TRADE WITH AMERICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 11

TRADE WITH AMERICA.

AUSTRALIAN "SLEEPINESS." THE WAY OF THE CHINESE. NEW YORK. Sept. '2O. The Chinese Consul-General here is trying to settle the 'long War and other tr übles, but is bothered by an average of 15 letters each mail from China, inquiring about American markets for Chinese goods. Sir James Elder, the Australian Trade ! Commissioner, who is bursting with energy i and enthusiasm, has no war to worry about, but gets uo such letters. He complains bitterly that n~ one seeks his help to find American markets for Australian goods. Interviewed on his return from a visit to Canada, Sir .Tames said that Australian "sleepiness" had aroused Canadian comment. "We are not showing enterprise at all," he said, in castigating business men for not preparing to take quick advantage of the Tariff Treaty. "The Canadian Liquor Association does not know our wines or their prices. Raisins are not being pushed' properly. A Montreal man tells roe that he has been six times to Australia on selling campaigns, but has never yet met an Australian similarly empLyed in Canada."