The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-20

Japan Now Contests io4 ,urr macy on tn
Pacific.

Pacific.
The report Of the Commissioner OF Nav
feafiou for 1885. after referring 10 lue
necessity for the passage 'i iicc a.lp
bill. states that our maritime RANK on 'ie
Pacific Is now threatened hy new rival
JaDan. which. under liberal ana pro-fca-
4iye laws. has just established a Trans
Pacific Steamship line 10 the tih'tH
States. and. with the cooperation oi
American capital is preparing 90 extend
rapfdIv the service. I'm 1850 the tOnua-e OF
American vessels entering tie United
States from the ports OF Asia ana ottANi-
fa was 2>5og5 tons. and OF ioici-h N'7-.l7
fI.-l tons. lu 1870, tine American tpl-
mage entering WAS COS i,l tons, tne loi-
eien tonnage G,i.-l6 tons. Tile large ana
profitable carrying trade. once 'uI''' yea
between Aslatic and Europetn ioilS ID.
American vessels. which seldom entered
American ports, has almost tutlltly pass
eel away. .
nug' the commissioner says .lIho7l
wholly disappear from the mid-Aiahu';
save MS borne by the mail steamers OF
the American line. and the figures pre-
scented tend o. show that the carrying
trade of the laCiuc ls slipping IRON u7.
Before % is altogether lost. COMMISSIONED
Chamberlain suggests that Congress ln-
uuire into the conditions of trans-fdcllc
transportation. For the control OF thls
trade the United States enjoys obvious
natural advantages. Within the lN-l I'VE
6are increased from thirteen OF 21.10l tons
T., t'fiv,thrce OF f662s5 tons The number
OF American steel and iron steamers ,h
tho Pacific is fCrty-three of $3.50 tons.
The reuort recommends the immediate
avt.refnu ef fine act az 1892 under which
rio sfe.mehips Now York and Paris were
admitted 10 American registry and tAe
etoamehins 81. Louis and ST. Paul were
buit in tie United States. Under thlrl-
. ,5 i is"; ~ ,' ..r,ies even aunroxi.
,,,,. i,,.. az. Atierfd mail ec~,.ire ON euulf
Dan.i,t,o,,- viii fhC-o found lccessarf to
no f.eert erection of tho latter.
srL. r,rrrf ofur.oe ~ longfh tho nrsr0-
.ifi-, 81 fr rrlt ftn rrr cont additional
.Ii.,rir,,t,. ltirr futiri on I'm car..0.s
brog.hf mo the L nitod Sfltas bv forelgu
vos-,ls n nrinfs out tlat for over eighty
t,ars Nh. irifld states have followed ihe
t,ol,.v of reoirf,cifv in -llnpioe Ever.
ILL., ,,r. rhine r.ffon al i1or4f.Ia
rer.t las adCrraf and NOW nur4nrs The
.,me roficv our tefal imnJrts 1r 1856
ulre ,.fraf nj S-ef 0lg qf-. of vhi,l ZOO
~. s,3 vyero 6rof.aht I'M f0roieu vessels.
NM. Iii ',rin. irafirl- duty bin would nut
an additf0uaI charge of HnDH nn our
International exchange. based ON tine ag-
'lr.- III f,s- gu amount anpr1yim.tliv
f,...r,t. .rI ...rr.rf. Ia Isl. ,t. irrrorf-
lii :. a', "i,' 80 cotf.. ~ Stitch i,la 1l
,.' ,,,, ron, Ere7u A. l.gsf r.inr-fnrtha of
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eor'. ~, ,.', ~ '''''' ''
4e..'7' -, ann, ,rr ct,,,t,,rf,f-
...,.s ,,tflb i,r,irr tie dfeerir,in.ffne, dufv
rr0iscf the american reonie would he
-,l,,.frs1 80 r9,, for tsra7ilisn coff.a lora
ID ro ,ref,tdi 'ba ,efeiIisra1 sf.qnefio
ii,.s f-,frdirt- tvrorfr-nra .+aar,ars
rr,tqi "a tbe - Toui- or ~ psul ~ a
,,|f Ioro'r ,u,r,ior If he ,I.,l. ra',,ft~af
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