The San Francisco call., 1909-04-20
STEAM CARRIES
PRODUCTSOVER
LAND AND SEA
Shipping Business Assumes
Greater Proportions Every
Year
Manufacture of Ladies' Neck
wear Is a Growing
Business

Y RONTING one OF the finest harbors
IN the world. it is no wonder that
4 san Francisco should derive great
part Of its wealth from water
transportation The fact that back of
the city lies the whole American con-
-lnent, connected with this city by
. lies Of business well as of pleasure,
-rlade the development Of transconti-
Mental freight and passenger carrying
lines Imperative.
BY both water and rail therefore,
san Francisco transacts business with
ihe rest of the world. The merchants
. of this city reach the markets of the
whole world eXpeditiOusly and with
comparative cheapness. Interstate COM
merce has also assumed prodigious
proportions.
IN some portions OF the state electric
roads have engaged in carrying busi-
ness from one county to another, con-
slsting of both passengers and freight.
An important part OF the transporta-
ton system that enters into and radi-
ates from the port of San Francisco
is found in a large feet of steam
schQoners and other lumber carrying
craft which bring structural materials
70 san Francisco and carry return car
goes 10 places that find il to their ad-
vantage to trade IN this market Prior
- the large growth Of the petroleum
industry in California a large tonnage
was continually employed in the trans
portatiOn OF cargOes of coal for steam
making and other purposes, principally
between the Australian continent and
British Columbia as points OF depart
lre. and san Francisco as a port of
arrival
TEA AND SILK TRADE
Through its position San Francisco
n as been largely identified with the tea
, sl cf7 rr-aT Ia .1rfa raj M
long ago some hundreds of leading
~ rchants ia San Francisco, on postal
4 e vote instituted by the chamber Of
. :. t.mmerce Of san francisco, decided
a; i would be advantageous to in
t~oduce free trade with the Philippine
islands provided that the cOastwise
navigation laws Of the United States
shall De maintained in that connection.
81 san Francisco had been in existence
less than FIVE years when capital was
enlisted in the project OF giving steam
shin connection between the Golden
gate and China The industry Of ship
. ping by sea through the Golden. gate
IS still in its infancy, although the com
bined annual imports and exports into
and out Of the port or san FRANCISCO
run high into millions, and the import
and export trade has largely Increased
in the last few years.
Transportation by sea has some hxeo
conditions There are certain ports
that by reason OF splendid harbors'
Do backed up by rich country ana large
populations. are marked out by nature
as the places 10 and from when COM
raerce must move. How much shipping
Shall be employed to attend TO this
commerce depends entirely on the de-
,aIoDment Of business at either or both
ends OF the line The harbor of san
'f-~a r.fsco. is never obstructed by cl-
g.aatic conditions, for ice is unknown
n is a perpetual roadway open 10 be
f~aveIed bv the entire world in both
,ss-ec+fons for commercial purposes.
--rbe greatest awakening in modern
4fr,es is in progress IN the orient
.-.,7rscb contains. roughly estimated
..--esrIv a third the entire population
.6f the world, or perhaps more
-. The greatest Of artificial waterways,
.Tiercing the land between the Two
-e:-esf oceans Of the world, is IN process
- mid construction. The greatest
-.,--ssiroad systems in the world, those OF
80 T-nfted states, are progressing to-
500 combination. so that under one
NINA cement freights may be moved to
,a from san Francisco between
I..+5-fs Of destination in unbroken bulk.
TINE manufacture Of ruching and
ladies' neckwesr is a dainty bust
ness that is carried on in san
, francisco with great success and
.tansiderable profit.
--bs Fashionable maids and matrons
cf this city have long since discovered
.ts+ +he., need not 90 outside their own
town TO buy the thousand and one deli
-Es4e articles Of clothing in which the
feminine heart takes such abiding de-
lieht They have come to understand
-ra+ western hands guided by western
taste IN fabrics and IN patterns can
.s,li1plv-all that is exhibited IN the SVEN
shops Of Bond street and the Rue de Ia
Psix
N-otbina in the feminine wardrobe is
eaieoted with such great care as the
-,ssk niece which sets OF dainty
,,-sis+ and increases the charm Of
l,aaufiful face. The ladies know THIS
and exercise great discrimination IN the
selection Of neckwear.
-rre reckvear which is manufactured
i,,. his cftv finds great favor with the
sbonners who are most difficult to
rlesse Its variety is great and the
fnan,Ifa cturers keep pace with the ever
changing fashions well as the
manufacturers Of New York or any
other. eastern city.
The women who buy neckwear Of
local manufacturers. are cctuated fire.
,5uenfis. by a praiseworthy motive alto
erafber apart from mere consideration
of fashion and reasonable price-they
ind pleasure ia patronizing home in
dnsrrv. But Of course il would be too
much 10 ask that purchases be made on
this. account if the neokwear were not
equal 10 the imported varieties. This
81 unquestionably is
The retailers Of this city do great
business ia neckwear OF local manu-
facture They find that IL can be oh
ined..tnu1ediately and this is great
adran1 &c when the fashions are con-
stantfy changing. Besides. they need
ukt buy such large quantities as they
would IL they We're ordering from the
east. where freight rates must be con-
sieered. There is a great future IN the
local manufacture OF neckwear and
rpching.