The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

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| see it New York is logically destined
to be the nations biggest industrial.
centre and Staten Island is bound 70
play a vital part in this evolution Of
the metropolis. There is plenty OF
room there now and there will he still
greater space with an abundance of
docks If the scheme / have repeatedly :,
urged he carried out.
I'VE are spending many millions Of
dollars to complete the state Barge
canal, ana when that waterway 10
don 1t will be possible to deliver ore
as cheaply in New York as at Pitts
burg, and the cost of coal Will he but
little more. At the same time. other
raw materials. grain and immense
quantities of inland products will reach ,.
us by the same channel. seeking bot.u'
toms for foreign ports. The Cape Cod
Canal is lowering the risks Of cuast. y
wise traffic to and from the East, and. !.
in turn Will reduce Insurance rates n
and augment the vulum. Of that water be-
borne trade. The intra coastal canal .
is a thing Of the near future and ere =
long We shall feel the tide of commerce.
set up by the Panama Canal. We all
ready know what railroad interests I'd
centre here. 500.
other harnur in the world has
all of these present and potential adj"
v%antases, facilities that should norI
mally tend to draw To us "A greats
volume OF the shipping of all MARI
time nations. In turn these vessels "
would want to carry away cargoes to
their home pur's or, If tramp y
steamers. would seek US for a load '
with "A free port patterned after that
of Hamburg but larger We should
nave every means at our disposal to
make New lo k precmincnt. Stee, :
plants, shipbui!dins yards, manufac- y
tories of all sorts of things could We
located there, ana where it was neces-
sary for them to draw materials from
abroad these could be worked into
products destined for export wlthout
being subject to duty. We must face
the natural trend Of our latter day
activities. WI
I'VE are less Of an agricultural
country than formerly. Corn and
teef are coming To us from South ,
america T." help feed tIs-we who q
short span ago wer" shipping food IN
large quantities. u the Old World,
Al IN" same time our blast furnaces
and rolling mills have bcttcred their
tonnage IN the uoighhorhood Of 80
per cent and the war in Europe has
speeded up well nigh every branch
or our m~etallurgiCal Industries. Here
after We are bound to seek "A bigger
market abroad and We must he pre-
pared Tor the competition of energetic
foreigners. What Hamburg has done
i9r Germany New York in its turn
should do for the United States.
THE free port location which [
urge has something more than the
prosperity" advantage of promoting
our foreign trade. The physical
undertaking would very soon pay for
Itself and tho ci'y could even count
upon "A handS"m" profit and "A eooaly
annual return unou its outlay. nee
we offer the advantages of such an
institution I" the merchants and
manufacturers Of this country there
Is no reason 70 believe that they
would he any loss alive to thor
opportunities than their foreign
brothers"
The foreign commerce Of Boston
has Increased lo2 per cent. in the
past ten years, while that Of New
YORK has been augmented ly only
~ per cent. B~,stonians are reap
ing tho benefits If a progressive
policy Of port |upuuildtuI costing
many millions, it is rru". but bring
ing prompt n r.rh returns. .\licn.
shipping follows the lines Of least
resistance ana seeks the field of big
gest promise, Despite the new piers
New York il building, this harbur has
not a sut'irieucy of dockaee facili-