THROUGH AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 4 February 1907, Page 4

THROUGH AMERICA.

OBSEKVAXT XKW ZEALANJJEIi. One hears a lot of te.'k nowadays of the strut)!,' l'ricudsliij, existing between England ami America, but in the opinion of ilr T. W. lion ;h" rue, the l'vicnJly feeiing exists with far greater strength in England than oil tli- other side of the Atlantic. Mr .Uouthmue is one of I'eione's most successful business men, who lias just returned to lift ltome after nearly twelve montus' absence abroad. 11l referenee to tile feeling existing in the States towards America. f_ll ■ Xew Zeaiander informed a member of the I'ost -stair unit he had met ijuite a number of travellers and resident Englishmen whose opinions ijuite coincided with his—that the hulk of tne Americans were not. so friendly disl,os,,l towards the ISriiisii as was generally thought. Taere is a kindlier however, towards tin; -British colonials. Bui tin- Americans were intensely Hellish. and while conceding tli(.'in to be "hustlers" and so forth, thoy lived for themselves alone, there was ho give and lake —it was all take and they seemed to think America was the world. The tinal slow crawl across the i?aciiic m the Huiioma left Mr Bunthorne and every one else on board in a state of woiuWvmcut that British democratic colonics 'should Ik» found supporting •oich an misiiitahle service of an Amcrieau millionaire. The speed weul down to as little as ten knots an hour —this for a mailhoat—and the shortage of coal was hardly to \k wondered iu seeing lliat part of tl:e bunker -•pace had been utilised for tne -dorajie of 'My Isonthonie. witli nio;t of his iViiow travellers, (Mine hack staunch advocates of ;i subsidy to the Vancouver serviee. with a Now Xea land port of call. lie IV,us tha. it will not he po-sih'e to work up a \ enlarge trad-', via Va-ieonver, with tar eastern portion <»f Canada, owinix t" tli.' heavy rale- for rail ]» the furtherance of his own hu-iness, .iie arranged for the supply of from Montreal, mul these have to he conveyed, first of all, to New York, and there shipped in- New Zealand., The Canadians sliowot thence! to be exceptionally keen after business, and to appreciate the advantage of our I per cent preferential thrill' on their poods, and .Mr lionthonie believes it. would be practicable, if importers joined iu the desire to keep trade within the Empire ns much as possible, for a line of steamers to come direct from Montreal to the colonies. lie suggested that efforts should be made in it hat direction, and more should be heard of it. I!y using electric light* on beds oi lettuce, radishes, and >imilar vegetables, they are brought to a nialnrir.2 •stage much tiian when this artilical light is not. employed.