The times., 1899-12-02

join d. Spreckels. the California can't
talist, ship owner, and proprietor of The
! San Francisco Call. is in the East and
/ it is expected that he will be in Washing
/ ton IA few days on various errands. He
1 Is member OF the Republican National
/ Committee. which Will meet December n
/ His Oceanic Steamship Company has had
/ large contracts with the Government TO-
the movement of troops to and from the
Philippines. And finally, his arrival at
! the time Of the converting OF Congress
/ may be. it is thought, not without signif-
eance in connection with other interests
Another matter which brings Mr.. Spreck-
els to the East is his large contract with
! the Cramp shipbuilders. who have nearly
completed for his company three {, 6,OOO-ton
steamships for the Pacific trade.
Mr.. spreckels is an enthusiastic expen-
sionist. In discussing the outlook for
American commerce in the Pacific. he said
recently:
In all my life have never seen such
a remarkable growth of trade as is row
developing on the Pacific Coast. E,verv
class of people is getting the benefit Of il
Manufacturers, meat packers. implement
makers. tobacco and cotton raisers ona
and all are sharing in this most phenome-
nal export movement
Take the west coast of South America
as an example San Francisco nor aDv
other city. has ever done much business
south of Panama. We are low 10 have n
monthly steamer to and from Antwerp.
and these steamers will call at all prin-
cipal west coast ports. The Kosmos Com
pany, operating them, assures us thar
|OO0-ton vessels win be used The Cen
tral American and Mexican export trade
IS beyond the present carrying capacity OF
The Pacific Mail Company. It is SO. too
with us on the Australian Line We have
refused 10000 or 10000 tons of outward
freight this year for lack Of room.
1t is impossible TO speak too highly OF
the prospects for trade in Japan. China.
Siberia. and the Far East. / can remem-
Der the day when there were only six
steamships In all on the different Oriental
lines. Flour was the chief article OF ex-
port. 1t is all changed today.
With vessels leaving Vancouver. Seat
tie. Tacoma Portland San Francisco. and
San Diego, operated by different raiIfoad
companies, there is an endless cIamor for
freight accommodations. The tramD steam
ships take much OF the Hour but the -egu-
iar steamships are getting every conceiva-
bic variety OF manufactured goods from
every corner of the country-dry goods.
cotton. tobacco. provisions. meats. and an
endless variety of every line of merchan-
disc.
I'VE all have hopes of Siberia when the
great Siberian Railroad is completed. Quite
a bit of business is already done by steam
and sail, but a new field OF enterprise VIII
soon open to American exporters. Natu-
rally direct steamship accommodations will
be provided.
The most satisfactory part of it all. as
said. is that every portion of this coun-
try is benehting by his trade expansion
From Texas to New England and west
ward to California everybody is feeling
this new quickening of commercial life
What the future will bring forth is beyond
prophecy, but l am a firm convert 10 the .
widespread doctrine that our foreign trade
development viii be largely To the West. :
the Southwest, and the South