The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-27
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lighted TO revisit your country once
more" said Or. Ernest Black, president
Of the centra! board 81 health Of Western
Australia, at the Kew willard. America
never seemed TO rae foreign country.
and I feel almost IS much ct home here
as in my own land
My state. Western Australia, is q huge
territory, million square miles in area.
but with the scant population Of only
z5909 souls Il IS hardly Ia the infancy
Of its development, and has almost un-
numbered resources Every kind Of
known mineral. including the precious
metals. are 10 be found there IN album
dance, and our gold production alone
amounts 10 100000 annually. It IS enc
/ Of tie worlds greatest grazing districts.
and the expectation of sheep and cattle
is a source Of heavy revenue. We can
/ boast. too. Of cur forests and Of our peer
/ less jarrah. "a wood almost as hard as
/ iron, so hard that the white ants Of India.
which attack all other kinds OF timber
/ let It severely alone. Besides. our far
meFs raise good crops Of wheat. maize.
and other grain. AS the State runs from
south 10 north in q straight line for 2019
miles. We have every variety OF climate.
and on the whole an exceedingly health
+ ful country.
Like ali its sister states, Western Aus
tralia is now enjoying season Of very
great prosperity, and We have settled q
great many problems which stiH seem to
contain elements Of danger 10 the people
/ Of america. For example We have a
system OF compulsory arbitration that has
! rendered strikes and lOckOuts an impOs-
3 .4a1.
fali out they 90 10 the court of arbitra-
ton. and both parties are forced TO abide
I by its award. We have also settled for
( all time the vexed race question by legis-
/ lati0n which excludes from our shores
{ all brown, yellow. OF black immigrants.
I Australia is now, and wiz be forever. z
white mans country.
The great transportation problem was
disposed Of IN the outset by state owner
ship Of the railways. Now, I do not con-
tend that governmental ownership Of the
/ railways would be a good thing in the
/ United States. In fact. I doubt whether
/ it would be; but Il any man tells you 1t
7 has been q failure IN Australia. just say
/ 10 him that he is ignorant Of what he is
+ talking about Our roads, with minor ex-
ceptiOns here and There. are well built ef-
I hciently managed. and pay handsomely.
I What more could Doe asked2 The same
/ holds good ia regard TO state ownership
+ OF the telegraph and telephone lines. You
I can send message 5000 miles by wire in
Australia al a cost OF . cents Another
+ important thing that has been demon
strated with AS is that woman suffrage
I is a good thing. Our women vote with
great judgment and no candidate Of bad
+ personal character can get their support.
no matter whether he belongs 70 their
party or 10 the opposition.
we have. 1 think. a better administra-
+ ton of public health laws than the people
/ Of this country. Our inspection system
I is more thorough, and we have the sat-
I isfaction Of knowing that TO impure milk
! or diseased meat can be offered for sale.
/ Our pure food law has been IN existence
{ since 1885, and il Is rigidly lived up 20 by
/ all dealers and manufacturers Whisky,
which was the hardest Of all % regulate,
was finally conquered, and none Of the
+ 'kilI-me-quiek sort can be seld within
our borders
'One more word. The cost OF living is
/ hardly one-half az great in Australia as
/ it is here. When We pay as high as is
cents a pound for butter as good as any
+ ia the world We grumble al the price,
/ and our excellent beef brings but 6 cents
pound Everything else is in proper
+ ti0n. Tho cost Of living al the best hotels
! Of Melbourne and Sydney is just about
I 0ne-half what the same class Of hotels
+ in the United states demand
"A man who owns pair OF handsome
+ and well matched harness horses can get
any sort OF "a fancy price for them these
+ days" said Sir. Louis D. Passan0. IT., Of
4 Warrenton, Va, at the Raleigh.
There never was a time when horse
! flesh was so dear as now. A pair OF or
binary work animals commands anywhere
from 500 10 $500, and when IL comes TO
j the better bred sort. there is hardly any
/ limit. Wealthy men do not consider il
az all eXtravagaut 10 pay 5000 for a pair
that VIII show 10 advantage when hitched
+ TO a costly vehicle. A few years ago we
were told that the bicycle would put the
horse cut II commission. and a little
I later the same thing was predicted Of
+ the automobile. These prophecies have
not only failed 10 materialize, but horses
are I'm such keen demand that the supply
! does not begin 10 ill II. Horse dealers
scour the country continually, without
/ being able % find what they want, al
( though they are ready 10 give The most
/ liberal prices"
The Americans who live on the Isle Of
! Pines feel that they have not been alto
! gether fairly treated by the United States
} government" said Mr. r J. Wall. NJ the
/ New Willard Mr. Wall has lived on
i that island for the past four years. and
[ is In washington on visit TO near r5I3-
! tives.
by abandoning us to Cuban rule the
/ Washington government inflicted a grew
Gus blow upon a body of patriotic Ameri-
can citizens who went 20 that country
/ absolutely confident that fl was a portion
/ of Uncle Sans territory. When they
found out that it was going 10 be re-
/ turned TO Cuba. their surprise was only
euualed by their sense of humiliation and
Il1ss. Some of our people still cherish the
/ hope that their earlier belief win be justi-
I ned. and that an arrangement can be
made 10 buy the Isle of Pines from Cuba
/ a great part of il is now owned by
! Americans in fact. nearly all of IT, and
! Il may he that Cuba would be willing 10
/ part with its title for q financial consid-
I Grafton"
no respectable and industrious negro
can have any reason to complain of his
I treatment in my part OF the country"
said NIr. Caleb Ticknor, a prominent citi-
zen of Camden, s. c., at the Shoreham.
"As a matter of fact the law-abidlng and
/ decent negro always has the COuntenance
and active support of the white people Of
! South Carolina. But I'm my town we have
adopted plan of Kidding the community
Of worthless blacks that has worked very
/ satisfactorily. Whenever a strange menu
/ Der of the colored race comes 10 town a
( watch is kept on him 20 see how me con-
ducts himself. II he seems disposed TO
work he is welcomed, but if. after day