The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-29
NEW ROUTE OF TRADE
Merchants Invited to Open Re
lations With Australia.
SELL TO HAWAII AND FIJI. roo.
Representative 81 che Asssrsisss Sssse'
All. Lsss rslIs - Crest
Field fer Trade.

The trustees Of the Chamber OF Conn
MERGE held special meeting at the room
OF the Merchants and Manufacturers TX
shangs yesterday afternoon 70 hear oil shs
opportunities offered for tho extension OF
ses.,.e's ocean trade By the new Cana
Australian steamer line from =. W.
Ward. the representative OF the line, VINO
e. n The Northern hotel Mr.. Ward. VINO
In native Australian. came over on fhs
steamer Niowera, which arrived n VAN
cDuyer on June 4, and IL endeavoring 10
open trade relations between the racine
coast ports and Australia and the Pacihc
Islands With . view To creating business
for his line. He arrived in the city from
Vancouver on Tuesday. in company win
William Brown. the assistant general
freight and passenger agent OF the cana
dian Pacific. and went to the meeting
With r. W. Actsinnis, the local agent OF
the road. and A. u. scrogxy. the contract
ing freigh: agent. II. q. Graves occupied
the char. and there we're also present
Mayor J. r. Ronald. u. II. Gilman. h. {.
Nenfelder. r. A. Hin. George Folsom. W.
II. whiitlesey and G. II. kittinger.
Mr.. Ward stated that the hne which he
represented was matt line established TO
open n nes mail route between Australia
and Great Britain by way OF Vancouver 80
that IL would run entirely through British
territory. BY the peninsuiar d Oriental
steamers passengers were forty-bve days
on board ship. which WAS entirely too
long. while by tho new line they would 10
twenty-onc days crossing the Pacific and
elk days crossing the Atlantic and would
thus have the difference between twenty
seven and forty-iivs days To spend on this
continent. whiie the time Of mails would
be shortened equally. There were num-
Der Of other advantages. for they would
have . call at Honolulu. which
was quite a. picturesque as
the famous call at Colombo.
People would be coming this way in
hurry some day. for the first European
war would close the suez canal. A single
blast OF dynamite would do that. A great
fight would be made for the mail contract
In 1895 with ths T.. & o. 10. The next
chip would arrive next week. one left Van
couver on June II and they would sail
monthly. though three steamers might be
put on the line with sai.ings every three
weeks IL the business increased as they
hoped it would. The question had be-
come one Of great national and interna-
tionai importance. Before long they
would have a cable from Vancouver to
Australia. touching at Honolulu and Fiji.
which would not be 90 liable TO DO cut IN
case Of war - the present means Of COM
munication. He continued:
We hope this new line will open consider
abe traffic In the Southern Paeihc ocean we
have tho se!f-goverriug British colonies which
are practically Tsru 5iics. though they have con-
siderable pride in their connection with the
mother country. There are nearly 100000
English spcskina people in that country. far
eu;numoering the whites of the French and
German colonies In thu south Pacific ocean.
Tns people who frat get hold OF this territory
ere going 20 be very rich indeed. The British
colonists haya only been there about fiiiy
years, bat nature has been there for ages storing
up wealth for them. The business OF that CON-
munity In now done With Great Britain, becaus,
Great Britain Is the euiy country which
has Understood the valrc OF II. yet
America 10 5000 miles nearer The ex.
tcrnal trade OF Australasia 10 $500. ooo.opo q
year aud there ought to b . great exchange Of
commodities between that country ant the
Pacific coast OF America Each OF those colonies
has It's indcpendent governments and each has
It's own tsrln-thore are aevea tarifs-which Il
agsea. absardity. The government tries to pre-
ven; the exchHrge of commodities though
there f. great similarity betweca thor prod.
nets. You have the advantage that their sum
ner In your winter. Does IL not seem certain
that tho communities there eouit exchange
with the communities here' Yeu exchange
across S,Ioo miles OF railroad. and 5000 miles o
water IL not nearly difnculs to traverse
Even many pcfishsble products can b ex
changed By the aid OF cold storage. ana In raw
fnategtsis and manufactured products you Car
do great trade The largest trade we q;
outside OF Great Britain II with the Uuitec
States. bat 10 per cent Of our business 10 done
with Urea. britain. because she understand,
Australia, while the United States do moi
quite understand Australia aad Australia aocs
not understand America II We knew QUO All
other No should mud that you have man,
things we want and NO hsvo many thiags yoy
want There II . steamer line oetwcca "a,
Francisco aud sydney and Melbourne by way @
Auckland, and that fact explains Why We hav
done much more business with America III a,
any other counsry outs;de OF Great britain
Hardly any other trade 10 doae with Ametlc
except with New south Wales and Victoria
ws have line touching ST brisbane wa saal
bring about connection between tho North ia
cite ccsss ports aud Australia
The tact that We touch az Honolulu will b
most important Immediately. has; yusr IIawat
purchased from tae United states over ssosa. 10
worth Of goods. ira year before over g. 900. O
and the year before that between e. 81. 30 an
t.oo,oea The United states has had a tea,
with Hawaii since ISIS uaie, which your prs
ducts have eeea admitted free. bat Caiiforni
holds three toufths of tat trade because cal
fernss has developed IL. ha; 10 does nos folio,
that California shall con,inue TO hold IT. TIL
line has been established TO ey-ss tina, hust-,e,
~ yea. sad we Will do II last a. sny oths
line. ours aew. svttt ships. under ma
contract to make TIRE trip in twenty-five Is ',
sSd. n the business warrants u, We thali ia, .
atatri ship
Mr.. Ward then read the statistics ~ III
imports ~ Hawaii. showing that the
come mostly from the United States. Cal
forniA having the lions share Of IA
trade. The ust included beer. ale An
porter. building material. lumber. clo,l
Ing. drugs. hats, dry goods. 6sh. flou
fruits, farnltasc, grain. feed. grocer.ea
which coald iust a. We, he expag.es. fro,
che Sound. lie then pyoceedea:
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