, 1894-07-25

a success the problem how to lmpr"V6
the technical capacity Of our a~rtizans would
still remain unresolved. For no one who
gives the matter q moments consideration
would suppose that any really capable,
clever artizan will remain in St. Kits
working for two or three dollars. . week
when thanks to the training of the tech
nical school) he can earn twenty Ave or
more in the United States. 1t is as clear
as sunlight that, except that Government
can guarantee to graduates of the Technical
School on the CO lpletiOn of heir term OF
apprenticeship employment on terms as
Temuneratlve as they can get elsewhere,
these young men will Immediately emil
CRATE, and Uncle Sam alone will reap
the beneft If the scheme which has
been devised 20 improve the technical skill
of the ST. Kits artizan. AS every
one knows, every American steamer now
carries away numbers Of our most
promising young men and women, who
seeing better prospects of improving their
material condition in the great Republic
than exist at home, very naturally expatriate
themselves. And the success Of the Tech
meal School would further this emigration
movement very considerably. For our young
men would know that by awaiting themselves
of the advantages OF the school. they might
in the course of q year of two, ~emigrate to
the States with the certainty Of earning
handsome salaries. From the point of view Of
helping Il few intelligent promising youths to
make their way IL the great world beyond
the seas, the Technical School scheme NAV
be commended; but rs a means towards per.
manrntly improving the technical Skill Of
our local artizalS | fear ii Will prove disap-
pointing.
One thing the Government should careful.
~ aNoil in THEN conduct of the workshops
connected with the school. They should
emplatically not enter into competition with
private enterprise. State workshops and
state socialism may be very good things j"
their way. ! say nothing whatever against
them-at present. But the local mason, car
pentcr and blacksmith, would have a very
real grievance to complain of if the Govern
ment employed the money extracted from him
as taxes to help in the establishment Of a pub,
lie workshop that would take the bread out Of
his mouth and leave him penniless, The up
keep Of the school viii cost the taxpayer II
great deal mole than is generally. supposed;
but It would be better to spend several times
over the sum that has been estimated than en-
tel into competitions with private enterprise.
Public feeling WINS recently expressed very
strongly against John Public adopting the.
business of " sugar planter; that feeling
would 10 III re emphatlcally expressed should
there be- any intention OH Johns part to set
up as a blacksmith, mason or carpenter.
90
The friends Of Mr.. c. ii. Boon in st. Kits
will regret to hear that the West ipdiaa ORA.
phic-thc journalistic Venture upon which a..
many hopes were founded-cxpired Oh Tire.
day Of ith birth. The first and last number
" = published in jamaica on the 9th ultimo.
The paper was in all respects O. most crrditae,
bic production, and, if conducted, ON careful
lines, might have proved an important factor
in the much needed nnification of tho West
Indian colonies. A very large sum Of money
was spent in importing machinery md mate.
rial of various kinds for the Graphic. and the
sudden and une= pected St"ppagt of the paper
seems ine&plicahFo. The avowed reason is
"want Of capital" to carry it OH but surely
since money had been found to lay down a.
costly printing and engraving plant it should.
not have been Impossible in wealthy Jamaica
to find funds to run, for some time at least,
what ! believe was generally regarded as "a
sure thing"
u1r,.~ 80 yp 4,
Nevis is unqpestionably going ahead. The
latest il.slcation of progress is the floating Of
a weekly newspaper. The Neuis Echo-as
the new paper is gtyled-is, it is true, a worry
small sheet and so far has betrayed no indica-.