THE GREAT UNTRIED EAST.
FOR HEAT. Somo interesting thouKhts on the quesof'; the over-taxing. of our 'existing i-jnarkbts, r and tho 1 search for now mar-' 'l.:kets,.,forfrozen: meat; aro-. expressed : by ; ii V;v\; . a .recent writer in the "Sydney Mail,"; 'Tho Argcutino Beef Trust, he, says, .■wastes no time, and misses no chances, to push its': great' business in London. 3ts platform is really a challenge to Aus->h-:.traliaand New. Zealand.,, The . latest 1 ; movement .* is to .arrange for swifter. steamers to and from • London, and so E ■ " timed that one'of the mammoth liners will : terth in London every Monday, freighted t' 'with ,'beef, and mutton: There is .also i . to be a. regular lino "to Liverpool and ' . . Manchester to inop up the trade there; ! : "i'hose steamers, of whicli ,there aro .to y./i9)B.'nine,' will be fiftcen-knotteTS, equipped ' -■ c V''iththolatest.■ methods for 'chilling. ' : 3Chey ; are "determined, this big- meat ring, [ ' :.to:' completely ..monopolise,. - the ; 'chilled ~ meat trado of ..Great Britain,: no matter at wliafc expense. As it is of British , origin, there is. 110 doubt:that,.the trust ! . iwill be able to pull strings to .suit its' • : own ends, and the sooner :Australia really. ' . - realises . what a : formidable competitor ■ - - 't ' has |in South: better.:-.y i - iTfn, Continent Closed. :r . ■ . It is ■ contended; by .experts that the meat trado in London can: never again7 ■■■■■; ' give j the profits ; which have been drawn .: tin the. past;" for the reason that the, d&' ! -V v -;v : -' jnanS 'for.' imported bfeef \and- mutton V' |is fully supplied. - . .Preferential' : trade. ; .'might hbld ; ,out' a faint .hope;, bht' tho ii' , against/this.- are very igrfcat -now; , . Md it appears to be a pjettyblender stick S--. ' 'to rely Ti£om : -Wheroare : theso' ; other ....markets to .'be found?: There i's no prospect on. the Continent we are told. Both .-Gormany and Prance are economicallr in '•need of .cheaper, meat ; <but the V ■ ■ tariffs' of 'both countries refuse imported ,: : jneat .admission. "Germany is paying: very '} d ? ar Jy,for,.meat .at:.present; bit .there is v.'. 1 : 110 ,' hopq . of. any, • accession- being; made .:i»;;.the;_recommendation of; tho list ,re- : : . -Ifrigor'ating conference that the: inspection . : . , 'systems 1 of , the , British « dependencies i should ,bo; recognised.; As far .as France is concerned, she. has,'as#'matter '61-.facts 3V, s -tfincreased ;her -tariff, against imported .. meats.. ' ( iHope from the East. J , ; v i ,One .'authority . says', tiai the most , pro- ; ■ lousing.- indication 'at ; present is, un- . Jdoubtedly in tho East. Mr.'- Graham .V. so mo.""'.years ;-; : ago; ;.reported," it >:■ true, " that . Japan ■ did oiler- any' opening ,'for:. such. pro-. . But Mr. Gow; did ' not vtake* cogfiisafice; of a treiid of social ■ evolutioii. v . ;oven -toen apparent*. With : " ".(ttcir.' general-, westernisation' the AsiaticsK: Western needs; • in .. their. .s ■ liood. and clothing'. Tho Japanese' Govern*: Jment '.has taken' steps build up the" Japan hecause it ; irife'nds'to make . . staple article of'diet amongst the > t - r.This' trend, is bound to- develop, - — generation wui V* - £6.o';both xheiChinese aiid' Japanese large' •• a " ieaters.of meat'which theiv own. conntfies ; t;' ' unable to. produce.,- .One-.'reason :^, pven' for.- the attitude^ofi,the.. Japanese -V >' jauthorities;: is -said-; to .be - the .- desire. to - gmprovo the of the Japanese. It ps.>^so : "Baid;-*tb'at;,..the Japanese men in .x-• v authority vhaye heeri- : .mqve)i; by. the -.fact. _'rth(s.' rice-''diet;duriiiiv{Ue:sreb'eht war.' •c- iwith Russia led /to much' disease' amohg ; •V ; : ;'/^f-.thevsoldiers./ : •, , :i .' ' , lAn Experiment. -.. 'v r 5 ; . /; • ' -regard ■to . trial; shipments,';an. ar- /-; ■- iMigement.;.might/easily ;bedevised '"be-- , . , >tween /Austraaanp/and '/-New, . Zealand - /r. tshoppers -• to. runy4;/fewVshipments: 'to?£he:: I'-- -;/(Orient, /for, experimental'■" • in- > V/ ;- r: idependently.-of -the- consignments that :go : -i;\; , :-/ ; ; ; «here-"at;present. ,to/fulfil .contracts. *%$.. I , ! ;. the Philippine ■ Islands there is /a great jr.,;; /trade,to; be done .; l iu.,rliye . ; ,:cattle.. ; .Thet . ' ./Datives, it seems, : are' religiously'forbidden' /,/;/.'. ?to eat meat which' they: do-oiot.-kill them-' |' jßelves, ;. and consequently , the trade in' rs:./(frozen ;or r - chilled meat mustbo limited / . Ito 'the white _ .Those'-'islauds I' .- , /:jcannot. grow meat oftheir/own. through / ; v ;; itho stock' diseases; which exist there). and' I'-yy-;/' l .?afP'-not likely to .try;-.again'■ till science •;^>caU:..^iarpate-rinderpest;-.and' , 6aclik'stock* • i;..:'': jnaladies.But, newv markets 'will natirally , time to : build up.-'. In. the meantime I v./ii^the. position :must be ; dealt• with ..as it !>:/ ": ; exists.at .present. . - • l /..\ 1 -,/ '. t/ / better.' method of control appears : to [' //• • be/ the-most' important - escape' ; froin . a- . /repetition ,of last..season's'^disaster,' ; when t:; -ttie f6ll- absurdly low,' and. the stuff . pcacticaliy. /unsalatile. . If the :shiph from, Isow Zealand and Australia' . ;K:,/.icould'-be:, spread"over' a 'longer^period, - v'): jthe;-dealers-;in/ England. say . tliat they j f-would .be..greatly/- .assisted..// The /sheep ' 
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