New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-12
A FIELD FOR AMERICANS.
AUSTRALIA OFFERS BIG INDUCEMENTS
OBSERVATIONS or AN AMERICAN CONSUL on AUS


OBSERVATIONS OF An AMERICAN CONSUL ON AUS
ITALIAN AFFAIRS.
Colonel Jones NJ Morgan, United States Con-
sul-Ceneral at Melbourne, has just returned 10
this country on u brief leave Of absence, after a
three years sojoum in Australia. The Coloners
home Is in South Carolina, but he has been stop
ping in this city for few days rest before CON-
plcting his I6,000-milc journey His wife is
with him, and their rooms in the Victoria Hotel
present an interesting exhibition OF Australian
natural history Kangaroo skins plumage OF the
/ Tyre and other strange, beautiful birds, flowers
with names almost as remarkable rs their appear
ancc, together with highly interesting c0llcC-
tiOn OF views illustrating various phases OF Aus
tralian life are strewn around the room giving
and its present rapid DEVELOPMENT.
As representative Of the Government ard a
member. OF the Royal CORA <sion having, in
| charge the great Exposition which opens at Mel
bourne August l, the Colonel naturally feels
keen interest IN that graf undertaking. of tho
success OF which h. has no fears. IL will rank,
he thinks, among the greatest of the worlds falrs
surprising in some respects our Centennial Tx
position, and that Of the French ten years ago.
Its size, as compared with the Sydney EXPOSE
ton, held in 1850, may bc judged from the fact
that whereas the main building at Sydney COW
cred about seven acres, this structure az Mel
bourne will occupy seventeen. and VIII be per-
Inanent building Applications for space were
al to be made before December +. hrt at the re-
unpst Of Colonel Morgan 100, 900 square feet was
laid aside by the directors for American ex-
hibits.
RARE OPPORTUNITIES ROR AMERICANS
Australia" said the Colonel. presents
magnificent field for American enterprise Any
thing at all worthy from this country meets with
cordial reception As rule, our inventions
are preferred to those Of the English. Orr ngri-
cultural implements especially in high favor;
in fact. the whole country Is open TO us, anording
practically an unlimited fed. You must remem-
Der that Australia already presents an advanced
s,aoc Of dcvclOppcnt I confess that 7 went
there under the impression that should ma
things somewhat raw; but | wSS agrceahly mis-
taken. Melbourne has a population or about
$40. 900. although IL is no Older than San Fran
| cisco Its buildings, as you can see by these
photogrl piis imposing as VIII be found
anywhere. The society is refined and cultivated
1t is English Of course, in tone: The business
men are, as enterpr,sng and pnhlic spirited Ia. Is
of ships that go there with lumber have moth.
Sonth American ports All the steamship lines
running there are heavily subsidized, 40 not
how we can ever compete with them. unless
give to our vessels Government aid That ~
will pay us well to do so / haven't donhf: 10
often seemed strange to mc that our business
men do not 90 into Australia more than they do
for the few firms that are pushing things thera
find it q highly lucrative held.'
WONDERFUL POPULARITY or HoRsERAcING
In commenting on the pccularties OF the Aus
tralian people, the Colonel touched on their fond
ness for outdoor sports, especially horse racing
which seems to be the National pastme. or
the 500 900 people in Melbourne he continued,
Il think 7 have sren at least 30. 900 people on
the rncr-tracIls. There are twelve racHtr''cks IN
tho vicinity of Melbourne. and some 81 them are
not surpassed in the world IhG rIemng'g GIN ~,
or any other track in existence IIiry nHcr ns
prizes as high as { 1000, or 81 600 and nmost
Is no even the servant girls think II Incumbent
upon them TO wager their sovereign as wei l5
the rest There are oyer sCo reg 10 ray tpS
seems TO be little gambling OF any other KIM.
such as faro or roulette. The betting spirit seems
to coniine itself wholly to the racetrack Az
some of the stcepcehascs you vii see as many
as forty entries, and there is seldom race where
either q man horse Is not Killed
The SATURDAY half-holiday is an established in.
stitntion in Melbourne just as It Is N L L"nd.l
" It's firmly rooted there added the oo.ohei
" All kinds Of business is suspended at noon on
Saturday. Nobody works after that hour any
more than if it were Sunday Even the dentists Use,
ono employed on Saturday afternoons at any Serl;
Gus labor The custom is so well established
there now that it would ne amos. , Gs S S 70 IT,
100 MANY BuNxIrs MAKE ArsTRALI, UNHAPPY
DESPITE the efforts Of the Colonial Government
and those OF private citizens, the rabbit scourge
still continues to increase. No one has yet como
forward to claim the 10000 reward offered by
the Australian authorities for plan to get ria
of the nuisance They are fairly eating up the
country converting the sheep pastures into deS-
crts and rendering the work Of the farmer often,
times so much labor lost. You VIII see acres anu
acres of the country laid waste remarked Colo
mel Morgan. The rabbits not only eat tho the
Snisb q fe,d II is as bare rs that floor. There is
fortune ' for any man who will devise scheme
for their determination. Tie will not only geo
the ST OO, 900 from the Government: but can MAKE
n hundred times as much from the landowners
and shccpraiscrs. It's remarkabl s fact thas
dozen pairs brought to Australia by I'm English
gentleman about fifteen years ago People iHl
them there by the hundreds, but stil they m
crease and mnltipl, at rate that ecipses all the
efforts of the English sparrow in this country
The Colonel and Mrs Morgan will return to Aus
trala early in April