The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-09

When a man makes up his mind that
he wants to enlist in the Navy. before
going to the Naval Station and telling
Lieutenant Commander Moses that he
is an applicant for bluejacket' S uni
form he had better take an inventory
of himself, and perhaps save himself
the embarrassment of being told that
he is physically unfit for the service.
Uncle Sam is painfully exaeting about
the men he takes into his naval en-
ploy, as witness these reasons for re-
jections:
Feeble constitution, general poor
physique or impaired general health;
any disease or deformity, either con-
genital or acquired, that would impair
efficiency, such as weak or deranged
intellect, cutaneous disease not of a
mild type, parasites of the skin or APP
pendages, deformity of the skull, alb
normal curvature of the spine, torti-
coils, inequality of upper or lower
extremities, inefficiency of joints or
limbs, deformity of joints or bones,
either congenital or the result of dis
ease or injury, evidence of epilepsy or
other commissions, defective vision, dis
ease of the eye, color blindness, I'M
paired hearing or disease of the ear,
chronic nasal catarrh, oZaena, polypi,
great enlargement of the tonsils, i'm
pediment of speech, disease of the
heart or lungs or predisposition to such
disease, enlarged abdominal organs or
evidence of cirrhosis, tumors, hernia,
ingrowing nails, chronic ulcers, bad
corns, large bunions, deformity of toes,
loss of many teeth or teeth generally
unsound (teeth properly filed not to be
considered unsound). Every recruit
must have at least twenty sound teeth,
and of these not less than four opposed
incisors and four opposed molars.
P. M. S. S. co. MAY WITHDRAW.
NEW YORK, July 30.-The Times
will have an article tomorrow stating
that if the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company withdraws it's feet from the
transpacifc trade between San Fran
cisco, Japan and China, japanese com
panies will not be allowed to have the
monopoly of the Far Western trade
for long, because the North German
Lloyd line will start an opposition ser.
vice before next spring.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-The
decision of the transcontinental rail-
ways to abandon a large part of the
Oriental business, as announced in
special dispatch to the Chronicle
from Chicago yesterday, is, in the opin-
ion of R. P. Sehwerin, general manager
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, very serious for the Pacific
steamship companies. In their attitude
toward the export trade. the Canadian
Pacific. Great Northern, Northern Pa.
cifc, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Oregon Short Line and the Santa Fe
railways are forced out and they will
practically abandon the import trade.
This is the result of the new rule put
into effect by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which does not allo The
railroads to change rates over night to
meet varying conditions. in order sue
cessfully to compete with ssuez route
rates.
These companies will put into effect
November 1st new rate schedule OF
domestic rates, which are as high as
the through rates have been clear to
the Orient. The new rates from Chi
cago to San Francisco are higher than
the rates from Chicago to the Orient,
via Suez.
The Chronicle quotes Mr.. Schwerin
on the subject:
My opinion is, very serious sltua-
ton confronts the water carriers on the
Pacific excepting the subsidized lines;
or. in other words, the japanese lines.
1t certainly is very serious for the Pa.
cifie shipowners who have no subsidy
for their lines. ] don I know what the
effect of the new policy of the rail
roads may be. 1t is too early yet to
saw what policy will be adopted by the
shin companies.
He was asked whether some of the
steamers will be forced off the sea. and
replied: tThat question has not been
raised yet = To this the suggestive
comment was added: "We handled APP
proximately 100000 tons a year. [
don t think. after the new rates go into
effect, we shall handle 10000 tons a
year. There is practically no local
the Orient The passenger business
does not seem to be any hope of get
ting a subsidy from Congress in time
to do any good'
On inward freight from the Orient
the railroads will charge more than the
whole present through rate from the
Orient to Chicago and the East, so that
trade is in the same condition as the
export business.
CHANGES ON WARsHIPs.
WASHINGTON, July 29-Orders
have been issued by the Navy Depart
ment making a change in the command
of the Asiatic squadron of the Pacific
fleet. Rear Admiral Hemphill is re-
lieved of the command and is succeed
ed by Captain Giles E. Harder, com
mander of the battleship Maine of the
special service squad. In turn Captain
Harder will be succeeded as command
err of the Maine by Captain William B.
Caperton. now in command of the
cruiser Denver. Changes in the per-
sonnet of some of the junior officers on
the special service squadron already
have been made.
It is expected that the special ser
vice squadron, which constitutes the