, 1891-10-28

1OE UE6SSG6 OAO WAAAS
and shoemakers cry out for work, and the
unfortunate ~shopkeeper displays his goods
for moths to eat. Sheep and butchers STOCK
come into the market by steamers, though
We have grazing land. Fruit and pickles
and preserves are imported and our own
stuff rots on the ground, or is prey only
for m~arauding school children. Large sums
are scattered to the four, corners of the GLOBE
to purchase estate mules and stock, Wnlle
our own get no sale. Furniture and DINER
requirements the same. The labOurer, tho
offered works six days in the week-and wages
admittedly low here-declines to do more
thar three or at four. Machinery is all
done out of the country. The tradesman Tells
YOU it is useless to send him a JoO on
Monday, OF Tuesday, as those are his days
for "spreeing.' = The mechanic works GER
tain times, and dies up' other times. The
cook and domestic, so unwilling, will not go
beyond a limited routine althO' offered extra
wages. The invalid takes away a mint OF
MONEY to spend on foreign air, and sea bath
ing, and doctors, when with Ethe merestlttie
attention and thought they could be suppl
ed here. And so on with other things, allre-
presenting a slow going fritterlng OF re-
sources, taking money and help out OF the
country, impoverishing all around! ANA
then, when he has heedlessly, OF his own
accord, sent away all his means, and knows
not where to turn for spare cash, the
afflicted native holds up his hands and De-
walls shard times''!-Al because, we none
of us have been drilled into the thrifty
habit of ut iliZing our own ana OF making
the most of what comes within our reacn'
Mr.. Editor when these papers were nrsC
commenced we heard some little about st.
Thomas, Jour sister bestirring itself TO foster
internal industries and agriculture ot'
Thomas a purely commercial community
people smiled at the thought! And yetn0W
mark the bright and earnest example set by
the sister Isle Surely no finer and better
effort at self help could be furnished any
where! Shall we, the agricultural, lag De-
hind?
Perhaps Mr.. Editor, I may be excused for
noticing here, that the present writer had
some time ago, in the st. Thomas papers,
written on these very subjects had re-
presented the wisdom of encouraging local
industries, and Of extending agricultural
and practical influences, and had strongly
urged the necessity CT youthful lit even en-
forceG) manual training; but the effort
seemed of no avail, and was only met Dy
the hackneyed old argument that people
we're free, there were Schools, Government
could not interfere with subjects rights,
and the liberty Of parents to bring up Chill
dren just how they chose and cared.
And now To-! and behold! from over the
sea, in the very st. Thomas papers, ONE
waited a pathetic lament, to the effect, that
nothing can be done with the disOrderly race
of growing children. no one appears to have
any control over them; and could not Go
vernment in the interests of suffering pa
rents and grown up people, step in and do
something to mitigate the evil? Walked up
at length just the very thing the writer
had called attention tOl
Mr.. Editor, Government Schools may be
all very we'll, and "~Orphanages" and homes
afford pleasant situations for Matrons, and
superintendent, and such like officers and
it is a nice thing t~odispense out money but
the handspring of all, the vital principle,
which like the living sap of a tree, per-
meates root, trunk, leaves and branches for
all time is, youthful practical training
I remain Sir,
Respectfully,
NNOVATOR.