE WORKMAN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1921 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands very Made and elsewhere.
ALBOA EST EER REWED DR quarrel Richard in home a. He from TO HELP EX SOLDIERS.
in EnCALLE No Nature Cf Bill Just Passed By Australia.
there duty paid PRIVATE ACADEMY English Classes For Young Ladies 6 AND FOR BOYS 7 Mon Tues. Thurs. Fridays. BURTON, London despatch dated December 8th, Says that According to a Reuter cable from Melbourne, the Australian House of Representatives has passed a Bill authorizing the raising of loan of 10, 000, 000 for the pur.
pose of re establishing soldiers and for land ttlement work. Bill has also been passed extend.
ing preferential tariff treatment to New Zealand, at once be seen reason why the sugar market cigare, cigarettes, and tobacco, Jamaica is in such an unsatisfactory con is also extremely heavy. While dition to day? should like to see all duties much lower, there can be no Murder Case In The Mr. An yers: can give you many reasons for the altered justification for the high rates District of Gold condition of the sugar industry now levied on coffe, cucoa, and today; but will say that one of sugar, which are all necesaries for the breakfast table. Jamaithe main reasons is the Mine.
high rates of duty on sugar in ca has granted a preference to England, America, Canada, Spain Great Britain, and we shou These sugar press steadily for lower duties Allegations for our proo ucts in gland, as for revenue pur duties levied poses are so high that they have therein lies our road to progress As briefly announced in a caused sugar in the chief conand prosperity.
telegram from a correspon suming countries to be regard dent of the Gleaner at Old Hared as a luxury, instead of a bour, a man named Joseph Mar. cheap food as was the case beGrenada tin is now under arrest at the fore the war.
Spanish Town Police station How does this affect the ques charged with the wilful murder tion? asked the interviewer. On Their Trial.
of Richard Smith.
Mr. Myers: It affects it this The tragedy occurred at a District known as Gold Mine way, that even although the Under the above Old world is not to day producing as Harbour where the deceased as much sugar as in pre war days, correspondent writes to the West well as the accused lived.
it is also consuming considerably Indian as follows: less. Hence, there are large sur. Sir. The Unofficial members The story is as follows: The plus stocks, with the result that of the Legislative Council are on two men bad a over we have also much lower their trial before the people of bread fruits which prices.
Grenada. Their every word will Smith alleged were being pul led off a tree on land belonging to Remedy Suggested. be weighed, their every action him, by Martin. They got into a will be noted by a people now scufile in which it is alleged that the next question.
Can you offer a remedy was politically impotent though on the verge power.
The Gov Martin struck Smith with a stone on his side. He fell to the ers and others interested Mr. Myers: think so. Plant ernment minuta, laid before the Council on Tuesday last, is a ground and was taken up and producing to his ains sugar few chains countries, most disappointing document, hains should work at the present time Nevertheless, it serves to He the efects of the blow and a dis for a reduction of the duties in Arm the suspicions of those who trict constable named McLeod Then again, the prevailing con ment intended to America, Canada, etc. had no hope that bevicate the Governarrested Martin and took him to ditions in America, help to nulli Colony from the morass into Old Harbour Police station. Lucurs prefeneri From there he was conveyed to gland fand Canada. will ex. vagance of recent years has fy our preferences, both in which the short sighted extra Spanish Town to await the pre plain that in America is no landed it, by any fair and honest liminary examination.
paid on sugar from Porto measures frimed to win the The Allegations. Rico and the Phillippites, nor on moral sanction of the people.
the According to the statements wheruka produced in America, While it is true that the Legis.
