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Virgin Islunds Agricultural ProgrUm News
WHERE TO GET ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
AND GRATED FRUIT TREES

Local sources include the Virgin Islands Depart
ment of Agriculture & Labor, with Offices in st. Croix
as well as in st. Thomas, and in ST. Croix at least four
privately operated nurseries. The st. Croix nurseries
are as follows Trade Winds Nurseries at Estate Morn
ing Star, Bernudez Nursery at Estate Mountain, Gate
wood James Nursery at Estate La Grange and the La
waetz MISERY at Estate Little La Grange. The Dorothea
Station in st. Thomas handles ornamentals for the most
part, but when grated fruit trees are available at
Annals Hope in st. Croix they are also available at the
Dorothea Station. The private nurseries. emphasize or
namentals but. quite often they will have a few grated
fruit trees in stock. Anyone wanting to buy varities not
in stock locally should be able to have one of these four
nurseries bring in the desired plants from Florida or
Puerto Rico.
Of-the island sources of ornamentals and grated
fruit trees can be found in Puerto Rico, or Florida.
There are many more nurseries in Florida than in Puer-
to Rico and Florida prices are somewhat lower. Lists Of
nurseries in Florida and Puerto Rico, who will do BUSH
ness with customers here, are available at the Federal
Experiment Station. We can also give y-ourecommenda-
tions as to the varieties that are adapted to the different
areas of the islands.
Grated fruit trees with two-year old roots n alone
year old tops weigh about half a pound each when
packed for shipment in groups Of fifty plants per pack
age. "A minimum air bill of lading from Miami TO st.
Croix cost six dollars $4,000. For this amount you can
bring IN 4 package weighing eighteen pounds or about
thirty-six bare rooted plants. Since most grated fruit
trees range in price from SITS to $3.50 packedfor ship
ment, the total landed cost per tree will remain from
$500 to $4.0O,, but if you get fewer, the price goes way
up. Get together with some friends SO as to make up q
larger size order that will bring the unit cost down to
the minimum.
Any plants that are brought into the Virgin Islands
should come here barefoot. That is, with the soil
washed away from the root system entirely. Barefoot
ed plants are less likely to bring in new pests and
diseases and at the same time are much less Lighter and
therefore the a~ir-freight costs are quite q lot less.
Before ordering live plants from Florida or Puerto
Rico II IS 4 good idea to cheekswith the Federal Expert
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ment Station to make sure you get only varieties well
adapted to your site and soil. In some cases we might be
able to show you just what the full grown tree Of the
variety that suits you is like.
Make sure your plants come by air-freight rather
than by ~air-parcel post, and certainly not by regular
parcel post orby ship Whenever possible use an airline
that specializes in freight and will bring the shipment
direct with no transshipment or change from one airline
to another involved
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N Q TIC

Examination for the certificate Of Certified
Public Accountant will be held in November,
1850. All persons desiring to sit this examina-
ton must make written application by Septem-
Der 80, 1860 to Mr.. Helm Christensen. Member,
Virgin Islands Board Of Public Accountancy,
Charlotte. Amalie, st. Thomas, VI.
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APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
State Dept. Seeks Young
People For Foreign Service

ing facility in English express
sion, general ability and back
ground, will within nine
months be given oral exami-
nations by panels meeting in
regional centers throughout
the United States. Flucncy in
language is not an examina-
ton requirement, but it must
be achieved before an officer
can advance in the foreign
service.
CANDIDATES MIC PASS
the oral test will be given a
physical examination and a
background investigation. If
found qualified in all re.
spects, candidates will be
placed or a register and ap
pointments will be made from
this register as needed. IL a
candidate does not receive an
appointment within 80 months
from the date Of the written
examination, his name will
be removed from the regis
ter.
Upon appointment, the can
didate will receive three COM
missions from the President
as Foreign Service officer
Class 8, as Secretary in the
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Diplomatic Service, and as
Vice Consul of Career.
A NEWLY APPOINTED of
ficer's first tour Of duty may
be in the State Department
here, or in one Of the 286 EN-
bassies, legations and con-
sulates abroad. Starting sal
airy ranges from $5,625 to
$6,345 per year, depending
upon qualifications, expert
ence, marital status and age
at time of appointment. An
appointee will also receive
certain allowances, plus insur-
ance, medical, educat i n
and retirement benefits, and
annual and sick leave.
The closing date for filing
applications is Oct. "a, 1860.
Application forms and 9TH
err information can be obtain
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WASHINGTON. Young

