The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-12
AUSTRALIA HAS THE
MEAT BUT SHIPS
CANNOT Be HAD

: CORRESPONDENT: Of The Associated Press.
SYpEEV. Australia Sept. 11.-As
the Australian live stock industry de-
pcnds upon the export trade. and RS INC
war extgcncies. including German SUD
$ marine operstiops have brought about
J the greatest dearth of 1onnaS" IN" Az,
/. tipodas have ever known. 's''t" wv
IN the commonwealth haE" "HN
Slarmed reSardta.: thr fu,ur" ~ anew
business ,, y
The Prime Minister. Within"
q Hughes speakinS IN narlI>m"w tT<SME
W. conceded that =" iat ~ wv N"N
see there was ~ S.>t"'"'" :" a "N""e"
confronting l,Nr ::,'<> ''""SaS "'"N~'S
ENGAGED ~ rT>>!H'iN> "'SNa NV sAa~V"
That ro>>Si.n' ;. " AL ~ ~ "a>e 'eear
<nrnlux r,,s%>, MS~sAt> tAS gravity at
tae s,.:rs:,>N. ss,>S>SsS<>A i.A>frr ~r3t'
nary ,>,,>,s,se< $S> A&SSss>isAa sMp(AtSS OF
;,>naZ ~ S>SSSA <sNss<>>sN SeanAAA ea.
,SS~Ax - F>sssskssAtsNa &s>>ard there
~ SS~S'sN>S> Sa<lassS>t :rS,ty> Emt war
t4sssa ~SSs, ~ N<>s$SlS A&S resulted ~
SsSS<saS S>>Ss~S<>< SsNr&p;s ana the till-
sssS ~ &S$~S>>ss< rsts,SrrAt,aS plants 10
SSsAsSAaA
AZ s~sAr>ss fn,S state. New South
&AAA<> s>s>s> - usually heavy increase
~ SSs S%s>T>,t>s ~ live stock sent to
NSSsssS as>>&: ,N>:>eSr and November.
@s%s SA,:.e ::,ea are preparing TO reduce
saSss SsSsS and tlocks. Ii this course
- seS$>WI& this year. reduction in
Values Is lasvttAS,e. On the other hand
NrsSens prospects are that the coming
SsScsrse- will 70; be droughty and it will
sArSefrrr. be \ good holding" season.
Nr. Hughes advised pastoralists and
xr.s1isrs to adjust their business by
maintaining their ftocks and herds for
-. I1,,t
summer is favorable and perforce the
prime minister's advice is taken. seri-
Gus losses will be entailed, especially in
ivew Of a recent deciison by the COM
monwealth arbitration court at Mel
bourne Increasing the wages OF ranch
hands by about S2,OO0,o00 in the aS-
gregate.
In the adjoining state Of Queensland,
the foremost cattle state In the COM
monwealth. the situation Is even more
perturbing. The Queensland packing
plants. some Of which are American
owned. are full and it is upon their
operation that live stock owners rely.
Moreover. the presence Of cattle tick
IN some border districts of the state
and the plentiful supply Of meat in New
Ssath Wales preclude an outlet in this
direction.
In general catrlemen are worse off
than sheep men because the latter nave
8 potential market for wool. In TINS
connection Premier Hughes recently
furnished parliament with statistics
showing that the large sum OF S1SO,0oo.-
900 was realized toc AuStralia'S wool
during the wool season which ended
June so. The premier reviewed the
operation OF the scheme by which the
British gnvernm ent Communicated the
1857 clip. The acquisition was
war measure the extent and compleNlty
OF which. he said. would have stag
gered the trade. in any but these aonor'
NAL days, but it worked out most salts
factorily.
The total value of the wool actually
controlled and brought under the
scheme amounted To Sl26.I00.o00 and the
wool catalogund and sold by auction and
private arrangement m the chief mar
kets OF the commonwealth. Sydney. Mel
bourne. GcelonS. Brisbane. Adelaide.
Hobart and Perth from July to NoEerl-
Der %, 1916. amounted 70 ABOUT VOL
$40. 900. or u total by sale and appraiSe-
n,ent of Sl7S.340.o00. In addition some
woods were shipped to London which
did not fall within the acquisition
etene ~ appear in the supplies cata-
loCued and sold in interstate markets.
The acquisition accounted for approx
imately l.144.6SS values at about Sllo
bale.
Such benefits - wool growers during
a time when cmbnrgues ordered by the
British government operated against ex-
ports to neutrals and when German sub
marines initiated against shipping IA
ci3ities to the United Kingdom and al
lied countries are considered remarka-
BILE.
Mr.. Hughes explained that the COM
ing seasons clip mad been acquired oS
Great Britain under conditions similar
to those which prevailed in the WOOL
kraar of lYl6-l7 The central wool conf
nittee at Melbourne is already in pos
session Of reports from the state COM
noittees as 20 the working of the scheme
asst season with REV TO rectitFing
1efects in it. These relate to appraise-
nent methods and to relative values OF
lasses Of wool Consequently 1t IS De-
inred that the machinery OF acquisition
During the season Of 1917-lS will be
much more efficient than when 1t was
: Installed in January last.