Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-11

foreign trade of South America, at
their very DOORS and the Orient. of
which SO much has been written in !
recent years. The gist of Bolce's con.
Clusion is that Uncle Sam is building |
the canal for the use Of foreign ma
lions. The American business man IL
so much taken up with handling the
tremendous domestic American trade
that he really has no vital interest In
the overseas business OF the Orient.
What Bolce wants to know is. why
there should be 50 much anticipation
over what the canal will bring about
In view of the fact that the foreign
commerce of Brazil and the Argentine
exceeds by nearly 500 900 900 the COM
bined trade of the Chinese and jap
ancsC empires. America has gone aft.
cr a very small fraction of any of IL.
Before we complete the canal" he
says, ten or more billion dollars worth
Of Atlantic traffic, which can never BIO
| Influenced by a waterway at the 18TH
mus, will have passed out of our
hands, II our present inattention to
opportunity is maintained. Our man.
ufacturers know but are Indifferent.
The fact that America has not secured
this commerce is sufficient proof that
we do not as a people care for It."
THE futility of the Federal Govern
ment's dedication of distant markets
to the American producers before they
need such openings is evidenced in the
case Of the Philippines. Statistics
preceded our flag to that archipelago,
but trade failed dismaly to follow"
Europe has heard much Of our mid
way station at Hawaii. our Philippine
path to the open door, and oui isthmian
waterway through which our Atlantic
factories are to food the far Pacific
with Yankees wares. But when 1t In
realized that our manufacturers do not
share this dream: that Uncle Sans act
I in forcing upon the Hawaiian Islands
+ our coastwise law has brought about
! financial depression in that group, since
/ It enjoins the planters to ship sugar
| In American deep-sea ships that do not
exist, the alarm of Europe over our
reputed program Of trade dominance
of the Pacific is as foolish as the
rhetorical optimism of our leaders"
Incidentally Bolce gives an opinion
| on what the Tehuantepec railway. in
! the progress Of which Hawaii is very
much interested. means and also states
It's inspiration. He says:
: "While our young republic has been
dreaming dreams, acquiring islands for
our competitors TO exploit and now
projecting a canal for which we have
no ships, our vigilant rivals are pre-
pairing for practical mastery through.
out the wide reach of the Pacific. Par
Rlleling our Panama Canal British and
Mexican capital is hurryinE to com.
plctiOn first class doublc-track rail-
way across the Isthmus of Tehuante-
pee, with fine harbOr at CoatZaCoal-
cos, on the Gulf Of Mexico, and another
OF Salina Cruz, on the Pacific.
1.-THE remarkably alert and capable
London firm pushing this big enter
prise Is the same one that contracted
to construct four East River tunnels
for the Pennsylvania read! In view
Of the fact that South Americas bill
lion-dollar trade has been secured by
Europe and that the coveted commerce
OF the Orient is also passing to the
Old World, the additional invasion Of
the North American field by London
e.. capital and enterprise should not es-
cape the attention Of the statesmen wh0
attempt to make America great by de-
clamation.
For its promoters, this is an auspi-
clous time to inaugurate a modern traf-
tic route across Tehuantepec. Like the
/ Panama Canal, this trade path has been
projected for generations. Within a
very short time 1t will be open for the
worlds traffic to and from the Pacific.
The most up-to-date equipment for tho
loading and unloading of vessels has
been installed These facilities, It is
claimed, will enable the owners to cut
into Suez rates and even meet the tolls
we shall finally establish at Panama.
What makes the present a peculiarly
opportune time for the undertaking a.