The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

philanthropic world. In 1926, the
figures stood thus: Sugar, lbs, 32,-
S64; coffee, lbs, 80, 1S9, 7s4; .cotton,
lbs, 620,972; indigo, none.
At this day, there is no sugar cx-
ported, coffee and 1ogwood being the
only exports. The coffee is gathered
wild from the mountains aud the
abandol French plantations ALI
that is required to be done is to cut
down the tree and carry it to market.
The cultivation has ceased. The sta
tistics of 1910, the latest published,
arc of expectation: Sugar, none, cof-
fee, lbs, 3O,60S, ,343; cotton, lbs.,
544,516.
Senator Sumner, in {, recent speech.
estimated the exports of H:,yti at
2,6S3, 900, and Mr.. Sumner is TN
abolitlonlst: In 1890, the exports
We're n, S2S, ,O0O; Was such 81 spec
tacle OF decay ever witnessed before?
Haytl, which seventy years before sup
Piled half Europe with sugar, is now
supplied from the United States, or
rather, was before the war.
The writer then turns to Jamaica.
Facts and figures are presented which
ought to, if they will not, make Il deep
impression upon both our Government
and people. He says:
Let us now turn to Jamaica. It is
about $50 miles long by 80 in width.
Its area is about 64, 900 square miles.
The last census was taken in 1874.
when the population stood as follows:
Whites 15,779; negroes, 293, 1913; nu-
!attoes, 9S;o29. The white population
is dying out through ihe blood of the
| negro.
The negroes freed in 1888 were t>
serve five Years aprenticeship- Th
planters were paid $50, 900, 900 for the
loss of service.
The value of exports, as published
in Harper IL Brothers Cyclop;cdi;a %
Commerce, before and since enamel
patton, is us follows:
BEFORE EMANCIPATION.
Years. Years Value of Exports.
!Sgo !S,0 ........':..-..... -, O33, 234
lolO. ............ 2,:}U3, ,57G
AFTER EMANCIPATION.
Here is IL decline of three-fourths.
Another way is to estimate the guam
tity of the productions before and
since. in 1903, two years before the
prohibition OF African emigration,
the productions of jamaica were as
follows:
PROJECTIONS OF JAMAICA IN 1905.
Sugar-hhds 1905
lsn"-pnnch -.....,...,.. 1887
Pimcnto--lbs. -! ::.!......... 1.O41 $40
Ctuee-lpS. ............. IL, ,s)6f 323
Then the productions we're at the
highest point They afterwards de-
cined, and in 1884 it stood:
Rum-punch. ............... 81, i'll
PlmcntO--lbS.. Observation-Disclosures. 36()5 4UO
Cotce-lhs. ........... IL, ,725, 73I
The first year after emancipation,
productions declined nearly 1000, 900
hhds,; coffee declined 100000 Olbs.
This decrease steadily continued, and,
in 1856, the productions Of jamaica
stood:
Sugar-hhds. ..... 25.75G
Rnm-punch. l4.47O
dlmento,lbs. ,S4S, ,622
Cofcc-lbs. 3,32S, l47
The only article which has increased
Is plmento, or allspice. The reason
of the increase is that the pimento is
not cultivated, but grows. wild in
many places.
From q report made to the House
OF Assembly during the years 1888,
40, 80, 81, and '52, we find the fol-
lowing: Sugar estates abandoned, 12S;
sugar estates partially abandoned, Il;
coffee plantations abandoned, 96;
coffee plantations partially abandon
ed, IS; making total of S91, 1877! In
the live years succeeding cmancipa-
tion there were abandoned: Sugar
estates 14O, comprising 16S, ,O32; COT
tee plantations 465, comprising 1885,
Added to the foregoing, it is stated
that the Encyclopaedia of Commerce"
says ''the negro is rapidly receding
into {: savage state, and that unless
there is large and immediate supply
OF immigrants, all society will come to
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