The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-27
70 STUDY YANKEE NAYS
AN AUSTRALIAN MILLER GETTING
POINTERS ON AMERICAN
METHODS
NO ELEVATORS IN HIS LAND
Government Owns the Railroads,
and All Grain Is Handled in
Bags-May Adopt
Elevators.

Direct from Australia, investigating the
Yankee system of handling cereals,
Thomas Wise, of Sydney, Is registered
at the Merchants and will today visit
Minneapolis to inquire into milling meth
ods
Mr.. Wise is a miller and Is combining
business with pleasure in his trip to
america All wheat in the English island
is handled in bags, such a thing as an
elevator or wheat car being quite I'M
known. The British government owns
the railroads and must be shown, before
it'Will make any change in the present
system, that the proposed change to The
American system of elevators is. or will
De, OF benefit to the producer. Mr.. Wise
said:
m; Inc m1ddleman cuts but little figure
Inc English government is Willing fo
1. nHA1 ana chanse for Improvement that
WIN pe OF material assistance or advan-
1ase 10 the farmer or producer Railroad
commissioner ,Matieson, of Victoria. and
MI; Ohv1er, superintendent Of railways,
official capacity, looking into the Amer
lean system of elevators and terminals
TOT the purpose of making a report to
th .eo government on the subject.
On. Yes; We still have the rabbits with
0S ne government has spent millions
VI " uoIars trying to get rid of them. and
o the Drought, together with the vigorous
- ~ usaue, mas been Qite effectual in keep
ing down the pest in some localities
Near the seaports canning factories have
Deeh established, and some thrifty Eng
hhisnmen are turning the plague into a
, D1J5Slt1s s4 wen, yes, We could make a
STARVING India If the rabbits could onIV
-oe transferred to the famine-stricken
country, or even If they would thrive
there But they will not, and we still
have to contend with them. ORIGINALLY
they were introduced as game, but multi
pied so rapidly that they soon became
anything but that
from what have seen of the Western
part Of the United States l think the
chances for success about as good as
they are in Astralia. Business has been
quite good, but the country has suffered
to great extent from the drought,
which, up to this spring, had lasted
about three years. About a. quarter of
the sheep on the island persisted, amount
ing to something like 100000 900 head.
Social conditions in Australia are very
healthy. The climate is good, and the
people are enthusiastic over horse racing,
cricket and football, but golf has NOT
been introduced. The law requires that
stores close at o'clck in the evening,
and every employer is required to give
ms employees a half holiday each week.
He must specify the day and always
close on the day named
federation is being formed of all the
colonies of Australia, which have here
tofore been governed by a separate set
OF officers. Under the new arrangement
the judicial, legislative and executive de-
partments are very similar to those of
Canada, and the same tariff will prevail
over each of the six colonies, where pre-
viousfy each had an individual tariff and
set of officers
Under favorable conditions the average
wheat crop of the country will foot about
50060,00O, of which about 10000, 900 will be
for export. The price of wheat in Aus
tralia is based upon the London price,
the market one way or the other
Comparatively, living is higher in the
United States than in Australia, although
1 think wages are little higher here
also.