, 1875-10-13

the Messrs. Mccall, Colonel Amed6e Bringier.
Mr.. Robert Pugh, Mr.. James Teller, Mr..
NORM, General Thomas, Mr.. s. Taylor Mr..
Lovejoy, DIR. A. w. Perry, of this city Or.
Mccormick, of DonaldsOnvnle, and many
Others"
The report then proceeds
The above paragraph shows the perfect
success Of the scientific part of the diffusion
process. the mechanical part. was a partial
failure. I say partial because the difficulties
we're only mechanical, and could therefore be
remedied as they have been. In that part OF
the East Indies where the Aska Works are
situated, manual labour is excessively cheap.
according to our notions of value. The ordl.
nary labourer, like a Louisiana coIoured field
hand, receives, for ten working hours per day.
five cents, or one dollar and a half per month
of three hundred working hours. and the
labourer has to find himself. At that compen.
sation any amount Of labour can be had, and
very docile, obedient, and willing labour it h..
The principal authority for this almost incredt-
BILE statement is Mr.. I. KOllmann, who haS
been several years in the employ OF the AskA
Company. Under such conditions, maRuat
lsbour is a very triding object, and the machi-
merry is not calculated to obviate the employ
ment of many labourers. If for ono dollar 1t 10
possible to have twenty men per day. there 10
no necessity to construct the vessels in q man
uOk Juo InOH linus
that number of employees would be sufficient
to empty them almost through a very small
opening as fast as required, Here the same
amount of labour would cost 80 dOls., counting
night-work double, and 80 dolls. per twenty
four hours represent an entirely different capt-
tai. Then again, the filling of the vessels aud
the feeding of the cutting machines would
make q great item if done by hand, and these
two items alone would absorb all the ptons
obtained by superior yield from the cane. now
this first apparatus was based entirely upon
the conditions of labour as existing in the Eass
Indies, and was therefore nos capable OF tulnt'
ling the work expected from machinery In this
country. The emptying of one of these. nrss
original vessels took four to six men from nalk
to three-ouarters of an hour, and the ming
could not be done in less than twenty-five
minutes. The improved vessels constructed oy
Mr. Mitchell, now in use, are discharged ey
two men in seVeu minutes and o nails Ano mice
in twelve minutes by one man.
i" Fl, was very fortunate that Mr.. Archibald
Mitchell, of the firm Of Leeds & Co., proprie.
tors of our largest foundry of this city, was
prevailed upon to come to Belle Alliance Plan
tation, and examine the new process in all its
dstails. Mr.. Mitchell had the kindness to stay
on the place repeatedly for several days. and to
investigate it 10 all its bearings. After mature
consideration and study, he came to the COM
olusion that all the mechanical difficulties could
be overcome. The present apparatus. as de"
signed and executed according to Mr.. MitohelPs
plans, is the best proof that he performed even
more than he promised. It is a perfect success
AS great a success as was ever achieved by
the practical working of any kind of machinery
at any time or in any country. Too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon his work.
After having finished the first trial on Belle.
Alliance Plantation, it was found that. owing
to all the circumstances enumerated above
there was not only no money available to carry
on the enterprise, but even q deficit to make
good. Though Mr.. R. Sieg had. in c%onjunc.
ton with his friends. carried on the enterprise
up to this date, he did not feel justified to go on
further, notwithstanding the certainty OF ult-
mate success. Owing to the depressed oondi-
tlon of this community, not only financially,
but politically, capital was shy, and adverse to
go into any, even the best enterprise In this
State. New. York was tried without success.
Capital in Europe was afraid to come to this
plaoe. Under these circumstances, the gentle.
men who carried on this undertaking so tar.
came to the conclusion Of forming a Company.
After long and mature deliberations a chartered.
Company under the following name was formed
"The Julius Robert Diffusion Process Com
pany."