, 1908-02-26
Draft or

FZ' or ORDZNANCE
fo' 81. Croi~ prescribing measures against
diseases of the Coton-plant.
S l. Instead of the words eWhen the time
IN for LIST and End picking has passed.
insert Until such time as it shall be
seen that the product of the individual
/cotton-plant can be considered not in
ferior to the first picking"
S After the words, Ffor account of the
cotton-cultivator," insert: CATER de-
Quoting 4 5 CT the expense for putting
such area or areas in cultivation, and
for caring of the same up to the time
the clearing is done by the public the
amount so deducted shall accrue to the
cotton-cultlvator in question and the
remaining l s shall go towards covering
the expense of the clearing done by the
public"
Sd. At the end of the said s after the
words, clearing mentioned in the Bird
clause of So, insert 'The commission,
or the persons authorized by the said
commission, shall, in their turn, be
bound to conduct the said supervision
IN the most amicable manner"
Christiansted, the Both January 1908
End Member for Christiansted lSu2ith)
"ObAA3 IA ptCAAlCl1nS bI0SC amendments Deg
to add that from the first when the motion
arose, he had experienced some difficulty
to see if the measure would tend to benefit
the people OF the island and by degrees
he has become impressed with the convic-
ton that the measure will rather be pro-
ductlVe OF detrlment for, apart from the
consideration to the infraction to which
the lnviolability Of property warranted by the
Colonial Law would be exposed. the men.
sures would lead to a deprivation of the
poor man Of his all, without any real cause
OF justice in 50 doing, only because he is
suspected of having blister mites on his
cotton fields. Such consequences would
scarcely be avoided by the presence OF the
functions Of any Commission, for we know
how things are IN that respect; in the more
opulent circle, when the Commission comes
to inspect, they will perhaps al times not even
visit the fields, but keep in the parlour. and
after enjoying his whiskey, he will 90 down
the steps again and declare that NOTHING is
out OF order; but let them go to the poor
man, the man less opulent and further down
the ladder, you will hear the rough tones
and commanding lnJunctions given to this
man, who presents perhaps no more cause
for fear of mites on his plants, than the other
man or men;-andh his limited planting might
be condemned at once. Now we here haye
been repeatedly and repeatedly told that we
must hold to the Throne in all that we want
and expect, and we see too that His Maies-
tvs Government are bestowing on us assid-
nous care in all respects in asylums and no
less III reliefs of other kinds not long AGO
he was asked by a simpler man if it is true
that our Sugars are to enter duty free or at
q reduced rate in Denmark and to
whom, he asked, was this owing but our en-
lghtened Governor Cold but to return
(The Chairman would beg the honorable
Member to confine his remarks 10 the
amendments and the explanation thereby;
well. he would say, that we know that the
cotton plant continues towering and pro-
ducing cotton, first the one set of branches
with flowers, then another and a third, while
the reapers are continuing picking there is
scarcely any distinct marking between 1st
and second picking hence he proposed the
1st amendment, the intention is to show that
the distinction shall not commence until it is
seen that the cotton product is becoming
inferior to the first ones. Then again, when
the Public causes the fields to be burned,
the cotton grower will be at q loss, if he
gets nothing tor the money he has spent in
raising the cotton to its present stage; it
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