, 1875-04-24

end the aDimOSllleS or tDe FreSS SnOul0i Dtcomo
forgotten. The absence of this unity IS serl-
ously felt, and il this condition of circumstances
we're changed. the Press of Jamaica would DO
powerful, a. it Is in other communities, tor the
expression Of public and not private sentiment.
We have gone much ourselves out OF the way
sometimes in our little differences with Gotten
poraries, and This, it is true, has not helped 10
cement the harmony of newspaper life in ia
maica, still there is a hope that as the lslano
gains in experience, as fresh enterprises creep
10 upon Us, and as men generally benefit by
the steady progress of the Colony, a greater
harmony Of feeling will no doubt prevail, and
we certainly shall not be the frst to forget
that "unity is strength" or fail to recognize
the first glimpse of the olive branch of peace
in the temper of any of our contemporaries
1t il true, no two men can see and think aIlke'
but as Press organizations live and prosper
and become powerful in other lands, tnere Is no
reason Why they should not be as prosperous
40 useful and as powerful in this country.
EFFECTS OF THE ATE HURRICANE.
The effects of the late hurricane are now
beginning 10 be seriously felt In the country
parishes, where fruit and ground PROVISIONS
are grown extensively. These ground i @ll
be remembered, were torn up by the v~''
while huge rivers swept the grounds OF ns~'
all that had been planted. The consequent
10 q serious scarcity, and a call from some
quarters to admit certain descriptions OF bread
gtufs free of duty on the NOrthside. In Vefe'
yams are being sold at 43d per h., and plan"
tainS ut an equally ext0rtiOnate rate, While 10
Luoea, Falmouth, and Montego Bay, vans
once worth So. and IS. per cwt, are now eager
ly bought up at 20S. per cwt. This condition
of circumstance tells not only upon shoopkeep-
ers and tradeSmen, but upon everybody have
ing to purchase fpod aud find the means Of sub
~sistence outside of their own premises The
Church collections have dwindIed down in
almost every parish-the collections Of the
ParOchial Tax Collectors are below the ave-
rage, and the Government very ~fetlingly avoids
any pressure which would discourage the indus
triOus characttr Of the peasantry in efforts to
surmount their agricultural difficulties.
THE COOLIES.
Two Coolie vessels are expected from Cal
cutta with labourers for the Estates; one Of
these vessels will go to AnDottO Bay or Port
Maria, the other to WrstmOreland, to land. 1t
is reported by the Falmouth Post that "the
cause Of the recent reported threatenings in St.
Thomas in the East was jealousy at the care
and attention bestowed both by the Govern
ment and the planters on the Coolie labourerS
DOM WDen SICK ana WeIl-DuI Inc naive Ia
b9urers have themselves to thank for this con.
dition Of affairs, for they will enter into no sin.
drntures" for service, and the capricious aud
utterly unreliable character of their service has
rendered the introduction of Coolie labour into
Jamaica adire necessity"
THE LEGISLATION.
The recent Act throwing tie proof of honest
possession Of Rum found in any PERSONS pos
session on the road. on the person so found, 10
generally admitted fair, but the ~cOlJnists fail
to see that such avs should pass for the pro.
lection of the Government Revenue, and that
the same measure Of protection from plumber
shonld be withheld from the proprietary OF CAPT.
talists class, whose logwood. canes, yams and
plantains are carried off Wholesale by their
own employees, and there is no means Of iden.
tifcatiOn, any more than for tbs rum this new
law has been passed to protect. These are
the little inr' nts OF selfish care which initiate
the industrlA. classes because the Gov ,fau-t
Can enact what laws are necessary for It's own
protection, but he same degree Of neosss4.
protection for a hardworking body Of CONNER
cial men is never thought of by our new law.
makers. Why SHOULD THIS BE The thief
must show that he came by duty paid Rum in
an honest way-but the same thief can steal
his masters logwood and defy the Judge and
the Police If his master cannot swear to the
identity of his own wood.