Australian Life 



climate, for immediate settlement, the opening up 

 of fresh markets for Australian produce in other 

 parts of the Empire and in foreign countries, and 

 a larger measure of encouragement to the man 

 upon the land. It further implies the construc- 

 tion of railways designed, not for the benefit of one 

 capital city, but for the utmost development of the 

 districts through which the} 7 pass; it involves the 

 conservation of the invaluable water that now 

 runs to waste; and it points to the stern discour- 

 agement of the professional unemployed of the 

 Australian cities. It reads like a broad national 

 policy, born of recognition of errors in the past, 

 and consistent with the national ideals of which 

 so much was heard during the first few days of 

 the present century. It is a case of farm versus 

 factory, and the present trend of Australian opin- 

 ion seems to be strongly in favour of farm first, 

 and factory afterwards. 



