New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-26
New-York. Aug. "a 1895
VALUE OF NEW ISLANDS TO COMMERCE.
4 SAILOR WHO THINKS THEY WILL BE usEFuL
~ FURNISHING sEAMEN FOR THE PA
cIFrc CARRYING TRADE

, SAILOR WHO THINKS THEY WILL BE USEFUL
~ FURNISHING sEAMEN FOR THE PA
crFIc CARRYING TRADE.
To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir. You hear our representative men ask
What are We 70 do with the Philippine ana Ha-
waiian islands" To me 1t looks very simple ana.
in fact the acquisition Of these Islands seems -
be the only way that we can compete Win hu'o-
mean nations In restoring our carrying trade par
ticularlv with Great Britain and France Several
wears ago Mr. Spreckels vas obliged 20 discnaIgs
the Chinese hremen and employ white men on no
Alameda and the Mariposa. carrying mails ret"een
San Francisco and Australia ~ inc same inns
the Peninsula and Oriental steamship c'm0anys
mail boats were entirely manned By lndlamon as
also the French mail steamships oy nat'es oe-
longing 10 French possessions.
The Australian Labor Union claimed that chns.
men were not citizens OF the United states "ns'e'
as Indiamen and Lascars were sunjec'S ." ''
Britain and that mail steamers receiving a suo-
sidy or ocean postage should employ only those VINO
were citizens OF Great Britain or OF tn country %
which the ship belonged.
An agent FOR n steamship company AZ N'"-io'N
IN speaking Of our commerce. said w coua rot
compete with foreign ships on account ~ wages
You will find ocean mail steamships 90 me Az
lantic II properly managed. can be run just as
cheaply as those belonging TO Great Britain sailors
will 20 where they can fare the best In I'VE yeaNs
from the time We start American line OF ocean
mail steamers on the Atlantic there VII be a re-
serve crew ready az all times Population Is IN
creasing and situations will be in demand
Now for the Pacific which | predict VIII oe IN
less than thirty years the great highway OF the
world II We are TO enter into competition for our
share or a part OF H. our ships can be manned %
natives of Manila and Sandwich lslandet7-'"o'e
who choose to remain as citizens OF the Oh''su
States The Cinnamon. Japs and HaWaiians maA'
excellent steamship crews. while Manilamen ha's
a world wide reputation as sailors and ha"alaA'
have manned our whaling fleets tor years.
Unless we have some OF the Islands 70 supply W
with sailors TO compete with the countries tns'
have. /, will be a hard fight consider tha' 'n'
Philippine and Sandwich Islands are our on, onH
which 10 man our ocean steamship lines 20 compeIs
with other countries whose colonial e.,gss
have given their lines an advantage over the INV
Germany soon learned the advantage OF ,S0, ,as
possessions. II gre to keep pace with INV
world. is our first cnance. , .,,.,,,a
Hawaii is a National necessity. The oole ernSs
may be urged that il would become daaserros,,,
element How about the thirty thousand 70 s Ina
thousand bOm6 0Il Nv snS
German for many years has mad Of Se COCOA
nut on many OF the islands large plantations. ana
as each tree produces about 90 cents per anna" ss
Is easy to ma nf rees Gi can be- grown
Many OF the little guano Islands IN me raV ,a heen
"edea 10 English syndicates After all the susno
mad been removed they planted cocoanut ug ps.
Some thirty or forty OF these ISLANDS IN the.,vs
cinc are now included in Her British Malesgys
assets and Germany stands ready 10 contest e'',
inch OF ground that has any commerclal vxnn
Unless the United States retains the ISLANDS Wa
bv Admiral Dewey's brilliant triumph IL j on.s
matter OF time when they will fail into the pO'
sion Of one OF the European Powers. .-,
There should be difference OF opinion ~ !, shst
TO these Islands. Is II not well-known Iact Iii
they are the only islands I'm the PACING ina, W.
ever be available this country, and tnat a.. ~
others are either under the Nag or protectoIa'e T.
Great Britain. France Holland or German .,,ni,
seems as though Nature had placed them W nd
our reach. Should neglect this, our on! IN.
last chance I'm the Pacific 10 meet carryinh, ",
petition. which must come sooner or later ,,,sst
stel ,nship line can compete with France OF -
Britain Germany is only waiting 10 graz , ine
TnssI WIN r , ony nhance pon Iet il 20 by for
the want OF craftsmanship. What Will the , Son' "a
generations say should neglect our a"V "
II GARDNER MORSE.
Fifty-two years at sea. rory-one years III e'N
mand.
New-York August %. 1895.