The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
THE AsYssTNIAN EXPEDITION


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10 THE EDITOR OF An. or ~
Ahyssinia worth a speci1l mis ,,,D - h vi.
ohNeo states Oohsui az M' ~, ;.s
man 10 send on eucn = "''ss'o". 40
aavsaohtyI wasnheson up ". 80,
uhue 10 Indicate tnat une Ere. .'''.. !u~ ~
ever promoted oy . Nhsr ,.S.. r..
actually determined upon. ouI "o'ens W"
sui at Marseilles must either oe suherns
from an acute attack Of Wander'ust or be
na osss ,,,e,;.,a p. ~. NV what relation
verteo PATRIOTISM. ny tne Dy, va va. 10 -
does Ellis and his so-caiieo PAM INN, De , W
be borne in triumph under the If srss
Banner and surrounded by sa .h q ahvssnian
Emperor And win he deck himself Sut as
mpaI or wi NJ Of s.inn.r or will both in
d"l@s in in w m..o M. Uniforms and. if 60
which will have precedence?
IN II worth while sending a special COM
missioner to inquire into the possibilities Of
promotns our trace Win AoyssmAs a.;n .
probably from arguments and representa-
uvh' ..,,.h .Sa. 49,, "o..nn cloth has
with truth tnat Amer can COTTON c.o." no." %
already found its way into klns Men Wn.,,s
ao%n0ns and hs' me, with Gani tayG Skinner
y. We r"s wv. Nv. w 800, n,.os. .oods have
ne knows ~" oIf so:'on peoe y. USrs.;r;a >
happened TO nnd their way 70 >. Ao Sasaan.,
Or how Mr.. Skinner plans to exploit this
,ns-Lst for our cotton cloth. whether he
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the subject moments study. and whether
he honestly believes that the report he will
make viii be worth the paper il is written
9 9psS.t 70 practical and intelligent men IN Inc
The limited States ships annually a few
million dollars worth OF cotton piece goods.
most Of them brown sheetinss; With aan CON- S,;5
ingS. to what we who are In the business
are accustomed to call the Red Sea trade "
Certainly one-half and probably far larger
that is the distributing centre for all OF the
district involved, embracing not only the
ports OF the Red Sea proper but also such
Mobammerah. &C. as well as Jubitil.
where MI. Skinner expects to take command
Of his armed guard There are p erhaps
eight or ten houses in New .,. aorK wien TSn
houses here probably get IS per cent? OF II,
and Justly, for they have worked long and
nteleently for t. While the writer n I Is not
his position as competitor and an experience
OF a few strenuous years qualify him to a
certain ex tent in assuming dictatorial posi-
In speakine of the New York land that
means United States) firms engaged In the
Red Sea trade / have not referred to manu-
facturers. for Mr.. Skinner will find, il he has
not alyeadv found. that our mills, individ-
iaiIy or collectively, have or can have not
the sliuhtest interest In Undertaking direct
business bus either with Abyssinia or even with
the more important Aden. That is and al
wavs has heen the mort of New York export
meycbnnts and the two Arms which control
the uraat hulL of the Red Sea business are
nv no means tyros. but for many years have
maintained agents on the field as we'll as
i made a personal study Of Alden, Jeddah.
Hodsidsh Suakin. Massa,Ina: and, indeed.
II wn,,id not he in the least surprising IL
Consui Skinner were able to get more and
mnre valmahis information regarding Abys-
sinian hnsinsss in the course OF two hours
r;uht haze in New York than he will gather
in his innS and somewhat expensiye Journey.
Ths writsr Nv M mea ma wishes to be under
atnnG n. decrvinv efYorts 10 increase Ameri-
can trade MT the means 10 be adopted
NAV he omen IN criticism. No representative
~ ths ei.bt or ton New York houses referred
n would ask Tor an armed guard 10 Harrar
~ Iadis hhahn There's not one of them
hit womid he Wiling to make the trip sans
namse that a. Innar's iuntet viii involve and
He n,,;ta contentad II accent in lieu of salary
tho diT.rsnce hetveen actual EXPENSES and
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