Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-25
REPORTS FROM CONSULS
MEXICO Plans Opposition to Panama with
New Railroad.
IAuANs COPY MLRIcM MLIHOOs
Mucb 90 the Goods sold ABROAD
from the United
states f. Made in
Milan.

WASHINGTON. March Especial Agent
Pepper Of the Department Of Commerce
and Labor has made a report TO the
bureau OF manufactures on the Mexican
railroad across the isthmus OF Tehuantepec
and its relation to the Panama canal
This interocean line, with its termina
ana harbor works at Coatza Coalcos on
the Atlantic side and at salna Cruz in
the Pacific, has been opened to interna-
uonal trade after an expenditure of 49,
100000. limitations are given that Mexico
VIII now enter upon a series OF trade
treaties with Pacific coast countries Of
South America 20 secure their internal
tonal traffic, and also 20 extend Mexican
commerce. Though the harbor works at
salina Cruz have not been fully completed
the trans-shipment Of cargoes is announced
TO begin there in June, 1906, though Mr..
Pepper believes It cannot be insugurated
until September. The American Hawaiian
steamship company is to operate nine
s.bo0-ton steamers on a triangular serv-
ice. touching at San Francisco. sallna
Cruz and Honolulu. On the Atlantic side
weekly steamer service is TO be main
tanned between Coatza Coalcos and New
York and Coatza Coalcos and New Or
leans
Consul Dunning of Milan reports to the
bureau OF manufactures on the methods
OF italian manufacturers in building up
their trade in the Philippine islands. Lom-
hardy shipped $3.50 in goods to Manila in
lsS 1900 in 1904 and for the forty-six
months ending December 1905, the ship
inents from Milan to the Philippines
amounted to over $4,000 Every article
sent by the Italians. the report says, is
being made IN the United States, and in
cludes hats, paper. cottons. umbrellas,
boots, milk, macaroni, paint, hemp lamps,
medicines, preserves linen, soap. pottery
and wearing material. Many OF the
Manila hats" coveted by. travellers and
collectors. the consul adds, are made in
Milan and shipped into the east by the
sross. American shoes are also made in
Italy.
Vice Consul Schlemer writes from Mann
helm, Germany, that he visited a number
Of shoes stores in that city which adver-
tised American shoes Some OF the mer-
chants admitted that their stocks were
from Milan. One Of the shoe store man
ayers was an Italian. who said he saw
no reason why American shoes should
not be made in Italy just as well as in
Massachusetts,
Trade with Chile.
Special Agent Hutchinson writes to the
bureau of manufactures from Antofsgasta
describing the shipping facilities between
the United States and Chile and Argen-
tina. The recent attempt to break the
combination" rates from New York to
the River Plata brought the freights on
general merchandise as low as cents per
cubic foot, or less than half the rate from
the pool. The war" resulted In the de-
feat OF the competing line and the rates
from New York to Buenos Ayres have
jumped to Is and 16 cents per cubic foot
In Chile 1t is a common statement that
freight rates from New York average one
third higher than from Europe, now that
the published rates would indicate Just the
reverse. The report says special conces-
sions to Europeans to operate against
American shipping and predicts that equal
ocean transportation facilities the
foreign trade of the United States would
Iorse ahead more rapidly.
New steamship subsidies. Just awarded
by the Portuguese government are an
nounced by Consul General Hollis of Lopez
Marquee, who writes about the efforts of
Portugal 10 extend It's trade in Africa.
Portuguese steamship company is to re-
ceive $1,000 per monthly round trip, Las
bon TO Beire; $4,000 annual subsidy from
the province of Angola, and $4,000 more
per annum from Mozambique colony as a
subsidy for coastwise service The COM
pany reciprocates by making lower freight
rates between Portugal and east Africa.
Mozambique mangrove bark is again avail
able for tanning purposes, the Portuguese
government having removed the export re-