St. Croix avis. [volume], October 16, 1930, Image 2

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Jarmuda & Wesi indies Steamship Go
S.S. “DOMINICA”
from the Leeward and Windward Is
lands is due at Frederiksted at daylight
on Saturday morning, 18th instant, and
will be .Jdispatched for New York ac
cepting freight aud passengers.
ROBT L. MERWIN & 0O . INC.
Agents.
Trinidad Line.
S. S. “MARAVAL”
faor New York is due at Frederikstad on
Tuesday, 2lst inst, accepting freight
and passengers.
ROB!. '. MERWIM & CO , INC.
Agents
)cean Dominion Steamship
Corporation.
S 0 'BAlll’
sails from New York on Thursday
the 23rd Octeber and is due at Fred
eriksted on or about the 380th Oct , and
will be dispatched for the Leeward and
Windward [slands,accepting freight and
passengers.
ROBT. L. MLRWIN & CO., INC,
Agents.
Closing of Mails
TOMURROW
2.30 p. m. via U3S. *'Grebe’”’
for St. Thomas, V. 1.
5.00 p. m. via SS ''‘Dominiea’’
for New York, N. Y., including airmail
for transhipment at St Thomas to go
out from there Saturday afternoon a d
arrive New York Monday, Oectober 20th
TUESDAY (22ND)
200 p. m via SS. '‘Matura”
for the Leeward and Windward Islands,
Barbados, Trinidad and the (luianas.
LOCAL
The old saying that you cannot please
everybody, is a well known fact, and in
this serious time through which the is
land is passing the newspap2rs are up
for a lot of censure even to the extent
of losing subscribers. As a public organ
it is our duty to bring out matters of
public interest as these matters affect
all c'asses of people, whether those peo
ple be employers or employees In this
unemployment situation through which
a large number of people is without
work and Lungry, the effect is also be
ginning to be seen and felt in busi
ness in the towns and no one s ems
to know what will be the end, as tous |
and others the situation seems to be
getting more puzzled every day. This |
scheme was being worked out, and then |
another plan was brought forward and |
sT\i A ’ I
eiill we hear of .another only toend in
tailure. We have had promises for a
hetter St. Croix, bu! up to the present
the situation -remains unchanged and
with no relief io sight, it is reasonable
to expect that worse times are ahead
and the hand of charity cannot always
be ready to give aid, when funds are li
mited ;
Ihe people are lookin» to their repre
sentatives in the Colonial Council with
the aid of the Governor, to appeal to the
President and Congress for heip at this
time when hunger is staring the work
ing population in the face. It is the
newspapers’ duty to report the factsin
a general sense as we see them, not as
some people would try to make us say.
Everybody is entitied to a square deal,
and we believe like the iate President
Harding when he said:
‘*An honest and iotelligent press af
fords a limitless opportunity for commu
nity service, and the loftiest employment
in life. It may preach to the larger con
gregation. It has every opportunity to
ecommend and defend the law. It is
the effeetive mouthpiece of our pilities”’
The Colonial Counecii will holi aa ex
traordinary meeting on Friday and
among the items on the Order of the
Day is a Bill, "‘providing that there b:
placed at the disposal of the Goverar
of the Virgin Islands from the I nmigra
« tion Fund of St. Croix, the sum of $lO,
000.00 for the purpose of enlarzing and
extending the present garden work
which i 3 now being carried on’’.
As we have remerked oefore, to pro
vide for the future with food garders is
one step in the right direction, bat what
is being done so thst the wheels of in
dustry may begin once moie to turp in
this unfortunate country. The people
want work, as many of 1h» unemployed
have bern iaccustomed to honest toil,
ciothing and other necessaries of life
are also needed whieh cunnot be obtain
ed without money. The Red Cross and
other societies are giving aid as best
they could with their limited funds, but
how longlhwill this continue-—-and then--
Now is the time that Washington may
hear our appeal,just iike the cries of the
stricken areas of Santo Domingo, Japan,
and other foreign countries were heard
over the large expanse of water, and
the calls for aid heeded 2nd financial aid
to the tune of large amounts of money
rushed to the stricken piaces, We here,
with unemployment over the island and
the people underfed, and waiting on the
outstretched hand of charity for a small
amount of tfcod are also 'n need of finan
cial assistance. :
With the staple industiy in the island
almost dead, and with ne place to make
Joans of sufficient money, the situation
at present seems hopeless indeed. And
this island is also Americsn territory
and charity it is said begirs at home,
even if ‘‘loans’”’ must take that form.
Pstierce is a virtue, and we are waiting
calnly for the end, but let it come quick
ly. Are we 10 be'or not to be?
His Excellency, Governor Waldo Ev
aps, arrived here by U. S. S. “*Grehs’’
abtout noon yesterday.
The *West End News’’ reports that
Mr. snd Mrs. Ejnar svendsen had some
heavy losses from the recent storm in
Santo Domingo, but they are both enjoy
ing good health. Mr. & Mrs. Svendsen
are well remembered here as the former
owrers of the Christiansted Theatre
which popular place of amusement was
built under their direction. Mr. Svend
sen 8 also the proprietor and electri
ciap ¢f the first electric power plant here
and . ore time member of the Colonial
Council,
We understzrd thut 27 Porto Ricans
who were residing here lett last night
with the sloop ‘"kspada’’ for 'heir home
ir. Porto Rico, as they claim that there
18 1¢ use remaining here when there
i*» no work. Who can blame them? It
is, ”s if fleeing from the wrath to
con.e,
Run or says that Dr., Teodorini is re
tureing to St, Croix, this time with an
o'her 112 plan with finai cinl backing.
Scne«t us here are always ready io
tuin duwn even @ gooa scheme without
baving arything to offer in its place.
The grest eircus show *‘Swing High'’
will ke shown o the Chnistisnssed Thea
tre tenight. Some noted screen per
formers are in the cast of characters,
sit 18 expected that a wonderful time
with this big Pathe talking drama is in
store for movie paircns tonight, begin
ping at 8.15 o’clock. Read program.
The U. S. 8. "'Grete” from St. Thom
as 2rrived here at noon yesterday with
the foliowing passengers:— His Excel
lency Governor Waldo Evans, Judge
Charles H. Gibson, Mr. William M.
Perry, Dir. A. E. Lindborg, Miss Lucy
Gilleite, Mr. Gecrge MceNeilly, Clemer
tina Bannister, Samuel Richards and
child, John M. Miller and 2 enlisted per
sounel,
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Correspondence
Editor St. Croix Avis
Dear Sir:
Kindty ailow me some of your
valuable space to throw sonie water on
the ducks backs as we have it to waste
just now; the roads are glitterin ; again.
By the way, have you observed that it
is two "Herberts’” we have on the jobs?
And how nicely the Greater Herbert got
through with his job While our Her
bert has left us to watch the remains of
the *'St. Croix R. 101.”’