Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-30

cult as it might be in the American
South If no black labor were avail.
able. During the American Civil NO,
when cotton was scarce in the world
markets and the price high, Queens
land found it profitable to grow tbs
textile. After the price fell If wac
even possible to keep the industry
alive so long as Kanaka labor from
the South Sea islands was to be had
But when these black laborers were
deported cotton growing, never really
important, practically died out
There has been certain paraIelism
in the development of Australia and
North America. A mountain range,
situated roughly like the Appaachians
extends parallel with the eastern coast
from so to $50 miles inland. In this
favored strip the first settlements
were made, and for many years
nothing was known about the region
to the west. Over behind its noun.
tains Queensland has a great plains
region like that of the United States
1t is in that portion of Queensland
that Australia's great cattle industry
centers. The huge ranches-Caled
"stations"-cover thousands Of acres
like those in the American Southwest
and of the 100000 cattle on the
continent about half are In Queens
land.
Cattle raising is the really dOmi
nant industry of Queensland and has
had it's effect on the economic side Of
the governmental machinery There
are state-operated cattle ranches
state abattoirs and even retail meat
shops run by the state. The state
goes still farther into the matter Of
food distribution by operating fisher
les and conducting retail fish stores
State Owns Most of the Land
The pioneer age is not past IN
Queensland, despite its well developed
southern coast region. Over the noun
tains to the west and northwest III
the tropical country pioneers are sui
carving out q new country and DflIS'
ing it under fence or pillow. Inc slals
still owns staggering areas OF lanu'
Only about 6 per cent OF the SIdle'
total area has been alienated OF
process of alienation. And queens
land means to hold on to the gfea'e
part of this public domain 1ofe'el
The policy has been adopted III reCTn.
years of merely leasing the SOIL Inv
only exception is in the case OF nv
"prickly pear" regions, Where Sml.
tracts are given outright to setlsls -
return of the eradication OF thls ''u'
born cactus pest. So,
Brisbane, the capital OF VueehSi% ~
a town nearly as large as Atlanta "a.
is on the coast near the southern ~.
of the state, and so Is in res, .,.,d.
relatively mild climate. It's , I'm
compares closely with that Oh la a,,It,
Fla. Semi-tropical flowers anu = pnt
make possible charming setIDs Ts,ngb
Brisbane cannot claim beauty. lno onts
this is country in which VnlL' r r
are numerous and destrucu,S ma.
seems to be the favorite Oullulns s.ller
terial. And many Of the s l,shtly
buildings are rooted with un' gbIch
corrugated iron. The fl, ,,oa with
runs through the city Is l-H'N
packing plants and factorle'' ,, IA
How far Queensland has s sSoTn BY
governmental pendulum is snow .So +ro
the fact that it was one Oh . arn
states of the Australian con 1,nOer
wealth in which the senate - ,ifp BY
house had members elected fof t 1,,r IN
the British crown. There w" 'g,o n Of
existence a sort Of colonial " . si9eIs
Lords" The members Of tnssan s!r
chamber which is left II 0u -itbout 8
are elected and the state y ", hncomss
conservative balance-Tfeeb aormon
the most democratic OF lnS
waaIfh's IJnitS