IMMIGRATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2769, 26 March 1910, Page 2 (Supplement)

IMMIGRATION.

' r . - AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA. (By an American Journalist.) Australia- -wants immi:grants. AG tralia needs nnmigrauis. Australia mustihave immigrants. Austx alm s ” 0 4°“co«we S alth * 1‘". tSVSSs % in the liepuD.l . Commissioner , direction of a , acore dited lin of course,, uouici ue <• -p- ---■ 4a «u>ital at Washington. to the oapiiai “ U T i„ rv so as to £.°Me b t support the digaity o! *™u 'f v^ h * disposal every conceivable J dge fiicmi.4d, and or this land couiaiw cou veyed vn the information, should “ J tree an attractive and teise of from all circumlocution an J redundancy, c aid . ssss^ u ¥r?s?Siras vails there that tb's ™“^ ica , herrt, continent swelters in a .1 i that about mine months f our ihours ™»* is ’that"lie only .products are wool and f \ Amean Australian is ug _ ' herded sheep “down asked me just before I loft tho Republic that jfStolii”was * o<»™ r f ““LfuJo Wrought of country sometvhereon e th ; southern borders 01- Chicago tho most wanted to know it e - 0 ” the State covered as much territ. Jnf CaUionua. When i to.a u* he could put p? U *° n r ? , “ ti M 1 1 nve G sou>o coSr'Ste iod to be great- * S ’ »S that w»s hanging »P m L cffico. A ladv requested n o to deliver a letter to her son. nl >• in one of the suburbs ot Meiuouint, street car ride from town, you knou , f little place called Port Darwin. When I requested from a. charming hostess tho privilege of Austral’an gentleman to dinner, UML 4 with a- great + ,; nri T was quite sure lie was ieai \ a white man, for you know these Australians must he. very dread ul. Now the business of the rulers of tin. Commonwealth i s to dispel this igDJJJance, and to place Australia- hefmothc world in her proper colors el ' f/fenerallv known that Australia lias S on the whole, that cannot be excelled in any .part of the world that she has the most liberal, the mostenlhditened, and the most suitable lavvs administered by lneonuptiLk judgos. the eyes of millions ot men and women would' he turned toward thus land as the land' of promise, wmeh it surely is. . Scores of thousands of Americans an readv to leave the frost-bitten' states of lowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and other states in the west and ■middlo west, if they can only be assumed ot cheap land, a ready market for then produce, good schools, g«»d chuiches and a good government. All ti es things Australia has to offer them. But the onlv way to sell your goods is to let the people know you have them, it is no use leaving them on the shelf, for no matter how attractive they may he they cannot bo seen and appreciated ten thousand miles away. The prospective immigrants I speak of are men of affairs, and every farmer who is induced to- come here would bring with him from 10 to 20 thousand dollars. Not only ■would he turn over the ground and make it productive, But he would lie able to buy the tools to work it-, and would need,mo assistance from the Government. Two of the great prairie provinces of Canada gave to the world last year over a hundred millions of bushels of wheat. This' grain was garnered by Americans, who now sing “The Maple Leaf and “God Save the King” as lustily as they used to sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” They are good men and ■ women, citizens that any country can ill afford to lose, and who would ho a valuable acquisition to any 'nation. Now, if North-West Canada, where it is necessary to wear a fur-lined overcoat and flmfce-lined underclothing all winter, and where the climate is endured rather than enjoyed, as it is here, has been successful in attracting so many citizens and so much material wealth from file United States, why cannot Australia, where winter is unknown, and where summer is really a luxury, do the same thing? In Alberta, Manitoba, and other provinces, cities have sprung up almost .in a night, and three transcontinental' lines traverse a region that was a few years ago given over to the cowboy, the wolf, and the coyote. In this same rapidity as they have done in Canada, and, with the introduction of American blood, the land that is now in almost undisputed possession of the kangaroo, the opossum, and the jackass, could be made to “blossom as the-rose.” It should he rememcred that if Australia gets the men I speak of-yand systematic and intelligent- advertising will bring them here —she not only gets the asset of the men themselves, but she is enriched bv the wealth. they bring with them. Last April I visited 'Ellis Island, at New York. I found there a motley crew of individuals, representing every nation in Europe. I asked Commissioner- Murry, of the Imigration department, what he expected America was to do with such an aggre-. gation. “Oh,” .he replied, “we need them to dig our sewers, work our roads, carry our Bricks', t and clean our streets.” "What Australia needs is men to till the soil, plant orchards, and raise children. In Missouri they have a pro. verb, which is summed no in the simple words, “Show me.” It is only necessary for Australia to “show” America.. in order to annex thousands of her best'-farmers and artisans. Yesterday I heard a Blatant demagogue denounce Australia as a “God-forsaken country.” I think God has been more "than good to the country, and uow.it is ut> to the citizens of the vast and oiorious Commonwealth to do * ■•heir -part (Let the white English-speaking people of the world know that an oo-

portunity is given every man to work hero, but that no man* is overworked, and that every man is assured a just price for his labor, and there will be no difficulty about getting immigrants of the most desirable character.