The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-25
WORKING FOR A SUBSIDY.

Elsewhere in this issue printed an strong appeal
by Captain the San Francisco Chamber OF Commerce
support ship subsidy bill adds justification the att
paper which has been that asking for
sion of coas rules Honolulu should couple with its request
explicit declaration subsidy support OF the reappcation
of the coastw regulations growth Of American shipping
subsidy fight very important Hawaii
throw weight she is able the scale favor Of
subdn favor Of American hppingand for this reason there
was Fridays meeting of urging
the subsidy the time that suspension of the existing proc
practical backs up Congress would be likely allow
permanently relieved Of the coastw regulations Fran
cisco especially appears to be waking ND to the importance of the mat
ter Commenting Captain Matsons the Examiner Of
the 18th says:
Seductive advertisements appear the newspapers and
bhlboards, recommending trip to Honolulu in five and
half days"
The San Juan in from Panama Tuesday after
trip of twentyseven days twenty hours The Peru made
recent trip in twenty-one and a half days
Honolulu is 2 100 miles away Panama 500 The ship
nine, provided there stop at way ports
The other day the Chamber of told the
city is losing $4,000 in trade for of such line 1t
losing than that in the trouble
freights A nine-day service the ss could land goods
New York in less than twenty days by of the Panama
Railroad and the line New York. That Of
service would make the railroad managers think long, long
time before raising rates anything that could go by
Captain NTatson Wednesday gave the Chamber Of Com
illustrations of the fact that follows the
flag by showing how Australian trade has fallen off by
millions since the Oceanic company took off its line
The lesson that should excitement among
the thousands whose bread and butter depends the sale of
goods If they will get the front the fight for fast
lines they depend the of the community give
Two days later the paper appeared the following further
Once time San Francisco had great grain trade and
discussion:
big fleet carry Now grain trade does
muclpartly because farmers have taken raising
fruits and other that profitable and partly be-
the last half dozen have good grain
Also, have people here the grain
had twenty years ago
But it is worth remembering that in 1882 when had
banner wheat ships loaded of this port
carry the grain Europe or these ships 81 flew the
American flag, and 4o5 sailed under foreign register.
In the last years grain ships have sailed
Francisco, and only twelve of these flew flag
And the last four years ship of American register
has cleared from here with grain for foreign ports.
Fifty the american merchant marine the
largest in the world and the American flag foaed every
where there business he found Subsidies cheap
wages and cheaper fof given foreign
ships advantage that American shipowne
As trade has habit of following the flag and angushes
when it depends o. foreigners isn't time
tried something done? San Francisco has lost
mach trade by losing its direct lines Alaska Australia and
other parts of the world The job of recovering big
be handled without the help of Congress- and might be
well to take up the question.
Some OF hamme ing away this line of argument have
finally convinced almost if quite majority of Congress
situation calls for action The difficulty largely of
vncng middle lbers who often know little and little
about
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