, 1889-03-20

discussion and adopted, let us leave the
matter Ms it is nOw.
3rd Member for ChriStianStedS Country
District (LeerV In the Governments Re.
marks to this bill as we'll as in the discus
sinns, the Draft which he had introduced
last year is perSiStently styled the private
Draft; it was of course by private initia.
tive 50 far, that the matter came on; but
when subsequently the Draft was revised
by IA Committee and by two discussions
adopted by HE Council, 1t seemed that it
should have lost that character OF a pri-
waite bill, because it has become Il we'll
considered public measure the reluctance
customary to evince against private Mea-
sures ought to nave been waivel. Next
again, it will be- seen from the Remarks
to the original bill, that it was not the
original intention, aS it would seem from
what is represented in the remarks to the
Governments Bill, that the Immigration
then aimed at sh uld he a temporary and
small immigration in favour of, or to the
alienation Of SOM of the planters if His
Excellency would look closer into the
motives Of he original bill, he would see
that the view had IL much larger scope
and aimed 1T a greater general benefit.
But His EXcplleurY seems 10 think it
doubtful whether Snch a larger immigra-
tion, which His EXcellrncy puts down ut
700 immigrants, is urgently necessary now
to that he (LnrVy) would say, that If it be
meant that cultivation and the Islands
resources shall remain rs they are now,
then it might with some truth be said
Immigration is not urgently necessary
but it wo-and he should suppose and
hope that we do-wiSh 10 extend c~ultiva-
ton and imprOv" the resources, then GER
fuIrlV. II - ~, Irr IF Dap.SSitE m oar fb1f
immigration. We have here aul else
where discussed eagerly the question of
the mortality among children, aud we
have achieved measures calculated TO
counteract that ; but he locke upon immi-
grafton as Il measure OF rqIal if not of greN
Ter value ami force in In it dlreC lOA than
milwiveS in til : Island for there can be no
doubt that with stuff nient labOur force OH
the Island tor agrlcultnrdl purposes, fe.
males need not bp reQlitrl 10 work in the
fields, but would be allowed TO become
mothers of families, aud would have ii
chance of hestowiug proper cane and at
tentl0n on Their oil, pring. Another evil
arising Com The wlu' of competition for
lahOur is the enormous loss or drSt uctiOn
of cattle and working stock on EItateS,
and we are no doubt quite II singular in
stance in the world, with the necessity
lHt DiNultiS u ~ pFlu ullN NElS VI OF per
Cent for renewal Of stock yearly besides
which we can not pass unheeded the
c urIty which working stock thereby suf.
fer. We have here Il 5 'cirty for prevent
Ing cruelty to animals IN their last report
they confess their inability to effect any.
thing with prospects of success under the
existing circumstances II we had ample
supply Of lthour, IA change Of cartmrn
would be n prompt remedy hut we must
he consent with faithleSS work. owing to
the absence If competition. And again,
we read in Reports fro BLrbaloS, that
nave been published here. that in Bar.
badoS, whiciI is said to bo III the head of
West Indian sugar producing places,
they grow as much as 80 Tons of Sugar
pr. acre with 50 lines of rain yearly ; COM
pare this with the we'll known results in
this Island, and it will he seen that we
have produced aud do produce that quan-
thy per acre even with "a much small.
Ter rainfall aud under great diff ;%Ilties,
unknown in Barbados. This shows
then, that planters are by no means
men to have no knowledge of their
real necessities, but that they would jnst
be the men who would make the right
and proper use of labour, if they had it, if
they could get it in the simple, timeworn
manner mentioned in the original Draft,
with that pecuniary alienation which the
poor state OF our finances require, and
which tue ample resources which they