The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-05-08

we tNNitN ht lOTi AntAdlOt huu MfA-
bourne and then arrived al sydney on
February 18th after being at sea for
fifty-seven lays For about fortnight
We were among the iceberg in the
southeru sea. FOR while twelve or
fifteen OF these cold mon sters were in
sight az one time. 4le Of these was
several miles square and four OF FIVE
hundred feet above water. This would
indicate that the burg extended below
the surface about 5000 feet You may
rest assured that this abundant supply
OF ice rendered the water pretty cold
Tor miles around. Our ship took care
TO give them % wide berth ] can assure
you.
When we landed iu Australia they
were having summer and it was very
warm. The chief city iu New South
Wales, sydney, has O population of
about 100000 people. They have a
gren many lin, business blocks built
In modern architecture, while The resi-
idencs portion, parks and boulevards
are very beautiful sydney also has
one OF the Finest ports in Che world
Australia has one thing go repent Of
which has become the curse OF that
productive country refer 20 the Gus
tom there in vogue OF borrowing mon
ey constantly from their brothers in
England They have simply ruined
the industries of the country and con-
ditions are getting worse all the time
There are now tens of thousands of
idle men all over that country tramp
ing for work enough to live. Neither
can they get work enough TO enable
them to get away Their poverty and
rags is a standing curse TO the system.
All who can are leaving and many are
a.
try and conditions which forced the
spending of more money for living than
ii is possible to earn. | met one man
who told me he had been sixteen years
saving sixteen pounds eighty dollarsl
with which to bring him back to Amer
lea Many who succeed IN getting
work find that il only lasts but three
or four months out OF the year, leaving
them sadly short most of the time, The
gold that is found there can only be
mined by the most expensive process
which leaves the poor man out in the
cold again. Some refer to the high
wages but do not mention the expense
of living. | met one Old man who had
just left job because he could get but
one pound (fve dollarsl per week and
his work days were twelve hours.
Now some NAV not understand the
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tion leads to the conclusion that it is
wholly due to the clutch of English
capital upon all Australia. The Eng
lish have a mortgage on nearly the
whole Of that tair country and while
on this subject the same power is get
ing death grip on our own country.
OF course Wall Street is the American
| (?) agent through which the English do
their work, but the result is the same
and that is why we too are having hard
| times. While / voted for Nc Kinley
! last November, then thought it was
for the best and even it may be but
would ADVISE all to carefully analyze
| Me Kinley's official conduct, and If he
is found favoring the money power and
trusts, well-you know your duty.
hope | shall be pardoned, Mr.. Edit
or for thus depressing from the SUD
! ject upon which you requested me to
/ write. but ! have suffered so much and
seen SO very much suffering during my
| travels, brought on by these money
villains in high places that | can't fore
go the temptation TO enter a warning
and protest.
Upon reaching Australia, we were
very fortunate IL finding such "A model
man for American Consulate in Sydney
as Col. Geo. w. Bell, who labored long
and earnestly in helping us TO secure
passage 10 America. This was no easy
matter. / eau assure you, but he was
successful. He always treated me like
a gentleman and he would always sa
lutte us no matter whore we met BY
the way, we soon learned that this cul
ured gentleman was close and warn
old friend of Mr.. Leo Vincent. editor o
r prreentHtlv tie seemed please
To, SO far away from America. meet an
acquaintance of his old friend.
On the 18TH of March we sailed from
Sydney for San Francisco. We stopped
briefly at Auckland, New Zealand
Apia Samo and Honolulu, arriving "a
San Francisco April sth. We were gla,
enough 10 set foot again on American
soil, after for several months hearing
the slurs of the British at our star
and Stripes and the taunts OF being
Yankees We could appreciate thu
pleasant change.
Times in California are very hard, a.
also they seemed 20 be over the entir'
west. So far as | have been able TO Sc,
Oklahoma is as good, and possibly bet
ter than other places.
| have written far more than / in
tended, and yet / have left out mos
of the details. I have written this witt
the hope that some restless persons
who have thought they could bette
their lot by a change, might be con
tent where they are, for they may rui
Z from bad TO worse
I Guthrie, Ok. NJ, +. GRAUPNER.