WASHINGTON, Young
people bordering careers
might we'll give some
thought to the foreign
service of the United
States.
The US. Department Of
State has announced that it
will hold its next written For
eign Service" Officers Exam
ination on Dec. 10, 1860, in
some IS centers in this coun-
try and abroad. 1t is seeking
to interest undergraduate and
graduate students in such
fields as economics, public
and business administration,
language and area studies,
history and political science.
TO BIZ ELIGIBLE for the
examination, candidates must
be at least 81 years old and
under 81 years of ago as of
Oct. "a, 1860. Persons 20
years old may apply if college
graduates or seniors in col.
lege. Applicants must be
American citizens of at least
nine years. standing. If mar
ried, a candidates spouse
need not be a citizen on the
date Of the examination, but
citizenship must have been at
tanned prior to the date of ap-
pointment to the service.
Candidates passing a one
day written examination test
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Bigotry In High Places During Reconstruction

Mccarthy left TO avoid a fine
OF $1,000 which neither he nor
Bishop 0'Connor could pay.
For six weeks the Benedic-
tine camped on the prairie
near the reservation. Mean
while every brave and squaw
on the reservation signed a
petition to the President, beg
ging that the priest be allow
ed TO enter. Washington did
not even deign to reply to the
soul-stirring plea.
AFTER THE EXPULSION
of Father McCarty from the
Red Cloud Reserve represent.
atives Of the Protestant de.
nominations participating in
the Peace Policy were queried
about admitting him. Every
single one opposed granting
to the Indian the freedom of
conscience g"aranteed by the
Constitution.
Late in 1880 an agent on a
Catholic reservation carried
out the directive of the Indian
Bureau and expelled a Con-
gregationalist minister. Now
10 different Protestant de-
nominations promptly protest
ed. Early the following year
prohibition was rescinded. Ca
tholics had won fight for re-
ligious liberty for the Indianl
The Know-Nothings of the
1905 were the first major
political party whose princi-
pal objective was fighting the
Catholic Church. Another an
ti-Catholic first" was the at.
tempted constitutional amend
ment Of 1878 against Catholic
schools. In the Vaccinations
of the Peace Policy came an.
other unwelcome innovation
in the open hostility of high
government officials.
uNDIsMAYED BY prestige
and power, Catholic leaders
sought religious liberty for
all Indians, as well as a right
full share of agency assign
ments. In the second respect
failure was complete; years of
striving brought not a single
additional Indian reservation.
Defeat it was, but however
important ii seemed at the
time, today it must be ad-
mitted that no permanent
harm was suffered. Religious
liberty, on the contrary, is a
fundamental right. Regaining
freedom of conscience for the
Indian was a tremendous
achievement by the Church.
and deserves to be numbered
among the major glories Of
Catholics in America.
Next week: Catholic Pres
fige Raised BY Writers and
Church Councils.
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IN X


