The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-19

more than four hundred thousand tons Its
ships call at the ports Of Scandinavia, FIN
land and Russia and the North German
Provinces. and sail thence to England and
other parts of the world.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Fl
HAMBCRG-AMERICAN LINE.
This is the headquarters of the Hamburg
American Line. which in recsnt years has
become 50 prominent.
Il has now some Of the biggest and fast
est ships aioat. and its Atlantic Ocean
passengers number more than 6.0e q year.
1t is capitalized at to.0oo.oo. and II earns
more than 10 per cent on that amount. II
has now III ocean steamers more than 10
river steamers and about Is.e0 employees.
The chief competitor Of the Hamburg
American line Is the North German Lloyd
which sails from Bremen.
The two companies were founded along
about a half century ago. although the
North German Lloyd Is the younger BY nine
years. They both started small and both
now pay big interest on large capital
The North German Lloyd. for instance, n
capitalized at SeS,Oo.0o.
1t employs in the neighborhood Of 1s.0o
men, and vies with the neutrality-suspicious.
as having the fastest ships upon earth.
In this company there are seventy-seyen
large ocean steamers and among them ships
sailing to Asia. South America and Austria
liza, as well as across the Atlantic.
1 am told that its steamer lines now num-
Der about thirty. but these include some
branch lines and minor lines in other parts
Of the world.
Germany has a large steamship connec-
ton with South and Central America
1t completes with England and France for
the trade OF the east coast Of our hemis-
phere and also does a large business on the
lower western part Of It.
One of she chief lines is known a. the
Kosmos. This sends ships clear around the
Continent via the Strait Of Magellan. Its
vessels often go as far north as San Fran
cisco and 1t has a big trade with Mexico,
Peru. Chile and Argentina
STEAMSHIP LINE FROM
HAMBURG TO BRAZIL.
Another steamship line goes from here to
Brazil, and German vessels sail far I'D the
Amazon. Most Of the South American ships
are paying good dividends The Kosmos
Company made q profit Of Is per cent in
1900. and some other companies pay almost
as well.
1t used to be that the English had the
monopoly of the Chinese and japanese
trade.
They had the best steamers and It was
the sristocratic thing to go on the P. & o.
OF late years the English boats have fallen
on. They are far behind the times in com
fort and speed. snd the m are getting
the travel.
The best accommodations from Asia to
Europe are now found on the North Ger
man Lloyd steamers; and they carry q large
number Of passengers. both first and second
class. The same Is true OF Australian ships
CT this line.
OF China. and they are even trying to cap
ture the rivers.
They are building steel ships on the
American plan for the Yangtse Kiang
which shall sail under the German dag.
They WIN make twelve knots an hour. and
Will have t~riple-expansion engines. worked
by crude petroleum.
They will run from Shanghai to the great
tea port OF Hankow. about 200 miles in in
terior China. and there connect with small
er German steamers. which Will go as far
up as the goTges of Ichang. or all together
about 1.W6 miles from the coast. o..
They have also regular lines Of steamers
to Kiouehau. their port on the Chinese
Coast. e
The Germans have ships which cali at
Tfsn-Tsin. and they regularly trade at the
japanese ports. They have recently put on
a line to the Philippines
The ships go from Hamburg down to the
Mediterranean. and. crossing that. through
the SusE Canal to Ceylon, SINGAPORE and
thence TO Manila.
They now practically control the shipping
Of Siam Five years ago the British had
s. per cent Of this business. but now per
cent of IL Is carried On under the German
flag. Thu German capitalists bought out
The British steamers and added more.
The service now Is better than Il has
ever been. and the sIamese trade is going
70 Germany.
GERMANS OWN WORLDS
LARGEST SHIPYARDS.
1t is the same in many other parts OF the
globe. and were it not for the MorganiEa-
ton of our lines, as the merging OF the
steamships by the Americans Is called.
they would have a fair chance TO eventual
ly capture the OF the world