The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-11-10
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Colonel George w. Bell, United
States Consul at Sydney, New South
Wales, was a passenger by the Moana
returning from the International Com
mercial Congress at Philadelphia con-
vinced that the recent gathering will
accomplish much good for American
trade and commerce. He believes that
the commercial necessities Of the trad
ing nations Of the world will become
better understood and appreciated
when the knowledge and ideas contrib
uted by the several hundred delegates
are presented in permanent form to the
commercial bodies Of the United States,
and he particularly hopes for i'm
proved trade relations between the Pa
ciflc coast and the Australasian colo
MES.
"One matter that will tend to i'm
prove greatly trade and travel between
San Francisco and the ports OF New
Zealand and Australia" he said, sis
the improved steamship service short
ly to be inaugurated by the Oceanic
Steamship Company. While in Phila-
delphia visited the Cramps shipyards
and saw the big steamships now being
built there for the Australian trade.
One of the ships will be ready in April
or May, and the other two will be CON-
pleted at intervals OF three or four
he ha lat nE l.
ton of the first one. They will be
magnificent vessels of 5000 tons each
| and one of the Cramps assured me that
there would be nothing finer in the
carrying trade on the Pacific when
these vessels are placed in commission
| They will be two knots an hour faster
than the Alameda and Mariposa, and
that will cut down the time between
San Francisco and Sydney at least two
days. ! do all can in Sydney to en-.
courage travel by the San Francisco
route, but 1t Is an uphill fight wher
passengers can obtain much better
service and accommodations on mucf
larger and finer steamers by the Sue;
route. With the new steamers that ar,
to be placed on The run next year W,
will have a better claim to a large
, share Of the passenger traffic, and thi
also means increased trade, for trave
influences trade.
big results will flow from the re
cent Commercial Congress. There wer,
present about $50 representatives o
some forty-three nations, including
nearly all the nations of Europe. Cen
tral and South America and the Orient
The Australasian colonies, some of tn,
American and African colonies ant
several African nations were also rep
resented. The burden of all the dis
cussions was reciprocity All of tn,
bright thinkers and takers in the bi.
assemblage devoted their attention L
the problem of how we might exchang,
! to the best advantage. The representa-
! tives OF each country told of the com
mercial requirements of his country
! what II had to sell and what II wanted
to buy, and its method of doing bust
ness. All this information will beCom,
J a permanent record. 1t will be pub
lished and copies uf the published vol
ume distributed among all the com
mercial bodies and newspapers of tn,
country for reference. The CONNER
cial interests OF the country will thu
have at their disposal vast amour
of valuable knowledge, furnished b!
men most capable of giving It, and II
this way the Commercial Congress viii
accomplish the important result of aid
ing and stimulating our trade relations
with the other nations of the world"
| Colonel Bell. although the Consula
representative Of the United States a
Sydney, attended the congress as tn
representative OF the Government O
New South Wales. He was granted ;
leave OF absence by the department a
Washington for that purpose, and he i
now on his way back to Sydney to re
: sumo his Consular duties.