Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-09
THE PACIFIC.

THE PACIFIC.
Essamshfp LIae 20 China EHd
~ Trade with me Ceiestlnf
EuTnfre-ChInese ~mt$ra Cona-
merce OF san Francisco
From theNew York Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, January ], IS0'.-Ane
5aosr+ura Of the new steamship Colorado
fo-dsv for Yokohama and Hong heng
i~nauGurates q new era in the history OF
American commerce.
The " trade Of the east" thst Prize
which All commercial nations Of modern
fimes-tbe Portuguese, the Spanish the
Garoese. the Dutch, and the kngIshi
haze necessarily and vigorously con-
tended for through three centuries, prom
- to fall st last 70 the great yankee
nation. The military power OF Eng
land in the last century opened III
Recourse with the East Indies,
mn to this time she enjoys b hulu
81 that trade by q Eoy
sga The trade OF China ana Jspan mas
mn 70 this time remained comparatively
untouched. To effect TINS connection
- Tnits5 States government hRs wisely
.SIj-hs5 q stesm mail route between
- Francisco and China. The original
b1I ~ranted S5O0,OO0 for monthly trips,
5ona6iur al the sandwich Islands The
r,,trapt was taken by the Pacific mall
stssmshjp company, and he nrst
srssmer. the Golden City, arrived mere
To-dsv Whether the Pacific mail com-
-,Dv would be allowed by the govern
II,gTt n leave the Sandwich Islands out
- me proposed service has been q
Question OF no ordinary moment
Es-s ever since the establishment
u he line was first contemplated and
- contract taken. While the great ad-
,-eptaVes NJ 8 direct communication
barg-esn this port and Japan D emma
we're everywhere admitted, II was equsl-
~ desirable 10 secure 3 regular snd
Snaedv means Of communication win
fbe Islands, the trade with when hAs
been steadily on the increase Tor several
wears psst. A line Of fast-saillng packets
making the voysge to Honolulu IN rom
twelve to fifteen days, has been doing a
psving business for several years, orlnR-
mo he products OF that island, IN the
shape of sugar, molasses, eonee, anu
ubslp oil. aud carrying to HOnoluls IN
return assorted merchandise from San
Francisco. steam communication was
established with the steamer Ajax 10
IS5S. the trip of 200 miles occupying
from eight to twelve days but the ousl-
ness not proving remunerativei she was
withdrawn after making two trips.
Since thst time, the trade Between TINS
mort and Honolulu has been carried on
exclusively by sailing vessels, the dif1er-
eDoe Ina the rates Of freight, Sl4 per ton,
rendering all competition by steamship
,~tnDrodtsble. The trip 10 Honolulu OF
80 miles will thus be made a separate
affair. the eompanyis bOsts carrying pas
seugers and mails through ia about seven
days.
The direct route between San Fran
cisco and Yokohama Is 41bl miles oy
the rhomb or great circle hnei q diverg-
euce 10 Honolulu would require an extra
distance on the voyage out OF az miles
which would be increased on the nome,
or return trip, to 957 miles, involving 3
loss 10 the public on the round trip Of
I-O4 miles. lifetime between San Fran
cisco and Yokohama direct viii be be-
tween seventeen and eighteen days
Whereas 10 touch at Honolulu, allowing
one dav In port, would require twenty
two 10 twenty-three days. More b q
AL this. q steamer such rs b Colorado
cannot enter the port Of Honolulu with
out ineurring great risk.
A GRAND CHINA NAIL DINNER
was i've ct the Occidental hotel last
nigbf At which $50 merchants and in
,ifs1 guest. were present Gov. !. +.
T.,u nre.ided. Letters OF congratuiatlon
wara read from Mai Gen. Halleck and
Admiral Thatcher, and speeches made
NV Gov. Low, ev-GOv. Stanford, A. A
low OF New York, and others. Inc
Chinese mercantile interests IN San
Francisco were represented by Messrs-
FnDg Tang Guam and fuen ana Choy
Chum Chew and a score OF other mer-
cbsnts from the "foWery kingdom"
The speeches Of the celestial gentlenen
an fbe English Language were among the
- interesting events Of the evenings
entertainment and elected much ap-
plAuse. I'D 20 he
Ned to American enterprise in these
-, empires is not generally Known
+, 10 baen assumed that - The chinese
b,vo for centuries unknown amply sup
.iis6 their own wants and have made
ffonsider.hle progress IN MANUFACTURES,
49, tberasorP. they will buy but little OF
TDJted states IN short, that they
s-s,t 20 dispose OF their surplus tea and
siiL hut require little or nothing IN
a~cbsnOe. This assumption y erfone-
- and al arguments deducted or
I,ssad thereon are, Of course, equally
false. ,baso.
bsrI labor on the primitive fDdiviuuei
beod system has always been anu sun
eontin.es 70 be the bAsis OF CnlheSe
manufacture Of whatever kiHd or quail
ity. This fact is too patent 70 ee GH-
gtIised. This entire system Is 70 PEN
iced. already is to q very c~onsloefsole
1-tsnt-rev0iutionized, by the American
s,stem of Improved machine labor.
a. regards the great staple, cotton snd
cofto1 goods, the. probable results OF TINS
oommupication Stand Oat in eOiors that
cannot ha mistaken. The 4~00,00O,eOO OF
CbInese use. according to various esti.
mate. from twenty 10 thirty yards OF
Sotton goods per head, per annum, a
o~nsDtitv equal 10 1900, 100000 Of yards
1.r apnum of homemade goods. Tue
Eoater mart. indeed the whole Of this
,a,,oons aggregate, can and viii be
s,nDlied by American manufactures.
NJ proof is tins fifty years since,
80 limited States and England
in,norted nanksens from China
SOM after the war OF loool
British machine goods began TO md
their way 70 India; IN $50 England ex-
rrrted 70 India and China IAUo0im
Yards Of machine goods IN 1861 she
trade q grown 10 liUto5DOVsVYV gaAuos
10 10 that date, that isup 20 the cut
brssk Of our rebellion, India bought OF
Great Britain in manufactured goods
more cotton than she sold her IN the raw
sTste. Machinery and skilled labor rev
-olDtionized the whole character and
curse OF trade between Great Britain
md those countries. 10 1855 We find
rom The published reports that the ex-
uorf nom he British Isles to India
amounted 10 SIC. 200, Of which nearly
tWo-ibirds lclO,O 9,O9l1 was eottsn goods.
Ihe sane operation has commenced ! q
regard 10 Gbina. England sent thither,
i, 1850. 243,6A,000 yards, valued Al G3,-
~ O48. while the value Of al other srtz
80 sent thitber reached only e 81 ,f5l. Q
me Uhole Batish trade with China, In
1Sgl. wa - OllOwss
' Tm.orH ENporiE ?
$50 ESsn0 Cotton goods $500
- ey90l 90 WOoieu goods o5a,0 Q
s9nduys---. Gtoo sundTies i,2@,sg
To,al imports @,&s.05 Total exports 62ls coo
The eject Of the war ia the United
States was to change lie cotton trade.
Enolsnd drawing raw cotton nom China
Effected her exchanges with that country
thus; r.,s~
1900 5zlEeB Alg5 0i
lSl 100000 4Aso0 aAz0Q
- t2fMy0 $50 ~
ILI5.0eo 1921