Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-13
WATERFRONT NOTES
Pacific Mail steamers SILK Laden.

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been passing through Honolulu in
practically every San Francisco bound
steamship at present In the trans
Pacific service. operated by the Pacific
Mail or the Togo Kisen Kaisha. That
a marked increase in imports of raw
silk to the United States was only
| too true was brought to light by the
record cargo of silk in the steamship
Mongolia which sailed from Honolulu
the first Of the week.
The increased demand from the
United States, which set in about
market until the close of the calen-
dar year, has continued into the cur
rent season, and while the wind-up Of
the season found demand from Eu-
rope apathetic. considerable settle
ments for the United States were had
until the end Of the year and well
into the current crop. According toI
the figures Of the. Hongkong Cham.
Der of Commerce, exports of raw silk
to Europe fell from 35,1S1 bales in the
season of 19O9.1O to 32,716 bales in the
season of 1901, while shipments to
the United States increased from H..
525 bales In the former season to 81,
O3O bales in the season just closed.
The great increase in the demand
for these silks in the United States
was somewhat accumulated by the re-
servation by Natures Of large quanti-
ties Of suitable silks for the Ameri.
can market at the expense of Euro.
pean trade. The American market
throughout the year appeared willing
to pay prices for desirable silks which |
Europe would not pay, which gave Il
the pick Of the market.
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Maniln Sees Need for u Sailors Home.
Manila Is the only exception among |
Par Eastern ports as regards provl-
sion for the care of sailors during III
tervals between discharge and reem.
ployment Shanghai, Hongkong and
Singapore have sailors homes sup
ported in part by the government and
by contribution but in Manila this il |
letin. Just how the local home was
suspended escapes our memory but
that Manila at one time provided for
the care of the sailors of the Mer-
chant Marine is true. Why was It dis
continued?
The presence Of number Of sailors
stranded here during the last fort.
night without any place to put up at
makes this pertinent question. In
this instance the seamen left their
! ships when they arrived in port and
failed to bring ashore their papers
which would have accorded them con.
slderation by their respective consuls
This Is true In the majority Of cases
where seamen conclude the period for
which they have signed on as the
necessity of retaining evidence of
their nationality does not usually ap-
peal to them at the moment. In add.
| ton to this the presence of quarters
for seamen while waiting to >sign on
is anticipated especially at the more
important ports and consular assist.
ance is not believed necessary.
While Boosting all the advantages
of a leading Oriental port, the absence
OF quarters In Manila, therefore
proves Il serious disappointment and
great embarrassment.
IA
Empress Liner Safe In Dock.
The Canadian Pacific steamship En-
press Of China, a Clyde built vesse!
which despite nearly twenty years o.
service In the trans Pacific trade has
until her misfortune some six months
ago, kept pace between Puget Sound
and the Orient, which defied the best
efforts Of newer and larger vessels, is
now resting quietly in the Uraga Dry
Dock after withstanding the pound
ings of heavy seas for five months and
passing through three typhoons. From
a N. Y. X. skipper who visited her
in the dock 10 is learned that she does
not look as II she had passed through
any such experience, her forward part
showing but trihing damage. The
principal damage is at the stern and
has resulted in the stern-post being
broken, so naturally this has strain.
ed the after frame work and bent
many steel plates. The Underwriters
Engineer. aud Surveyor has not ex-
pressed an opinion nor will he do SO
until he has made his official report,
but sea-fafing men who have seen her
In dock say she looks as though she
Tcan be put in perfect order without
excessive cost.
Still Hunt For RcyOlutiOnlsts.
Pacific Mail as well as japanese
liners engaged in the trans-Paci1c
trade are being searched while at
Hongkong or Shanghai, for, possible
Manchu leaders according to reports
brought to Honolulu by officers in
these steamships.
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