The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-10
IEAMSIIp LINEs WANTED


Amsrican COuntFies-One Of the Questions
Before the Pan-AmOrican Congress-
Chicago IHIer-OeeaH.
The delegates from Central and South
ern American nations to the Pan-AmeFl'
can Congress have not been timid as "a
expression Of opinion concerning one o.
the questions, that Of improved methods
Of ocean transportation, which is to be
formally presented to them as a body
Said DR., Pena, OF the Argentine Repub'
lie; 80
~ believe that the commerce between
the United States and tho Argentine
Republic would improve very greatly az
soon as direct and regular Communica'
ton Is established between the two re-
publiCs," He argued that the need o.
vast improvement in the transportation
facilities was shown by the fact that be
himself was compelled TO come here wa
England, and that he had been forty
days In coming,
Said Senior Velarde, oil Bolivia: :,
"Forth improvement Of trade | should
say that inst steamers, with all modern
appliances should be run. For instance,
they might run from here or from San
Francisco to Aspinwall, and thence down
the coast to Valparaiso. The time from
VALPARAISO 10 New York should not be
more than twenty days, aud from Callao
twelve days, instead OF thirty.lve and
tLirtv.six DAYS from Valparaiso and
twenty-five days from Callao, as is now
the time, Another convenient =foute
would be from Valparaiso around Cape
Horn to Rio, and there connect with q
New York line, or have the same steam
er come right through. That line might
indeed, be extended to tho River Plata,
covering the whole coast OF Brazil, and
from there TO New York, There are very
few who come hero from our part OF the
Pacific or interior countries, because 1t
II Is easier for them to 20 right direct to
Europe"
Said Senior Castellanos, Of Salvador:
"The chief obstruCtiont oR closer COM
merCial relationship between the United
States is the fact that freight rates are 80
much dearer To and from the United
States than to European ports. The
hrst step, therefore, that Is necessary to
improve our commercial intercourse Is
to establish in some way cheaper freight
rates."
The informally expressed opinions Of
other delegates are Of like tenor.
How are the cheaper freight rates"
which Senior Castellanos demands TO be
obtained? How are those fast steamers
with all modern appliances" which Sc.
nor Yelarde demands to beset alloat and
bekept aaoat2 How is that "direCt and
regular communication" between this
and other American countries which DR..
Pena demands to DO cstablishedp By
liberal subsidies 10 ocean going vessels.
II there be any other plan or device 1t is
not now apparent, neither have these
objects been gained at any time by any
country except by the use Of subsidies.
Forty.fye steamships trade between
European ports and those Of the Argen-
tine Republic monthly. There is not q
solitary steam vessel employed regularly
in voyages between a port Of the United
States and q port OF the Argentine Re-
public. Why? England has direct
steam communication with La Plata
twelve times a month; she pays q lib.
eral subsidy to the vessel owners. Ger
many has direct steam communication
twice a month and pays a subsidy. Bel
gium has communication nine times a
month and pays a subsidy. France and
Portugal pay subsidies and have commu-
nicatiOns twelve times month. Spain
pays a subsidy and has communication
six times month. Italy pays subsidy
and has trading communication four
times a month. The United States pays
no subsidy and is 80 thoroughly isolated
from the Argentine Republic that Its
delegate TO a Congress to be held in
Washington has to reach New York via
Liverpool.
We have cheaper railway freights in
the United States than are known in any
other country Of the world. And we
have subsidized railways TO degree else
where unknown; Taking National,
State, county and township grants and
aids to the construction Of railways into
consideration, we have subsidized In
ternal transportation companies to an OK
tent fouriold greater than has obtained
in any other country. And we have
the most prosperous railway proprie-
taries, concurrently with the lowest
freight rates OF any country. We have
abstained from subsidies to ocean trans
portation companies, and we have the
most depressed steamship proprietaries,
concurrently with the highest freight
rates. The object lesson is painfully
thorough.