El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-25
Australia Is a Great Field
For Investment and Development
Andrews Paints Glowing Picture of Empire
Feared
By S ANDREWS
By T. S. ANDREWS

for the raising Of sheep, which are
considered the finest in the world,
both for their fine grade of wool and
excellent mutton. Fertile valleys are
found in all the states, but especially
so for sheep IN Queensland, n. S. W.,
and Victoria. a slight idea of the sheep
industry may be CLEANED from the fact
that there are over 90.00O000 in Aus
tralia and 32,000.000 in New Zealand.
Victoria leads in wheat raising, but
west and south Australia are rapidly
coming to the front in that line Tas-
mania, a member of the common
wealth, is a large producer Of wheat,
and also fruit Sheep ranches are the
standby of the country at present, but
dairying has taken strong hold and
millions of pounds of butter and cheese
are nov being exported to European
countries. Big cold storage dealers here
claim they can export the finest NUT
ton to the United States, keeping it in
excellent condition, and sell it much
cheaper than the big packing house
dealers are selling 1t for in New York,
Chicago, and in fact all the large cities.
They say if the people in America want
cheap mutton they can furnish it.
Country Is Booming.
The general business of the coun-
try here is booming and the imports
are increasing rapidly, with Great
Britain as the favored nation, which
is only natural, as the bulk of the peo-
pie here are of British origin. Hows
ever, there is splendid opportunity
for a big increase of business with the
United States, for the people like
American goods, and prefer American
machinery IN many cases. The duty
on Yankee goods is quite severe, but
as Australia wants TO get her goods
into America on a larger scale, there
appears to be a splendid chance to eff
feet compromise, as to the duty on
many articles. American methods are
recognized as uptodate, and there are
many Yankees going into Sydney and
Melbourne and making good, too. OF
course, the native Australian admires
the Americans and likes to be praised
in return, but he does not appreciate
the advance some Of the Yanks are
making in various lines of business.
AS to manufactures in Australia, why
there are few big concerns as yet, but
they are gradually growing, and in
time will cut quite a figure, but they
will be big importers for many years
to come Of all kinds Of machinery.
Fears japanese Invasion.
The Australians have the Japanese
"bugaboo,'' and for that reason have
FORMED Il6 boy SCOUTS ana ADOPTED a
form Of CONSUMPTION, whereby they
intend to build up their army for de-
fence purposes. They have great faith
in the Americans, and feel that the
Yanks would not stand by and see
Japan gobble them up should Britain
be unable to protect them.
AS to the soil and climate, it might
be well to state that they can grow al
most anything on earth in the way Of
fruits, nuts and vegetables. There are
millions of acres Of desert land, which
is worthless at present, but there are
great opportunities for irrigating, and
in time much Of the land, now USE
less, will become valuable. In the
southern cline it is only natural that
It should be very warm in most states
but the climate is not as trying as
many imagine. Of course, in the in
terror country, in the desert districts.
It is very hot and unfit to live in; but
there are SO many places where it IS
fine, thai no thought is given to such
spots. Queensland is warm but on
the higher plateaus it is delightful;
and the same applies to New South
Wales, Tasmania, and parts of west
and south Australia. The climate is
similar to that around Los Angeles in
California. There is room for millions
Of homes.
The one apparent drawback in Aus