Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-29
COMMERCE
LITTLE AFFECTED
BY CANAL
Nation Which Initiated Great
Enterprise Likely to Be the
Smallest Beneficiary from
It's Realization.
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Paris oct "a France. the build
ar ot tho suez canal ana first 10 be-
kin the work IN Panama. has follow
90 American progress on the Isthmus
more earnestly perhaps than any
other European country. Regret that
France could not have completed the
work ~ nobiv conceived tingcs the
apprcciativo comment Of French OBJ
servers on the completion OF the vas,
enterprise.
The Frencl government has made
% study Of The effects of the opening
Of the canal on French commerce..
Tho Ministries uf the Navy, Of Com
Amorce and the Colonies appointed
commission of four members, NJ. Jul
lidicre. engineer In chief of the board
of bridges ana highways; NJ. pouvry.
an engineer in tho bureau OF arts
and manufactures of the ministry of
commerce, and two naval officers.
Iieutcnants IIalller aud Byenayme,
to inquire into the effects of the
opening al the canal on French ship
ping and trade IN general and par
tcularly on French colonies In the
Antilles and Oceanic. The commits
sion visited tho canal zone ana the
French colonies concerned and OK
amlned ana sined an Immense
amount ~ material.
The commissioners, after u fun con-
sldcratiuu OF all the facts az their dis
posnl. have reported that French
commerce win not hc greatly affected
hy the cuual only 900. 900 tons Of
French shipping viii use m" new
route during the first year of It's
opening nor can the commission per-
soNc that French tonnage passing
through the canal VIII De likely 10
Increase greatly. because the French
mercantile marine generally tends
rnthcr toward reduction Than an
expansion.
Englnnd and Germany. who hold
the greater part uf the maritime
transport trade. viii be the pfincipal
immediate bcncficiaries of the canal.
bat America VIII, IN the opinion Of
the commission. certainly take steps
tu promote rapid growth of her
mercantile shipping
ono of the most important consc-
du, noes of thp Opening of the canal
the commission finds. win hc not
merely to provide facilities Tor eN-
istng commerce hut 90 create n new
traffic which will result IN the eco
monte conquest Of the Pacific aud
tho exploitation 81 tho natural riches
Of the western part of the two Am
orirau continents hy the capital and
industry Of the eastern states Of the
Union The canal. the commission
predicts. viii profoundly modify The
situation at the Atlantic ana the quiz
at Mexico ports Of the United states
from the point Of view of tho worlds
commerce when the American man
ufacturcr has the same dyantage In
respect "a transport that he now has
he Inc cost of production over his
European competitor. the worlds
markets viii be- his Tho rapldity
with which business win increase In
the United states viii have far
reaching effects on the economic life
of Europe, which viii be obliged ia
transform present wastcful methods
into % moro scientific use Of labor.
The United States the French gov
eminent investigators affirm, viii OH
tain an incniculahle advantage from
the new canal and Europe may even
flnd its industrial activity diminish
cd while impossible To- express in
figures the economic consequences.
some considerations are mentioned.
Tho day before tho opening 81 the
canal France, SO far as transporta
ton 81 concerned, VIII be- nearer "a
an points on the west coast of South
America than the eastern ports of the
United States. Tho day after the
opening Of tho Panama canal the
situation win he reversed Guva0uil
Cnlino ana nlnraiso viii be moro than
900 miles nearer New York than "a
France. ana New orleans GOO miles.
Tho cutting ~ the isthmus viii per-
nit ships from tho eastern United
states 10 reach FAR eastern Australia
more easily
Europe benefits now not only hy
the non opening of the Panama coual
but hv the existence Of the Suez canal
but " tho Americans viii have an ad
vantage Ia their nearnesa To The mar