, 1963-04-02
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Continued
Remarks by MR.. ALEXANDER

the Island today, and there was a question OF the con
temptation of the establishment of a sugar factory, IN the
middle of the Island, where the Bethlehem sugar factory
is located, you would have the same opposition that the
smoke from the factory is going to affect us, affect our
eyes, affect our homes-that the odor from the gas from
the factory would be so obnoxious that we won't be able
to build or live along there. They have come and found
the sugar factory there; those conditions still obtain, and
nobody objects to them. AS a matter of fact, recently in
Chicago, we had to go to a convention that was held out
in the stockyards. l was amazed to find that people lived
around that vicinity, because there was an door that was
simply abominable. How the people could stand it, |
don't know! But the question was that the packing in
dustry is one of the saviors of the City OF Chicago and the
people who live around there had to make their living
by it, and there was no objection. And apparently they
probably got accustomed to the scent. uAUGHTER.
In this case, we have no such thing that is going to
be obtained. The Harvey people have assured us that the
way this is going to be handled is going to be entirely
different to what these people think it is going to be.
Bauxite is going to be sucked out OF the ore boats into
bins, refined into alumnia and pumped back into ore
boats to be taken to the West Coast. Therell be no odor
If there is any dust, it will probably be in the COM
pound. But I'm quite sure it is not not going to affect
anything within a half mile OF the area.
Gentlemen we have right here, the very glaring ex-
ample of bauxite being unloaded and loaded onto boats.
We have some Of the finest residences in the vicinity
pointing to area above West Indian Company Dock.
They have investments far larger than we have IN the
vicinity where the Harvey Aluminium Company will
eSUdDuSu, dllU uG1G I11G1G IL IN OOJCSI4O40 OA IC PoAG
Of residents or commercial concerns. And therefore l.
feel that the objections that are being raised with refer
ence to that, have no bearing or justification whatsoever.
It is too bad, really, that there couldn't be a better
understanding among the new residents OF the Island
q say new residents because most OF the objections have
come from new residents. They are the ones that object
strenuousIy to any improvement in the Island. If you
are going to take a tree down, there is objection to that;
if you are going to do paving, there are objections to it.
There we have conflicting ideas. We, the natives, want
to see the Islands modern and up to date. Those who
have newly come in want to see the Islands in the same
old state, and the same old way. Now the question then
arises Of two conflicting ideas. Do we stay static, or do
we want progress? Most of us stand for progress. And
we've got to go the way Of all progress! The election this
year might affect me personally, but I as a legislator
personally, all through my experience as a legislator,
have never considered my personal view. My ideas have
always been as a legislator, the greatest good for the
greatest number. And / think that should be our theory
that if a thing means progress for the Islands, if it's
going to advance the Islands, going to advance the peo-
pie, we should go along with it.