Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-17
NEW ZEALAND
A Country OF Which We Ameri.
cans KnOw But Little.
Valuable Information from Our
Consul There.

the Country IS Something Enormous.
Should Not Be Discontinued Organized
! Labor.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-In a series OF
reports to the state department from
Auckland, New Zealand, United States
Consul Connolley furnishes some valu-
able information. Speaking of the wool
growing industry in New Zealand, he
says that the number Of sheep exported
last year with and without wool,
! amounted to 1854 .2S1, valued at $685.
040. Thirty thousand eight hun.
dred and twenty-six of the above mum
Der were shipped to the west coast of
America, San Francisco, of the value of
So, ,055.
The total value Of wool exported from
| 1880 to 1889, inclusive was 1907 ,622, ,565.
! The wool export for 1880 was 66, 800, 150
pounds, valued at $17,473, ,450, whilst
the returns for 1889, show the wool
shipments to be 1922 1854 pounds,
| (S28, ,037 ,007) an increase during the ten
years of $10,563, ,550 He is. of the
opinion, he says, that American wool
buyers could buy iii this market and ship
direct to New York or Boston much
cheaper than they could buy in London.
1t is reasonable to presume that the
London or middleman's commission,
together with the cost of transhipment
from London to New York, would at
least be saved. If wool buyers on the
continent find it profitable to purchase
their wool from first hands, he says,
then would not American manufacture
ers find it equally advantageous TO pur-
sue similar course? The experiment
seems worthy the consideration of these
engaged in wooden manufactures.
The total value of imports from the
United States during 1889 amounted to
$1,712, 1870, an increase over the preced-
ing year of $g6, ,S35. The value of the
exports to the United States during the
same period was 81, ,706, $3.50, thus show
ing the balance of trade to be 5000 in
our favor at the close of last year.
New Zealanders, says Mr.. Connolley,
keenly appreciate the Importance of Gre
ating friendly intercourse with the peo-
pie of the United States, and they have
demonstrated this by subsidizing line
of American steamers to run between
San Francisco and the colonies. For
years this colony has borne the brunt of
the expense of maintaining direct COM
munication with the United States with
out material assistance from amy other
source.
New Zealand has at last become
wearied of bearing the burden which a
continuance Of the service singie-handed
must necessarily entail, whilst others,
practically speaking, reap the benefit.
1t has therefore been determined to dis
continue the subsidy to the San Fran
cisco service, but, before doing so, the
government of New South Wales was
invited to join New Zealand in defray-
ing portion of the expenses. This
necessitates the abandonment Of the San
Francisco mail line.
This is indeed, a great misfortune, as
the line cannot live without outside as
sistance; and, if it is withdrawn. alto
gether, it will work great hardship to
many American interests in the colonies
The withdrawal of the Oceanic com
pany's steamers would be death blow
to American progress in the South Pa
cific. 1t would tend to ALLEVIATE the
friendly desire to trade with the United
States that at present happily exists. 1t
would require years of determined and
unremitting effort to re-estabIish the
friendship and prestige that we at pres
ent enjoy in these seas.
Speaking Of organized labor in New
Zealand, Consul Connolley says that the
condition of the New Zealand laborer is,
perhaps, as comfortable as any of his
class in the world Wages are reason
ably high, and produce cheap. The
climate is mild . and equable, thus add
ing additional comforts to his lot. He
has more privileges than are obtainable
in any other country. He works less
hours in. the week and receives more pay
in proportion to the number of hours he
tolls than he would in most countries.
He is well housed and clothed; in fact,
ne is well provided for in every respect.
He is not degraded because he tolls for
livlihood. His children are educated at
the expense Of the state, even the higher
branches of education being open to the
poorest child in the colony. All may
graduate at the universities of New
Zealand at the expense of the tax
payers