Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-18

from here 10 Berlin, or by the Elbe and
other canals down to the great system
Of the Rhine,
THE FREE PORT.
The city claims that a great part Of
its prosperity comes from its free PERI
This is a section which is covered with
enormous warehouses where goods can
be stored without paying duty and later
on be shipped In bond to any part OF
the world. If they go to Germany
they must pay duty on leaving the
free harbor, but II elsewhere they are
not taxed except in the country Of their
landing
have spent several days in this
free -harbor section during my stay
here. It lies right on the river II
comprises about twenty-five hundred
acres of land and water bounded by
floating palisades In the Elbe and by
the customs canal on the side OF the
city. The port contains almost eigh-
teen hundred acres Of land and this
space is covered with vast warehouses
OF red brick, when look more like our
flats than anything else. The land Is
cut up by canals so that ships can
come right to the warehouses. There
is a customs canal separating this har-
Dor from the remainder Of Hamburg
and this Is crossed by many bridges at
each Of which a customs officer stands
TO examine what is brought out. | was
even questioned as TO my camera, but
was not made 10 pay duty. as | could
prove that | had taken II In a short
time before.
went through some Of the ware
houses. They are packed with all kinds
Of goods awaiting shipment, In one I
found coffee crom Porto Rico and Bra
zll being sorted by about one hundred
German girls, who sat az long tables
picking out the bad beans and grading
the good ones for shipment. Another
warehouse had American reapers, NOW
ers and thrashng machines, and an
other held thousands OF dollars worth
OF American flour Then there were
quantities Of Chicago meat and Grand
Rapids furniture In boxes | met some
Of the American agents, who informed
me that they found II better to leave
their goods in bond until they were
needed
GERMANY's ENORMOUS SHIPPING
This Is a good place 10 see something
Of the shipping NJ Germany. You can
take a boat and ride for several hours
from one great wharf 20 another pass
ing sailing vessels and steamers from
all PARTS Of the world ! have done 80
several times during my stay In Ham
burg. and am amazed al the enormou
strides the Germans are taking on the
road 81 ocean commerce. There ar
many great steamship companies here
some OF which are almost nm
known In the United states
There arc companies which deal
only with South America, some which
have regular vessels 20 Africa and a
lrrge number which trade with the Bal
tic countries Tho Germ71 Paltlc Met
now amounts TO more than four hun
dred thousand tons ne shirS call az
the ports of scanfino"ia 10. Finland and
Russia and the North German nrov-
lnces. and sail thence 10 England and
other parts Of the world.
gERMANY's FAMOUS STEAMSHIPS /
This Is the headquarters Of the Ham
burg American line which in recent
years has become SO prominent II has
now some of the biggest and fastest
ships anoat. and IT'S Atlantic ocean pas.
sengers number more than Co 100 a wear.
ID is capitalized az so O0)OoO and Il
earns more than 10 per cent on that
amount. II has now ~ ocean steam
ars. more than 80 river steamers and !
about 5000 employees,
The chief connection ~ the Ham |
burg American line IS the North Ger
man Lloyd. which sails from Bremen |
The two companies were founded along /
about half century ago, although The |
North German lloyd IS the younger by /
nine years. They both started small /
md both now pay biz interest on large |
'apltal. The North German Lloyd. for |
Instance. Is capitalized AT $4,000 600 II |
employees In the neighborhood Of 1900 |
men, and vies with the Hamburg |
American as having the fastest ships |
ipon earth, In this company there are
L large ocean steamers, and among |
hem ships sailing to Asia, South |
america and Australians well az across /