This is the 18th in a series
OF articles reviewing the po.
slfion and experience of the
praeflclns Catholic in fhe life
of the American community
from Colonial times. The au.
thor holds a docforafe in
American Church History, has
taught in various universities,
and is presently Archivisf and
Historian of the Archdiocese
of 81. Louis.
fore his own conversion to
Catholicism and study for the
priesthood this George De-
shon had been both classmate
and roommate of Ulysses
Grant at West Point. The
chief executive received him
in the national capital and at
his summer home in Long
Branch, NJ.
HIS RECEPTION was so
cordial that Deshon reported
with enthusiasm: "We will
have all the agencies in which
the Indians are Catholic"
are Catholic" The Paulist was
to return to his previous as.
signment considerably chas-
tened in spirit. Not a single
one of Grants pledges was
executed
Perhaps improvement could
be effected through perma-
nent representation in the ma
tional capital? That proposal
seemed unobtainable because
of lack of money to finance 1t.
IN 1879 CHARLES EWING
volunteered to be a lay apos-
tie. The mono Catholic father of
this Ohioan had been in two
presidential cabinets, and dur
ing the Civil War Ewing had
risen to the rank Of general.
AS a successful Washington
attorney he accepted the po-
sition of Catholic Indian Com
missioner, continuing in the
office without a single cent of
compensation until his death
in 1888.
Aided by a veteran Indian
missionary named Father
Jean-Baptiste Abraham Brou'
illet, Ewing promoted the ed
ucation Of Indian children.
Here Catholic teachers excel
led where those of Protestant
denominations failed abjectly.
Yet no other reservations
we're assigned to Catholics.
In fact, priests were rigorous
ly excluded from all agencies
assigned to Professionals.
To a Catholic Indian who
asked for a "black robe" the
agent on one reservation re-
piled: Washington has decid-
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ER. PETER J. RAHiLL. Ph. D.

No public reclamation
of the valorouS participa-
ton of Catholics was ut
tered by the Federal Gov
eminent after General
Lees surrender at Appomat.
fox; the voice of the PROSTATE
South was fhrohbins too low
to be heard on any subject.
Catholics had priced fhe pub.
lie commentator of Presi.
dent Washington on their
courageous contrib TO
the success of the American
Revolution.
Perhaps it was a mark of
the progress of the Church
that after the Civil War her
members were not singled out
for praise. BY 1865 most
Americans recognized that
their Catholic fellow citizens
would do their part for God
and country.
If
was dormant during the Re-
construction Era among the
general run of people, by no
means had it disappeared en-
tirely. There was no recur-
renee of the N
period when MODS were arous-
ed to an unreasoning fury
against the Church by ha-
rangues on street corners. The
bigotry was in high places. In
a sense the opposition was d.
rected against the Church full
filling the final commission
received from our divine Lord
while He was on this earth:
60, therefore, and make
disciples of all nations"
Matt. %: 19).
Unacquainted with the true
God, the American Indian was
a perfect subject for the full.
fillment of Jesus command.
Restricting our attention to
the English colonies, settle
ment and conversion were
twin detectives in the Catho-
lie colony of Maryland. Be-
fore a landing was made the
consent of the Piscataway
tribe was obtained; soon al
most all of these redmen were
converted to Catholicity.
THE clvlLlZlNc influence
Of Christianity was early rec.
ognized by the Federal gov
eminent. During Was h i n e.
toms administration $500 was
