COMPETITION IN WOOL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1932, 30 August 1888, Page 3

COMPETITION IN WOOL.

- -' ♦ ■ TFrom time to time the attention of Australasian colonies has been drawn to what ia doing In other countries and colonies, nearer Europe than at the Antipodes, m reapeot of those Industries on which Außlralaßla depends for support. It has been shown that the wool Industry m the Argentine KepubHo has, within the short period of 20 years grown Into gigantic proportions^ aud that on the runs there are gre zing as many sheep as the Oape and New Zealand oan muster. Tbe Improved condition of tbe staple has , also been referred to, and proof hi s been given that the wool from that country is ho'dlng its own m competition— perhaps save some oholoe sorts from Australia—with the colonial artiole. This should be a serious matter with fhokmastera, who should rtfljot that the Argentine Republic is well served m th 6 matter of freight, and that the Sootamen there are doing their best, by the Introduction of the be&t strains and 'more careful packing, to Improve upon tbe advantage they have gained. But it Is not ot.Jy m South America that Australia must look for compaction. Canada ia fast coming to the front, because the unoocupled country there Is being rapidly filled up with a olass of men who will presently become producers of all those industries oo which thu Oape, Australia, and New Zealand rely for support ; and when m the fulneoa of time some 15,000,000 or 20 000,000 are added to the population, it may be feared that the more distant colonies will find it difficult to compete with that oountry m the markets of Great Britain. The remedy for thla Is for the colonies undar the Southern Gross to take time by the forelock, and under some r3prodnot:ve system suoh as that which has been Initiated by Ohaffay Bros. In Viotorla, introduce labor that will bring their waste lands Into cultivation. If this Is not done, and that speedily, it is certain that Canada will get bo far aheam of them m a competitive sense that they will be completely out of tha running. The emigrants who have gone there are well satisfied with the country, and thera are thouaands here who are anxious to join them. — "European Mall."