The Progress., 1892-04-23
HORSES FOR a DOLLAR EACH
inm"n'c Doves of Horscs In Queens
land Usvr urcoms y NuIsnncr.

! land IIsvs urroms e NuIsnncc.
No ono cau buy horse in this city.
says tho Washington star which is
! NJ Tor amy lrrpuao. for loss than 800
/ bro."' down car horse ia wort IA
nearly .hi7 onouu' a horse for 70
| grocer cor. lr row York Chicago
/ or san lwuoI GO will cost from Sl.O
! io 5000 ln pu".u.lund Australia.
however d." horse mprl,ot is AWAY
down a rouul woll hrol,on animal
can v" bought lnr ... Iurmnrs I'm Tho
nior'or cannot afford 90 scud horsos
to brisbane Tor sal" because ordinary
stock will no, h.ug uore than 81. -
per head. 1hoy shoe, thcm instead
Amt whnt ls still more startling thcy
rny Mt tho ratio Of g. coats par hcnd
Tor having thom shot
MI Of these statements arc strictly
correct Tho COLO uf Queen, ,'auL /,
now seriously discussing tho ndyis.
ability OF pnasin- a law imposiu, a
TAX on all stations aud authorizing
tho appointment of inopoc,orl tu 500
that all unlicensed animals nro killed
All over Queensland thoy arc goius TO
keep down horses p5 we keep down
tho suporRbunduuco uf dos IN tho
city ~ Washington. Tho samo stn,a
of affairs holds in some Of tho other
Australian colonies.
Horse breeding in Australia was for
many yonrs remunerativo business
great demand was created hy tho
taking up and occupying of new couu-
Try from tho opening up OF new gold
helds and for tho prosecution Of the
sugar industry
Every one who Ind land began
breeding hOrsos Now tho demand
has ceasol, tho sugar Industry l. do
clinin-, tn mining is stationary and
the owners Of what was formerly now
country nro sellers instead OF buyers.
Tho consequence is that the whole
country Is oycrrun with unaalablo
hors They cunnot bo oa'on like
shocp aud cattle. md boiling down
factory for tho manufacture of gl, .
and other products failed after CON
suming 80. 900 animals
Now, in n somi-wld state. they
overrun tho ontiro interior OF the
colony The beqt,@o' them bring at
auction not moro Than $l3 or $ll a.
dozen. Froporty-hold rs in New South
Wales have relieved themselves Of tho
burden on their grazing lands Ivy
shooting thom. On the Borwon rivor.
within two years between go. 600 and
20, 600 head were destroyed at n cost
20 thoir nominal owners OF % cd per
head. Queensland has now tho same
trouble TO fight A law entitled 'Tho !
Msrsupinls Destruction Act" ia now in
forcs, directed against tho kangaroos. |
TO check the increaso of these nOyioue
animals. But kangaroo skin ,
worth 1915 in the open markst ut
Brisbane.
How much more need Is there then |
OF a horse destruction act when horses
are larger animals cat more are moro
numerous than ksngaroOs and are
nsarly wOrthlessi This il tho question |
which is agitnting the property hold
ers OF Queensland 1T the present time. !
as IL learned from the recent bulletins
of tho department OF agriculture OF |
that colony. WIN IL pay Australians
TO ship these horses 10 tho United |
StatesP The passage TO San Francisco
will take twenty days The Pacific
Ocean Mt certain times ls always |
smooth. One of the Australian steam
ships will probably carry from 700 TO
I. 900 horses ut a trip Tho import |
duty on horses and mules at present
is $50 per head II resolves itself into
n question OF water carriage.