Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-09

Eue1, ana, l1o0 pre8Enf ln1lo1l1 -
III b nsnf ossE he Canadian kaclna
tn mnnnaRemant o. ahaa road ass e.
araatia. la aeants are a Ssaftis. Ia
coma. and I'll e fha Scaad pottss -
Pouland ard sRsn a. ezn Franclsso,
sonlsina traNa Its agents. VIII aoon
Be found in al The Eastern eenssEs q
tEa3e.
Il have iasl srdsrs3 shFee tons q
bsoka fron Nee York. 20 bs shipped VA
tas Canadian RaGlAa,' said . bsokasiaer
Of Ssaftie.
Ny goods are carried b. the Casa
dian kanife.n said another merehanE.
Tae reeult vii be that tna Nortaefo
Psoi6o uili have 60 rua is ears into -
atils 10 bold The trads Of thal Rlaee.
Tha great hop yards 81 the Faoifle co2st
are OF the Sn0qualmia, north o. Seatsias
ard Is 10 quite probanle that the Cana
dian Psei6e ufll transport nsaEiy all q
ne pressat eFop.
Il uouId seen shas ths Northern Pa
eiae has mada 4 mistake In seieet1nE
Tacoma, at the head Of the sound. as
ita terminus, instead q runnine ooHn
tha eastern shore. If Beliingham Bay
had been selected, il would kave been
far better. Nor should be surprised Il
ths company we're yek 10 build = line 10
that point % secure the tFafac. which
otheruise viii 20 20 the Canadian Pa
oiio. BellinRham Bay Is Opposite tae
Straits Of Faoa. one OF tbe hneat nar-
borB on the coast. The SAVING IN toSaRe
wouid be q great itam to commerce.
Il Is already annauneod that a line Of
steamers viii Be put on maxi year
nErWEKx vAsc0UEKR AND xeK0HAHGAs
And Is 10 have liberal allowance from
he Government for carrying the nails.
A very large pFopoFtion Ct she peopls Of
tha United States are opposed % the
policy Of paying anything for mail ser
vice on the ocean. Congrassme1 are
eager 80 secure large appropriations for
aaFbors In which no snip will ever spread
its sails, for rivers which never viii Be
rafflsd by 9 passing steamer. They
never Questioned the star Fouts land
postal service. which costa 81 OF more
for every letter transported, bat regard
money paid for ocean mail service AZ
0dious and undemscratio. England
adopts the other policy, and IL the worlds
posfman, carrier end banker.
Vita q line OF steamers regularly ply
ing between Port Moody and China, Il
Is almost certain that the Canadian Pa
oifo. is 70 control the tea trade Of this
country. Is is q great and rapidly in
oFsasinR trade. Look So the figures:
From Japan, last year, We imported -, !.
156, 600 pounds. from China B. 900
pounds, from HOngkong $4,000 pounds
IS. 000. zoe pounds, valued AZ more than
$l3,0000O0. Nearly all Of shis vas en-
tered at New York, Q little ct Sen Fran
cisco and Portland, OFsgoa. From thia
time on Puget sound is 10 be tbs great
entrepot for teas, and Il seems probable
that the Canadian Pacific will largely
non0polizs the transportation eastward.
Tue Northern Pacific will hardly be aba
to pat on line Of steamers. having no
mail patronage TO compete with thia
mach helped railroad OF the Dominion.
New York at present is the great import
| ing center, bnt Chicago, St. Paul and
Minneapoliswil BE- likely 10 take IL from
her hands.
Let Is lock q little farther. Il is 1884
miles from Puget sound TO Yokohama,
and 1880 miles from San Francisco 70
Yokohama. The present time Of the
Pacific Mail steamers Is about nine knots
per hour, OF % days Between the two
ports. Tue same rate Of speed will Rivt
g gain Of two DAYS IN favor Of the north
srn route. The steamers from Sar
Francisco are run with coal Eined herr
| Puget Sound, or that brought from
| Epglan as ballast by the grain ships
Last year 176, 900 tons Of foreign o0al
we're received at San Francisco. On The
contrary, the steamers putting out foi
Yokohama from this port will ill ID. II
/ bankers from the mines all along THU
great waterway--an important item II
| the matter Of cost. With a iine OF steam
ers, tea will be put down IN CHICAGO. %
fast freight, In Is days from Yoke
hama. In New YORK and Boston in 3
i days.
Turning row 10 the Atlantic. We have
| the distance 20 Gibraltar, 3400 miles
Gibraltar to Suez, 1870 miles; Suez 4
Alden, 1925; Alden 90 Point oe Galb 2l35
Point de GAIb to Singapore. l2i3; Siaga
/ pore to HonRkong, 1850; Hongk0ng Il
| Yokohama, l620-a steaming distance Of
between 1900 and 1900 miles. requir
ing fully s. days and Recessity Of cOalinE
twice daring the passage.
II We bring the tea on sailing vessels
the advantages will be far greater il
favor Of Puget Sound. New York mai
make up her mind to bid farewell to thu
tea traffic.
NY outlook reaches eastward across
the Atlantic.
ENGLAND rs A GREAT CONSUMER
OF tea. The United. States, with nearly
SO, 900, 900 people, needs only s.. 000, O0l
pounds, while England, with several
millions less, imported in 1854 13.000,.
600 pounds. A portion Of this was re.
exported 70 other countries. Turning
uoR to the time tables Of the Peninsnla
q Oriental Steamship Company. fno
that the advertised time 10 46 days De-
tween London aud HOng Kong, via Gil
braitar and SneS. The run 70 Shanghai
is three DAYS more-49 days-and d
Yokohama 50 days. The steamers mus
take ooal at Alden or Oeylon. So much
coal space Is seeded thai the space fol
sarge is seriously diminished. Ths
soal must all be carried 60 the o0aline
! points from the mines OF Engian1 81
Australia. Turning nov TO the route
between China and E0gland, via she
/ great northern gateway, and We have
20 days from Yokohama to Port Moody
and Montreal, including tFans-shipment
and nine days between Montreal and
Liverpool, or 81 between Yokohama and
A1lfcfpool
When We take into account the tolls
on the Suex canal, the cost Of coal along
the East India route, the extra insurance
BY thai route. the voyage through the
tropics, through the Red Sea-the hot
test Of all elimea--in contrast with the
cool climate Of this northern route, the
saving Of distance, time, interest and
other items which 20 30 make up the
grand account, u would seem that the
tee trRfIlc from Japan and northern
and central China, viii be likely 10 take
This route.
said ct the beginning OF this letter
thai the development Of PaRet Sound
| vould Be OF vital moment 10 the pe0ple
Of New England. LIST rs see. New
England lives By Misunderstanding, aud
80 does old England. Before TIE war
cotton cloths manufactured IN the
Icons Of Lowell took the lead IL China
When tue Alabama swept the American
| DAG from the seas, she swept Amegican
e0ttons cat Of China, and shat lsst trade
never has BEEN EeRAinsd. We sent out
last year 1900 yards Of eolored and
81 900, 900 Yards Of uneolored oottOns 10
that coantry, valued at s.. 400, 900. The
balance Of $1,000. 900 Tor tea, against
a., vas paid n0stly IN cash.