, 1915-10-09

'hlHk IL was HSkluS 700 lluCn Oh government,
When he said that it came natural to the ma
tives of the Island to expect tLptt they should
have the PRIOR consideration for such pos
lions nhoye Ill others. Bat this Wa not the
only cnse Of the kind, he was ,orry to say.
Very Recently, the High School in Frederik-
sted advertised Tor = lady teacher to take the
place OF a native laly teacher VIII had re-
signed and left the I4land, Il lady who had
served temporarily rs teacher in place Of one
OF the teachers who was sick was approached
by a member OF the Board aud told
to put IN un application for the vacan@y5Whlch
8h" did, an6 very naturally thought That she
had Il fairly good chance OF getting tire posi-
ton. Bnt this wus not Tire case, for from
among the ) applicants, 4 Of wlom were
natives, and 2 graduates of the school, the
position WAS given to Il young lady from
Btrbados. Besides, it has been SAID that
her application was sent III two days after
Tire advertised date for applications to he
Senc in to the Bo4rI. He would not say
anything further about This case, but leave
IT 60 the authorities concerned tor explain it
away. But it seemed that Barb ,digrS were
remarkably slrccessfrl ia this Colony, and
to be = mttiye Of this Colony WAS more OF "
disqualification, WREN applying for u position,
than II recommendation. When onta ref esd
C'N' 't''" 81 6"'CN hiHf 'CtN' "AIN' AG' SN1
written by u prominent and able man in Den
fuuk about the importation Of "gooj negro
families frcm Bnrbad0s' '1hrough which the
Islands econoinicnl conditions for life should
be assured, one WAS forced to the conclusion,
that the only thing left to do under sucn
circumstances was to- ask Incl State to- repeat
the HISTORY of tire past, and ask the English
10 take o9el the F,lnud, mnd populate and
cultivate 1t. Even in The Mother country
the ideN scenes to prevail, that there IS nU
salvation for us except through Barbadians.
In speaking as me tr,i. he was only stating
Whit was the almost universal public opinion,
based on the iden, that the right of nutivity
carried with it certain privileges in ones
own country brit here, the natives were
Treated worse thHn strangers In q atrrn9o
country, bee ,pse the Foreigners got the pre-
fercncp. Fl llr claims of the r4eti yes to- sWch
rights cannot be upheld by the locnI Gov
eminent then the natives m,rst 60 further
with them, to- the Ministry or tire KING, and
he Uhe spt,.kelP WAS pf prepared to take the
necessary step, to cote CopruAnEeh, Nho'r4h
not personality t, represent the matter.
HIS Eycellency the "ctg Vice-Governoi
fH Ut3"ean) now understood the reasons
why the Interpolation was brought forward,
II was to nttuce Government
He world say tIrrt he dqct not @~isa5teo
with the hon. i%nlerpollaut IN So far that it
would be desirable, that II man who enjoyed
right Of nativity should have the place
and this Question had not been omitted In
Governments consideration when the Ap-
pointmeut was mnde, But tifere were other
considerations besides.
In the Ordinance accordin& to which the
Experiment Station was established a greater
stress might have been laid on the right of
nRtivity, but as far us he remembered nobody
claimed any such qualification of the fuuc-
tlonaIles at that time, although the Station
WAS not what 1t had developed to Inter 3u. Ac-
cordIng 10 the later Ordinance by which
the Experiment Station was enlarged, Gov
eminent has t. rock after that Anna's Hope
Is carried on IN an economical way. 1t is
expected that the Station must be ~ paying
enterprise, aud besides other considerations
Government will consequently hmve to con
slider, IN what way that purpose nHYy be
gained, -
LIST Member for FteIeriksted Town (Coui-
teri was sorry to hear HIS ENceliency use
the word attack, and he would take excep.
ton to it. He word rather say that las
reasons for bringing forward the luterpeln-
fiOn we're more IN the nature of II ~Itfence'
of tbs rights ami privileges of natives Of
this Island, than from any desire o.s'attuck'