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not take into consideration any bad feeling
that might thereby be created with the
other party, and therefore the Government
had not tried to obviate that; while on
the other hand the Government has tried
to obviate the Inconsistency that a party
having but a small tract of land should be
able to claim exemption for any number OF
horses. He could not believe that this
measure embodied in the Draft would or
could offer an inducement for Planters to
keep a larger number of horses and car
riages. than they would otherwise do.
9th Crownmem5er chsaImer} would, in
reference to The remarkA ofsHis ExcellencY
the Governor, only beg R.@ay that his
Kalmer'SI previous remarks did not justify
the conclusion drawn by His Excellency.
He Ka!mer had simply said, that the
system embodied in the Draft would serve
as Il premium on the Keeping of horses and
carriages for, there is no denying that %
party having q large amount of road-work
to perform may only have one phaeton and
one horse, while others having less to per-
form may be relieved for say 10 horses.
But he never said that it would be an
inducement for parties to keep a larger
number of horses. This paltry tax could
not, in his mind, form any inducement in
that direction.
LIST C|rownmember (Quin): In regard to
the question of injustice to the labouring
classes in this mlttAr, thought that the
honourable 9th CrOwnmember (Kalmer)
had overlooked this tact, that during the
last yeas a great change has taken
place in those classes. 1t is we'll
known that after the introduction of the
Central Factory and of the system
known under the term of Squatting,
the number Of carts belonging to the la
bouring classes has increased considerably
and they are occupied not only in carrying
the canes of the owners themselves, but
also in caring canes for estates. Not
very long ago he had been asked by al
Old experienced planter, why something
was not done to get those labourer-carts,
or rather the owners, to do u part of the
repairs on the public roals, which they
are 50 very instrumental in destroying.
This appears to be simply just, and Al-
though this is not the express purpOrt of
the Draft now before the Council, still the
Object will be met, as then the labouring
classes will, by a slightly increased tax on
their carts and horses, be contributing
towatds the repairs of the roads, at least
indirectly. So far, then, from an injustice
it is rather fair to put that tritiing addl-
ton on the carts and horses of labourers,
by which "a great deal of work is being
done all over the country.
2nd Member for ChriStiansted's Country
District Coulter mentioned som instances
where carts of the kind have been let out
ON work and have given the owners as
much as 50 clear a week
9th Crownmember KaImsr was sorry
he had again to point out another mlsun-
derstanding OF his previous remarks. de
had never, as supposed by the honorable
LIST C~rownmcmber (Quiul said that it is not
just to have the taxes on the carts of the
lower classes raised. If there is anything
which he, personally, dialiked, it is those
low carts, which are always i'll the way !;
and it seemed to him to be perfectly III
order that they should be taxed but
what he, and also the Minority, would
urge is, that it looks ugly to exempt the
enc class from t hat tax, the only possess
ing class in the communications say what
You Will. the planters are the only real
possessing class of this island, and to III.
crease the taxes of the lower classes just
to the same extent and again, he also
urged, that if compensation is to be gwen,
let it be given in a fair and just manner.
2nd Member for Frederiksted Brownt
would beg to concur with the views OF the
honorable 9th Crownmember (kalmer).
1t does seem not much like equity towards
al. to exempt one class, but to impose the
amount of exemption on another class, all
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