Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15

land In settlement, though Oldest In
geological years. Though discovered
and named In 1906 by . forgotten
Spanish navigator. II was not until
ITO that Captain Cook. sailing the
South seas, rebound the island con-
tinent and baptized 1t into the Brit
ish empire. Nor did occupation by
white colonists begin until 1887. and
the first colonists were convicts.
Australia should be q land Of Sc
lected population" runs an old and
cruel saying, for our fathers were
sent out from England by the best
1udges!" Only within the last third
Of century has Australia. through
growth Of population and advanced
legislation. taken any considerable
part in the worlds affairs. Australia
has no ancient crust Of privilege to be
broken up by the plowshare Of pro-
gressive legislation. The soil is clear
to the seeding. The political husband
man has had an unusual field. Of
which he has not been slow to take
advantage.
Continent Of Marvellous Riches.
The discovery Of gold in 1851. 1t
Bathurst, west Of the Blue noun
tains. turned attention to the mar
velous richness Of Australia, which
had been comparatively unknown.
Sheep had been. and are. the chief
source of Australia's wealth. It 10 .
land, however. for which Nature has
done much. and in the use Of which
men can afford, for q time at least. to
take long chances. Many and rich
minerals are found. The mines are
important and valuable. The main ex-
port. however. 10 wool. and It 10 a. q
producer Of food supply and material
for raiment that this immense land
has it, most prosperous future. Hid
den away until other lands were full
to overlooking. Australia has been the
reserve continent from which large
share Of the worlds food and clothing
are to come. Its possibilities in this
direction have hardly begun to be re-
allied.
The four and Q half millions of in
habitants. fringing the shores Of the
continent or scattered on solitary
sheep stations and cattle runs miles
apart in the "back-blocks." have
scarcely commenced to possess the
land. certainly not to subdue 1t. The
handful of political and minor offend.
ers who, with their guards and over
seers. came FIRST from England. have
been succeeded by generations Of pi'
oneers Of much the same type - PEG
pied the western plains Of the United
States 80 years ago. The Great
American Desert" ~ It appeared In
the Biographies before geographers
knew any better. has it, counterpart
in the vast interior Of the southern
continent Western Kansas IL dupli
Gated. thodk h on an ampler and more
arid scale. In western Australia, and
Queensland resembles. to . degree
New Mexico and Arizona.
II 10 - new country" a. we'll .,
varied. In which the experiment Of de
mocracy 10 on trial. This excuse fol
any delinquency or failure IL urged b,
every Australian.
A White Name Country.
The experiment IL being made By
white men. Australia 10 deliberately
. white mans country. A few abo
riginal blacks survive, in color black
er than the so-called Guinea negro
once known In America and In indus
try. about on the same plane with hii
LATEST and latest youthful descend
ant Some Chinese and japanese 70
side In the coast towns. admitted BE-
fore the policy of Australia for the
white man" was entered upon, but
Altogether the non-whites are q negli
gible fraction Of the entire population
and. unless the governmental policy
be changed. as does not seem within
the range Of probability. will SO re
main. Immigration Is sought In man!
ways, but this immigration must b