The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-25
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Becoming Very aggressive. III
Shipping. Business On 81 Pacific 7l:1if;y u.
Ocean.
NOW AFTER sAMERlc;ANl SHIPS ]
Prospect of Great Merchant Ma
ritlc War Becoming More
N .@s proflounc ed. l5S /

VI NEW aYoIuk, June y. The japanese
are becoming very aggr esslve ~ In s their
efforts to secure control of shipping OF,
Sthe Paclflc ocean. Since the close Of
the war with Russia the nation ;j has
been & taking Il every possi BILE I: means I. 70
s,aonopoliz Il the carrying trade Of II that tE
ocean, ~ and # the lid icatioris S3 IRE very
strong that II viii succeed. 81 70 q Ila rKa
extent, n n carrying its plans into :! exc
5cution. II III now negot iating, p accord
ing Harvey Z. d Goulder, # president OF
the {. Merchant Marine League OF the
United States, for the purchase OF many
United States shit s engaged u In the
foreign trade OF the Pacific. It Is In "A
position to operate these ships much
more ctenply than can be done ~ citi-
Gems Of the United States. owing to the
cheaper labor Of Japan and tho smaller
requirements OF Japanese sail ors In the
matters 81 OF d food 81 and Facoommoda tons.
while. in addition, to these odyan tages,
the Japanese government aiso pays lib
Eeral subsidies TO Its merchant marine. il
5.i There Is a Japanese line consisting OF
three moderate sized III steamships rum
ming from yokohama to San Francisco
which receives $50. 900 a year In subsi-
dies, and Z completes with the Pacific
Mall Line Of this country, which last
year received 8 S63 900 from this govern
Ement for carrying / the mails. The Paci-
I flo Mall b Line ]; have Ave Bstl ps. i any one
Yof which Is larger and better equipped
than the best OF the three Japanese
steamer Naturally this competition
must be ruinous to the Anne rican line,
and the result Is & that \ J pan has OBJ
gtained an option on the Pacific Mali for
the purchase Of Its Ave steamships.
VI "a similar line OF II 1--WE g fine American
steamship s, each OF which received Last
year from &. 600 to 81, 900 from our gov.
eminent. runs from i Seatt tie N to the
Orient, In competition with n a smaller
Japanese line which receives annually
from the government OF Japana $4,000
I'm the form OF subsidy, and with g Brit
ish line OF smaller number OF ships
that receives an annual su bsid y$ Of 500, &
ships the Japanese are trying to pur-
chase, Il and the Ind ications are that they
will succeed. SSsSS 81 &s
Another n Pacific line which they are
seeking to absorb Is composed OF three
up-to-date American steamers, S which
run from San "a Francisc co to u Hawaii.
I Samoa. New "A 1ea land .S$s and Australia.
This line received u from the IL United
States government last year s2s3 1oo. and
Its owners claim that "a Il lost 1911 900 IN
operating its ships. II
n The ambition OF i the Japanese to con-
troll the shipping interests OF 81 the Pa
8cihc lts "a natural and prai se-worthy ono,
coming at the close n OF It's victorious
war wi tn Russia but, 81 naturally,sslt has
aroused Is the prote OF American ship.
ping CON Germs. ders In this country
taking n all # measures NJ within their
power to place obstacle ss Il Ii IN the n way
Sof Japan's advance Inv her progress to-
ward the goal which she has set for
herself, and the prospect OF a merchant
marine war between this a country and
the dominion OF the M ikado n Is becoming
more pronounced every q d ay M s,s