THE TECHNOLOGIST. [Aug. 1, 18C5. 
22 ON THE CULTIVATION OF 
establishment at L\sburn, only on a smaller scale. There is no good 
reason why \ve should not have capitalists coming into this country to 
make similar investments, as we have inexhaustable water-power, cli- 
mate and soil equal to any in the world, and a ready market at our own 
door for all the coarser descriptions of goods. Some will argue that 
labour is too scarce and dear in this country to carry on manufacturing 
operations successfully. When we take into consideration the price of 
provisions in Canada ; beef and mutton being irom four to six cents per 
lb., and other things in proportion, so different from the prices in 
Europe, where the same commodities cannot be had for even double their 
cost here, — we perceive that it only needs the sure prospect of employ- 
ment to lead artisans to emigrate to this country. Moreover, when men 
are well paid, more work is done, and in Canada every man has an ob- 
ject in view, either to better his position as an artisan, or secure a tract 
of land for his family, which he seldom fails in doing. Have not our 
woollen manufactories succeeded remarkably ? Where will you find a 
more prosperous business than is carried on at Streetsville, in the 
woollen manufactory of the Messrs. Barber Bros, and Co., where over 
one hundred hands are daily employed ? Go to the mills of Mr. Hes- 
peler, and there see his extensive works. Such establishments are a 
credit to Canada, and the enterprise of the parties carrying them on de- 
serves the highest praise. What do we find at the Village of Preston, 
where the woollen manufactory of Messrs. Elliot and Hunt was unfortu- 
nately burnt down a short time ago ? The best proof that can be 
adduced in favour of the flax project is shown there. Those parties are 
erecting a large linen manufactory with some twenty or thirty thousand 
dollars worth of machinery already laid down. These works will soon 
be in operation. Here, then, are parties with all the experience and 
knowledge of the woollen business at their hands, putting in linen works 
in preference. Look at those and other numerous woollen establishments 
carried on at present in the country ; behold the success and prosperity 
that have attended these parties. Surely we may safely embark in the 
linen business without any apprehension. It is worthy of note that the one 
will prove of great advantage as a feeder to the other. At the present time, 
the Messrs. Barber Bros, and Co., of Streetsville, are using large quantities 
of yarns from the linen mills of the Messrs. Perine Bros, and Co., Doon, 
for warp and filling with woollen weft, thus producing a much stronger 
article for wear than can be manufactured with cotton and woollens. 
Hence our linen manufacturers have no more ground to fear want of 
<lemand than our woollen manufacturers. Some apprehension is felt at 
the probable state of things after the American war is over. Cotton it 
is urged, will again become cheap. But there are few who are prepared 
to admit that cotton will ever recede to former low prices, as it is likely 
it will be subject to a heavy duty along with all other commodities, to 
help to make up the war taxes. Meantime, I have no doubt our manu- 
factures will have arrived at a stage of improvement in producing a 
