, 1893-02-18

ago, and we did feel is. He remembered diss
tinctly when the Money Bill for he bridge
works in West End was on, attention was
called to 5 f2 OF the Colonial Law, and a dis
cuSsion ensued as to what it really me ant. or
did not mean and he remembered that His
Excellency had then stated that as long o
the Islands Treasury cannot pay its own ex.
Penses and the Motheroountry has to come
forward to defray them, then the colony has
lost Its legislative power to refuse or grant
money hence Government would DO as they
please. If that is the case, we must not in
terfefe with the Home Government at all on
colonial matters: there is no hse for us to
waste time and labour and no use to vote and
then see The vote thrown aside as worthless
iii the oases where we are called on 10 vote.
AS regards the Budgets he must say, no sensi-
bic man could ever dream of voting for or
passing them, when they must hang like mill
stones around our necks; and this applies
the more strongly to the present Draft. This
country cannot expect to prosper a day with
it, with that heavy burthen which is being
heaped up on the Island year after year, by
our getting deeper ard deeper in debt year
after year. 1t is preposterOns to think that
the prices Of our produce will increase 90 az
to deliver us of our burthen for past years
there are poor prospects at present, but all
appearance that the prices will be gettiog
worse. Sugar is now produced all over the :.
world improved machinery brou !It into use,
and now a great deal more is obtained from
the canes. When first he came to this
Island IN charge of a sailing vessel. he prices
were 81 to 944 for sugar; this WAS good, and
planters could expect to defray expenses and
have some profits. AS things are now, there
is no way in the world to make out, OK
oept we can produce more sugar. If it were
In the hands of thn Diet To davisa tnaaDO ~
provide US with more rain, we may look with
unconoern on the most of the other schemes
but he could not understand how it is possible
for any reasonable being to expect that we
car bear more taxation, that more can be-
raised Out of this colony in any shape or form
beyond what is already laid upon our shoulders
in the shape of taxation. When that is the
oase, and when again all efforts towards ef'
fecting reasonable rstrenchments are thrown
aside and set at naught, what can We do be-
yond letting the Home Government have tho
whole say. He would repeat what on a
former occasion he had sta cd, that
he would be glad if he could vote this Budget:
he would be happy 10 see the Expenditure
reduced; but all proposals to that end are in
VAIN. AS regards the question of foreign
capital being invested, he must say. . that
today capitalists are not eager to put money
here, but rather anxious to get out what they
have. Perhaps it might seem to some that
his talk did not agree with his actions. in as
much as his firm was investing more money
but to that he would say, we have advanced
SO far we can't get purchasers, and as it ia
utterly impossible to grow and make sugar on
a small scale, We are trying by more extern
slve operations to make q better result We
mast produce more and better, if We are to-
compete, or else not compete at all. At the
same time that fact could be no reason t.
increase taxation, and he thought that
every possible sound argument AMI reasoning
could be brought to bear against it. But as
regards the case in hand, we see it ia utterly
useless to discuss Budgets; there is no pros
pect Of ever achieving any result but if the
Home Government will let it pass, as they
have done of late, without us this timel too, If
the Home Government will cover all the
deficiencies, let us know it, and we will act
accordingly.
The Chairman In s SO of the Colonial
Law, it is provided that in case the Colonial
Council should refuse to vote all expense, which
in consideration of it's duty towards the state or
towards themunicipafity it ought to have grant
ed forthe properdlscharge of the administration
according to existing Laws, Ordinances or
other Rules, the Governor may protest against
such a resolution and if the Colonial Council
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