Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-22

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tralia and Now q ,aland. watch claim
to offer superior inducements to any
country In the world to industriou,
settlers. The premier Of New Zealand
II. J. Seldom, who was in this city
recently, points out In strong terms
the advantages Of bis county. a
part OF the business of his trip to Eng
land is to improve these by securing 9
quicker service Of mail aud passenger
ships across the Pacific, and by pro-
noting the propose cable which is TO
unite Australia, New Zealand, the
Samoan ialsnd,, the Hawaiian isiand s
ana Vancouver, u. O., binding them
all Ia nm essentially Engllah CONNER
clal influence, now being brought Into
activity. the pivotal points OF which
shall be in England, Canada, the
English Aus!ralleian Colonies, British
India and the African possessions.
Nor is Australia Inactive 40 this
business, particularly the matter OF
securing Immigrants, for the Greens.
land government has in this country a
commercial agent, Joseph ID. Russell,
who hopes to induce large number
OF farmers and skilled artisans to emil
crate from the United States to
Queensland.
No doubt the Australian continent
ofiera good field Tor emigrants from
the crowded districts OF other parto OF
the world, although there Is some
crowding there In such cities as Mel
bourne and Sydney. There are In
New Zealand and Australia vast
stretches Of comparative deserts, and
large areas that may be brought uu-
der cultivation by iudicious system
of irrigation; anu great development
is now going on there. Take, for In
stance the colony OF Queensland,
Australia, as the statistics are given
officially by the government com
mercial agent, MIR. Russell. He states
that there is an abundance Of good
government land that may be rente l
or purch ased ut a small figure. Out OF
6GS. 497 square miles o. iand In the
colony, the government has sold thus
far only 22,205 square miles. Over
100000 square miles have been lfased,
ana there remains nearly 100000
square miles open to settlement. The
mineral deposits In tbs colony ere
rich and varied. They consist o: tin,
copper anu precious metals In abun.
dance. During the year 1896 thers
was exported 1900 tons OF tin valued
at 100000. and other exports are
given as folow,: Wool, $4,000 ions,
valued at sl5,0o0.oOO; $4,000 tons Of
tallow, valued at sS,0O0,00J, 10000
tons OF sugar, only portion OF which
was exported and brought s422, 600;
skinp. Sl,O0O.0O0; hides, 81 1000
fruits, 100000. What is wanted Ia
energy and some capital to develop
the natural resources of the country;
and for these efforts are bsing made to
secure emigrants from among the
middle classes OF the United States
and elsewhere, who may not bs psr.
iectly Satisfied with the financial
conditions that exist here.
But with all tbs advantages that
are offered in the Australian or other
colonies, the industrious man In
the United States who has a little
capital which he seeks to expen d
In building up his fortune In "a
new country" can do better in his own
land than anywhere else. There is
not an inducement that can be offered
by an outside place that ia not dupll-
Gated right here in the West; while
the drough, the famine, ana the caiam.
itous valuations that have visited
and are visiting every part OF the
globe bear more lightly upon the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast
region than upon any other part oil
esrth--so lightly that here such visit
tations cannot be classed as caiamitous
In comparison with other places. II a
man who resides In the western part
OF the United States knows when he
is well fl In the matter of industrial
and financial opportunities, he will
not think OF leaving for any other
part OF the world to make home.