, 1873-11-01

GIJl6F 10 Une one or TO the OClef OF Un6S0
productions 1t should be added that at
least two thirds of our imports 90. direct
ly or indirectly, towards the supply of
those estates, and the large part of the
population connected with them OF that
population the creoI S form by no means
an inconsiderable portion Though their
prejudice against fed labour remains as
strong as ever, there are many of The bet
ter paid emp oyments requiring a tempo
r4ry exercise of great bodily strength
which they condescend to accept. This
sort of work they do better than Indians
and Chinese, but were it not for the stea-
dy, plodding Iabour of the immigrant, no
such c~ongenial work could be found for
the Creole. Even the SOU tier who legal
ly a%ppropriates a piece OF land and never
did a DAYS work on an estate, feels the
benefit Of immigration by the greater
cheapneSs OF imported goods, for the more
extensive their transactions, the smaller is
the margin of profit which merchants can
afford to make. 1t has been said in re-
prOach, that the whole scheme Of our Co.
vernment is in favour of The planter. 1t
would be more correct to say, that but for
the planter there could be no Government
at all, unless its cost were betrayed by the
British taxpayer. Road-makin2, tha6
great promoter of weI-being and ciyiIisa-
ton, is carried on for the use of the plant
lug interest but it should not be forgot
ten that the means for making the roads
comes out of the painters pocket, and
that the people who, in a mysterious man
nor Two ol0,r Aho woods hovn oil tho
benefits from, without having in any
manner contributed towards the cost
of the highways. Whatever large viii
lagos there are, in the vicinity of,
and sustained by the estates. There is,
indeed, too large a number Of people Of
whom it may be said of what the Scrip
lures say of wild birds, that they sow
not, nor do they reap, nor garner their
sheafs in barns" but these are also be-
yond the reach Of direct taxation, and the
indirect taxes which they occasionally pay
in the shape Of Customs duties on i'm
ported articles, are fully rccouped by the
greater cheapneSs of those articles, which
is due to an extensive commerce, which,
in its turn, is due 10 the sustaining and
stimulating action Of the planting interest,
and that interest, let it not be forgotten, is
mainly based on immigration. A sparse
populatian in a fertile country, and un1er
a genial sky, is naturally apathetic and in
doIent. To develop providence, energy
and perseverance, and to bring on those
latent qualities which distinguish man
from the brute beasts, there must be social
intercourse, a frequent combination Of
tempers and characters, competition in the
place Of a grovelling monopoly, and ambi-
ton in lieu Of a cynical content to breathe,
sleep and eat. One of the leading benefi-
cial features of immigration is it's acknow-
lodged tendency to increase the industrious
population of this country. A large por-
ton of the Indian immigrants, their inden-
lures expired, settle in Trioidad and as
the Chinese contract does net include the
foolish stipulation Of a return passage, it
follows that every Chinese imported is per-
manently gained. Though the system is,
comparatively speaking, of recent date, its
beneticient effects have already commenced
declaring themselves in a variety of ways.
The planters, who pay two-lhlrds of the
expenses of importing these foreigners, and
who bear all the risk Of their acclimatisa-
ton and fitness, have their services only
for a limited number of years. At the ex-
piration of that time the whole advantage
of their presence and increase falls to the
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