The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-30
TRADE RELATIONS,
The Commercial Conference
Now i'm Session.
e. s. FOCRTH COMMERCIALLY.
The Prompt Cosssruetiea 81 the
Siesrsgaa Canal Asked Ocean
Mail ships-

sas FRANCISCO. Aug - - The coussss r.
eiai esafesegsee @siea WAS called b. !
san Fra1s4sso : aantsrr oi CONNER So !.
time ago nei here this ast-rnoon and =
gasizssi. There wee pse~eDf Dc >
gates from the san Francisco Fge-
duce kxenaE ~. aasaiae gusrs A. ;.
/ ei.tiosa. thasBbsr Of ca:zsme~se, Bosssi II
Trade. 1aliforul. State Bssss,s oi Trade, sad
Chambers Of Commerce 81 L<as SHg fas.
SAL D.s 90 aud Eureka
Several 90 he szSst's reB5es n'slssss 4
congress wsrs pFereS:, as44 sef;srs se. -
oeiye1 from etsers Tae cemaissI.sae 5
appointed some TIME s<o "a Iress.sv ga :
upon sasi1s&s suble. Is "a iaaisd iae e-
port.
he first reperf sa5siifed was upon c
sub5ect 81 the encssursg NEST of maritime
commerce and tne increased energy Ia the
construction Of The navy. The repars is
~ lengthy sad enters largely into trsss..
statistics. showing tha: tee Unifes; stsrs :
stands iourtn In rank aaong the great
commercial nations of the word.
The report says tina. other American
countries AID the Australian colonies
would be glad TO have closer trade rels-
tons with the United States III b<tteF trans
portat-oa iaciii5is : were prbyided. ID sas-
grsis that The law shouil be repealed re-
curing yessess In the fsrrign trade 20 =
butt aud own d ia AneFiss before bein ng
Registered It app ais 10 congress 10 siup.
measures which will secure partioa Of
the wo las commerce. renaneFasive en-
pioymenf TOT the People ani p-rfctt re
curtty from foreign aggression.
The next report submitted was upon the
prompt construction af toe Nicaragua
canal a. a means OF defense. 1h eui-
fltsffsIat .fst4faIsfftRGf tpsr ffHtar~k
wousd De- national erim- so permit any
EuroI, an power to obtain sncn an a1iyaflt-
age rs hat witch would be derived by the
united sat By prompt construction Of
the eaasl Its imp rtanee - a naval sta.
ton aud a meaus Of quick passage from
the eastern t. tie W. stern eoast of America.
a. we'll as ITS commercial advantages are
puiiitad cut.
Kesosniiors were submitted requesting
the states rcprt sentaiiyes III congress To
AID the construction of the Nicaragua
cana by any proper i.gislation.
A lengthy report was also submitted on
the marine ieftnses ot Pacific coast ports,
in which the fset Is developed that the
pre srui Notifications are repFoacbes to the
wisdom ana siatesn anship of the country,
aud that In tie eyeut OF wsr The Paeihc
coast WUuiu be al the mercy of any foresgn
power. CONGRESS is urged la make ne-
ginning towards proper coast defense al
the earliest pus.fb.c iaomoGf.
Anoih,r report was on the subject OF
establishing aEd mainSa.BiBg permaueDt
ocean mail steamship lines. The first refer
-ee aas to the mail service of san Fran
cisco and Vancouver with China aud
Japan. The Canadian Pacific has three
steamers sabsid zr1 al the rate of ssS 40
Per round Tip ior each steamer, Will
eight steamers oil the two American com
panies ruabiag from san Francisco afe
allowed ~ COO piece foi the round trip.
- de that fi,,a LfaftHfkIet #
this iaes is enough 10 condemn the par l.
moniuus Yoisey oi our oserRmeut IA =
psCt 10 ocean commerce, auu "a excite all
N iraiion isr fhe illersl and progTess.V1
policy .i England ana Canada
among other riking features presented
II fhe tact that Australian sDd New Zcs-
land mails to aDd from san Francisco are
carried os an American It amsbip COM
pany, which reeve $4,000 yearly fr, n
toe hawaiian government, $st1UtV tFrla
Austria ia aua New Zesana aud about slJ,-
CUv from the tnstsd States, which lat r
sum hss lately been increased TO tf5 y 0.
ostug 10 the dissatisfaction of the NV
LeslasId government
Resolutions were submitted, ca ling III IN
cos ress 20 ensct neees saTy laws ami ap-
sroyria3e a euIiicient sum of nioI,y 10 el-
able American ST. ausaip lines io compe e
Vita fore gn subsidized ,tuss RAINING 10
Chiua asa Japan, south American ports.
New Zealand and Australia and Mexico,
CeuiFsi Am& rlcau and hr tisa Co.u.nD'an
ports.
Resolutions also favor the adoption of
lcw sca-e for the construction of naval
bna'i or SHIPS. f.os ding taat sll ships be
built Ntth view 10 S'e.is Vnlo.led ia the
naval reserve liz.
All the rrI.ir,s and r solutions submit
tea were Referred to committee. 4, other
session OF the conference " ii be held TO
morrow.