allotted annually to two Cath
Ollie Indian missionaries. An
agreement with the War De-
partment to conduct a school
for Indian boys brought the
Jesuits to Missouri in 1928.
Among the group was
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chosen the men who are poor
in the worlds eyes to the rich
in faith 2"
Those without material gold
have the spiritual gold of
faith. By giving to the poor
in the Missions you make
them your intercessors in the
Kingdom of Heaven. We do
not ask you to give all your
gold, or even most of it; we
just want you to give a tiny
bit of it - a broken bit
that you may taste the sweet
ness of serving the poor
through the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith.
Cut out this column, pin
your sacrifice to it and mail
it to Most Rev. Fulton ].
Sheen, National Director of
of the Society for the Prop
agation of the Faith, 1856 Fifth
Ave-, New York TX, NY, or
your Diocesan Director, Msgr.
James Kulp, 246 E. Town ST.,
Columbus IS, Ohio.
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for Africa, Asia, Oceania and
Latin America. Remember the
words of our Lord: "Blind
fools, which is greater, the
gold or the temple that con-
socrates the gold? -. Which
is greater, the gift, or the al
tar that consecrates the gift?"
Obviously only when your
gold is offered to the Church
does it become holy. In your
attic, in your pockets, in your
bureaus, it is yours; when given
to the Holy Father, through his
Society for the Propagation OF
the Faith, it becomes Gods.
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ed that you must get to heav-
en- by the Episcopalian route"
Antagonist to the Church
by the Indian Bureau may
have been pronounced, but it
was no isolated phenomenon.
The bloody Shirt the Repub-
lican party had been waving
since the Civil War became a
bit ragged. In its stead some
COP. candidates substituted
the Pope, a traditional punch.
ing bag for anti-C Catholic pugi-
lists.
RUTHERFORD D. HAYES
won the Ohio governorship in
1875 by charging the Demo-
Gratis with being the Roman
list" party. Haunted by his
own words, Hayes, instead of
repenting, resolved to smear
the opposition with the same
tar. AS the presidential candi-
date the following year Hayes
suggested to his advisor, Carl
Schurz, thattNew York's with
drawal of accreditation from
a school of the Grey Nuns be
sounded against Gov vernon
Samuel J. Tilden, his Demo
cratic opponent.
HAYES TACTICS in Ohio
in 1875 may have influenced
Grant, who was receptive to
a third term offer. Address
ing a veterans convention in
Des Moines that fall, the Pres
ident scored private schools.
His speech was interpreted as
aimed at Catholic institutions.
When Congress convened in
December the first bill intro
duced in the House was a con
stitutional amendment strik-
ing at denominational schools.
The speaker, "silver-tongued"
James G. Blaine, sponsored
the measure and piloted it
through the House of Repre-
sentatives, but it failed to win
approval of two-thirds of the
Senators.
Meanwhile Chief Red Cloud
of the Sioux had repeatedly
begged for Catholic teachers
and schools. AS early as 1875
the Chicago Times had que
ried: IF the Indian asks for
this kind of spiritual meat,
why give him a stone?"
IN 1880 BISHOP James
O'Connor, Vicar Apostolic of
Nebraska, determined on a
test. A Benedictine priest
named Meinrad Mccarthy was
sent to the reservation In Da-
kota Territory on which Red
Cloud and his tribe were quar-
tered. When the Indian Com
missioner in Was h n t
heard of his presence, he
promptly t~elegraphed to ex-
pei him. Immediately Father
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BISHOP AGAIN JAILED BY REDS

