20 TlMEHRI. 
Compare this with the modern system on a well regu- 
lated sugar estate. If the buildings ( go through', there are 
double gangs ; if not, everything stops within a few minutes 
of the cane mill. Even on Saturdays the fa6lory is closed 
at about nine, and everything is turned not into syrup as 
! n the old time, but into masse-cuite. The megass is 
green, and therefore it is always the same, and thus the fuel 
is of one constant quality and does not differ from day to 
day. The work is not nearly so hard ; in fa6l, in the modern 
buildings, the only gang that has hard work to do is the 
cane throwing gang. They have each one to throw about 
15 tons of canes breast high. There is no difficulty in 
manning such buildings. The overseer has not to 
tramp round the houses every morning to turn the 
people out- 
I can remember when the buildings' overseer had to 
make out a list of those men who had been told off to man 
the factory, and give copies to each of the other overseers, 
so that if they did not go to the faftory they got no other 
employment, even if they did not receive a summons to 
attend the Magistrate's court. 
Another great advantage in the modern system is the 
removal of the everlasti ng anxiety about fire. The natural 
end of a logie, as of a theatre, was to be burnt. And to 
make matters worse, these fires were generally incen- 
diary, so much so that they were always declared 
to have been done on purpose, and this caused 
much bad feeling between the employers and the em- 
ployed. 
In this sketch I have said nothing about diffusion, first 
because the subject is so important that it deserves an 
essay all to itself, and secondly because I know so little 