gathered, it appeared that Mar whereas, sugar from the British lative Council does not really tin and Sunith married two sisWest Indies would be called upon hold the purse strings, and the ters who came into possession to pay about two dollars for 100 official vote can be used to pass of two and half acres of land. 1bs equal to 14, 80 per ton, the most unpalatable of measThe accused claimed one and a which at the present rate of ex ures, the unofficials posseses a half acres and the deceased con change amounts to about 11 weet certain freedom, and stand in a sidered the division unequal, pounds sterli per ton, which position of moral responsibili y Thus there arose a dispute as to is more than the pre war value which though vague and undewhether the breadfruit tree of sugar. As preference of fined, may be very useful in the where the latality occurred was say to pounds sterling per present crisis, in the portion belonging to the ton on British West Indies The Governor has written all accused or the deceased. sugar in England and Canada is a is over this ill conceived and pro On Saturday the accused Mar based garwint weercan get for vocative minute, the Executive tin went on the breadfruit tree our sugars in America he it will Council Council is recommends, the that we and while he was picking the are not by any means on as good of the fruits, it is said thai Smith, well man of about forty years, came or the Phillippines. Of cou a footing as either Porto Rico opinion, we know very that while the voice is Jacob course up and began to collect the fruits. Martin, a stalwart young which enjoys a preference of 20 the Colony is in debt to the ung we have to consider Cuba also, voice, the hands are the hands of Esau. But whoever speaks of about 29 years of age od per cent. or or 40 cents per 100lbs tune of 81. 216, by an overdraft the tree and accosted in the American market over with one of the local Banks, came od the Smith about taking his bread what we would get for our sugar by fruits. From words it passed in America. When the borrowing from. of this it is alleged that Martin of sugar were not large, and stop the void in the other by amounts due the Crown Ager te, struck Smith very violent pretty nearly all of the Cuban by ditto ditto the Commissioners him to fall to the ground.
blow with a stone which caused can market, Cuba could obtain a of Currency for the Notes now a in circulation.
in It is stated that only the two henterican bae ntor bere he sugaru ir or, Our fauli has been in overon account of men were under the tree at the of the large prohillippine sugar the tunne fact, in other time of the occurrence, but that Rico and words is over sanguinness. For the future we must avoid this on hearing them is empt round availableas the price ceara Coun an failing. And the result of this saw on sugar been forced down to moved to his house. It is alleg are also similarly prejudiced. In Proposals for reductions in the ed that he spoke of what occur my opinion, the sugar duties additional revenue by means of various departments. and for red before he died but no depo of the world require regulation increased taxation in some direc sition was taken.
and the sooner we Dr Clarke, District Medi another Brussels Convention cal Officer performed a post mor the better it will be all around. Pitched battles will be fought tem examination on the deceased Some action will have to be over the whole terrain of this and the police took statements taken as was the case many Minute, but Legislators will do from a number of persons in years ago when the Brussels well to arm themselves fully for connection with the matter, convention established. the encounters certain to take The affair caused quite a sen The present condition of affairs place at the following sation in the district when it be is certainly handicapping the The proposal to use 40, 000 came known that Smith had sugar industry in every sugar pounds sterling unexpenced succumbed.
producing country and naturally Loan, towards clearing off the Jamaica suffers.
Colony indebtedness to the BankLower Duties. thereby creating an unConditions Which Kesentlal. employed problem at the worst What else can you tell possible time, and diverting this Depress Sugar abont sugar to day? querried money from the which it was tbe reporter.
We obtained pose for (b) The reduction of the Education vote Trade. can tell you much more by 2, Baie about sugar, said Mr. Myers, The suspension of the Island but think you have enough Scholarship. a) Tae intimation One Chief Cause Is High for the time being. will how that the recently inflated salaries Rates of Duty in Leading ever, add that lower duties in of certain high officials must not for our produce, is some ba touched.
Consuming Countries. thing which should be seriously aimed at at the present time. It Time and again during the AMERICAN HANDICAP is true that we get a preference Governor employs phrases and course of this document, the of 20 per cent on some of our. the duties Our words wbich will be used An Interesting Interview on our products are as follows: gainst him in the coming days.
With the Hon. Horace On sugar, not exceeding 97 per able Members that every cent polerascopic test, 193 2d.
V, Myers on the Subject per 100 lbs; on rum, per proof eco duction of expenditure is not gallon, 72s 68. cocoa per warn Honourable The position of the Jamaica coffee per cwt, 353; on clee 853 economy. Members that if per Sugar industry is at the present lb. 133 time considerably exercising the laba Ba, on cigarettes per 1b. 155 voted for the continuance of the 10s Island and on upmanufactured to Education. They are taking but of all those interested in the 6d. In the case of sugar, at its the majority of the people of this producers, bacco, per lb. from 68 9d. to 78 grave responsibility, for which her reporter happened upon the the duty is more than 100 per 1, so, responsible.
industry. Hence, when a Glea present value 0, Jamaica, iha island Hon. Horace. a few days ago, ho sought true of cocoa, wh!
cent of the value The same is while the duty on Every thinking person in this the opportunits of getting from coffee is about equal to the value; colony will view with grave con: that gentleman an expression of and the duty on rum is several corn the document laid thousand per cent as compared Thursday, and the present UnCan you give the Gleaner, Mr. with its value. As you will also official Members of Council will Myers, said the reporter, any see at a glance, the duty on (Continued on page 1)
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