The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-01
MANY CHANGEs|
IN CONsULATEs
TWENTY-EICHT OFFICES CLOSED
AND NEW ONES OPENED
UP

WASHINGTON, July Twenty
new Offices established, seven offices
We're moved and about dozen in
suit of a complete reorganization of
the United States consular service.
which became effective today under the
provisions of an act passed at the last
session of congress. Other posts will
be awarded to consuls whose office were
! closed. So that none will suffer from
the readjustment.
Out of the % offices closed nine
are located in Germany, nine in Canada
and the other 10 are scattered over the
rest of the world. The German consul
lateS abandoned are at Annaberg. Bam-
berg, Crefeld Duschau. E,ibenstock
F'reiburg Glauchau Mainz and Zittau
While the Canadian posts closed are
Bellville. Port Hope. Port Rowan,
Coaticook, Gaspe, ST. Hyacinthe
Three Rivers. Windsor and Woodstock
The other posts discontinued are I.u-
cerre. St christopher. Jalapa. Castel-
lamare eli Stabia. Cantania Utila. Fun
chat. Port Stanley. Antigua and James
town.
The consular offices in Syria is trans
ferred from AleXandretta to Mersine:
that at ColllngWood, Ont. 70 Owen
Sound; that at La Rochelle. France
10 Cognac. The post at Pretoria. in
South Africa. is moved to Johannes
burg. The consulate at San Juan del
Norte. Nicaragua, is changed to Blue
helds. and that at Tuxpan, Mexico to
Sauna cruz. Erfurt, Germany. is con-
Sldered better consular location than
Welmar and the consulate at the lat
Ter place was moved
New consultes were established at |
the following Places: Aleppo. Alexan-
dria, Antung. Corinto, Fernie. Rlume. |
frohtera. Guadalajara. Karachi. Mad
fas Punta Arenas. Rangoon Salinki. |
San Luis. Potosi. Swatow. Tapachula
and Triooli
These changes are made because q !
Redistribution Of the various nosts SC |
necessary to protect properly the inter-
ests OF American manufacturers abroad |
In some instances the posts abolished
nave for the last several, wears not
ofiy not been paying expenses but
some have actually been carried on
the list at dead loss Of several thou
sand dollars. Take the consulate # !
jamestown. on the island of st. He
lena. for instance. This office costs
$24I5 per year. while the service the
cohsui Is called upon to perform are
practically nil. Only SIG was received in
lees last year. The United States is
the only great power row maintainine
an office there and its closing WIN r.
suit in no injury whatever to Ameri.
can trade
III the dast "A years the actual cost
or the consular service amounted to
$2,10S,934, or an average cost of sS7 s7o
a year.
iahA oI the consuates abolished
were established years ago for reasons
when were regarded as sufficient ar
that time. but which TO longer exist
AL one time the law required that an
exporter to the United tSates of duti-
aole goods must appear in person he-
lore consul and make oath to tho cor
recthess OF his invoices. and at the so.
iicitatlon OF such exporters and of i'm
porters and trade bodies i'm the Jrnitad
states and abroad, because of the in
convenience to shippers in being. OBLIGED
10 appear at distant towns with their
INVOICES. cOnsulates were established at
iHahS places where there were nracti-
cally no other reasons for rnai,t.in;,o
u consulate. Under the present laws
ana regulations, however, the personal
appearance of\thc shippers is NOT re-
iuired' nut the invoices may be sent
~ the consulate by messenger or nv !,
iiah and thus the multiplicity of con-
'uiales at towns but d few miles apart :,
. no longer necessary or desirable
oohsuiates were also established at
-'"HS winch at tie time had some i'm
'ortance from a consular standnoipt
IS al Gaspe. Quebec, once a thriving
ENTER OF fishing interests but now an
ana remote village Other L
;ohsulates were established without +
easohs apparent to the department. as
IL the case of Japala Mex. which
Vas created without the recommends j
Ion of the department and for no raa- L
son known to it. L