The New York herald., 1879-07-12
OUR AUSTRALASIAN COUSINS.

PLEA FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITS
sIoNER, FROM AT LEAST THE PACIFIC COAST,
TO THE SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
venture to advise. through your widely cir.
culated paper. all those gentlemen who favored the
appointment OF o commissioner from the Pacific
coast to the Sydney International Exhibition of
their utter failure thus far. notice given in
all the leading daily papers Of the sh inst that there
would be no commissioner appointed from the
United States. but that Dr. c. c. Cox of Washington,
the secretary Of the commission that was to have
been appointed would be made executive officer and
take full charge Of all American exhibits at both the
Sydney Exhibition October 1 Of this year, and also
at the Worlds Fair, 18s0-s1
The government of New South Wales sent six
commissioners and secretary to the Philadelphia
Exhibition, paying the chief commissioner s12. 900
as salary and expenses and the entire expenses Of
the Others Is it fair to send to their Exhi-
btion, which will be largely attended by honorable
representatives from all leading nations-none of
whom outside Of Great Britain has nearly so much
to expect from Australia as the United States-one
man, representing particular portion of this
country trade footing with Australia. to take
upon himself the duty of representing
fairly all the multiplied interests of this nation?
Congress. after debate, appropriated $4,000
for the purpose of making fair repre-
sentation at the Sydney Exhibition Qeaving
tho Worlds Fair until next session), trying
thereby to encourage o feeling OF reciprocity
between the two countries. The public have
no idea to what an extent the United States is in
debted to New South Wales. This colony and New
Zealand, unaided by England or America, assist the
mercantile interest OF this country to the amount OF
saoo'ooo year oy granting the pacinc Mail steam
from 1875 for running monthly steamer from San
Francisco to Sydney and Auckland; and think New
South Wales. for this one reasou has established
a claim to the consideration OF having representa-
tive from at least the Pacific coast. The steamers
are supported by passengers both from England and
Australia who would otherwise 90 by English lines
and take thousand tons monthly OF general mer-
cbandise from the Pacific coast to sydney and Auck
land. Several lines OF sailing ships also engaged
i'll this trade taking lumber and returning with coal.
With population OF 662 2i2 for New South Wales in
1877 they imported from the United States 81 s25
Of general merchandise while took from
them in exchange only S541 365, OF which $3sU,lS5
manufactures of the country, making excess
of their importations OF American goods of
.4d0 which has to oe paid for in cash at high
rate OF exchange New south Wales exported in
1877 l0.s97 .l4l pounds Of wool. 5394S tons: of
which the United States imported from New south
Wales direct only 1fs.0jS pounds. or IA tons. The
above hgures relate to the colony OF New South
Wales only. It is to be hoped that tile advantages
the sydney aud Melbourne exhibitions pre-.
sent for bringing forward prominently and
strongly the subject which has already been
slightly. and without any joint effort
the part of the States most particularly interested
the matter discussed at Washington last year pro-
viding for the abolition of the classification of wool
anu xing the duty OH ali Kinds OF wool ut tnrty-nve
per cent al yalorcm. will be made use OF. and
strong petition from the chambers of commerce of
all the States be forwarded to Washington demand
ing this II such the the going vessels,
laden with exports from the States to Australia,
would not return, A. they are now compelled to- in
ballast, and much wished for feeling of reciprocity
would spring up between the two largest OF Eng
lands ofssprinps which would mutually bcnent both
1t often said of the United States in Australia that
they that would sell must buy.
II IL on account OF the foregoing reasons that
ask tho aid of all those gentlemen who favored the
appointment of a representative from the Pacific
coastknowng that this i'll reach them better than
communication by letter in their widely scattered
abodes-to use their influence in bringing this
ter again before Mr. Evarts the Secretary OF State
have put the claim on behalf of the Pacific
coast because her claim Ia peculiarly strong one,
but do not wish to have 1t appear that II is the
only portion of this vast Republic outside of the
District of Columbia which should be represented at
sydney this fall. SAD.
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