New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-26
AMONG THE SHIPPING MEN,.
THE MERCHANTS ARE PATRIOTIC.

VESSELS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT N"ON 49,
rvc,sr or Wharf.-The NITRATE COAST.
In tbe lower wards OF the city yesterday where oo
rrcnt mercantile houses and the banks anu
institutions carry on their work. there was Only o.
subcct of conversation. and that was the Possio''
war with Chilli W. r. Grace said Wv NV
lcve that there will be war. Chill will not DC iooi
oo, 10 90 70 ,ror with this country believe that
an anologv satisfactory to the United states uo'eri
mont will he made rs soon President Mohte se''
hack TO Santiago At this season OF the year "o'V
Of the wealthy people Of santiago 90 away 10 son,o
place IN the south OF Chilli, where 1t Is cooer 'ai ~
i in tile capal have large interests in Chill ~heh
would be seriously affected II war look piaoe' o"'
not believe there will be a war;
AZ thc office OF Charles Y. Flint Co IL was s"io
that Mr. Flint had nothing 10 give ont for publication
At the Office OF the International Navigation company
there had been no ntlmaton received that tte "o'er
ment wanted the Of any more OF the shps peioDs
ing to the lines owned by the company. ITO conpa"'
owns the Inman and Red star lines OF steamers sans
from this port and the American Line ssnhe HoN
Philadelphia The Ohio Of the American Line mas
already been taken by the Government and sent 10 e
Cb,rlestou Navy Yard at Boston. The steamers Of the
Red star Line sail under the Belgian flag and the
Inman steamers under the Brlush nag. NeVei."o
Lea &c is \ well-undcrstood fact that American
capital owns both lines. In the lnmah Meet are SUCH
stns os the CITY OF Paris and the City of NewYork
q
VISION which contempates their being used by England
~ ,ast commerce desrroyers In Of need by that
Government IL wOukl take a special sct OF Congress
and formal purchase by an American citizen TO make
Them available for United states cruisers Botl 'o
act OF Congress and the purchase would TAKE AT e'st
twenty minutes, considering the great prepondcrance
OF American capital in the International Navigation
Company and the wee small voice OF the fenh'Si-
vana Railroad.
shiDniur merchant. whose trade IL
arcoIv with the west coast Of South America. said yes
to-day "Chli gets from the nitrate beds OF tie coast
which she took by force Of arms from Bolivia and feu,
$50 900 900 year in export duties This Is the source
Of Chl's wealth, and the great source NO forts DC
fend the artos Of the initiate coast IL would Dr. IA
easy a rolling OF log to get Them one frIn IN Ne"
York. acting as agent of the workers OF the nitrate
beds before tho recent revolution in Chill. made 81 5OO
600 a wear You can 500 that American interests are
involved there Tic nitrate beds owned In fee SIM
Die by the who operate them. Colonel North i one
Of the biggest 1t does not make bit OF diner
ence 10 c owners what Nation owns the beds Eeru mas
stable Government. and il woud. in fact. be better
the present of the beds the strip or coast
on which they lie were given spack 10 Peru. British
interests world not clash with those Of America on the
nitrate I'm any manner. All that the owners OF
Tho nitrate beds want Is n stable Government which
will not impose too high an export duty. ~ the unitoh
states wants m indemnity for the families OF tho
murdered salCrs Of the Baltimore there Is the Gillian
coast with the cities Of hnaf gasta and IHuGie and
tio rich store, II nltrat's which are near them
Nothing definite was known If the Infections OF the
Government Yesterday regarding the steamers OF tho
various American lines the east and west coasts.
The Pacific Mall steamship company has n largo feet
on tho Pacific which would be Of vaiue 10 the Govern
mcnt I'm case OF war. The CITY II Pching the largest
steamer ever launched IN america. registers 300
net tons being 800 tons smaller han the CITY Of Paris
Of the Imam Line. She is not fast ship as modern
vessels 60 but is sOiidy built md would he OF great
value as a Transport Plans have already been prepared
vhicI, wou'd render her Transformation from "A
n merchant vessel TO a transport the work OF few
days The Navy pariment has already IN It's pos
session plans Of all the American steamers. their coal
carving capacity and their speed The ships OF the
United states and Brazil Mail Lin. those of the Red
ID Line and those Of the Ward Line are the only ones
available for cruisers The tropolitan Line has three
vessels of type which the G0Vennflt mas ltS eye
on and they can make. whn pushed. sixteen knots
an hour They would be used rs supply SHIPS U
floating machine shops in case OF war -,
re feeling the Maritime Exchange among snip
ming men wss yesterday most patriotic Though ties
men would 10 the ones to suffer most financially IN =
var with Chill they all believed that a
time had come To call halt In
dipl Jmatlc negotiations. \ man connected With one
NJ the largest British steamship lines said ~ Is
who Int member OF tho Latin race would have Thought
OF going out Of town 'tD avoid .an uthntun u
sbotd i, remembered also. thai chill was the ono
nation I'm south America which refused NJ the Pan
Imcrcan Conyirss to agr"e t. arbitration. Now
see that she wants to arbtae.'