The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-04
AMERICANS ITO USE
A FOREIGN PORT
THE ONLY WAY TO COMPETE WITH FOREIGN SUBSI
DIED STEAMSHIP LTNES-A PLAN TO SHIP FROM A
MEXICAN PORT EHUs AVOIDING COAsEWISE AND
RATE REGULATIONS

Unless the United changes policy de-
cdes foster its shipping by substituting vessels the rapidly
ing Oriental trade will be entirely controlled by foreigners the
Pacific ports United States will be alive with shipping fly
tine tanconnen nes American will have to depend
upon these foreign bottoms carry products the Oriental
markets
That the United States should be placed such ngoous posi-
ton the high to be dependent upon foreign its
commercial existence disgrace upon the nggardy policy
fore carried out by this government.
Substituting steamships belonging Japan captured cream
Of the Pacific Ocean freight China will this with
subsidized ships and control the rapidly increasing freight that
country The United States whose flag time proudly foaed
every port of the world and recognized maritime power now
has the humiliation of knowing the foreign her day
Pa-because the lawmakers of this country have opinions of their
and cannot learn from the advancement of other nations which
have adopted the plan of substituting their ships
President Taft has proclaimed himself in favor subsidy for
ecan vessels members of the congressional delegation which recently
returned from Hawaii loud in their statements the local
press that they favored substituting American ships and some of the
delegation who had probably before taken voyage
osho ports also expressed their surprise having sighted
American flag the peak of ship while their unkeing
Not only has the policy of the government of the United States
a driven the American flag from the and diverted capital to
foreign countries but about drive considerable freight for
egn ports for export thereby only enrng the port which
trade the ships OF still another European handle American
export products for the Orient
American capital investment Millions American
money invested in foreignbu ships flying foreign flags that
en- trade between the United States and foreign ports But the
Coast ports OF the United States and which chargabe
sighted policy of this its nonuppor ship
ping is the proposed construction railroad
lanic seaboard to Topolobampo, Mexico.
Edwin Hawey coming railroad realizes the possbli
realizes the utter mpossby of attempting transsp freight from
rail to American bottoms and successfully compete fognbut
vessels under the policy existence this
To put himself footing with his competitors Hawley has de-
cded to ship freight originating in the United States gathered
his lines from Mexican port thence foreign
waan Islands and Oriental ports At the present
of line of roads stretching from the Atlantic aboad
City.
traffic has been arrived Chicago Alton
and the Kansas City Mexico Orient road construction
between Kansas City and opoobmpo Mexico 1850 miles,
which agreement will be extended the Hawley
The Kansas City, Mexico Orient road has
hamburg American Steamship Company by the latter will in
agurate ransac line between and Topoobampo
tpon the completion IF TIE rail line
The exports from this country this IRON
steel packing products and agricultural from
Orient minerals live stock COAL timber silk WOOL manu-
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would be miles shorter and miles shorter
lopoobmpo is that distance of San Francisco
dispatch the steamer would be considerably longer This
proposed combined route of rail and would be strong
INST to Amercanapazed transPachc steamships the event
OF keen competition for freight and consequent cutting rates would
entail heavy losses to the American owners latter could
successfully with the subsidized foreign nations unless
assistance was rendered by congressional provision
Inc idea OF ung Mexican for the transhpment freight
from this country to the Orient foreign bottoms more than likely
was in the mind of the late H. Hartman when he conceived the
scheme of extending his rail lines Guaymas Mexo-Ameran
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