Telegram-herald., 1890-07-01
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
HOW Is THIS.

Just at the time when the free trade
papers, as arguments III favor of their
policy, are claiming that we cannot sell
abroad because we do not buy abroad,
a wall comes up from London, that
Americans are competing with English
men IN the British colonies. The Lon
don Daily Fi,sanciaI Naes says that "a
good deal Of attention has been paid of
late 70 the undOubted fact that our col
onies IN the West Indies are being IN
vaded on an extensive scale by the en-
terprising commercial army of the
United States. Geographical posi-
ton has very much TO do with
bringing about this state OF
things. the proximity of New York and
other American ports to the more I'M
portant islands in the West Indies
naturally giving the American mer-
chant great advantage over his Eng
lish rival. Some of the colonies, Ber-
muda and the Bahamas more particu-
larly, have q very close connection with
New York, and the British element, in
a commercial sense, would appear TO be
merely nominal 10 those Islands. In
the case of the Bahamas this is much TO
be regretted, for the chief industry,
owing 10 the commendable energy and
perseverance of the governor. Sir Am
brose Shea, is making rapid strides, and
an era of remarkable prosperity IS fast
setting IN. In Jamaica and the Lee
ward Island no secret is made Of the
popular desire TO encourage the intro
duction Of American capital, and from
ali present appearances the exhibition
which Is TO open at Jamaica next year
will have an abnormal coloring of stars
End stripes about IL. The fact Is that
the Americans have already secured a
very strong footnOld IN the old sugar
snd-rum colony, and, with Characters
TIC enterprise, they are making the best
of their opportunities"
The same journal further says: what
should produce greater feeling of
alarm in the British commercial mind =,
however, Is the fact that our American
Tivals are now attacking our stronghold
Gt the antipOdes. In Australia, itself,
30 far. the competition has not assumed
sery serious proportions, beingconfined
% a great extent To the book hawking
line of business. In New Zealand
however. the position is vastly differ
ent. That which began with book
hawking ten or a dozen years since has
now developed into an important com
merciaI connection between the colony
and the Pacific slope of the United
states, and all the efforts beng made
to divert the stream in the direction of
Vancouver are poweriess to interfere
with L.
Comparing the Australian and New
Zealand trade, the N,gs says: "While
Australia imports from England such
goods ss she does not produce or manu-
facture herself, New Zealand can, IN
half the time, procure the same articles
from san Francisco. What has done n
great deal toward developing the trade
between Auckland aud san Francisco
5 the fact that for several years past
there has been a constant flow Of pas
senger traffic 20 ard fro between the
two places The twenty days run
scross the PLACID waters Of the Pacific
between the Wsitsunata and the Golden
Gate = pleasant and attractive one,
and While The holiday seeking Pacific
slopers have found 4 Joy forever in the
thermal springs and the picturesque
grandeur of the View Zealand scenery.
the Maorilsnders themselves have re-
oiprooated by falling IN love with the
orange groves OF California and the
salubrisy Of the Californian climate
generally. Thus has that connection
come about which now threatens
70 make View Zealand What
many ~ the wess Indian colon
"a have already become. a com
nnsrrisl appanage of the Unlssd
states. In TIE Pacific world the Ameri-
can has an excellent reputation a. a
trsder--s reputation much more sx-
sited IN the ewes Of both blsek aud
white people than s either cur own oT
thst II the Germans. The latter were
Ire first % start the 'rubtssh' trade
smong the stands, ard eur people
were not long IN following mit. It =
nonseuse - ssT--and defenders of the
honor Of Sheffield manufacturers are