The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-06
Japan win Control Commerce


Meanwhile, says the Monitor, there
are Indications that the Washington
government, pending the meeting of
congress, will strive to hold the situa-
tion in statu quo. "This," it says,
"would seem to be the natural
course e.
The report of the formation of a
Chinese syndicate to buy the Pacific
Mail s feet seems to have grown out
of a fear among The Celestiais that the
japanese propose boycotting China in
retaliation for the boycott recently
placed by >Chihese in America and
China against Japancse goods.
With the Pacific Mail retiring from
the field the only line which Chinese
can use between here aud the Orient
is the t., XIX. Several weeks ago
acting under power of its subsidy the
Japanese government reserved all spac"
in Japanese steamers TO North Amer
lea, prohibiting shipments from any
Other THAN sJaRanese ports. at ths
time the order was given, out the ex
PLANTATION was made that the freight
tonnage shortage on the Pacific IVA
so great that Jananese shippers wrft
unable to move their goods. The be
nign government therefore stenped IL
tn aid its own people. The order an
piled only ID the months Of June and
July but it's wording gave inference
that it might he extended later for al
indefinite period ~. -,
Pacific Mail Old Company
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has been operating in the Pacific, witt
Honolulu a port of call to and iron
San Francisco, for more than fitty
years. From the year of its unpreten
tious origin the company's business
thrived and spread. At first its bust
ness was chiefly between the states ant
Australia. Later the enterprise SHIFTED
to Oriental waters, but always will
Honolulu as port of call.
1t perhaps is the oldest concern o.
its kind on this ocean. On the run
via Honolulu fifteen years ago wer,
the steamers City of Rio de JaneirO
City of Picking, City of Para and Peru
the Peru substituting for the City o
Para when the former was put on I
coastal route.
The City of Rio do Janeiro, many
will remember, sank in the Golden Cat,
several years ago with a large passen
ger list of Honolulans en- route TO Sal
Francisco, all save half dozen goinI
down with her.
years on the Panama route, finally be
ing sold as junk iron. The City o.
Para is still in service, taking the plac,
Of the City of Picking. ~.
OF the company's four large vessel
on the Orient San Francisco run toda,
the Manchuria entered the service il
September, 1904; the. Mongolia 10 Nav
1904; the Siberia near the end of 100,
and the Korea in May, 1909. ~.
The passenger traffic congestion con
fronting Honolulu has again brought
forth talk Of a Portland Honolhll
steamship line. State Senator Ben Sell
ing, a leading citizen of the Oregon
metropolis, who now is guest at tn.
Moana Hotel, yesterday announced hi
intention to promote company fol
this purpose when he neturns home.t
Selling has been given credit for or
ganizing a steamship line between Port
land and Alaska a year ago, startinl
the work by supplying a considerable
part of the capital himself. Discussing
the suggested Honolulu Portland enter
prise Selling expressed the opinion
that it should prove even more wortl
while financially than the other ont
to Alaska. ,''+
He cited the fact that Portland il
the largest export point in the Pacif'
northwest for lumber, frrits and sal
mOn--all Of which commodities find
laEge and ready market in the Islands
, AS for the passenger traffic, he remark
Ell that Portland's railway connection
are as good or better than those o
Vancouver. British Columbia, and tn
passenger business from Honolulu t.
! portIand should he eOuaIly good