The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-23
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DELAYED OCEAN RATE

s. W2y Aad DE American shirpsnS
- vast unttl aftsr ENGLAND rad re-
a6 frssGAa raies. before they t@oA
y a1nllAS stcr towards Australia was
- a. tAs uue~stons asked ~ FrhiI \
= - prcmipeBs trnpnrier 81 sye'
!. rahA- whan iutsrvtewsd Z the
- ftAe Americas Manufacturer
ST sssco4asson-
6emmsnstrg npon the opportunities
vA1eh tbs Australian market offered
- expcrtsrM Mr.. srnaId SAID
In spits Of our own natural re
nuro~s, cor axt-crnciy favorable els
nafse ocndi.tens. for labor TpArset in
vAtOh unskfIIed labor h a~aflahAs at
~ - dNy of eight hour~---or man
exnctsys have net pregr esred proper
tionata,y to ths nAtursl a3vantag"a
a0ared
eAustraiis In therefore good mar
he'd fer American export trade Il has
- Area eue-slxth larger than the
DAois Of the United Staten. white lis
DOVu1aSioz r. approximately twenty
1U0f hours train travel To travel from
Grams to rr~emantlo would savpNv~ r.
4ou1rsy Of nina days train travri and
threA hy boat
-zAs Arr african export trade IN Mas
tAl1A prior 40 tha wal, was rot Of
Aay 9r~at magnitude. With The sse@p-
taen ~ probably the oil saa astatn e.
le1e tndurtrv. but naturally war ren-
1lkions have affected thls Eltustiou
teYy zach.
sTcr IN xtanss, prior te tho war We
AA4 = ANAL steamer frcsa EnEla M
every Ws~k. in say Moth inm Of cargo
GnFrisrAs To-day we ara rrttips y malt
4fom EAGlans about every Hlx ~eeka-
While aAxwu carriers ar~ s1nnost as ~
hnct ~ ehs podo,"
n Kprra CS rsr~uns stnnres rsfnsf tha p
2nnk ct fnft&sfiwa nn thn part az ths
A1marican manufacturers caused ASS
kraIta IN t~ch TO America for aracti'
oaify ali at her imports Japan W
tbs opportunity and stepped In. ard
aahipped quite lot 81 stu~ fe Aastra~
HI Ia that last four years Rpeaktua
qonera1fy, the quality 81 tho japanese
G0eds vas considerably inferior Il
MAT re hiss been usod 10, and tbs
principles adopted BY acme af the
Jspanese BONUSES -~strirtsd this trade
ecnasderahly.
~AnsfYslian@ ~~rue uwwr 10 Auertr~
~ secure supuliss, and thu general
kxA6e conditions IN Australia Ar~osnr
tAthsr extraordinary.
UpeAktnE quite fp1psrtiaffy. does Il
ri eeevn fair question 70 ark, why
- the American shipping eoart walt
sMtn after England had reduced
4fefwht rates, before they took STINT
~ step towards Austraiia~ Their
Akasn TT cargo WIRE really worth ssf
~ ton To Australia a fortnight AHo
Uay n II nov only worth a1br
ships ware selling in Australia last
f*Ar at NOR" than ten times ttetl
known value, based an PREVAIL
stancare. and yrt know Of 'usfsocr'
where thr purchase priro Of the thil
sven At the inflated value was NOR
fhsn gained IN one r~farn tyin.
Prior 30 fh~ TrnitnS states govern
mnus placing an embargo on tbs I'm
pertation of galvanized tron. this eor,
modify, fhc prc-wsr value IF which
was approxiru steiy $50. ~as selling ~
vase. and svcn then q sufficient Htocs
~ II could not bs secured 10 cover tn
~ heat drops of several sn.sona whIr.
w~re iYfnE IN Australia heea us~ thcr,
werA not sufTto,ep+ boats 10 carry then
Aw&v. enough TO feot tina starving nit
Hrss~ on th@ other side Of the world
Fhe commonwealth mnv~ rrrneut q
Australia paid the farmers an aa
Z vance of e~went~-Hwe cents per hushs
aE fhair crops. and what remained {.
the aevsrnJ years crops. after a plawu
81 mice Rad finished With Il. IL xtil
khsrA Some Of u has been soid, TN
isst sale being $4,000 tons to Nor
way At ti.ss PER hushsi
@ tbs British government today 4
taking steps TO look after Australia
md from January 10 March. no lea
Tran eighty-erv~n boats are booked I.
sAa from England TO Australia: a mum
Der which will etrain our limited ror
I facilities To tho utmost
There ~ market In Australia 70
American goods OF aerne kinds. surh a.
SIts. Autnne hil~-. machinery aud s.ae;
InAf In why am here today hu
sne American Manufacturer has apt 4,
eAepf dinsrent policy towards Ans
01uA. Ha does not re~d to saud on
n intensive type of salesman whin,
10 voEus eight or tan years axe
j oae be csrtsiuiy needs IN eevetap
S@pex appreciation nj the ssas,s %
AnokrAiAn market And the po~s,hs1
Saas which are efyerinz. ~ q rn~ul
ths 0arnar tratn which wma dom
0@ Anstrstfs prior 10 the war. hu
1ach VIII nGver be revived.