The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-28
HOTEL GOSSIP.

"The federation of the Australian
colonies VIII be an accomplished fact
within the next two years" said John
II. Rogers of Townsville North Queens
land, at the Knutsford last night. The
American idea of federation seems TO
be that Australia viii cut loose from
the mother country. In that lcea
Americans err grievOUsly, for 1 never
heard such a thing mentioned in Aus
tralia-all we ask for is to govern our
selves and TO allow England tO-send US
out a governor general and governors
over each of the colonies in the an
tipOdes.' Mr.. Rogers, accompanied by
his wife. is en- route home. via Japan
and Manila, from attending the COM
merciaI congress in Philadelphia, which
adjourned on Nov. I, 1899. The Queens
lander, who was sent by his govern
ment as the Queensland delegate TO
the convention. has been leisurely
travelling toward the setting sun since
that date, and visiting the commercial
and manufacturing centers Of the Unit
&c States en- route. He proposes to
visit Toxic and Manila ere he reaches
home. with the object in view Of estab-
fishing branch hardware houses in
those centers. WI .ch viii be directed by
him at Townsville from the headqUar-
tiers. He said last night; People don't
know what we have got in Queensland.
In the first place, we practically en-
perpetual summer: then we have eT5-y
metal known. with the exception Ct
platinum. perhaps. Within the area
200. coo square miles we have 5000
acres Of lard set apart by the govern
ment as mineral lands. One little min
twenty miles ride from Townsville.
produces e1,000 600 IN gold per year,
while another pays siZpence per share
every month on 800. Gee shares.
We have thousands of acres devoted
to sugar culture. while our pearl-sheH
industry employs 5000 men, We can
further sell you all the cattle you want
To buy at SO per heaG-in fact, we boil
them down for beef extract at Towns
vile For a young man / know no
place better than Queensland, for when
he gets 70 be IS years of age he can
sit in the shade and let the boys do
the work
Mr.. Rogers says that the colonists
feel particularly aggTieved because
Britain did not accept their prOffer of
men to fight the Beers. He said last
night that when the call came, 10000
rough riders in Queensland alone volun-
teered for service. and out Of that num-
Der but 800 were accepted by the i'm
& lNA4eA a-aAtEltN " AtAA rtrAtp AA1Al AA1
colonials4 Mr. Rogers says that they
would run Dom Paul over the equator.
James J. Atkins Of the Eaton, HUI
I bert PAPER company of Pittsfield, Mass.
who is conceded TO be the star paper
man who comes out west. is CHARTERED
at the Kenyon. Mr.. Atkins sand last
night that the paper trust bought out
the Pittsfield mills q few months ago
again last fall. as the lines Of goods
manufactured were Of such a class that
the trust concluded that there were
practically no competitors in the field.
To illustrate the hustling pr0clivities
Of the paper man. il is related that
when the volunteers We're in camp at
the Preside. San Francisco, prior to
starting 10 the Philippines. that Atkins
ordered at his own risk two carloads
Of a certain brand OF foreign CORE
spondence paper. On the arrival of the
goods he loaded Up two cases. valued
at So. upon a truck. and proceeded 70
dis -ibute It gratis among the soldiers
At the same time he placed lots in all
the stationery stores in San Francisco
with the result that ere the boys in blue
departed for the Orient. the two car
loads were practically sold out As a
result from the speculation, at this time
these brands Of paper are. 20 all intents
and purposes. excluding rival goods on
the Pacific coast. while they are ex-
clusively used in Honolulu and Manila
Atkins carries with him on his present
trip 500 different and distinct SAMPLES
of fine stationery, not 10 speak OF the
various shades and tints in each sam
pie He said last night. The scent
tab has practically gone out Of the mar
ket, owing t. the unprecedented rise in
the price Of paper. and the end Is not
yet: you viii understand how Il is when
] say that the pasteb0ard which is used
for the backs Of tablets has gone M
$50 a ton. and everything has gone IN