Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
JAMAICA WANTS TO
KNOW OF LOS ANGELES
CONSUL AT KINGSTON ASKS
FOR READING MATTER
Everything Telling About Local Trade
and Business Is Desired by
Official at British
Colony

Los Angeles is invited, through the
zines and catalogues of business houses
and other literature descriptive of this
section of the country to the CONNER
cial reading room of the American con-
sular service at Kingston, Jamaica.
The following letter from the consul,
r. Van Dyne, to Secretary Frank Wig
gins of the chamber, is highly approved
by the latter, who wishes all to help
who can do SO. The letter reads in
part:
IN my efforts to extend our export
trade / have established in the consul
ate here a commercial reading room in
which / have systematically arranged
so that they can be readily consulted by
local merchants and others interested
catalogues of American manufacture
ers, American trade journals, maya
zines, newspapers and trade directories.
1 already have on file eighty trade
journals and magazines.
This reading room is recognized as a
well equipped bureau of American in
formation; 1t is used by large numbers
of local merchants and others, and q
great deal of good Is being done. l de-
sire to make 1t more useful still and be-
speak your cooperation to the end that
you give publicity in your city and vi
entity to my plan and to my desire to
receive further catalogues from manu-
facturers, as well as trade journals,
magazines and newspapers which in
your opinion would be useful In dis
seminating information concerning
American manufactures and industry.
1.-THE present moment Is particularly
opportune for American exporters to
extend their trade to Jamaica. The re-
building of the city of KingSton-the
business part being almost completely
destroyed by the earthquake and fire
of January, 1907, and the refurnishing
of the stores and houses, create an I'M
precedented demand for lumber, shin
giles, cement, iron and steel framing,
corrugated iron roofing and other
building material, store and office fur
niture and fixtures, desks, files, type
writer's, etc.
1.-THE United Fruit company and the
Atlantic Fruit company each has
fleet of steamers constantly plying be-
tween the United States and Jamaica.
The Admiral line of steamships, belong
ing to the United Fruit company, has a
boat leaving Boston every Wednesday
and one from Philadelphia every Thurs
day. Returning, these steamers leave
Port Antonio and Kingston every Tues
udy ana wednesday IOF the OHlteQ
States. The neutrality-suspicious. steam
ship line has one sailing for New York
every Saturday and one from Kingston
every Thursday, and on alternate
weeks two ships each way. The Royal
Mail Steamship Packet company main
tains service of one ship each way
from New York every fourteen days.
And it is just announced that the Lukes
steamship line, whose boats ply be-
tween the gulf ports and Havana,
Cuba, will, beginning with the present
month"; extend it's service to Jamaica,
running a boat from Galveston to this
port once each month.
at should be borne in mind that in
seeking an entrance into the Jamaica
market the American exporter does not
have to encounter the obstacles met
In other foreign countries, due to diff
ference of language and methods of
conducting business, as this in an Eng
fish sDeaking COLONY"