Evening star

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l invaluable. From Porto Rico southward

i to the coast of Venezuela, in a seml

i circle, the Leew’ards and the Wind

wards, from St. Kitts on the north to

Trinidad, the asphalt island, on the

south, form an impregnable sea wall.

Jamaica, on one side, and the Ba

hamas. on the other, control the Wind

ward Passage between Haiti and Cuba,

and the upper Bahamas guard the Flor

ida Channel.

t Aside from their naval importance,

1 however, the Indies we rich sources of

raw materials and markets for manu

l factures, 12 they should go to the

Action on Farm Market

Site Is Held Illegal

Toth* Editor of The Star:

It appears our District Commissioners

are in a most awkward position regard

ing their action in reference to the

Southwest Farmers’ Market site. Un

questionably the law as passed by the

Congress directing purchase of the

land and organizing the market has 1

been violated.

The Congress, at its last session, after

many months devoted to hearings, ap

propriated $300,000 for the use of our

Commissioners to purchase two squares

of land In Southwest Washington for a

Farmers’ Market site, basing their ap

propriations on statements made in com

mittee hearings by those Interested in

the <te. The act provided the money

to be used in acquiring the land, level

ing, grading and In the developing of

the market.

It now appears that the amount ap

propriated is not sufficient to execute

the expressed will of Congress, not

withstanding statements made to the

committee by those interested In the

Southwest site.

The usual and proper procedure would

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1931). Washington, D.C., 1931-10-16. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1931-10-16/ed-1/?sp=8

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1931-10-16.