VATICAN CITY - Radio,
NC) Vatican City..s daily
newspaper reports that aged
Bishop Jan Votjassak of Spis
in Czechoslovakia has been
jailed for a third time.
L'Osservatore Romano charg-
ed in its report that Czecho-
slovakia'S Red regime aims
at the gradual suffocation"
of the Church.
Bishop Vojtassak, who is 81
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MISSION SUNDAY
Is 10!

Remember how st. James in
his Epistle inspired us to take
a Divine outlook on our gold:
Suppose that a man comes to
you wearing a gold ring; sup
pose that a poor man ONE
to you i'll clad. Will you pay
attention to the well dressed
man (and the ring of gold)
and bid him take some place
of honor? Will you tell the
poor man, Stand where thou
art? Listen to me, my
dear. brethren, has not God
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Pierre-Jean DeSmet, who be.
came the most famous of all
apostles to the redmen. Years
later came dramatic proof
that the redskins recognized
him as the ambassador of the
Prince of Peace. After Sitting
Bull had sworn to kill the
first white man he saw, alone
Father DeSmet visited the
mighty chief and obtained a
peace treaty.
BUT THE INDIAN was
bound to be disturbed as set
tiers continued to push into
lands which had been prom
ised to him "as long as grass
grows and water flows" In his
message to Congress on Dec.
5, 1870, President Ulysses S.
Grant offered a new APP
proach. The Presidents own
words were: Il determined to
give all the agencies to such
religious denomina as
had hitherto established mis-.
sionaries among the Indi.
ans :"
Already some reservations
had been entrusted to the
care of the Society of Friends.
With that assignment there
scarcely could have been any
quarrel, for the Quakers had
followed the Cat h of
Maryland in treating the In
dams fairly.
WHEN THE PLAN - soon
known as Grants Peace Poll
cy was announced, Catho.
lies hailed it with enthusi-
asm. With a record of contin-.
nous care of the aborigines
since 1884, it appeared that
the problem of the Church
would be stating all the res
ervations which would be al
lotted.
No such difficulty arose.
Out of approximately 80 agen-
cies seven were assigned to
the Church. The Indians liv-
ing on these particular reser-
vations mum bered about
1900. In contrast, such late
corners in the evangelization
of the Indians as the Metho-
dists were entrusted with
$4,000 tribesmen.
ONE BY ONE western bish-
ops made trips to Washing.
ton they could i'll afford.
Vague and indefinite promis-
es were the mist any prelate
obtained, and none of these
were fulfilled. AS months add
ed into years the hostility to
the Church of executives of
the Indian Bureau became
more evident.
A. Paulist priests interces-
sion offered a happy method
of circumventing them. Be-
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tion of the
Faith runs a
'smel t i n 6
p | a t" by
which u
c a tur n
these into
merit. BY a
m y S t e r j.
Gus alchemy
w e convert
gold into aid
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years old, was granted an ann
nesty by the regime in. 1856
and released from prison. He
was put into a rest home. Lat
er he was again arrested, but
in May of this year he was
released.
Now the Vatican City daily
reports that he has once again
been imprisoned, this time for
refusing to agree to imposi-
tions placed on his conduct of
church affairs.
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ed by writing Immediately
to the Board of Examiners for
the Foreign Service, Depart
ment of State, Washington rs,
DC.
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perhaps a gold knife with dull
edges, a watch with the main
spring broken, a ring you
would just as soon forget, a
diamond ring in perfect or
imperfect condition, a dusty
emerald, an unused ruby, or
gold coins you forgot you had.
WE Can USE ALL of these.
The Cnnintu for the prnnaoa.
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God Love You
Have Anything
For Missions?

Do you have any old gold? Or any old silver?
Maybe some is hidden away in the attic or in a drawer
of your bureau: a single earring, a broken ring, a
bracelet out Of style, a brooch with the safety catch
missing, a tea set, an odd spoon bought in Madrid,
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CAN YOU DONATE A SACRED ARTICLE FOR A MISSION
CHAPEL?
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TER SILVIA, novices of the CLARIST SISTERS. Since the
Catholics of India are too poor to support seminaries and no.
yitiates, these institutions are able to function only through
the generosity of Catholics from other lands. The cost of edu-
eating a priest is $500 $500 a year for six years.; the cost OF
training a sister is $500 $3.50 a year for two years.. Could you
pay for the education of a priest or sister in Mission terruoryS
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the Coptic Rite. Besides their pastor, these people have five
Franciscan Sisters ministering to them in a School, an Orphan
age, and a Dispensary; their ministrahons are for all the peo-
pie, not for Catholics alone. OF the lat children In the School,
81 are Catholic.
The present little Church is made Of dried mud and Is In
constant need of being reinforced. The pastor feels that the civil
authorities, for reasons of safety, may soon forbid its use. He
appeals for aid in erecting a new Church. Could you help to
build a small Church here so 1t would be apparent that Cath.
olcs give the best they possibly can to the King of Kings?
$4,000 is needed to construct the Church.
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THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS,

at Luxor in Upper Egypt, draws tourists from all over the
world. Centuries before the time of Christ, the rulers of Egypt
uera hurried here in fnmhs nf mar.
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nificent splendor. The visitor In
amazed at the evidence he see of a
civilization which existed thousands
of years before the Christian era. He
is also appalled, at the thought of the
slave labor involved in bringing these
monuments into being; appalling,
too, is the poverty of thousands of
people living in this area of former
pagan greatness.
In the village of ARMANT Ell
HxETw s..~l eaxr S~slAA f~o~~ x-~w
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AN INCREASE IN THE lumber OF yoCATIONs IN IN.
OLA il clear evidence that the relatively minute Catholic pop.
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ulation of that country truly has the will to
perpetuate the faith in their own land and
to draw others to our holy Church. Among
the boys and girls of India preparing for the
priesthood and sisterhood are JOSEPH
CHAKKALAKAL and GEORGE NADIA
MANA, students at SAINT JOSEPH'S
SEMINARY. and SISTER TERESA and SIS
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The Society for the Propaga-