Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-29


erica and Australia. foreign ships viii
cnrry the imports and exports Of the
United States should the conditions
now existing continue Thus. the
commission finds. " Europe does not
benefit commercially by the opening
81 the canal. certain nations possess
Ing a powerful mercantile marine
such as England ana Germany. VIII
have an important part IN the eco
nomic conquest Of the Pacific boy the
Americans.
The French colonies in the West
Indies, the commission AYERS, are too
FAR out Of the track Of commerce 90
count upon any great increase In
traffic Therefore, the commission
does not recommend large eXpendi-
lures on harbor improvements. In
Occania the commissioners found
that practically al ships going
through the canal 20 Australia and
New Zealand win necessarily call AZ
Tahiti. and recommend the cxpendi-
turo of the equivalent % &i.i00.00o
ON the Improvement Of papcete har-
bor. Lighthouses should he built, the
channel deopencd and n proper coal
ing station constructed.
The commission does not believe Il
necessary 10 make extensive arrange
mcnts for coaiing at Papeete because
in is opinion and that 81 the prlh-
cipal French shipOwners consulted
by che commission, the explosive OF
engine for ships will entirely super
sede the steam engine within from
fifteen 20 twenty -five years. While
the passage Of 50 many more ships
can not fhr 10 benefit the colonies
In Oceania, the commission IL not
optimistic. The scarcity % labor VIII
ratard expansion. Cheaper ireighis'
however. will enable such products
as cocnanut fibre plentiful IN the coll
onlas there and much in demand IN
Europe. to be- probably exported
/ Al David Aiennct, the president OF
: IN, Paris chamber OF commerce, mas
made n study of the effect on French
4 tYade of the opening Of the Panama
canal. ana In talking Of the subject To
the Associated Press correspondent
said.
/ ~ do not think that French manu-
fncturcrs expect much immediate
change In the exports of France. The
principal advantages, as we look up
/ on them. viii go to the United states,
and next after the United states, TO
England. -
'Thc canal viii open up trade win
the west coast Of North and south
| America The exports Of France are
largely fine fabrics and other aru-
Giles 81 taste and luxury. The con
siderable trade which we already
have with the western coast OF the
Americas will increase with the De
velopment OF those countries We
can not help hut profit In the future
But ( feel that England and some
other countries of Europe are better
orgnnized for sea traffic with the
western const Of the Americas than
81 France.
"France does not offer tho heavy
! freights which encourage the IN
lcrense. not only in the number 81 Am
erican lines. hut In the class Of ships
which carry heavy frclghts and which
form such "a material adjunct to the
merchant marine of England,
"Of course the Panama cunal VIII
develop the trade Of china Australia
and the Indies The easier access To
the enormous Chinese markets VIII
not Immediately benefit France. We
lhavc allowed ourselves to be outdis-
tanccd 10y England, ana the require
ments IN those markets have not been
OF tho kind that especially oncour-
lagos French manufacturers. The
Textiles So largely shipped from Eng
land and the United States 20 CHINA
arc far coarsor and are made In much
larger quantities than the fabrics we
produce in France. We make a
speciality of finer articles, suca us are
not manufactured in enormous guam
titles.
'As the taste of the Chinese peo-
pie becomes Europcanized, they WI
find that France can better supply
them with finer goods than other
countries In this way. France viii
benefit In the Far Fast In the future
more than Immediately after the OPP
cning of the Panama canal
The Suez canal created by a
French enterprise has IL head Of
fices IN Paris. a study has been
made there Of the probable effect OF
the opening Of the Panama canal The
Expectation IN that the tonnage pass
ing through the Suez canal viii not
be reduced by more than five Ca
eight per cent This reduction viii
almost certainly be made mp within
three or four years. possibly ia less
time. by the natural expansion Of the
Suez canal traffic The best rela-
tlons have already been established
between the officials of the Suez ca
nat ana those ~ the Panama canal,
prof lem6ry johnson the American
commissioner, Uas In consultation
with the Sue2 canal management dur
ing the early half of September and
u Is undoratood that he win report
In favor ~ using In Panama exactly
THE same rules OF tonnage measure