The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-23

through the Atlantic and Gulf ports
and is. hence, not incident to this con-
sideration. In manufactured stuffs we
ship to the Orient a little steel, some
arms and a miscellaneous collection of
Yankee notions" a detailed list of
which is too great to be itemized here,
but which is of such small financial
value as to total hardly anything Gem
pared to Great Britains or Germany's
competition in the same line. On the
other hand, for specific example, Japan
is today shipping cigarettes to Central
China against the competition Of the
American tobacco interests and is I'M
derselling for the reason that Japan
does not consider it INSCRIPTIONS to adj
vertise the fact that an American
cigarette contains ''poison put in il by
the foreigners" The cigarette is used
here merely as an example of specific
trade competition and the analogy or
comparison, it is safe to say, from
first-hand experience, may be applied
to all articles of international exchange
now in the open market.
COAL RESOURCES.
Now, since we know that ships are
necessary and coal and harbors and
docks are necessary to international
trade, and since we possess unlimited
resources for the production of raw
and manufactured commodities, let us
see whether the United States has neg
lected the Key to the Pacific in any
of these vital and requisite things We
have coal on the Pacific Coast and we
have harbors. So has Japan. Let US
look for a ~ af tLa
developed coal and harbor facilities of
the Pacific and then az what Japan
possesses and has improved.
Much might be said about the coal
resources of the North American con-
tinent with particular reference to the
Pacific Coast, but a few specific ex-
amples for the purpose of a compari-
son with similar resources of Japan,
viii suffice. Beginning at Cape Sabine,
Alaska, there are coal deposits of such
proximity TO the shore and of such
real value that boat crews from whal-
ing vessels have for half a century
put in to the little bays there about
and gotten the necessary coal right off
the beach. This coal is of a fair grade
Of ignite and good for steaming and
further down the coast is good btu
Ldi14OuS coal. AT cape LlSDurne, AlaS-
ka. boat crews have gotten coal for
more than half century, simply pick
ing it up on the beach at the waters
edge. At Herendeen bay, Alaska, there
IS good coal mine. At Unalaska,
Alaska, the United States revenue SER
vice has long maintained a coaling sta
ton, finding it easy to get coal there |
from the country round about and |
from Cooks inlet not far |
distant. At Dutch Harbor, Alaska. any
ship can procure coal. At Coal Har- |
Dor, Alaska, coal goes right from the |
nine TO the ship. At Kachemak bay, |
Cooks inlet, Alaska, there are good |
,oal mines. At Sitka, Alaska, on Ad- |
niralty island, there is an excellent |
'oal mine. And all of this coal mem |
Toned here is of good grade for |
'teaming. At Skidgate inlet, Alaska. |
here is an excellent coal mine and |
arge deposits are in the immediate !
Ticinity.
At Fort Rupert, Vancouver, British |
Columbia, there are large deposits of /
steam coal. Comox, Vancouver, Brit
sh Columbia, needs no mention.
hough next in line down the coast, for
people on the Pacific Coast know this /