, 1873-05-31

young man could earn so much money ;
will il pau him to give up in order hat ne
NAV get an education which will enable
him in later life to make more money than
he could without it? VIII any education
that can be gained at schools make a better
money-cetter of a boy than would the
same amount of time and attention gwen
to learning the borough practical operations
of our Sugar Estates?
Without stopping to answer these pro
positionz-which are foreign to our pur-
pose-wa desire TO call attention to other
cousidcra ions that must have weight with
all thoughtful persons. The greatest pros
peritv OF our Planters, as a class and lndl-
vidualIy, must come from causes which
will advance the planting interest as an
occupation
No permanent and satisfactory prosper
ty can attend any calling Wh)ca IS not acid
in GOOD rlpute, and no calling. IN these
modern DAYS can be held in good repute
which is nor represented by at least a tar
proportion of nfen OF education AMI inteIll-
gencc. In the s|o-called " professions" IN
m, chanics, and in trade, the tendency Is
toward better and better education and a
more and more cultivated intelligence, and
the degree of respect in which they are
s~everaIIy held is in all cases proportlonaie
to the intelligence of its representative
men.
In the future allotment of honor and IN
Gueuce, and consequently OF prosperity
that calling will take the lead whose re-
preventative men are the most distinguish
ed tor education and cultivation, and that
will fall to the rear In which there mas
be n the least progress in these respects.
The road of the future is an ascending one,
and progress over it is to be secured muc0
more bv the aid of mind than by the aid OF
matter. Those who take and keep the lead IN
the race will do so because OF their brains
rather than of their bodies, and the leader
shin will imply control over those who are
behind land therefore b%eneath) them.
How far their rue will be mercltul will
denend on conditions which we can not
now forsee, but that they Will rule is as
certain as that mind has always ruled over
brute force.
If planters can take the lead the plant
ING business will be a ~tayoured and a tortu-
nate occupation. If they must tall to the
rear, it will be a degraded and an untortu-
nate one. WueLNGE III Is one VI InO OU"0A'
depends on the extent to which our plant
ers are educated and enabled to stand a
fair chance in the struggle for the Lead
and our SUCCESSORS will be the lords OF the
land or a down-trodden race, according as
they are educated or not. We assume OF
course, that prosperity and intelligence
will 90 hand in hand, and that as we gain
in education we shall gain in wealth. AT
the same time, we believe that the best
chance for the future of our craft lies in the
ability of its representatives to take a high
stand for education and intelligence. Be-
l~ieving this, we long for the better general
education of planters /; not OF those OF the
planters sons who are destined tor other
occupations, but especially for those who
are TO stay on the Estates. Let us bring
better-trained brains to the performance OF
our work, and shed the light of cultivation
and refinement over our Sugar Estates, and
we may confidently look for a success
which mere wealth could not secure.
AN OPINION.