Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-23
Cyrus Brownlee Newton Tells the
News of Some Experiences
In the Antipodes Recently.
THE BEGGARS IN AUSTRALIA.
He Paints Dismal Picture of the
Effects of Drought Lectures
TO Students Today.

Cyrus BrOwnlee Newton, the humof-
Gus entertainer who is to appear before
the students OF the state University
and the l., ID. S. U. at Baratt hail this
afternoon at o'clock talked freely
to the News" AT the Kenyon hotel
this morning about his travels In AUS
tralasia and Hawaiian Islands when
he appeared in the larger cities recent
ly.
In regard to the Hawaiian Islands
Prof Newton says that the Islands are
not as prosperous as before annexation.
This he claims Is due chiefly to the
fact that the sugar planters can no
longer employ cheap Chinese contract
labor as in former years. The Jap
anese who are poorer laborers, have
taken the place of Chinese laborers and
receive about double the wages the
Cinnamon used to be paid Further
more several dry seasons, also decline
IN the price of sugar have brought about
tightness in the money market in
Honolulu. He said. 1T Is Il remark
able fact that the Japanese are driv-
ing the white merchants in the Ha-
walan Islands to the wall These
Japanese merchants whose wants for
existence are so few and who are
very frugal. industrious people are
able to successfully compete in many
lines with the white merchant
NEW ZEALAND RESOURCES.
Mr.. Newton spoke In most glowing
terms about the beauty and great re-
sources OF New Zealand. THE climate
is very mild" he said, the soil rich and
abundance of rain all the year make
New Zealand probably the paradise for
sheep and cattle men. The present
prosperity of New Zealand commenced
about 10 years ago II was about AT
that same period that the present
Premier Dick Leddon was elected and
during his administration many OF the
laws tending towards socialism were
lnaugurated. Some OF the laws have
proven benefit to the poorer classes.
II In New Zealand man owns 10000
acres OF land and In order to reduce his
| taxes assesses Ii below its real value,
then the government has a right to
purchase his land at the taxable value
| that the proprietor placed on land. the
result has been that many of the very
large tracts of land have been pur-
! chased by the government and cut into
40 acre farms Furthermore the New
| Zealand government would demand
! only a small payment on the land ana
| grant the small farmer easy terms OF
| payment and low rate OF interest not
exceeding three and half per cent
OLD AGE PENSIONS.
"other laws enacted have been un-
| wise. Among To | would mention
| chiefly old age pensions. This law m
! surfing a person reaching certain age
| a pension from the government proyid-
! ing they possess less than certain
amount of money, has made many OF
the people reckless who would other
wise be economical The labor element
dominates politics. In some respects II
| is becoming as tyrannical as monopo'
| lists are In this country During the
/ past 10 years more factories have been
| closed than opened, In Auckland
/ where 10 years ago there were -four
boot and shoe factories today
there are none. This destruction of
boot and shoe manufacturing interests
was brought about by many unreason-
| able demands Of the laborng class,en-
| acted into laws The claim OF the so
cialists that the present general pro
sperity is due to the trend OF socialistic
| laws there | fear Is a mistake. MY
opinlon IL that New Zealand's prosperi-
! ty today is due chiefly to the invention
of the frozen meat process which to-
day enables the New nealander to ship
mutton and beef To the British mar
! ket,