The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
BY ROGER CAMERON.

 from the visit of the American heet
 ls an influx of American settlers. In his last address to the saiiers. the late Prime Minister of the Common
 wealth was unable to refrain from in- Judging in little immigration pro- paganda work. Recalling the old ad- vice to the youth of America 70 go
 West" Mir. Deakin urged them to so still further West and South-West;
 in other words. to come to Australia and settle there. In certain quarters the wholesale invasion of Canada oy American farmers is not regarded as Altogether an unmixed blessing. since
 1t Is conceivable that in course of
 time the presence of large American population might affect to greater or less extent the relations between
 inc Republfc and the Dominion, and between the latter and the Mother Country. For the moment. thls point of view apparently does not appeal to Australians. who. with the yellow
 peYil'' ever in their minds eye, are mainly concerned to people their vast territories with white men.
 The Sydney. no doubt. represents the views of large section of the com
 munity when 1t expresses the hope that not only time expired naval men but many other Americans will be attract. ed to the Commonwealth by the glow ing accounts recently trasmitted to the United States. It suggests that the American farmers who have gone 10 Canada would be magnificent settlers for Australia, because they are "salted to the work of pioneering. experienced in clearing and farming virgin land. and are. moreover, the possessors of considerable capital. Many of them are expert farmers under irrigation methods. and. 1t Is contended, Austra- iia could find no more suitable re- cruits. The journal adds that interest in the Australian Comm onwealth should not be allowed to fade from the minds of the people of the United States. and the Federal Government Is urged to make the utmost of the opportunity now presented for an immigration and advertising campaign in that country. It Is estimated that the total cost of entertaining the American fleet at Sydney and Melbourne a. mounted to about ssio.oeo. The Com monweaith contributed sis6.oo0, New South Wales spent te0 900 and Victoria Sl50,000. while the municipalities of Sydney and Melbourne expended, roughly s1750o. each. Australia's Parliament.
 For nearly nine years Australia's Parliament has been endeaworing to de- eide upon It's permanent home. Now comes the announcement that both the House of Representatives and the Senate are agreed upon what is known as the Yass-Canberra site The housing of the National Parliament was re- garded as one of the first duties of the legislators of the Commonwealth, and the long wranEie has evoked much criticism. But If the choice now made Is adhered to Australia will not have done so badly. The United States were fifteen years settling down at Washington, and Canada hesitated for toria to settle the problem for them, which she did by deciding in favor of Ottowa.
 To leave behind two splendid young cities like Sydney and Melbourne, each with population of over half million and built an artiicialcity hundreds of miles inland. appears on first thought strang proposition. For Australia has literally decided on a capital in the bush. For political purposes an isolated collection of great buildings and resi- dencss will be erected which would otherwise never have been called into existence. YassfCanberra county lies 193 miles to the south west of Syd- ney and 395 miles from Melbrourne. with the main tunk railway between the two cities passing close beside 1t.
 
 909, and Albany, the nearest Western Australian port 2,290. Obviously com monwealth, politicians will need to be men of leisure, for 33s000 a year, tho salary paid. will not satisfy the sort l of men wanted in an ambitious young country's Parliament
 The country chosen is high undulat- Ing, and picturesque. It's altitude of between 1000 and 5000 feet gives 1t kpaA ino eIi nA ffe age to the noble hurrumbidgee River, one of the most valuable of Australian waterways, and its proximity to the range of mountains bearing the same | caracteristic native name touched it with grandeur It. embraces farming and pastoral freehold lands of fair | quality and an expanse still in the will be resumed by the Government and. when the requirements of the "city" are satisfied lesased to tenants. Advantages of New Site.
 The supply of water Is good. Great ! deposits of sandstone abound on the | area, and marble of good quality Is | also present. Now that Dalgety has been abounded the State will probably | consent to the Federation acquiring a territory appronimating the original demand of 900 square miles. It is
 taken for granted. too, that an addi- | tional long, narrow strip of land will l be handed over, so that the Common wealth may be able to proceed over | its own territory" to the Pacific Ocean | at Jervis Bay, an excellent port 100 miles distant. Some years will be &C., | cupied in the building of the Parlia- ment and the public offices and resi- dences for members and officials.
 pr. Richard Arthur president of the Immigration League of Australia.
 writes that he Is constantly meeting with the statement that immigrants
 under contract are not allowed to
 land in Australia. There is a general
 belief that the legislation which led to the memorable episode of the six excluded matters is still in force. This,
 says pr. Arthur. is a mistake, Any person can bring out a laboror or workman under contract provided that the terms are approved by the Minister
 for External Affairs of the Common wealth. But the contract must not
 be made with a view of affecting an
 industrial dispute, and it must be
 proved that there is difficulty In ob-
 taing within the Commonwealth
 worker of at least equal skill and ability. This latter condition does not,
 however now apply where the con-
 tract immigrant is q British subject either born in the United Kingdom or descended from a British suject born
 there. Hence the restriction under
 which the six matters were excluded has been removed, and employers of
 labor can if they choose introduce
 workers under contract from the
 United Kingdom without any fear of