The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-09
~nAROUND THE WORLD.
What HAN Has noss an Americas
viii DO.
The Tale Of . Trip Through Trople inS
a. Ap,ip,dr.
American f,,,1prl.' Always rrIamph''

ettefpfie-a kNi Wv hNu sniNehetS 'h'
vieJ. bu' possessed ~ no other nsiion.
This same aualiiy has pushed our usfs
and extended our cinm roe into every sea
known 10 the navigator, and into every
land uuder the sun
What AZ a'e ~ nation w. are rs indi'
vidualf, ard siup.udous en'eI prisss are
conceived aud executed uow by individual
America q, which not - 10 Z ago could
onlv have Dveu successfully prosecuted by
Vovsrnmsnts of inmeosely wealthy oorpor.
stions aud syndic trI.
P,rhAp. ns = riking m example OF this
spirit 81 oan be adducsd 10 ne recent nigh
" succ-s.iul eIphfimsnt OF the "Ausip,
Tomlns.uy Wooster mAnnftci URN COM
pauy," hetiH known throughont the
United s atss ~ thr Jackson wagon COM
many. rhis iifu, with FARO courage ana
{udrnani, something fyrf year ago de-
tsrniuoi 20 10 lnnRtr clttne themselves
10 the ate, Of he u iiod bint-s, but 20 .m'
brace the clgiizei world in thpir busiatss
trsusno Inns, ~ 4 20 this end, determined 10
send al szrnt H. u tfoiuce their wares Into
ey,ry laud knosn e. modern commerce, to
coms.tr with England gni tho COniinent
on their osn frlGud and Ia ipeir o colo
mics, ami the result hiss ar cIc.eted their
mot ssuguiue t1uec atom. WITH great
pepstra'ion hnd gLoEtdge Of ohHrAci er
they n.Rse choice OF Mr. Frank Q. Gaze,
thee doug husinssi rs heir western egent,
snd the result hss July justified their
choice.
ESsry prep alton having been made for
the great und -rtskifg Mr.. Case left Jack
sou ,uLafy ~ %, loss 81 route for The Pa
cilc il,ts, NntTe Tor icUf miuths he did u
splcndld husiursa IA trliforLis, Oregon,
Bhish ColuubiN ard Washington Terri.
tory, er,ry wlerr tiuns toe long Eel. want
Of wagon 10 once light, strong ana duta-
bic IA ugh IN C,liornia hu found that the
Jackson Wagon nat preceded hun, a. ih.r'y
yeafs agn, before the cot tinens ws8 spAnned
BY railroads. this tirm shipped their goods
40 the Golden state by water the dread
cd Cape Horn On Ma Gu, 1883, MIR. Case
bade sai.u 80 America, and taking passage
aboard the Pacific Nal compsny's steamer
Australia, he tGiied 1lt 5, cney, New South
Wahs Here he 'ound but Hive difficulty
In INTRODUCING hie " goD. Auniralis wa
colpnlzed by tue Elglish about iiity years
ago, aud. rue 70 ihe conservative spirit OF
that nation, they had disdained 10 make
any in Improvement 10 the oh Gu N bers ONE
two wheeled bullock carts, which required
q half dossn oxen 10 stsft one OF them when
empty, he wagons now maio Tor this
country are made OF second growth hickory
and oak, whcb he's to DO thoroughly
eeMonon, owing TO the great climatic
changes they are subjected TO, terrible hea,
In summer, ana al almost continuous
soaking In The rainy season. They are
also built somewhat heavier thsn the usual
run, as they are used to draw wool-tne
staple of tina couniry--from hundreds oil
miles inland and return laden with pro
visions for the coloDisis. Contracts were
also msde with tho sugar growers oil
QueeDtl ind, e colony In northern Austria.
liza. for mauy wide-lired twO.wheeled carts,
wbicn are peculiarly adapte to the roads
ofthat region. The carts ale known ~ the
s'plantstion cart" Contracts we're also
made wi the saw milling industries o!
New South Wales for the shipment OF the
"Jackson log luok. D" such rs are now used
in the pineri.s OF Michigan. The great ad-
vsntsges OF these log trucks, or, a. they ore
technically called 'jankers," are.
ease in loading and simplicity
OF adjustment To tns length OF timber
or Log. Their construction may be
regarded ns telescope, as logs 10 the extent
- 20 ieet or ev n upwards can be easii
S-nlol, while their low wheels and broad
tires gives them u strength and solidity
that enables them to sustain weight o
upwards OF II, QUO pounds. AS to the CUES
tion of cost and durability, even with the
freight as n handicap, he JACKSON wagon
will not suff by comparison with the best
goods In these markets; but on the con
tsary, will, from their lightness OF draught
very soon suotrsede the cumbrous appli'
anoss nov used for drawing timber In tie
fopeS,e OF Australia.
