Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-20

tralla for American trade. lhe
country Is Just ripe for the adj
vent Of our drummers. The peo-
pie are friendly and every Amer
lean salesman have met ID do
ing good business. We sell over
si2,0OO,OOO worth Of goods an
nually in New saouth Wales or more
than $50 per family OF the population
American goods are sold in all the
stores and American farm implements
are used on nearly every farm. Three
fourths Of the reapers and mowers come
from the United States There are thou
sands of American plows, and tens OF
thousands Of our axes and saws. the
Australians like our hatchets. They
call them tomahawks, and evidently
think We got the pattern from the In
dams. Our carpenters tools are In de-
mand. especially augurs, bits and
braces, and sevenfenths of all the saws
come from Philadelphia.
AMERICAN NOTIONS FOR THE
AUSTRALIANS.
American notions are sold every"
where. In Townsville, in northeastern
Australia. saw patent camp chairs
with the Yankee trademark on them,
our cuff clasps and collar buttons are
In common use and there are all sorts
Of knick -knacks, marked American and
sold as such. dropped into a store
the other day which advertised Ameri-
can candies, and asked the tall young
lady clerk from what city they were
imported. She replied that they were
made in Sydney, but they called them
American because they thought this
would make them sell better.
The Australians smoke American TO-
bacco. They use flnecut and plug, shay
ing off the plug for their pipes The
brands sold are almost unknown In the
United States, showing that the mar
ket IL quietly worked by some OF our
little known tobacco firms, the larger
ones not realizing the extent of this
market. In New Guinea our tobacco
IL used as money. SO many plugs VIII
buy you a dinner. a suit OF clothes or
a wife, the tobacco currency being more
common than gold and silver The CT
gnrs smoked bv the Australians chiefly
come from Manila, and the trade IN
Philippine tobacco Is growing.
THE BEST sPENDERs ON EARTH,
have spoken Of the New Zealanders
as spenders The Australians are quite
rs extravagant. IN New South wales
the average is over $500 per year for
each family. The people OF all classes
dress well and live well, The women
OF Melbourne know how to put on their
clothes as well as those Of any city OF
similar size in the United States Many
OF them wear American shoes. paving
a duty OF 70 cents on every pair. They
wear costly hats and bonnets, and In
midwin,er nearly every girl has her
furs. The business men, ms a rule,
wear silk hats and good clothes. The
hitting Is not quite as fine as that OF our
American tailor. but far better than
that OF London. Clothes cost about as
much IN Melbourne and Sydney as In
New York. and American styles seem
10 be In demand.
AMERICAN PRINTING PAPER,
A great deal Of our lumber comes to
Australia, not only In the shape Of
boards and logs. but In paper, and now
the Australian newspapers are printed
on American wood pulp. Many Of the
publishers use American type With
In the past few years the linotype has
been coming In, and a salesman OF one
OF the American firms tells me that he
has scattered such machines through
out the colonies. lie gets about $500
for each machine. end does a business
which Is largely cash.
The leading American typeWriters are
well known here. Some Of the agencies
have business colleges connected With
them. and rent and sell machines In
the same way as In America You can
buy all kinds OF American cameras
here. and the American bicycle Is 20
be seen everywhere. 50 far no wagons
20 speak o. have been imported but
there IL a good demand for parts Of our
carriages and wagons. and J think this
field might be developed.
The Australian Is fond Of show. He
likes a good horse and a good buggy.
and some Of the rubber tired rigs which
are now being made In America might
be sbld here at a profit.
One OF the best pushers Of American
trade in Australia Is our consul az sgd
ney. George W. Bell lie Is well ac-
ouainted with the markets and u Do
ing considerable good. He tells me that
many OF our goods sold here are
marked as made in Germany and that
some OF the lmportations come via
London. This Is so Of fencing wire,
both barbed and smooth, Of which a
vast deal Is used. and also Of silver
plAted ware, watches and clocks.
n vooisnA sottons and other cloths