, 1889-03-23

when once the means of the Immigration
Fund are invested as proposed in the Co.
veTnment's Draft, it would not be possible
to get at them again, he (the GovernorI,
thoughtit perfectly inadInissable to say such
things in the Council. AS it is now, tho
immigration Fund stands without the
means thereof bearing interest; it is PIE.
posed to invest them in future on interest,";
and as such investment cannot properly
be made here, it is proposed to invest the
means in Statebonds in Denmark ; in that,
way the means, a be easily realised.
merely by drawing on the Ministry, and of
course the means will remain intact az the
property Of the immigration Fund. HG
was surprised to hear even the possibility
Of a doubt in that respect. =.
4th Member for Frederiksteda Country
District (McDonGld) 1t would be folly to-
express a doubt while the Colonial TrAA.:
sury is bankrupt and the Minister has 10
supply the needful for the Administration
here. But he simply said, that it would
not seem to be advisable to have the await
able means Of the ImmigratiOnfund in
vested abroad, as when they arG required
for immigration purposes, it would be Hdi.
HcuIt to get them back again.
3rd Member tor Frpderiksted Country
District (Re4citt) With reference to the re-
mark from His ExcelIency, that the de-.
cision now arrived at by planters might
also be found erroneous, just like the nre.
vl0us opinion has since been found urro.
neOus, would beg TO state, that His Bx:'
cellencY has not been able to Rhew up ID
the Council that the opinion held By
planters waH erroneous, nor have pfal.
ters admitted that they still Hold THAI
opinion. But in no far az His ExceIlencV
has stated, that hr is a friend Of ImmigrA~
ton, he (HewirD would like tn. know
whose opinion it is, when it is stated iM
the Remarks to this Draft lit must he
maintained that the lAbOur force on which
st. Croix must essentially depend is the
body OF labOnreTS born and reared" in tito
lsland-"2 Whose opinions are those; II
not the GovernOr'sf Bnt, sure. every
planter knows, and every body else cain
see, THAT the Island can no: depend upoN
the native labOur force. WhOaoe.vier OIL,
MONS they are, as stated in the Kplisarks,S
certain is it that they do not favOttr t.TlT-
migration. AS regards His Excrlleney'a'
observations concerning the immigration
Fund being a public fund, he tHewnu.
would sAy that the fund 10 maintained hY.
- tax which is not public, but q TAX. EN-:
tireIy paid by planters for \ special pnr::
pose. His ExcPllency says he (Hewii)
has changed his mind quickly but hU
had assuredly not changed his mind now
from what it was before, nor has tile .
Council, nor the planters. But lOOk only
at the length Of time Government took 10
do or say anything in the matter sat the
time the measure was before the Council, iC
was seriously meant; immigrants could
moreover be had at that time cheap, at "a
dollars, now 0less than 3OdOlIars, i,esidesA
return, passage; and All liner ease wAa
urgently necessary at that moment; Il
could not be- got without assistance from "
the Fund;--still the Government did not
look upon the matter seriously; the
Government took IL months before they
made the present motion; hit if the
chances had been s~vailed, the planter, tbs
public chest, the whole island would have
benefited. Now, ut thia peTiotf,' tie
Government is astOnishtd, and saya thS
planters have changed opinion, only he
canSe the planters don't follow The "ern:
ment, in every leap; but the Gov tieuE
should not be Offended if the plaIlteI,e look
to and stick 10 their interests. What he
maintained is that this Draft. from the
Government is hampered with 80 many
restrictions, so many drawbacks, that the
Council is fully warranted 10 throw it out.
1t is not necessary for us III a matter Of
this nature to have to apply to the Minister
OF Finances then again we are to have
q Commission, in which the planters, who
are the best qualified parties, thoSe best
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