In2he colony OF yctoria. where Tie tariff
IL slainss prohioil0rg Mr.. Coso wac verv
oucce sful tn OBJ ~ liug order Tor tho sta
a0n wool Waco" Rom nc great Tnr
Irowsse y 'lst section No dopei ibo .o
Gal MANU- ciugsfs vs. auie1vor 70 initial.
E"aiy h.. esessd by n srs patent ,at as a.
the ,ruif,.tor vi! have 90 ripart the IA "
material, ano Tie company n.nufsctures
l2,OOJ wagons ANN slly, Uiflsding employ.
ment TO 475 ~ 81 aud using the most
nodsrn maeoiaesy, careless a. TO com
p p;ohi % imil S'f'n' in any part of thu
Mr.. Care left Australia for New Zasl.nd
and Tasmauia-formofly known rs Var
Dieus,.'s L.nd-iu August, staying there
abont three months, where his success IN
plsting the vehicles manufactured by hi:
company was a Repetition vi that Of Aus
trslis. On mis- way to New Zealand Mr.
Case TX pefienced pretty close call. being
wrecked ON = dangerous rect on that coss,
Wher, ouly year before 10 persons had
found waisry grave. Leaving Tasmania,
. o was taken Tor The isl.Ld OF Ceylon
the island OF ELEPHANTS ow under
British rule. While there Mr. Case bee anne
possessed OF many beautiful sam pies OF the
oxQuisIto carving do In that country
: among wnich ore twenty.fuur miniature
elephants tn IVORY add wooh. From Cey.
lon 20 Bombay wss rna next sep for oar
3 American traveller. i mbay IS = city in
India OF some 60 00U inhabitants whose
plant an the sacred coz. No doubt,
ge,t would 90 the eurprise o. the denizens
Of Ni0nigap, and especially Jaokson coun-
~, to 81. N stately csmrl OF enormous Gle.
plant Waking along, dragging behind m
o"Jackson Wagon" or q sacred COW With
IT, sacred hump, trInquiliy chewing its sa-
cred cud or on N shot ~ 4 "pirntat ton
cart" manu- sctur d In Jackson; y this
sight wss seen by our ,n.ssDiis Ig Ameri-
oAh b.fore b, lei, tor. rs usua' mere was
mo difhoui IA p,asi~g the jackson wagons
and Carts, when one seen-
LEAVING bombsy-a den.htful VOYAGE
through tue lrdian ocean aud Le Rsd sen
brought he tourist g. Il ypt. Wal q here
Mr.. vese gae fortunaie enough TO come
the poss. ssor OF an sucisnt scarsbae Din,
that nov adorns his srtrf, reputed to no
$500 years old Ia Cairo and Alexandra
cites OLD when : brisi vas born, the jack
son wagons aud carts found a ready appre-
citation. ana nnpy orders we're sent TO the
drm. From Egypt TO Mslts. from Malta
10 i'm 'eguaos Gibraltar, from Gibrali or
through b sormy Boy Of riscay, where
very roagn wenth'r was enc uttered, and
on whose turbulent b SON Chris mas day
Vas pssss Ito Il gland, lanaing at Ply
mouth the day after Cnrisima. In EGG
land. In add Ion 20 the many wagons con-
eracted Tor, Mr.. Case made large sales o {
che celebrated Webster care " Zone large
shipment 20, ecia " intended for the South
African trsur) which Is dt stiDsd IN the near
1uture 70 enti-rly superseoe the heavy and
oumbersome Engli.h dog cart, which sesm-
I'd slmott u have bee me an institution ia
that country, go tenscioasly have the Eng
lish c'uDs 10 the cart their istners Drove"
Leaving EDrlsnd ~h.re he bad created
what, Tor want OF a better term msy be-
called . vrhicuiar revolution. be bodily in
vndsd the Continent by way OF France,
end. marching on. entered Germany, de-
eosmned 20 show Bismarck that, though
he migf put a. en- Dsrs3 on the A american
hog, vet the Jackson wagon was something