AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 74, 27 November 1913, Page 4

AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.

The question m Aiistralian trade with; the I'nited States is now assuming a very important aspect, writes a London eorerspondent. The removal of the duties on foodsuff's and wool hy the latter, and the approaching com- 1 pletion of i he Panama Canal. will! necessitate an increase in the numberi of trans-Pacific steamers, and. as a matter of fact several of the lines have tonnage under const rwion in British yard-. A, present the ac?ommodation for passengers and cargo is not very good, hut the trading opportunities are so numerous thai a

big development is assured. Tito Aus- ( truliun frozen meat business in particuliir is bound to undergo an enormous expansion, more especially as several American tirms are opening branches in Queensland and New South Wales tor the purpose of exporting beef and mutton to Pacific Coast ports, where the demand is greater tl.au the supply. .Moreover, assuming conditraliie movement reaches dimensions tions remain favorable, am! that the which at the moment appear probable, it is thought that Australia will do: a big trade through in ' canal with J Now Orleans as the terminal port, so that goods would be distributed upl the Mississippi Valley on either side., while, ot course, a certain proportion would go forward to New York.