The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-20

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Do Not Oppose Our Invasion

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic
Washington. Dec. ls.-The prospect Is
that the United States will push their ior-
eign trade during the coming year as
never before.
The home market is almost elutted. ana
II our factories are to keep ousy .iies
must make goods for the world OUTSIDE.
have described the markets OF EUROPE
where our trade amounts to ABOUT
billion dollars year, ana nave also
written of our invasion of South America.
In this letter / will point out our pos
sibilities on the other side of the globe.
In the first place. take Australasia.
American trade there is advancing pS
leans and bounds. but the market Is ap
preciated by only about two score oi
American firms, who do most OF the busi-
ness.
The field is open to all.
The Australians are the neares' like
Americans of any people on earth.
They have the same wants, and. more
than that, they have the money to satisfy
them.
They have more than s1500oo.0o0 in their
savings banks alone. or on the average
one such account for every family.
In New zealand every family annually
takes about sos worth of American goods
and in the Province of New South "ans'
the greatest of the Australian states~ the
sales Of our goods amount on the average
to $50 per family.
Think Of a state where every man.
woman and child is annually consuming
$40 worth Of our products. and you se'
some idea of the favor in which our man.
ufactures are held there
cav manufactures. for that IS what
Australasia buys.
It produces the same raw materials Una.
We do in the shape of wheat ana wool
and the precious metals. and /. mas no
great factories and mis- 10 eat "p '''
cotton. iron or coal.
Indeed. the Australasfans spend apout
as much money as any people on the lace
of the globe. =.
The minimum wage in many parts OF
the country is S1.70 a day, and In others
it is s. day and over
The wages of mechanics are high. ana.
all together. the people are as well PAID as
any on earth.
CONTINENT RUN ON
EIGHT-HOUR BASIS.
In addition to this. the continent Is run
on the eight-hour basis.
The people have plenty OF leisure ana
many holidays, during which they spend
money and. as a result they have for
eirn trade of enormous proportions IN
comparison to the population. -
This trade amounts to about Ssoo.onV0
=. year. and that for people who number
1ust about 100000.
The single State of New South Wales
&c now importing foreign goods to the
amount of 1874. 900. 900.
victoria is buying almost $4,000. oec. New
zealand $50OOO,0oO and the little island OF
Tasmania $lo.ooo.ooo.
Western Australia: annually consumes
foreign goods to the amount OF $sSVV'eo'
south Australia $40o0O.0O0, and Queens
land the wild West Of Northern Austria
liza. is paying for foreign goods $S4,OOo,oo
per year.
All these countries are selling more than
they are buying. They are laying up
money as we'll as spending II. and are
getting richer and richer every year.
I wish could take you to the New Iork
Of Australia and show you the enormous
ships lying in the harbor.
There are 1o.0U-ton vessels from London.
Hamburg. MMseilIss and the other great
European ports and smaller vessels from
India. China. Japan and the Islands OF
the South seas.
There are 60O1-ton boats from San Fran
cisco and vessels Of equal size from South
Africa.
Sydney has already $4,000 people. and it
grows like the bean stalk up which little
Jack climbed to fight the giants.
Sydney stands about third among the
great British cities in trade.
1t is only exceeded by London and Liver
pool, ard it does more business than
Havre. the chief port OF France.
Several American firms have houses in
Sydney and transship 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 steamers included 400 tons Of
sewing machines, 1000 tons OF fencing
wire, 400 tons of roll paper and $1,000 cases
and 500 barrels Of kerosene.
There were also rifles. guns and revolt
vers. tons of Philadelphia lawn mowers.
Chicago reapers. wagons knocked down.
coffee mills and all sorts of patent medi-
cines.
Another cargo arrived about the same
time. bringing twenty-four locomotives
from Wilmington, Del; 100 tons of paper
and 1000 tons of other manufactured
goods.