Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-17
AMERICA AWAKE TO OPPORTUNITY.

centrated and intelligent efforts to take advan
tage of the opportunities offered in the wa
situation.
Most of them had begun their activities il
preparation for the the opening of the Panam
Canal. Now that American sea-commerce il
being stimulated by the blocking of many hos
tile merchant marine lines and the cessation Of
trade between Europe and other continents
these ports are setting fine example of shrewC
energy-an example that is of immediate in
terest in Honolulu.
In New York City the Merchants Associa
ton foreign trade committee held meeting
at the outbreak of the war and decided to pusl
vigorously the matter of foreign trade. 1t .fel
that this was particularly important on accoun
Of the possibility of the various European ma
tions now at war being unable to continue thei
foreign trade activities; also because many o
the raw products of the United States which
are used in foreign manufacturing would fai
to find market there The industrial bureau
of the association is collecting facts concern
ing trade possibilities and sending these fact
to all its members AT the same time the BIZ
shippers and the steamship lines are preparing
for period of expansion
taken to bring to that port the increased com
merce to come to the United States if the sub
iect were intelligently handled. The west coas
Of South America has been picked as the mos
likely market for immediate development. 4
delegation of New Orleans businessmen wa
named to meet similar delegation from
Chicago with the idea Of going over the entir,
situation. One Of the proposals is the estab
lishment OF a Pan American banking corpora
ton to serve all the Latin American republics
New Orleans a. 80 got into commune ton viii
all the large industrial exporting centers Of tn
Central West to see what tonnage could b
guaranteed new steamship line for the port
New Orleans also is preparing to send a largt
trade delegation into Central America and thu
West Indies
Galveston is no less alert That city s. ivt
organization, the Galveston Commercial Asso
citation. started an immediate survey of Latin
American trade conditions Al trade trip BY
many businessmen will be taken late this
month. the members Of the expedition includ
INC prominent businessmen Of the entire South
vest and Central West section of the country
Philadelphiass committee on the Improve
nenf Of the Mercantile and Manufacturing In
terests is handling the situation for that city
which is alive to the opportunity and doing
much exploitation work.
The Seattle Chamber Of Commences Bureau
Of Insular and Foreign Commerce rs paying
particular attention to Australasian and AsiaI
trade opportunities. The products of the ricl
Northwest are already pioneering the way. In
creased steamship service to various points il
being planned The harbor and wharves are
developing to meet new demands for berthing
and cargo-handling
The San Francisco hustlers are moving fact
A report from Robert Newton Lynch, vice
president of the Chamber of Commerce, sets
forth San Francisco s work as follows:
ssThe European war comes at a psychologist
moment for San Francisco and California
There are 100000 Of harbor improvements
nearing completion, twenty-six modern piers
recently completed and more under construc.
ton. Steamship men using the Panama Canal
declare facilities in San Francisco are superior
to any on the continent. The Panama Pacific
international Exposition, opening in five
months, viii wildly portray the quality and
advantages of American goods. Being held IN
San Francisco this city will. greatly benefit
therefrom.
San Francisco leads in exports of the whole
Pacific Coast and other United States ports to
Hawaii, Philippines, Australia, Japan, China
& and the Orient. The trade amounted to over
$50, 100000 last year. There are opportunities
here to introduce California products, gas en-
giiles sectional mining machinery.
The San Francisco Chamber is awake to
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