Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-28
THE CARRYING TRADE
Effect Of Act Recently Passed
by Congress.
SHIPS ON PACIFIC
1T Is EXPECTED THAT THE NUM-
Der WILL BE INCREASED.
Commerce With the Philippines to Be
Conducted After July 1, 1905,
in American Vessels Only.
By WILLIAM E. CURTIS,

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star and
Chicago Record Herald.
MANILA, June 81 1904.
At the recent session Congress passed an
act limiting trade between the United
States and the Philippine Islands to Amer
can ships. If the law should go into effect
Immediately, as was originally intended,
the export trade from Manila would be prac-
tically paralyzed and the industries of the
islands seriously injured, because there are
so few American ships that carry hemp,
copra and other products sent to the
United States. But it will not be en-
forced until July 1, 1906, which gives mer-
chants two years to build ships and pre-
pare themselves. Secretary Taft, the COM
mercial organizations in the Philippines and
others interested in or having a knowledge
OF the subject begged for five years proba-
ton, but Congress would not give them so
much. By the time the law goes into eff
feet 1t is probable that several new ships
will be added to our fleet Of steamers on
the Pacific, which is fine as floats any
where upon any ocean, although it is linn
tied in numbers. Our merchant marine on
the Pacific surpasses that upon the Allan
Tic, and coming out just now from Ameri-
can shlpyards are several type of the high
est standard the science of shipbuiIdIng
has ever reached
Pacific Mail Ships.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
retired all of its old-fashioned ships and
has now in service an entirely new feet
of enormous ships which are as comfort
able, convenient and safe as any ever built.
They more than double the cargo capacity
OF the American fleet upon the Pacific The
only ola steamer retained in the service of
.he racine Mall is the China. which, until
recently, was the queen of the Pacific and
mas held the record for speed on that ocean
for more than ten years She was buiIt nj
Glasgow about twelve years ago is 40 feet
long, ~ feet wide, 5000 tons and can make
eIsnteen or nineteen knots hour The
emma is still in excellent condition and is
a great favorite with the travelling puhlic
in this part of the world
The Pacific Mail Company built the Korea
a aana SIBERIA at Newport News in 1902 and
!Ss 1hey nave registered tonnage of
Low, ana carrying capacity of IS 400
tons, being 512 feet inches long. CO feet
peam AZ feet deep and 1850 horsepower.
Dl. tu an ordinary speed of eighteen knots.
Both made twenty knots under pressure on
their tria' trip. They have accommodate ons
Tor 40 passengers, sixty second-class and
i,loo steerage. Both of these ships are now
IN service and have just been joined by the
Mongolia, which Is now making her maiden
voyage Her sister ship, named the Man
churia, will be out during the fall or early
winter These two steamers. built at Cam
Ni' ~. oit de- St ana as me ana
comfortable as any afioat, and have a
greater carrying capacity than any vessel
on the Atlantic ocean or elsewhere al
though their cargo capacity is about 800
tons below that of the Minnesota and the
other ships now being built by the Great
Northern Railway Company at New Lon
don. They have registered tonnage of b.
639, cargo capacity of 26,514 their en-
gines have 10000 horse power and they are
intended to make fifteen knots an hour,
although the Mongolia has made eighteen
They are almost precisely alike, 615.S feet
long, 65 feet beam and 81 feet from the
keel to the upper deck They can carry 225
first-class passengers, 100 second-class and
800 third-claSs.