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HIS Ercehency replied, that the question
of a second doctor was a question of money.
You could have a second doctor, if you
would make sacrifices from the Colonial
Treasury.
About the other question of the dea-
c~onesses, His Excellency would assure the
Council, that it soon would have to deal
with it, the training of sub-deaconesses had
his sympathy.
The lack Of responsibility from the
fathers side and the lack of power
from Government was not due to the
scarcity and inability of the Police Force.
The fact that lay behind was, that the most
of the fathers were country labourers who
got only 25cts a day, they had no money to
pay for the support of the mothers and IN
fants. If then the fathers were taken to
court and put in prison, the complaint
would be, that Government took the labour-
ers away from their work on the estates.
Bird Member for Christiansted Country
District (LeerU remarked that it was an
experiment in morality and could only be
decided in a long while, the practical
would be lost, the practical question was.
to facilitate the getting of labourers.
4th Crown Member (Rubner-P eterSen) said
that there are more things in the report
worth noticing than had been discussed.
His Excellency had pointed it out, that Ia
bourers preferred living III town and that
they wanted to lead an Independent life.
This was to hit the nail on the head. The
labourers want to be independent. BY the
riot in 1913 they wanted to be their own
masters. They succeeded We then got
the labourers act, an excellent law, but the
labourers had to be contracted, therefore
a riot again, they got rid of the act. They
pr fer now living III town for living on the
estates, because they are more independent.
1t cannot be doubted, it is unpleasant to
walk such distances to your work, you
cannot use your full strength, but the Ia
bourers prefer paying that high price and
then live in town and live independent. We
see it with the servants, if you have a room
in your house and offer 1t to them they
won't accept it, they prefer paying out OF
tneir salary the rent 81 % for a room III
Town and live Independently. 1t is a feel
inc not alone for our labourers, you Will
see it the whole world over. In Denmark
j; is very prominent among the labourers
We want all of us to be free ourselves
when we have done our work. This feel
ing of being independent is a very good
feeling, it is one of the deepest and most
sound feelings, it makes Il man out OF the
individual.
AS circumstances now are it is bad for
us all, for the labourers, for the estates
owners. The long walk is a waste of time
and of money. In town the labourers have
to buy everything, the mothers have to
leave their children For the estate-own-
ers the question seems to be to try and get
the labourers back to live in the country
in Il manner that they feel themselves indie
pendent,
BY adopting this Draft there will be the
GREAT advance. tina the labourers get each
of them d piece Of ground to cultivate and
that the mothers eau live with their chlI-
dren and take care of them.
He recommended it highly, the good re-
suits would show themselves, he hoped
there would be families with a generation
petting accustomed to work.
No one requesting the word further, the
chairman closed 1st Discussion.
The Chairman remarked that proposal
had been made to let End Discussion come
on to.dav, he would therefore put this pro
posal to vote.
It was unanimously adopted and Gov
ernment's consent given.