Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-19

1897 -. 764 4730412 ! ,O5O, ,993, ,556 277,2S5,391 |
1898 6l6049654 1881 AS. $50 go ,6s7 .s54
1899 -. 697, 7,1l6s54 1,227 ,205, ,419 33S. .S67,79
There is enough food for reflection in |
the above table to last any thinking man |
a lifetime. What probably. discouraged !
Mr.. Bryan most during his California |
visit was his view of San Francisco |
harbor 1t is alive with shipping, which |
wasn't the case when he was here before. |
During the past eight months 551 vessels, !
carrying 6l2,961 tons of freight, sailed |
away from this port, as compared with
SAC during II months of last year. and
half of that number for many preceding
years The increase is chiefly in Oriental
trade. The people on the other side of
the Pacific arc beginning to find out that
this lis a nation with a big N. Dewey
first told them with his guns, and the
merchandise orders that have come over
here since then have alarmed all
Europe. Every day huge vessels, haav-
lily laden with goods from all parts of
the United States pass outward through
the Golden Gate. The manifests of these
big steamships are interesting, as SHOW
ing the demands of the markets that
American expansion policy is opening up
and will continue to develop. Here, for
instance, is the freight list of the Nippon
Maru. which sailed yesterday:
To JAPANESE pkgs Groceries and Pro-
visions, 2,373 gals Wine l cs Dry Goods.
10 bbls Salmon. 1G cs Drugs, 400 SKIS Bark,
4 cs Electrical Goods 600 bdls Wire, 20
cs Paints and Oils. 3,4oo kegs Nails, II cs
Arms and Ammunition, T. pkgs Bicycles,
, 53 cs Hardware, 1Q3 hxs Raisins, 4,570 lbs
Hops, 1oO50O lbs Pig Lead. $50 rolls
Leather, 5.OG3 lbs Bread, so bNs Soap, 1,SSo
cs Canned Goods. 5l1 lbs Hams and Ba-
e con, pkgs Machinery, 2,141 lbs Butter.
To China and Manila-15,210 bbls Flour.
1888 pkgs Groceries and Provisions, 1870
/ lbs Cheese, 7Os cs Canned Goods. IS cs
Salmon. % bdls Paper, 925 bales Cotton
Domestics, 20 cs Dried Fruits. | pkg Ma
chinery, 2.2S1 lbs Gensing 10 rolls Leatl-
: er. GA bxs Fresh Fruits. 1,229 gals Wine,
% 42O lbs Goldfish. 10000 lbs Pearl Barley.
' pixgs Electrical Goods, 3 bales Dry Goods,
d IL cs Whisky, 10 cs Manufactured To-
bacco, SO pkgs Groceries and Provisions
so bxs Fresh Fruits, 5pkgs Naval Stores,
4o4 cs Canned Goods. so cs Whisky, 40 cs
Gin, 400 cs Blackberry Brandy, cs Boots
and Shoes 1900 lbs Butter, 70 lbs Hops,
2CO lbs Goldfish 200 lbs Cheese, cs
Brandy
To Corea-62 bbls Flour, $4,000 lbs Salt.
1877 pkgs Groceries and Provisions, 663 lbs
Coffee $50 cs Canned Goods, 1000 lbs
Goldfish. 3,O55 lbs Hams and Bacon. 500
/. lbs Lard, 1896 lbs Beans, 2172 lbs Dried
4 Fruits.
y To Vladivostok--5Ss pl<gs Groceries and
L. Provisions, 102 pkgs Machinery, l cs
IT Hardware 125 lbs Dried Fruits.
J. To Singapore50 cs Salmon.
,r To Bombay-sO pkgs Groceries and
10 Provisions.
The steamer also CAlfleu Ine IOlOWlHS
treasure:
ce To Honolulu-s25O 600 in Gold Coin
l. To China-$1S1 2O9, of which S139,019 was
of Mexican Dollars, $l,630 Gold Com, s32,0os
!, Silver Bullion and 800 Qua tcmalan Dol
ad lars
e' Those figures talk, completely con
q founding such fellows as Edward Atkln
e son and his satellites. who would hrs
I'D ruin American manufacturing interest
co by free trade and next put dampef ol
no American commerce by dlscoufaslh
H9 American enterprise and allowing Tor
III eign nations, to capture and retain ever
lid Oriental market. The truth is that pros
he perity in this country would deprive I'll
in democratic party of its stock IN trade
~, calamity howling-and thus tine demo
'na cratic press of the east must prevent IN
1t national growth even though it has I
it howl down the men who are carrying tn
American flag and opening markets fe
=. the products of American labor. AS a
evidence of what Is gong on III %
Francisco it was stated today by Che
Wharfnger Henderson that There
not a vacant berth on the entre cit
M. front, and lots of shipmasters are hu1
- grily awaiting their turn to get alongsle
: the piers and load or unload cargoes.
-, .You may imagine how crowded "
80 are for space said Henderson, "whe
vS' ..1'' you note the large number of vessels thi
~ -. we have to deal with compared with u
10 TO list of last year. The governmentetran
oes " ~ .. ct with tbe Whalers vet TO
~ ~,us heard from.
9, "The price of building material
lhe steadily advancing, and calls for outsit
M an cargoes are numerous. HaWalls tra'
ms has been a boon to this city, anu Fhe go
re- iernment's transport service, commlssa
anu anu and uuartermasters department a
los. @ spending million and half dollars
<ue N month on the coast. Lumber is sellll
ms hs for $154O thousand, and good heaitl
MS demand at that, and the price of iron
op- sipp keeping everybody guessing"
US Yet before Admiral Dewey little oV
Tue a wear ago notified the Orient that Unt
hist sam was out for business the Unit
seae 'e States sent very little merchandise
'eoi Asiatic ports and San Francisco and
=. the vast and fertile country back or
~ experienced q dullness which convlnc
w. W. the people that the state was overcroW
VI ed with population. When the Nlcar
~. guam canal shall be completed the We'
me ern coast of America and the VIII
: 90 Rocky mountain region Will nave oo'
50 never dreamed Of. Good times will nes
;,,h+ come, however, as result or the co
eeie ardly and restrictive policies of the De
WOW ccratic party, which never yet acco
dos plished anything save depression and
moralization in business circles a
ore. which is now shriekng against trade ,
ther pahsloh ,,a7;st;n III tn Ae,'inaldn as mI
If in up 'ne m....., .a.. Wtash;ngton Who would
may ern ueolss +hasa davs of natio,
ern. growth and prosperity?
deA REVISED SLANG.