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tion of railroads and bridges, and in an infinite variety of 

 ways which it is unnecessary to enumerate. Were the 

 land covered with a population of poor and resident pro- 

 prietors of small estates, they would soon perceive the 

 advantage of encouraging the investment of capital in 

 these domestic manufactures and arts, as the most direct 

 means of furnishing permanent employment, and, of course, 

 creating a permanent demand for labor. 



Nor can I omit to mention here another advantage to 

 result from the multiplication of employments, such as I 

 have been describing, the want of which has weighed heavy 

 upon the prosperity of Jamaica. I refer to the educational 

 influences with which a varied industry surrounds the 

 operative classes. In a country like the United States, 

 where occupations are almost as various as the features of 

 the human countenance, capital is constantly in quest of 

 labor which it educates for its purposes. There is some- 

 thing for the most ignorant and inexperienced operative to 

 do, by which he will acquire skill, and by which his facul- 

 ties will be developed and quickened. All classes do not 

 grow up under the same set of daily experiences, but in 

 earning their daily bread, each is learning something which 

 improves his understanding and multiplies his resources. 

 The operatives in Jamaica, on the other hand, are all 

 doing the same things substantially. Year after year 

 their whole industrial experience is limited mainly to the 



