, 1881-02-16

TINA the prOnCS at aOOuC 2UU,UUU
crowns, if the factory can only obtain all
the canes grown on the upland which it's
operations embrace, namely an extent OF
about 5000 acres.
When these gentlemen say in anothe r
part of the report that cit is of Importance
that the Factory can work up the Whote
crop of the estates within it's districts, and
hence that all the canes from the estates
are brought to the stations, other
wise it would be impossible to prevent
that the estates kept the good canes for them
selUeS; uhich for example has often been the
case this gear, then there is no other proof
required as to what the estimated power
of the Factory was, as stated both
by the founders, and by the members
of the Control Committee through the
Ministry Of Finances, just as little as there
can be any doubt about his estimate hay
ing been fully realized.
From this extract from the report and
estimates of persons acquainted with the
case, it follows that neither was my Origi-
nal calculation as tosugar prices wrong, nor
the system a mistake, but it is not the less
certain tbat The brave old West Indian will
always have a certain public with him
when he, with good tact, brings forward
the "pipo system" ProprietOrs both old
and young, and all cautious people are
suspicious Of the pipes, and think that if
there was only q tramway instead of the
unlucky pipes all would be we'll. To eluci.
date this question / will make use of q
communication which q mercantile house
here has received from the agent of a fac
tory in the English island of st. Lucia;
and which has been kindly placed at my
disposal. The factory in that island Was
1,Il@ =, I or o,,1 roc contaminated NV NJ
Chapman of Liverpool (the same Mr..
Chapman to whose established authority
on such matters so many have appealed
as against our factory on the basis of the
tramway system and with q capital of
2,610,000 crowns (the st Croix factory
with pipe system for 2,S00,000 crownsl.
The sugar product has reached nearly
Z lbs. (ours 1888 lbs.) for every 100 lbs. of
canes, which were paid for at the rate of
Is cents ours at % cents the yearly pro-
duCti0n has not hitherto exceeded 5000
bags ours 20,G70 bags and the greatest
daily production expected is l40 bags ours
400 bagsl. THE weak side of the Factory
has been an insufficient supply Of canes
just as with us, and to get over this
difficulty the Company has now bought
estates of its own. / do not expect
that this example will be followed
in conneIion with our facto'y, al.
though the remedy would no doubt
be wor h a trial but in any case " an old
West Indian" can scarcely be called
very practical afer all that has passed,
when he still proposes to build another
factory Oh the Stand, unless indeed he can
bring all the estates to join the enterprise (;
for the st. Lucia example must prove to
him that the tramway system alone will not
solve the problem.
When this latest opponent of mine final
ly calls upon me in so friendly a manner
to withdraw from the management of the
Factory, then although [ think that the
demand should natural y have been made
through the Board Of Directors or at the
General meeting-~I will reply that if |
were now to retire from an undertaking
which has cost me great sacrifices and
brings in nothing everybody would be JUS
titled in regarding it as a simple desertion.
On the other hand, when all essential diff.
culties are overcome [ shall have no Objec-
ton to withdraw. if only for this reason
among others, that | will not stand in the
way Of o her peoples good fortune. But
for the time being l will stand i'll the breach:
In conclusion, one remark of a somewhat
more general character. | have, as you
Mr., Editor, know, for nearly eight years
taken part in almost all the discussions
which have been brought forward in this
Journal concerning West Indian affairs;
and have done so, not being by nature
much inclined to tormality, without con.
sidering, whether, strictly speaking, I was