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Fix this textA MONTHLY JOTJENAL AND EBCOED
Fix this textOf all matters affecting the Pastoral and Landed Interests throughout Australasia.
Fix this textNo. 5.
Fix this textSYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, JULY 16, 1894.
Fix this textVOL. IV.
Fix this textNOTICE.
Fix this textThe “ Australasian Pastoralists’ Review" has been established at
Fix this textthe instance, and ivith the official support of the Federated Pastoralists ’
Fix this textUnions of Neiv South Wales, Victoria, United Queensland, and South
Fix this textAustralia, for the defence of their common interests and the pro-
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Fix this textSUBSCRIPTIONS.
Fix this textThe terms of subscription are One Pound Sterling per annum,
Fix this textpayable in advance. All orders should be addressed to the Manager,
Fix this texteither at 63 Pitt-street, Sydney, or 475 Gollins-street, Melbourne.
Fix this textLONDON AGENCY.
Fix this textMr. J. T. Critchell, 31 Fleet-street, has been appointed special
Fix this textrepresentative of this Revieic for Great Britain, and is authorised to
Fix this textreceive subscriptions and advertisements.
Fix this textTO CORRESPONDENTS.
Fix this textA.W.B. (Thornby).—Your letter should properly be addressed to
Fix this textthe United Pastoralists’ Association of Queensland.
Fix this textEditorial Notes.
Fix this textThe pressure on our space this month is extraordinary. In
Fix this textaddition to the Sydney Sheep Fair with its usual concomitants of
Fix this texta pastoralists’ conversazione, and the N.S.W. Pastoralists’ Union
Fix this textmeeting, we have a shearing difficulty upon us. Under these
Fix this textcircumstances we have omitted our usual leading and special
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Fix this textThe rise in the wool market—small though it be -is the principal
Fix this textpastoral topic of the month. For if the most sanguine hopes about
Fix this textfrozen meat are realised, wool, and mainly merino wool, must
Fix this textremain the staple of Australian prosperity. Unless the bimetal-
Fix this textlists are even more in the right than we suspect, the present rise
Fix this textshould indicate the turn of the tide, even though the flow cannot
Fix this textbe expected to be swift or far-borne. Every indication is favour-
Fix this textable, especially that from America, excepting always the growth
Fix this textof discontent amongst the working population, with its resultant
Fix this textwant of confidence of capital. This is a disease which no one can
Fix this texthope to cure speedily, and so long as it persists bad times are
Fix this textbound to continue, even though they may show fluctuations within
Fix this texta narrow margin, Events like President Carnot’s assassination
Fix this textmay produce strong repressive measures, and are the necessary
Fix this textoutcome of all the socialism which is simmering in our midst, but
Fix this textdiscontented people who deceive themselves into thinking that
Fix this textthey are working for the good of humanity will never realise this.
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Fix this textIf society had only to deal with the downright vicious element
Fix this textin the forces of discontent we should regard the future com-
Fix this textplacently. But it is the people with weak heads and warm hearts
Fix this textwho are really the worst mischief-makers. It is so easy to show
Fix this textthat this world is not a paradise, and to point to suffering
Fix this textincidental to the existing social arrangements. And it is so
Fix this textdifficult to devise reforms which sensibly palliate that suffering
Fix this textthat it is no wonder people in the old world rush into schemes of
Fix this textsocial regeneration. But the same excuse is not present in this
Fix this textnew world. If the fear of anti-capitalist measures were done
Fix this textaway with altogether there would in a very few months be no need
Fix this textfor any man in Australia to seek work in vain ; wages would
Fix this textinevitably rise, and prosperity would return with rapid strides.
Fix this textWhy cannot our reformers allow the old world to make social
Fix this textexperiments and let Australasia jog along the old easy road ? It
Fix this textwas with too much truth that the first Napoleon declared that the
Fix this textdesire for perfection was the worst of the evils that afflict the
Fix this texthuman race.
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Fix this textPerhaps the idealists would give us peace in Australasia if it
Fix this textwere not for the agitators who fatten on the stirring up of strife.
Fix this textIf ever there was a clear case of this it is in the efforts made by
Fix this textthe unionist leaders to foment another general strike over the
Fix this textchanges in the shearing agreement and reduction in wages. The
Fix this textsubject is one upon which our readers will not care to hear any-
Fix this textthing from us, and with outsiders the expressions of opinion from
Fix this textgeneral newspapers, which we publish in another column,
Fix this textwill have more influence than anything we could say. In the
Fix this textpresent situation, indeed, there is nothing to be gained by words,
Fix this textand the less argument the smoother the course. The Pastoralists’
Fix this textFederal Council has devised a fair workable agreement, and,
Fix this textgenerally speaking, its action maintains a higher average rate of
Fix this textwages than would otherwise be paid. All that members have to
Fix this textdo is to be cool and firm, and the difficulties so much mouthed by
Fix this textthe delegates will gradually disappear.
Fix this textThe fourth annual meeting of the Pastoralists’ Union of New
Fix this textSouth Wales revealed no flaw in the unanimity of the members in
Fix this textface of the difficulties threatened by the Union leaders. Consider-
Fix this texting that there must always be divergence of individual opinion as
Fix this textto what is a “fair” rate of wages, and that general rates cannot
Fix this texttake exceptional circumstances into account, it is most gratifying
Fix this textto find the decision of the Federal Council thus approved by the largest
Fix this textmeeting of members that has yet been held. Mr. Dangar’s presiden-
Fix this texttial address struck the right notes of kindly interest in the welfare
Fix this textof employees combined with firmness in asserting the necessities of
Fix this textthe position of employers ; and his words were the more approved,
Fix this textbecause the Dangar family for the greater part of a century have
Fix this textalways acted upon these principles in the management of their
Fix this textestates. The popularity of the president and his zeal on behalf of
Fix this textthe Union received hearty acknowledgment during the evening,
Fix this textwhilst all agreed with the speaker who said “ he felt sure they
Fix this textcould not have a better secretary than Mr. Whiteley King,” whose
Fix this textreport speaks for itself.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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