, 1915-10-09

will remember that not very long ago, he
made some remarks on this same question,
when the same gentleman who IL NOW mp
pointed, was selected to fill The same position
after MIR. Coolers death. He would ask the
permission of the Chair tn read from the
Official report Of the Councils proceedings
Of the meeting Of 10th March 1914, when
the question of the purchase of ".Anna'4
Hope" for Flcs. %, 900 was under discussion.
After some preliminary emHrk4 on The fin
ancial aspect of the question be- snid: but
let all of this be as it was. there wns one
point he would strongly urge. From the stnrt-
ing Of the Experiment Station upt now. only
foreigners had had the benefit OF all the mp
p0intment4 belonging to this ueplrtmen
He would lupiOle those who had the Hutho-
rity, that they would give, MS far ns possible,
the different posts to natives 0 the Island.
He himself hNd nothing TO expect concerning
this matter, but he bud sons. The policy of
giving quite indiscrimintely everything 10
foreigners was u bud policy" These remarks
were received both in this Council, ind out
side Of IT, with very general approval and
appreciation. Bat the Government seems to
ignore the feelings aud sentiments IT the
public and the Council which Is evidenced
By the circumstances in connection with tho
NIE0HN''"No1 ~ '6N - NC"N ! t"A Il '''"'
Who Is the sAue Gentleman whose nppoln :
ment af1er Mr. Cozlrr's death gave occaSI"n
for the remarks quoted above. In spite of
there being 9 other applicants, nil nntiveA and
Danes, we find tltt thus same gentleman, y
nA i've of Barbados, nnd al estate owner ia
this island, got the position ia preference 10
all others. He would again strongly protest
against Tie employment Of foreigners IN pub
lie positions III preference to natives nn1
Danes. He held 40 brief Tor ANY Of the un-
successful applicants, aud he was not actuHt-
ed by any PERSONAL feelings against the Dl-
rector OF the Station, or the gentleman mp
pointed, he was con- ending for the principle
of the people Of the country getting that
cousid Grafton and protection from It's Govern
ment which is expected from it, aud accord
ed to the natives of every other civIliz !
country the world over. As far a. he knew
OF the Director of he Station, he was a veIy
capable man, and voty obligin~ and fncilitt-
ing towards the smallest squntter III the Is
land who applied to him for information and
advice on matters concerning agriculture etc.
and having IL personal acquaintance with both
the Director and the Field. Assistant now np-
pointed, he had nothing to say Of either gel .
ttemen but what was good aud recOmlneudn-
tory, but TINT was IL mNtter apart from the
ptIuclpie involved I'D the giving AWAY OF SuclA
a lucrallve position under the ADMINISTRATIVE
to IL foreigner, to The exclusion of natives "n |
Danes.
When the Director of the Station was "p-
pointed, he brought his nssistnnts with him.
the one died, and The present gentleman was
appointed temporarily, some time after, ~
Daue was appointed and it was to be pre-
sumed that he gave satisfaction because he
was not discharged, but resigned the position
to return to the Mother Country, another
Dane was appointed to succeed him. L may
be that he did not give satisfaction as COM
piete us his predecessor, but he (the spe"ker)
thought 1t unfair to shy, rs lie iad he'sfd ii
said in Justification of The present appoInl-
ment, that there were not Que OF the other
applicants tit for The post. Because one
Dane did not give satisfaction, it was not
ius and fair to say that all other Daues
among the applicants were unfit, aud still
more unjust and unfair to the natives, be-
cause since the establishment of the Station
not one native had been given IA trial in any
position Of trust in connection with the de-
partmeDt. Uutil they were tried aud found
deficient and incapable, it was grossly unf IN
to say they were worthless" as he bad
heard some one say. To condemn u man
before he had a trial was contrary to all ideas
of Justice aud fair play.
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