, 1890-03-08
New Industries.
(Gle0ner, IL Feb savy.)I


with the pi0neer Exhibitions hela In L0ndoHn
IN 1851, have had IN their m~otivesand their.
result the d~HvelOpeInent of the resources
and trade, not only of the countries In
whiEII they were held, but aIs0lof tbs. Boun> 1
tries whicl participated in them > 4 AaE Ex.t
hibitiOn TO be held it Jamaicai will haVw
great scope tor, the fuiflnent of theses OBJ
1eCfS: for this In ~ country not simply
Astounding with prod acts titan. by taeMp+
pGGatiOn .0f Science iinay bag rendered OF
REUsIttcpmlRrrciab vahiS igbil o. hlfe i'm which
thefgIafe fo9the most parG brOa upts which
the c0lnn Iercial swurldGik ditStE iow lAager, to-
O~bsaiugeither as o gaM uhaGeriaas ford manu-.
faGftriug passp0sss seas tovsskednew Jor im>
pm@1@1 usaafmfBsssTem Co wb5castsSy mmFabwr
applied.G At u messing 90 aiiei COMMITTEES
fog the United Kingttnm Baa aceount Of
which qappeated in M0nhay'W GhrHMeE, lit
was pointed outsthat am6ug fisas aRi~Aeiline99
to be9sent out f0s exhiMtioES [shauadJ be-
cheapiaud easy atgeaff0r Aesdtxtr&ctioM Of
oils by compression; sndItha IUepsrgti0u Of
fbreS, 40 we'll aE ttla91 eEtrMetiass oft fbrn9
from the stem of rNanic, piHltxiA- hnaana%s.
sstk-grEssy piHgUim, &b0xweeSTg hemp, pine.
apple dagger, ~cutatOe, &c.y all OF which
are. already common in this island. This j.
points in the direction where lies the ma.
terials of which the industry of the world
is writing to get possessions. Other parts of
the West Indies ale equally as rich as (,
Jamaica in these %prOducts, and tbs only
question is, who shall he larsr, and swhO
shall be the most entCrprising ID turning
these things tn accOnntf "a J.. oa9y.y+sefg
eJamaic& has for "A long time besmfeaakinga
about her fbrOuS prOductss bWFTfors over .
quarter of a century xIsSFhaRt dome no bet-S
ter than talk, wibb Zone sister colony has
already estShlIasIed an industry for Sisls&s
hemp, WORTH E.U q ton in the EuXliah mar
Eetj aud smother tx seeking to do thessame1
in respect to the Silk Graxs, sid TO bw
worth even more than SisaI hs1nus 8 BELA
Trinidad papers just 60 Isand,iwe fudb i
in the little iSlatsd 0G ROhagBSessA &eMeE to-
the Government of TrfnidasE es6Sk6ruinsd
VefEOFT sSOdNtT0 tSrmD1Sat& taFuS tEUSslEE
grass to account by psepxffng the fbrst for
market. The GOwevnmcnt botanist had rec
ported that . ~ % fibre product the plant
ranks as2Org the first of itA class, and Nd.
9guSw culture | eau recommend it With cot,
siderable confidence owing tn tlle facilities
for its growth and the certainty that it will
thrive derived from the fact thatgit new
covers large areas az % weed and il pnB@NssaI
In every part OF. tIse isl3Ad INSTRUMENTATION
of others OfsisNoeaIsxs 01tks siren 9Th of
thiahsas8N oGnss SeieatiGC "fepOrts, q company
WIS formed With a capital OF $4,000 to
wOFk the enterprise. 1t will thus I've ,HUn
that Tobago has gone ahead to 30 that
which Jamaica has been TALKING alsOut for
these thirty years or more. Flores, not
from silk grass alone, but also froul u dOsen
other plants. have been prepared and SENT
to variOus Exhibitions; but beyond make
ing the exhibits, in which our people have
always felt great pride, there has never
been any practical result. ), The samples
have always been pronounced to DO excel.
lent but beyond that enterprise has never
gone ; as If people were only content to
know, or content to have the world ae-
knowledge that Jamaica Hbounds in 6bre
producing plants that ii turned to. account
might realize wealth for the cOuntry. a7"
The Silk Grass (F&royea sCa1easisyos
found IN different parts Of Jsmaieas aRd
there isharh'y any part of tbs island where,
II encouraged, it would not grow. It should
be of interest to us to UtSSefve and c&rSStts
fy note Whist T0bago in dang, aud espeeiah
~ note the class vf naYcliperyF sFhich she
employs to bring about the success aof the
enterprise upon which ale has. entssed.
The great drawback k4theEyess b. %
obtain suitable machincrygs The s-urusoont-
ing Of this diflcnltyI jss opN Of fete tbstseAts
to result, from oar Exhibition 70 which we
look forward. 1t win, Be ne Interest 6f
inventors and fnaifafacsnfSfS 20 send o6&
on exhibition aacbhas that mayl bdtspps-
cd to Our wants, in which eass NOT sifk