Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-06

lIongkong. Shanghai, and Japanese
called at Honolulu at an early hour
this morning on route to San Francis.
60 with a fair-siZcd cargo. of which
was part was a small consignment of
raw silk. The fact that this trans.Pa.
CifC liner carries a rather insignificant
shipment of this commodity. has nat.
nrally awakened more than usual in.
| tCrCst.
An aggressive and exceedingly keen
| competitor has entered the field. say
hose on board the Siberia who have
given close attention aud study to the
situation which now conrronts several
Of the large steamship companies
which have heretofore carried the
great bulk of the raw silk from the
Far East TO the United States, United
Kingdom and the Continent.
Al the time of departure of the ST.
IBERIA from NagasaH and Kobe. Japan,
a conclusion had been reached AT a
special conference held at Dalny, in
which japanese and Russian represent
tativCs participated.
According 10 the story given out this
morning. the conference was rcplete
with surprises. The gathering of silk
and transportation interests drafted a
plan for the transport of raw silk from
Yokohama, KiyOto and NagOya on
lapanesc.Owned railways through
ManChuria to point where II would
traverse the lines operated by Russian
interests through Siberia and Russia.
The plan calls for the rapid trans
portation of silk to Moscow or the
| Russian frontier stations by the way
| Of the ports of Tsuruga and VladivOs-
| tOk
Besides the question of the carriage
Of silk. the representatives of the Jap
anesc railways introduced for Consid.
Grafton the question of the carriage of
Japanese tea to European Russia via
Daircn.
NladivOstOk will undoubtedly be the
mort Of entry for much of the silk and
lea. BY the new route via Vladivostok
this silk will be conveyed to Western
Europe much more quickly. From
NladivOstok the silk viii proceed by
passenger trains and reach Moscow in
thirteen days. where as, via the Pacif.
| iC of SueZ route, this freight takes
lbl - -lbNl hdN > VI lllOlt.
At Moscow in the chief customs
warehouse for raw silk conveyed via
NladivostOk arrangements have been
made for the storage of silk In trans
| port for periods of two to six months.
| This enormous facility is said to give
| the entire preference to the convey.
ance of silk via Vladivostok, since this
transport time is entirely ample to en-,
| able the silk to be sold at MisCOw, or
i'm the event of its sale in France or
| Germany, to despatch II from Moscow
] to those countries without any pay.
mcnt of Russian duty. In the latter
case the raw silk will pass through
Manchuria and the entire Russian EN-,
pire in transit on the responsibility of
| the Russian railways.
The Siberia arrived here with 1000
tons Oriental freight for discharge at
Honolulu. The through cargo for San
| Francisco is said to be about 5000
| tons
The Siberia met with the finest kind
of weather on the voyage from the
! Japanese ports to Honolulu. Pleasing
programs, including card parties, deck
| sports and dances, were the rule.
| There Is a rather lively crowd of
| through passengers on board including
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