Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-12
AUSTRALIA.
an ENTERTAINING LETTER FRO IhA
WORLDS FAIR COMMISSION R.
ri rampb,u Discusses SIus Economic Matters
yrv Fa.sriaininsly, and Po;ns Out the Error
Of One American Way-A Bsaat'al
and Prosperous Country Described.
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- rsnbling disconnected style, as l
Ioya been ON the wing for the last
month: have visited the capitals oil the
four colonies OF New South Wales, VIC
toria south Australia and Queensland.
STba distances are wide, and there Is
much that / would like 10 write tnaI
would be OF interest to the genera
reader. Il IS hard to realize that we
are working here in this Southern item
isnbere while our people in busy AmerI-
"a are sleeping, and that the Iurther
we 90 North the hotter the weather
The expression here. "as cold as the
Sonth Pole" is rather odd. some Iour
weeks since we left Adelaide to Visit
brisbane. the capital OF Queensland,
some two thousand miles distant.
We had our choice Of ronteS either By
sea or rail. We took the rail- via MeI-
bourpe and Sidney, and here let me say
of tbe railroads in these colonies OF
which have written in former letters,
that they are well constructed, careful
" managed and ali operated by the
Governments. Everything is made trst-
class at the beginning, station houses
ALWAYS cut stone, roads spiendldiy pal
y
Ia SEED and every modern improvement
in railroad end telegraph line has oeen
adopted. The road from Adelaide TO
Melbourne. $50 miles is as perfect as
our Pennsylvania Central and makes as
good time. The examination or bag
gage In passing from one colony TO an
other is very annoying, and 1t is TO be
boued that with the federation Of the
colonies this will be abolished.
QUEENSLAND Is AN EMPIRE
containing 426, 4O3, $40 acres OF main
land. The climate is tropical, and IS
no doubt the heslthiest country on the
face OF the earth possessing such a
climate. No fear Of yellow fever or, In
fact. of any other kind of fever. No
malaria exists there. The inhabitants
of the colony look healthy and seem
never TO consider one season OF the year
more healthy than another. Grass
crows luxuriantly, and sheep produce
fine wool, as fine as any in the world as
far north as latitgde IS degrees. En-
route from Sydney TO Bisbane, DIS
lance Of 722 miles, you pass through
the great coal mining dis
trict of New South Wales. This city
has about 10000 inhabitants, and has
solid and thrifty appearance. In pass
ing along this route we trGVerSed the
Darling Downs country, the most mag
nifcent agricultural and grazing coun-
try that 10 has ever been my fortune to
see. Grass az this season or the year
(sprinC) green and luXuriant, and eX-
actly like the bluegrass regions around
Kentucky.
At one point, Ben LOmond, you are
4 All feet above sea level. Here the air
is bracing at all seasons Of the year. In
the Darling Downs country You see i'm
mense wheat and corn fields, Indian
corn or maize, as they call il here, and
steam plows running. The country is
well fenced, and i'm the fields you see
thousands, l may say hundreds OF
thousands OF splendid sheep and cattle.
Shorthorn cattle OF the best blood.
Sheep and cattle have increased in as
founding numbers in the last few years.
Oueenland in 1890 had 1S,207, 234 sheep;
5,55S, 264 horned cattle, 365, SIP horses,
and g6, $50 hogs. Time and space will
rot admit Of my giving you detailed
statistical statement OF the sugar and
nOlasses product; also OF the wheat,
corn, oats and hay. The wine and trop-
cal fruits, oranges, bananas and pine
apples exported Besides this, she pro-
iuces all kinds Of vegetables to perfec-
ton. Potatoes, sweet and IriSh,' in
great quantities. Moreover, she has
some of the richest gold fields in Aus
trclia.
THE GOOD HEALTH
IF the Colony is attributed to the vast
forests Of eucalyptus timber which is
said TO absorb malaria. The great want
of the Colony is labor. The Govern
meut has prohibited the importation of
any more Indian or Kanaka labor.
The Chinese are. taxed out, and as a
matter of course, the sugar planters
aud farmers are az the mercy of the
abOr element now there. IL struck me
'orcibly what q blessing IL would be to
the planting and farming interests of |
this magnificent country, il they could |
import some of those able-bOdied |
aud some native Africans. who |
low roam the forests of their native !
country and live upon the spontaneous
growing fruits and eat the raw fish OF |
he sea. III they could be brought here, |
lad by compulsory labor directed by !
Anglo-SaXon brains, they could be made |
/ blessing TO themselves and to the |
'ivilzed world. These worthless |
vretches would be civilized and !
7bristianiZed, and add TO the |
Fealth and comfort and general |
Welfare Of all mankind. The imports !
v the Australian Colonies for 1890 |
mounted % 1882, 299, 1865 and the eX- |
PORTS TO S3l2,0 7O,S15. The imports into |
Victoria, the ProtectiOniSt Colony, were |
iIl4,77O, 075, and into Free Trade New |
south Wales SlO6 $50, 1875. The exports |
rom Victoria were only SOC, 33l, 10, and /
rom New South Wales SlO9,626, TO |
the quantity Of wool exported from the /
Australian Colonies last year was 6O3,- |
$50, $50 pounds OF the value OF Sl21,- !
'6,, 600, and the breadStufIS 19,S5O,O4S |
bushels.
THESE FIGURES ARE CORRECT,
or n there is any one characteristic /
possessed by the Australian, it is accu-
scy in his statements. IL SQuatter /
ellis you he has so many sheep or so /
many cattle you may rest assured he has
old you the truth. There is no exag-
,eratiOn in such statements. Their /
looks show you the exact numbers stat
"a. Ii has only been year or two since
market has been found for these vast
locks Of sheep and herds of cattle.
&efrigerating establishments are being
,uilt in several OF the colonies and i'm
nense contracts have already been made
With refrigeratiQg ship companies TO
AIRY this frozen beef and mutton 10
gland, Ireland and Scotland. -Four
-earS ago in New Zealand you could
purchase splendid mutton sheep for