Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
,,on Correspondence Of Tie Dssee News By Frant Carpenter

II does moro business than Havre. the
chief port of France. Several American
firms have houses in sydney and trans
ship our goods from there to all parts
of Australia.
But what do we sell away down there
below the equator? A recent shipment
of one of the big san Francisco steam
ers included 400 tons of sewing ma
chimes, 1000 tons of fencing wire, 400
tons OF roll paper. and $4,000 cases and
l,5OO barrels of Kerosene. There were
also rifles, guns and revolvers, tons of
Philadelphia lawn mowers, Chicago
reapers, wagons knocked down, coffee
mills and all sorts of patent medicines
Another cargo arrived about the same
time. bringing "a locomotives from
Wilmington, Dell 700 tons OF paper and
1000 tons of other manufactured goods.
This last shipment weighed 10000 tons,
ana was valued at Sl,O0O,O00.
OUR FARM TOOLS IN AUSTRALIA.
About two years ago Travelled over
the greater part of eastern Australia. |
found our reapers and mowers for sale
IN every town and was told that the
Australians liked our farm tools. So
far only the heavy agricultural machin-
cry is being properly pushed The Nc
Cormlcks the behring's and others of
our implement firms work Australia as
carefully as they do their home terri
tory and they have to fight for every
inch Of the ground with the Canadian
and European exporters, Nevertheless
they have the bulk of the business and
they make a good profit.
The same should be the case with
the lighter farm tools. All sorts of
farm implements, plows, hoes, forks
and rakes might be sold in large guam
titles as well as every class of Amer
lean goods made Of iron and steel. Our
carpenter tools are popular Seven
tenths OF all the saws used I'm that part
of the world come from the United
states, and the American AK Is consid-
cred the best in the market.
SALES TO GOVERNMENTS.
Among the biggest purchasers of
Australasia are the colonial and mu-
ncipal governments. They control the
railroads and buy in quantity for both
the electric and the steam roads. SO
that our steel trust drummers can
make big sales If they know how to
work the officials. As il Is now Amer.
lean engines are used on many of the
INES and some tracks are laid with
%NihNi lNhh ldilNs ntIt are "a Few Bull-
man cars and other kinds of American
rolling stock. Australasia has now
about $4,000 miles of tracks and the
governments are pushing the roads in
different directions to develop the
country.
government sales can also be made in
New Zealand, where American goods
are especially favored because of the
speedy filling of orders. The English
manufacturer wants years time 10
supply given number of engines while
the American will furnish them within
a month or so after getting the order
This Is so as to bridges, dredges and
the materials for public works.
EASY FOR DRUMMERs.
The Australian field is about the cas-
lest to work of all the fields washed by
the Pacific ocean. The drummer who
goes to China. Japan on other countries
is bothered by the languages and the
strange customs of the people. Aus
traia is a second America. Business Is
done there In about the same way as
at home, every one speaks English and
special favors are given to commercial
travellers on most of the railroads n
reduction of 20 per cent is made on
drummers' tickets and there is a spec
cial rate for their baggage At the ho-
tells drummers are charged but 81 a day
and they are usually treated with
greater respect than other guests.
In all the larger cities Of Australia
and New Zealand you viii find some
Americans. Melbourne especially has
many. whose fathers came In from San
Francisco when gold was first discover
ed. Some Of them made fortunes. They