The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-04

We thus and that in period about twenty two years
the exports from ibis island have experienced
decline, which continues it, retrogradauon 10 the
present mc while pestilenoe, ensendered by NEGLECT
and th gone far depopulae While other countries
have rapidly progressed by the diffusion Of wealth from
gold discoveries, Jamaica has fallen back While other
British West India islands, under the augmentation OF
labor from cooley don have in slightly
advanced Jamaica has receded The only increase In
any article Of export has been In pmeno which great
extent eroWs Wild, and requires little cultivation.
The London Poa, Of December Q, 1856, contains
mortal presented 10 Mr. Labouchere, then Secretary Of
sAe for the Colonies by Yves. India merchants and others
which picture drawn Of the wretched condition of
jamaica, and in which sbellEoniss read what would
be the condition Of things the population OF
the United States 10 Undergo . similar change. The me.
moTiAiisiz inform Mr.. Iaoouchere-
That the material condition Of the colony at the lowest
pssbe POINT shsrt OF bankruptcy and ruin Real estate
hss market value, d~eirg honses gradually de-
cayine and money can win difficulty be rasei even in
f,r personal property. kost or the necessary
nes OF cons cmpon are imported from the United States
whilst the natural products neglected and the money
change Of Gsde. The Industrial condition or the nhAbl
tslts Ut The lowest ebb, aud their moral and social con-
diton ,s rot shit elevated Not only has the
Fly OF been diminished by the Discrimination work
which cbaIacserzes the negro popuaon bat likewise By
tie reduction In the humber OF people by the soourgos OF
small pox and cholera The mortality from the for
dsese from the neglect OF vaccination and the def
oeucies Of medical assistance, which has been
evil 'nce he abolition OF slavery The mortality from
cholera, as Official reports established, enormously
susmeId by 1h and the want OF the mos ordinary by
giei 10 resources In lssc-5l 9TH OF population
attacked b. cholers and has boen estimated that the
quent mortality amounted W so 900 From this
bLAon OF dearsh Of labor has arisen, by which
the isard 10 threatened with universal bankruptcy and
run.
Ybc memorial goes on 10 urge increased supply o
emancpated Africans taken from slivors, and freed
groes from qunrterstno only kind Of labor adapted
TO the culture Of sugar In tropical climate
How rid cuous an exhibitor folly 10 see sboaon,.t.
celebrate the anniversary Of emancipation In jamaica
which resulted the ruin Of ns island and depopl
latter OF Ia freed blseki By snspox and choers render
ed fatally malignant by negec, 9Th aud inability 10 OBJ
tain sknful medical aid Is such q result subject for
special rejoicing and TO be held up for imitation our
Southern slaies
when Jamaica fell, Cuba Bsaz advanced In the Gull
tivs,on CT sugar and coffee In 1884 oues exporei,
oordirg 10 the Bdldn,p Gcnracs STA isT a6b ami I'm
ported SIS $50 800 In 1854 sh oxpor.sd sSl 3l aud
imported s3i 1894, s7s In value.
Brazil To 1884, exported o. 900 900 lbs OF coffee, which,
In six years aer wards subsequent the British West
India emancipation, reached sbou. 1se,74ssso lbs =,
and In 1854 1t reached ocooo,ooo lbs. This 10
crease sccountedfo whom we nad ,ha, the
slaves introduced from Africa into Braziz increu
ed from 1885 In 1912, 70 90 600 In Isis, o. which
time treaty Was made with England for the abolition Of
the slave trade when IN sse Importation 10 81 ooo
In 1860 70 % 600, and In 1851 To 1900; snoe when
coffee has ruled higher and especially within year
two part, than II has done before In many years The
number OF slaves In Brasil In 1913 estimated about
s,ooo,coo.
While slavery ceased In the British wor Indies Cuba
continued bosn slavery and the ssve trade In 1911 che
imported II 900 Africans and in eight years. from 1922
1851, no iess Than l7 2i ADD from 1889 70 1858
Imported %, 2s9; and her importation has continued
pretty much in the same ratio 10 the present time To
cheap African labor she has also recently aided the i'm
poriaiion OF Cinnamon ct low nxed WAGES
The changes and Illustrations In African labor, IN con
pecton with the rise ard fall In tropical productions
and supply Of sugar, oonso, cotton and indigo may be
seon in The following statements. N &c begin with
=, Domingo In 1Ts9-the yeA before the negro revo
luioDand conclude with the returns for the year ling
with 1887, shah have tse following result
Expop1s rs Ar noMrgn