The Portland daily press., 1899-02-22

Industrial Opening. In shs leland Cone
tfnens.
From John piummsr's Australian Cor
respondence

respondence
OF the many who are continually
making their way to Australia in search
Of the opportunities for employment. only
few, very few, have the necessary ex-
perience and energy required for initiat-
ing OF developing the thousand and one
smaller, yet remunerative, forms OF In
dustry, which, In other and older coun-
tries. afford profitable .ocoupatioun to q
large population Of frugal, far-seeing and
reeourceful people. IL is In the country,
not the town. that the best chances OF the
A australian settler are to DO found. Not.
outstanding the vicissitudes Of climate,
the capabilities OF the soil are unlimited.
In New South Wales almost eyery de-
scription of crop known In Europe and
the United States can be grown with ease.
Take tobacco, for instance. The suitabil-
ity of the soil for tobacco cultivation has
long been an ascsrtained fact. A leading
authority has stated that nature has pro-
vided parts Of New South Wales with
capitalization growing tobacco which are
not excelled In any part Of the world;
yet, from want OF proper knowledge OF
the methods of cultivation and curing,
the industry remains In an undeveloped
state. Coffee and other sub tropical crops
can be raised as easily as sugar. which.
in the northern portions of the colony
has for years proved rem lucrative
branch Of Industrial activity. In the
same district small Italian colony has
shown what can be done In the way OF
silk growing and olive cultivation. AL
though the olive can be reared without .he
slightest difficulty in most parts of the
colony nearly tho whole Of the fruit con-
sumed by the colonists is imported from
southern Europe. IL Is the same with
sarsaparilla, the bulk of the colonial sup
ply coming from the United States, al
though In the colony it grows in such
profusion as to be regarded as weed.
The lime. like every other description OF
citrus fruit, grows freely in most parts
Of. the colony, yet very little lime juice IL
manufactured, the imports during 1897
being 81. 1872 gallons, the exports 1921 gal
Ions, representing the produce OF other
colonies.
An ex port trade in oranges has been
initiated, but the prospects of successful
development would be rendered more GER
tain by the assistance OF settlers familiar
with the methods of cultivation, grading
and packing common In the countries Of
the Mediterranean. Flower farming Is
another industry of the future. All the
more fragrant kinds OF flowers. EURO
pean, and American, grow In marvellous
profession In New South Wales, and In
places with luxuriance unknown else
where yet their cultivation for use IN the
preparation of essential oils and perfumes
remains 10 It's elementary stage. During
the season violets are as abundant In the
vicinity of sydney as are buttercups or
daisies In an English meadow. Agricul-
tural, flower and other seeds. to the value
of ei3, 440, were imported during 1897 1.-THE
cultivation of the seeds being an industry
confined TO IA few establishments. which
supplement their own production by i'm
portations, mostly from London, and
often of an unsuitable kind. That India
ru bier can be grown in the warmer parts
of the colony has been conclusively proved
| yet none have undertaken It's cultivation
other than by way of experiment.
Again, the coastal and inland waters OF
| the colony abound with edible fish, OF ex-
cellent flavor, yet the value of the pre-
served fish produced in the colony, export
| ed during 1897, WAS only 1890, Victoria
| being the principal customer; while the
| imports, mostly from the United King
dom and America, reached total OF
eia6, 4O7. nearly the whole going into local
| consumption Scores of similar instances
| III ight be adduced, showing that while
many avenues of employment ARE over
crowded, ,and likely to continue so, there
are others capable of absorbing a consider
able amount ,of labor for many years to
come. with mutual advantage toan con-
oerned.