, 1891-06-03
(Demerara Arqosv Men 81

that The annual subscription Of ordinary
members Should be raised from $40 20 Sl5.
This was seconded and caIitI. As the
question Of subscription was not before
tile meeting, The resolution WIS passed
III an illegal way from start to finish.
Notice OF motion should have been civ n,
according 10 rule, and he motion dealt
with after such notice had been for the
prescribed time before The mtmhpIhoCd.
The Club must IeScind The irregular pro-
ceedingS of Monday, and intimate to Mr..
De J0ngp-wh0 ought not to require to be
told-that his re- 0Iution was ont of order.
Whether the Club will consent to such Il
big Use i'll its subscription we cannot
say; but We should hope it will not. TO
men rolling in wealth, like The gentlemen
who took q prominent part in Mondays
meeting, q subScIip ton Of SIS or 43 Is. Cd.
ayear TO Il Cricket Club may b. the spend
ing of a pOcket-pieCe, but to the great
majority of The mtmhcIS, Who ae young
men just beginning life, to whom every
dollar OF their income is of consequence,
and for whose recreation and physical
development the Club is supposed chiefly
to exist, the increased subscription would
amount to an imposition. One thing is
celtain,-the illegal resolution must be
rescindcd, tor it gives no power to The Com
mittee to demand the subscription at the
increased rate, end no member need pay
unless he chooses to do so. He can tender
The legal subscription and legally claim
all the privileges OF membership. This
is Il fact that was overlooked by those WhG
committed themsel YES TO the lhougbtleSs
and precipitate resolution at Mondays
meeting, but it cannot be ,v,llocked 10y
q responsible Board Of Management.
The Halifax-Bermuda Submarine Cable
Company, have intimated to the Cham Der
Of Commerce that they purpose extending
their cable to the West Indies, including
Demerara, aud their tariff rate Will not eX-
Ceed five S~hillings per word between Demt-
rara and London; and they have asked the
Chamber to procure for them an arpr0Xi.
mate return of the number OF words sent
and received by the public during last year.
AS bel wecn five Shil.ingS and The present
rate, there is Such a very wide dItlcl ence
thar the coming of the new Company Is Ie-
garded by men OF business with great sa-
tiSfactiOn In this branch Of commercial
economy, the inhabitants OF this colony
have the unenviable distinction Of paying
dealpr 1or then cable messages llan amy
other col ony. The rate from England to
Australia is 9j6 per word the raie from
England to Demerara is 1872. The West
1huld anu 1ahahla Oohl Iahg persist III att
herring to the exploded theory, that there is
10 room for the development of their trade.
even if a reduction of rates were granted,
consequently the trade does not deyelope.
A similar belief used to be held in circles
regarding our local telegIaphic lates; but
the results Of a reduction to cheap rates,
showed the oppOSers TO be altogether in the
wrong. The w. I. &P. Company go upon
the assumption that they get all the mes
sageS that must be sent: and that only
messages that MIST be sent would be sent
under any. circumstances; but in this they
ignore the Overwhelming evidence Of ex-
perimentS made in numberleSs kindred
public undertakings. Now and again the
Company have taken Sd. or Cd. off their rate
IN the expectation a of seeing q quick response
to this generous decision, in increased
business; but it was only Il waste of m
come they were committing. A reduction
to he productive OfIucrative business must
amount to an absolute abandonment of the
foolish policy that the Company have adj
hered to all along aud the Company could
not wish a better opportunity than the pre-.
sent time to initiate The change by ANNOUNCE
ing a tariff rate to correspond with the offer
made by the Halifax Bermuda Submarine
Company. Mr.. Mason, the local agent of
the w. !. and Panama Company, has given
his opinion publicly, that the new Com
pany's business will not pay at tho rates