The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-05
MARKETS FOR OUR PRODUCTS.
PANAMA CANAL THE GATEWAY
TO 4 NEW EMPIRE FOR TRADE.


1t WIN bring Us In Closer Touch With tn,
West Coast OF South America and witt
China and Japan Great Strides Made
by Japan in the Pacific Carrying Trade
WASHINGTON. March 4,-The traflc at Pan.
qma is treated in a report by Consul Kellogg
Of Colon. who shows what an immense volume
OF trade passes over The lsthmus " without a
canal. The total freight carried over the single
track Panama Railroad in 1904 Was AIS. 900 tons,
an increase of Is per cent, over 1908. The
total earnings were 81 ST. 900, "a per cent.
over 1908. The lumber Of passengers carried
was li4,oo0. compared with only rs 900 In
1908. There were transported free Of charge
1,i6o troops OF the United States and 1000
employees Of the Republic of Panama. Freight
ran from the United States in 1904 increased
by 1900 tons TO South Pacific ports: 6,200
tons TO Central America and Mexico, and to
Pom 800 tons. From Europe the in
crease was 20 900 tons. while the increase
from Pacific points to Eur pc was IL, 200
tons.
The Panama Canal Ia the pr spective gate
W v TO a new empire for American trade.
Our merchants ire looking forward to its
completion. among other things. for a closer
touch with the west coast of Sout America.
One OF the worthy fields for there
Is the Republic of Ecuador, the annual trade
report of which is published in Daily Consular
Reports from Consul-G eneral Dietrich of
Guayaauil. the chief port. The fact that
Quito. its capital, lies but 600 miles south OF
our Panama pivot should not be forgotten.
Our relations with Ecuador are friendly.
and the United States Is now in the lead Of all
countries in sales of commodities there. sell
ing 1854 900 worth, changing positions in
1904 with Great Britain. which sold 81 $50, 900
Of merchandise, Germany following with 81
SOS. 900. Al the same time Ecuador is still
practically undeveloped.
Illustrative figures may be found in the
conditions prevailing in Uruguay. for while
Uruguay has a population IS per cent. less
than Ecuador. and an area 10 per cent. less.
Cruguayan exports are three and one-half
times those OF Ecuador. and her imports
from foreign markets are 500, OOo. 900, as con-
trasted with the 81. 700 900 bought by Ecuador.
A significant fact In connection with Ecua-
dorian development is that, although pos
sessing land able to produce food sufficient
to support a population twenty times that
now resident within the republic. 20 per cent.
of the money expended for imports goes to
the purchase OF foods for the people.
Ecuador is n country rich in agricultural
and mineral possibilities, but held in check
by lack of, population ard transportation
faciliti.s. However, The y GuayaouIl and
Quito Railway. an American enterprise. has
lis road as far as Riobama. and work is being
pushed on toward Mocha and Amato. which
will be reached soon. The Government has
also contracted with a French syndicate for
The. construction of a railroad from the port
OF tsmeIaldas TO Qu!t,o. $1,000 900 to be en-
e. In IN J. thS road, Mn%Ty n,d ara p sf dHcS ks, H.
American viii develop with Japan
Chine. Consul-Geueral Rodgers, at
war with Russia Japan has entered actively
upon the extension OF her merchant marine.
and we may expect to see the flag, Of the
X a m o. KIM nnnO nm IIlt AMI in Ia Dan
ma Canal passage. but IN ihc harbOrs OF our
Atlantic coast as wen, Seml-oticlal an
ships VIII soon reach every port
by Pacific waters. II is known that
a line from Yokohama and HonRkong to
a rival in Importance to the transpac'fc,
The shipbuilding companies OF Japan are
building new ysssels Ts9a,rinG oid ones,
thing they have afoat 10 secure the carrying |
trade Of the Pacific. If half that is told
& true, then an activity viii ensue on, The.
Pacific Ocean which will astonish the world.
sJhe Nippon Yusen Kalsha Japanese Steam
he Deshle Line of Kobe tunder the American
10 provide n weekly service Z, all Korean
ports via M9ii, with Kobe and Shanghai as
vater front from the Pacific Mai, Steamship
line OF pontoons and godowns. From and I'd
hese a constant stream Of cargo IL being
1 . hi6b BY ~ Ja ? ndnseS st ga ISs W q light ut dT bI1
ner advance. on the Yanstze River she will
and c a laIse as ts's vii dno 4Re c Sne SInsi' fTa FIse at
fangchow via the WhanRpoo and The Grand
ANAL she now sha IS "a, "A large extent. the
lunches and torchas. 1t ia well known in
he Far East that the shipyards Of Japan are
he busiest places in the Orient.
By a new treaty between China and Japan
he former agrees to open more Manchurian
titles TO international trade and residence,
. folloEs In ShinkHs ProyiGGc, FenG-
ing. Tung-Kilng-ts2e and Fa.ku-men: in
irin Province, Ehang,chu9s KIrin; Nharbin,
,mS-kieng Province, rsitsihar, Khailar. All
lun and M2neh9Ii vun..n ,ho.
iermany has completed the laying of a new
'aciiic cable extending from Shanghai TO
an in the Caroline Islands. a distance of
the ilrst continuous non M !ine to en-
rcle the globe. The new cable is laid at the
ocean !deoth of any IN the world.
II the vicinity Of Iinkin islands to reach
G.247 feet, which is one Of the d4enest places
here Was no cable in a greater ocean depth
han ia, iOi feet. The American cable in the
'acinc Ocean was in 1909 laid in depths to
In British India the door of commeToe is
,rcn 10 all nations on the same tarif basis.
ierp,anr has seized adyanta9e OF thls: &C,
'onsui Britain ut kehI. During tine last
en- years the total value Of The annual i'm;
,orts from India TO Germany has increased
bout 50 per cent. while the total value of
he annual exports from GERMANY he's in
third In Indian trade. The imports
rom India TO Germany in 1904 amounted TO
II, Isl, Onl. aud the exports from Germany
o India to SIS. 034, 900, rs against 81. 3A7, "n in
nor, GERMANY. now takes annually one
nth Of the Indian cotton crop, or neyt 10
world. Iiermany also takes over 50, 900 o0
corth. or one-hfth. of the Indian jute exnorts.
he greater proportion Of tine exports from
.crmany to India consists o: woollen and
oiton textile go DDS and Of iron manufac-
Urea, the very lines in which the mills OF the
'nltei states excel.