Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
LANDLORDS MUST
IMPROVE Or SELL
Australian Merchant Tells of Plan
to Prevent Land Being
Held Out of Use
SHIPS GO TO VANCOUVER
Meat Packer DepIores Absence Of
Steamers from Califor-
mia to Sydney
SHIPS GO TO VANCOUVER

Arthur Kidman. perhaps the most
prominent and wealthiest meat packer
in Australia, is in Los Angeles en-
route to London on his eighth trip
within twelve years. Mr.. Kidman
| comes to the United States and Eng
land almost every year to keep in
touch with the conditions existing in
| these two countries and also TO look
after his business interests, which ex-
tend throughout the world, although
mostly confined to the United King
dom.
On this trip the Australian capital
ist has been making minute in
spection of the mining and oil in
dustry along the Pacific coast, having
passed his time since his arrival in
June travelling up and down the coast
from Vancouver to San Francisco, Vls-
iting the oil fields of Bakersfield and
Coalinga and the mines of Vancouver
and British Columbia during his trip.
At the Van Nuys hotel last evening
Mr.. Kidman lamented the absence Of
any direct line of steamers from Cal
ifornia to Australia. He said:
There are no steamers plying be-
tween this coast and Australia at the
present time and the lack of them Is
hindering the commercial relations be-
tween my country and California to a
great extent. | cannot understand Why
there is no line. When the Oceanic
company was operating steamers be-
tween these two points it carried
a great deal of business, both passen-
ger and freight and 1t seems to me
that another line could be made to
pay.
TO FREE THE LAND
Vancouver now has all the business
xryI1IN This
coast, with the exception OF that which
is carried by semi-tramp steamers, and
that port has more than it can do to
handle the traffic. California, so enter
prising in other respects, should get
into this also"
Mr.. Kidman is optimistic about the
future of Australia and reports busi-
ness conditions in that country -four
ishing He also reports the political
affairs of the country as running
smoothly, stating that the new labor
government, which recently came into
power, is proving satisfactory to all
concerned and is enacting number
of measures which, in his opinion, Will
prove of lasting benefit to Australia.
Among these he cites the one recently
passed which is intended to do away,
to a great extent, with the large
estates. At present the land owners
are in possession of huge tracts of
land which they are unable to i'm
prove, yet will not sell. Under the new
government a measure is being shaped
which will make it necessary for these
landlords either to improve their hold
ings or sell them to the government,
which in turn will cut the estates into
small parcels for the use of emigrants
Mr.. Kidman will leave today for the
east, visiting all the large cities. He
will go to London, expecting to be
there some time in December. On his
return he will again cross the United
States and. will visit Los Angeles for
a longer period than this time, as he
has fallen under the spell of the City
of the Angels and wishes to return
here with his family for several weeks
before sailing for Sydney.