The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-15
ASKS
some QUESTIONS

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P9ftiand Ia 10 Share.
re EesS - a9Epsfto5s, selling sna
bpylrg tif szHf g1Dts. qgpfiEg prices
~ lyB aEl sgeH lDBef fgf What Il gold,
ans fsylHg ~ high ~ hgLsT for that
b0gyst y4t PofJaEH gsts practically
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EDHO.sig bss.nes mar asksi the quss,
tim this NeeE, BE bad 10 interest IN
I'Dfflasa, iifs tip bere NE incidental
20 = yisif ~ b. reatle fair lie saN
fb5s flfy, tfjeed lit eEgoft com
npljiies. l0gke9 ~ ~ hafb0f, and
married Oysf the fat that Portland
,i0es not enter ibe Hawaiian commercial
Gesl, Sc drew line, showing that
me lset NJ ~ - ~ steamships pass
this port ~ their regular run, stopping
~ FsD Francisco ard Seattle, bot ney'
ef iOBebibg Portland ezeept w a one
bDat connection, ana BE- asked why
this happened, lie wanted 10 know
II Portland soBgbt Pacific marine com.
mere, II lOeaI business Interests tried
~ get regular steamship connection,
Why the Columbian metropolis was not
ffpfesenied 10 d field he believes viii
dsyelOp much heavier trade IN the
coming years,
ne Uas not answered, No one
seemed 10 know sny legitimate, sat
isfyiBg eaBse ~ prevent Portland from
pettfHq dne share Of Hawaiian trade.
80 one cared 20 explain Why the feet
N the paciGC.UaNaiiaD steamships
sailed past this port without making
regular calls, because the business u
h0t Offering, ~ proved a subject
which POuiabdefs seemed anxious 70
fOfget, Why, no One cared 10 ek'
plsia, ahd Robert W. Single, prcsi'
dent NJ the Watcfbouse Trust Com
paBy, one Of the very largest concerns
gpefatiBg IN Hawaii, passed on mar
Yelling that ely Of pOftland''
strength and promise should not heed
one VI tbe brightest little fields Of Ia
eiGe commerce,
BUSINESS C1rcnit COHplebe'
0TpTtber inquiry along the lines Of
| information started ~ Mr.. bbinRl'
revealed the well known fact that th'
| triangular cOufsc made w the Amer
ieaB,ilayaiiaB steamships furnishes
complete circuit Of business, From Ilh
| wall the vessels take 10 Panama nD'
| TebuaHfepce fGW sugar hBd gcBer1
Hawaiian products, ~ the Jstbmu
they Qet heavy c0Bsignmcnts 0f Allan
NE se0bGHfd freight for San FfanciScl
gDd Seaftlc, EaB FraBciseOs quota J
i delivered ~ that port IN passing, whcl
flif vessels continue north, POTtl1bI
gets freight acf0sE the Istbmus, but Va
small cargo h uaBssbippcd ~ ~
FraBeiscO for this port, AZ sehttl
the Puget Sound Istbmus freight IN dc
| liyered, ~ both Seattle and 80
!, FfaBcisc0 the steamships pick up baj
grain, butter, eggs, fruit lumber ~
other Pacific Coast products for III
Hawaiian market
0POrlaBd takes ~ mucb htlnDtI
|. seabOnrd freight ~ Seattle. P0rtlaD
has ~ much bay, grain, fruit, butte
eggs and other produce 10 m1Tket
, either Seattle Or Han FfnBcigcO. For
land IN NJ 6Ggy Of entry ~ bchttl
Why didn't tbe steamship cOmpan,
when arranging rs service, have VI
business offered 20 induce u TO sto
bcre1 Why hasn't something bee
done since 20 bavyc " DO sol WI
has Ills valuable factor IN Pacli
irafGc been oycrlOOkedg There ~
Alaska handicap in distance, no, ~
eial relationships, no lOnR'Gstnblish'
eb8Hnels ~ trade, Noting nIl the
things, n appears that tho Hawaii
business men utterly fail 20 grasp 2
Portland reasOn for not being In u
field, -