The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1869.

Dunstan Times, Issue 357, 26 February 1869, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1869.

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Nothing is‘more gratifying .to us than the introduction of some new local industry ; we have many times urged upon the inhabitants of this District, the necessity there existed for establishing a Brewery and Flour Mill, and we repeatedly thought that some of the enterprising tradesmen of Clyde woidd have supplied either one or both of these much needed accessories to productive labor. Our anticipations have however not I een realised, and it remained for Mr. William Theyers of Alexandra to carry off the honors of initiating the Dun stan into the mysteries of manufacturing such a largely consumable article as beer, and one, for the purchase of which wo daily expend considerable sums upon, none whatever being retained in the District The establishment of a brewery in our midst is, not only of great value in itself, but it confers at the same time very many benefits upon the industrious classes. The climate and soil of this District is admirably suited •for the growth of barley, and malt being one of the principal component parts of beer, wo may fully anticipate that, with the success of Mi" Theyers’ speculation, the lield of labor open to the agriculturist will be largely extended. We have good reasons, therefore, to loi k upon Mr Therein, not in the light of a speculator, but rather, as a public benefactor, and heartily wish his new ventine a prosperous career. Our next requirempntthat of a flour mill, will doubtless, at no distant day, be supplied. It, decs not follow that

1 ecause no wheat is being grown in the district, that a mill is not needed. It is’the want ol the means of turning wheat into flour that-prevents its Icing grown, it is of no use the farmer raising this description of crop, unless he can find a market for it, and for the very same reasons the advantages which we should derive ficm the throwing open of agricultural areas aie denied us. At the present moment the cultivator of the soil is compelled to raise only one description of grain crop that of oats—the consumption for which is limited, while at the same time, it is not readily saleable in

quantities, (it prices remunerative to the grower. It therefore happens that oats, although they form our staple cereal are not cultivated even to the extent (hey might he, the prospect of an exceedingly sluggish or overstocked market, amounting in the case of a man of slender means, to something approaching to unrequited labor in the future. In many situations, oats are not adapted to the soil, we know of numerous places under the Lnhstan Ranges ■where wheat would flourish, and where it would he largely grown, could lire grower but make sure of disposing of the fruits of his toil; but. in the absence of a flourmill, this land remains in.a state of nature, and the benefits which the tradespeople who inhabit our towns should receive from the increase of population by a corresponding increase of trade, are lost to (hem entirely,whileother industries which invariably follow upon the trail of an agricultural population are unknown.

To make the Dunstah District as prosperous as it should be, the occupation of its business men must have higher nspiraticnslhan merely supplying the miners with tools and stores, or figuratively speaking buying a thing for a shilling and selling it for eighteen pence. The days of new rushes, when fortunes wore made by the mere interchange of commodities have long past, a community of interests has arisen, and to keep pace with the times, we must look further ahead than heretofore, individual benefits are now rarely obtainable, save in conjunction with others, and the readiest available means wo have at disposal to assist ourselves is to assist' others also, and which can only be ac* complishrd by developing err latci t,

but natural Vesovu'ccs. As a Hold iuo'7mm ducing district; that of the Duristan is the most prosperous in the Province, nowhere else does'the miner find his labor so highly remunerated, while, as a better and more satisfactory evidence of our prosperity, wo pay higher f r serviced rendered than any munity, wages being at least" twelvo-and-a-half percent above what; is paid, elsewhere. In addition to other advau? tages, we occupy the. most central position among the goldfields, we thus become a market from which supplies may be drawn, while, looking which ever way we will, the elements of prosperity greet vis on every side, and it only requires that we put forth our strength arid exercise our ingenuity to utilise them.