The New York herald., 1865-06-18
Affairs An Jamaica.


SLAVE COMPETITION THE CAUSE or WEST INDIAN
DISTRESS.
The Jamaica papers received by the Montexuma dis
suss ihe prevailing stagnauon Of trade in the West
lndea
The Jamaica Ssa~dard May 90 arrives atshs following
eoncuson the subject
Unquestionably the most formidable obstacle 90 the
prosperity Of plantations has been competition with
slavery No human efforts could certainly avail re-
move ihis obstacle; but power which works ts way
Of freedom The total abolition Of slavery believed
impossible only few years ago. may be now looked for
at any moment This Is the time for the inhabitants of
strengthen the hands OF the men who are pressing
IL s %haS wS sa only
tates from diminishing further until the hour of unver.
al emancipation shall strike may rely being
instated 70 posterity Let us, then do all TO
hasten the desirable event
NEW DISCOVERY IN SUGAR GROWING.
fFrom the Jamaica Standard May 81
In present condition the British West India colo
nies must feel extreme interest In every circumstance
which offers prospect Of relief. Such circumstance
hey have in the discovery Of new process for the con
Fryer planter Of Antigua and the head OF the wealthy
and Influential firm Of sugar renners In Manchester,
intercolonal contemporary the lecture delivered by
Mr. Fryer, in explanation Of his process, before
Che Bishop and most Of the notsbles of Antigua In
country like this where every Interest bound up the
Of the great staple doubt not that tins lecture
viii be perused with intense attention The prospect
winch Mr. Flyers process opens up to tho colonies
which, like Jamaica not conditioned In capital or labor
Tor the production OF any other than muscovsdo sugar.
eannot be overated
The jusoe almost soon as s expressed is con
yrtcd into concrete substance hard stone capa-
Die of being cast into blocks OF any szepot susceptible
dohquesence and therefore not liable 20 drain, and 0t
" be shipped In that state 70 the reners OF England
Nh9 have the capital the appliances the labor and the
tki 10 make the most Of II that be made Extensive
fusm works curing houses, moasses, rum, hogsheads.
puncheons, are done away with In fact nothing less
than an absolute revolution In the prospects of
tes may be expected tending render investments in
th.in ia ess precsrous and certainly far
rave Than they have been In Antigua has been
sscerained from actual experiment that the increased
value by The new process and the saving Ia drainage
alone amounts 10 more than 81 sterling per hogshead
nr Fryer recommends his plan la the most ncinr
by spending hs money 90 prove It's sound
He has purchased three estates IN Antigua aud
having operated with them exprraenfaI scale he
IN about 70 machinery sufficiently extensive 10 con
the entire crops into the concrete The Antigua
beruer remarks that the value of his labors s The
greater that he not introduced complicated marbin
cry. The concretor the apparatus is called is mar.
vellohs combination OF simplicity with perfect efficiency
machine equal 20 the production OF I've hossheads OF
sugar per day occupies space scarcely forty feet in
length and is worked with comparatively little labor
Mr. Fryer says that q concrcor, the cost Of which would
be probably about 81 O0O would do its work rate
OF about 10 cwt per hour.