The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-27
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
sorTH AMERICAN TRADE HAS
SHIPPING FACILITIES.

whatever the Reason for Our Linz
,ted Exports the Cause Is Not n
lack of TranspOrtatiOn-Win at
Tvbee Thirty Miles nm Hour.
pough Day with Ships in Port.
IN connection with the recent efforts
20 build UP a trade between Savannah
and south American ports the interest
IN those markets is growing. and other
,orts are investigating the possibilities
18th a view to establishing a trade.
savannah lumber exporters have taken
the most aggressive stand so far and in
,.iaw of the disadvantages to which
+bav are put, have made satisfactory
progress.
commenting on the reasons why the
avnort trade of this country should not
On via Great Britain to reach South
America, a New York paper says:
THE report of the National Associa-
ZION of Manufacturers contradicts the
absurd idea that our merchandise has
;, 20 TO Europe to reach South Amer
ia This has been solemnly stated by
members of Congress. No freight
worth speaking Of, says the report.
Does TO South America via Europe
9ur schooners are admirable carriers
If exports to South America: the
great drawback to sailing vessels is
me difficulty they experience in obtain
ing return cargoes. This may be RENEE
died however, by increasing the intro
duction into the United States of Ar
gentine woods, skins, hides, etc. To
mat end a reciprocity treaty has since
been negotiated with Argentina by
,bcih one-fifth of our duty on her wool
would be taken off, but the Senate
would not even consider the treaty, so
the American schooners carrying out
our merchandise are still without suf-
fcient return cargoes. The average
freight rates. says this report, from
New York to Amazon river ports ara
lower than from any European ports
The report sums up this branch of
its subject with this accurate state-
ment: Steam and sail vessels are con-
stantly hunting for business the world
over. and the American manufacturer
cannot attribute the lack of shipping
facilities as the prime cause why he
cannot get an export trade South
American imports are mostly manu-
featured goods, and our own tariff is
based upon the proposition that the
prices of these are lower in Europe
than in this country. That is an ade-
ouate explanation of South Americas
greater importation from Europe than
from this country. 1t is a fact, how
ever, that we are now doing a consid-
cradle business with South America,
and very recent German consular re-
ports have complained that we are TAX
ing trade away from Germans. Our
merchants who have goods that they
wish to sell in South America at prices
that will meet European competition
find plenty of means of reaching their
customers, and from time to time addi-
tional steamship lines are announced"
With the wind from the southeast
and blowing at the rate of thirty miles
an hour, there was little passing in
and out of vessels at Tybee yesterday.
Throughout the day the crews of
vessels in port were kept busy lashing
them securely to their docks owing to
the threatening weather. Reports from
the Weather Bureau were watched for
steadily. The day was one that does
not give a seaman unnecessary alarm,
but keeps him constantly upon his
guard for predictions.
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Savannah Almanac, 10th Meridian
Time.
Sun rises at s:ss a. M. and sets at
5:Ss p. m.
High water at Tybee to-day at 4:20
a. m. and 1850 p. m. High water at
Savannah one hour later.