The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-28

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To TME EDSroR ~ TEE suS-Sty. Ths
poa,masaer-O General. the Hon. Frank ~.
EGstcbcoek. on February n made an exhaus-
tivs report By request 20 the Hon. William
p. Frye. chairman % the senate COMMITTEES
on Commerce. which Clearly shows the
inadeauaoy % our onsan mail service. par
ticularly 20 thu Philippines. Japan. China.
Australasia and South America. the very
countries In which it IL most necessary that
American trade should he built up. The
POstmaster-0sneral said:
Under shs Get referred i0 THAT Of March ..
iooll wo now have. IN addition 20 a weekly SIR
vice 70 Europe and . service Of ten times year
70 rahiu. . service 70 Cuba. Jamaica. Venezuela
and ne Aslanac ports OF MeAieo In our own ships
and under our 0Wn control: but with these excep-
uons cur mails 10 foreign countries are wholly
dopamdsne upoa steamers over which the Depart
msat has coatrol whatever. . condition Of
Aairs not N kesplng with the policy Of other great
commercial nAusas. Not only h our mail ser
vice % points covered by the act performed by
steamers not under cur coatroi. but with few
saeepaoas 70 is performed by steamers which do
noa NJ cur aAg. OF steamers conveying our
mail 10 ne Orient more than 70 per esnL ny for
eign nags- Not q single steamer now carrying
our malls 10 Australasia and % points In south
America covered By the act nies the American
nAs.
meat N secure service IN accordance Herewith
On short routes. but % has not enabled t0
service On the bonGer and more expensive ones
Service 10 Brazil. Argentina. Australasia and the
OfienA which was contracted for under its pro
visions. IVES discontinued for the reason that
the contractors could not continue tho service
for the amount OF eompensAuon received. 10
ne are 70 have service on the long routes In
American steamers tthe only steamers that adver-
uss our prestige and productivenssal more
liberal eoupensasoa is necessary. md pubne
policy forotds mat the carrying OF our mails
10 foreign countries and shat the means OF our
merchants Tor reaching the markets. Of those
coantEtes should continue 10 be dependsnt upon
nc vs.sSs,sry ssrS'Ss q steamer. nyins ters.sa
ssSsIs sSna.ss % sSssriS.,e 70 ne main,
should 10 ,o~Srd ~. s.Sse e ., e.r SSssn
ma: ssr;S s I'D sss TPsu!sHS q The %srsAsa.
At present under the law ~ 1901 there
no contract mall service between the
United states and any port in the Philip
Servlce from San Francisco TO sydney.
touching Of Honolulu, 2 port in the Samoan
ssSsuss 81 iSESsd % Sa Worth Sor
pensatt0n. With Increased compensation
he ooeanic steamship Company Of san
resumed. TSe great Importance Of ads'
qnate mail service on lines OF steamers
Of the world IL seIf-evideni. ON Ma ch 20.
le0a, our COhsul at santos 1.-THE great coffee
port Of BRAZIL reported
A hae 90 steamer flying the American nag
win nrst class acc0mmoda lions for passengers
making the trip from New York 10 the River
Brazil would no, only be OF great ca Coz coavcnisaSs
but the greatest advertisement the United states
could have such \ line would Improve the mall
and passenger service between the two count tries.
S SoSd give an cpps.!usI,y 20 the peopls Of The
and comfort without the necessity Of travel ing
VIA Europs. and would turn the tide OF travel
rom this country TO New York inatead Of 70
Europe. and most Of al such line would inspire
ship In this port In . year, sailing vessel n
On April -, In0a, our Consil-General at
Buenos Ayres reported
Tue average number OF ships under the RFttlxh
nag entering and leaving buenos Ayres for the
last three YEAR was iile beloagtng 70 thirty
companies. Of these lines only the Royal Mall
u IL vitality necessary to improve our
mail and steamship service to the Orient In
order that or mails md exports may reach
it, treat markets ~ quickly a. those OF
European countries via the frH ns-SfbeFinn
Railway. AZ present English and German
hovses are benetlttag at our expense. The
unfortunately discontinued steamers 81 the
Oceanic Steamseip Company when they
ran between SSn Franciaco. Honolulu
Samoa. New Zealand and Australia no,
only carried our mails but were imports nj
factors in American commercial relations
with Australia nd the South Pacific.
That We cnn eaSil- AFFORD "a spend 81 nspn
600 year for Improvement and incre1 -.
In oar Ocean mail service il shown ~ the
Expenses NJ that servire during the las:
four