, 1867-06-18

To the Editor of the St CrOix "Avis."
NV Dear Sir

yO0 " WLAGO QSQALA dLlU . ~ hNNP AL PAO
mise, I shall begin by thanking you for
strengthening my suggestions to the gratis
readers of the "Avis' with the astounding
fact of which you remind me in your
editorial remarks on my last C%ommunica-
ton. I have read English, American,
and Colonial" papers, but, strange to say,
the thought never struck me that "Official
Notices." etc., TEEN alike in them, compa-
ratively the same, as in the "Avis,'' and
''pay the newspaper" Recovering myself,
as I have done, by the crap over the
knuckles" you have given me, my eyes
have got opened to the counterbalancing
fact that it is also very strange that the
critical readers of our islands Paper have
not, in their newspaper researches, STUN
bled over, almost invariably, the subjects
of which they complain. AS a c%onsola-
ton, however, to myself, [ will gladly
admit that "Man is born to err = and,
knowing this yourself as we'll as l do, |
shall hope to be dealt with mercifully
should you catch me in the sway of error
again.
In telling you the "something more" [
promised, | shall let the "Avis" rest
awhile and begin with some remarks on
the fate of your agricultural Reporter,''
"StatisticaI Tables" and "CuStom TARIFF
These are as purely hca1 as any thing local
can be, and are intimately connected with
the great business operation Of the island;
yet, though you have s%triven lard to
obtain subscribers for them, they have
been most cOntemptuously spoken OF by
some; inditferently regarded by others !;
and carelessly thrown aside by the super
fetal reader. Here, then, was an opportu-
nifty offered for reading over "i0cap' mat
tiers, and therefrom collecting an amount
of information not to be arrived at-even
in the most limited way-from any other
source except in conversation with planters
in general, and certain Government offici-
ais. The "RepOrter," particularly, desery-
ed the highest consideration, as the matter
contained in it-though but in it's infancy
related to different subjects, connected
with agriculture, that every body cannot
relate, and but comparatively few, in the
towns, know any thing about. If my
memory serve me, I think that you either
intimated or actually invited parties to
contribute articles to the "RepOrter" treat
ing on agriculture by which, I suppose
is to be understood, articles, not only i'm
mediately but even partially connected
with the matter, e. g., the relation in
which the merchants, shopkeepers, and
even peddlers mechanics, t~radesmen, and
handicraftsmen milliners and all the nee
dle-and-thread Sisterhood, and SO on to
what may be thought its most insignificant
terminus stand to the agriculturalist ;
and which, after it had been shown up,
must have served to point out how sensi-
bic We are to the fact that these, at the
deliberations of the Colonial Council"
must be considered as separately and con-
nectedly associated with ''the great En-
giae, AGRICULTURE"
The "Customs' Tarif"-embracing all
the ramiications of business, respecting
exports and imports-met with no better
fate, which, perhaps, has staggered your
intention to publish the "NeU Tariff"
advertised by you some time ago. This