The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-08
WITHDRAWAL OF ANERGANHANAlbh .
SHIPS WILL BOOST HILL LINE TRADE
Floridan Last Steamer On Atlantic Coast-Ha,
wall Run To Call For Sugar
Factors Permit Retirement When All.
Agrees To Pay Increased Rail Haul

ParaDle 10 bethIehem Steel; and, in
deed, the increase in value. of stock
even now may equal Bethlehem and
other stocks that have ,sky,rock eted
recently. F..s -.
The movement of freight from the
East Coast to Hawaii in American. Ha.
/ waiian bottoms last year was 81. 0O6
tons. 1t was almost as, great from the
Sound.
As for the first, all will have to come
overland to San Francisco, On bulkier
and less valuable freight the effect pro.
badly will be marked. One business
man estimated yesterday that there
would be an increase Of ten Per cent
IN the cost Of galvanized iron and other
sheet metals, general metalware and
hoilow.ware, such as agate and tin.
Glass and crOckery also will 40 I'M. h
Is expected, because of, the high rail.
road rates. On the other hand The
more expensive articles may not be al.
fected so much Fred L. Waldrop.
president Of the Chamber of Contmerce
SAID he antieipated little increase in
general retail prices, for many articles
are standardized and the retailer will
have to bear the loss.
Freight Already Slow .. p.
1t unqnestionably is true that the
MERCHANTS viii suffer. They ''roared y
when they heard the news Yesterday
noon. Their freight has been slow in
moving from New York because Of the
acute congestion in the railroad Yards
and they anticipate more pilikih now.
This same congestion has reacted mn.
favorably on the American. Hawaiian
ltset, Four vessels leaving New York
had enough space left to carry one,com.
Plete cargo, but they could not Get the
freight moved to their docks. Sttsucb
condltion was bad for the line. When
II, Is considered, too, that il needed
more vessels for the Island trade alone,
VIA the Magellan route than, via the
Panama route, that expenses of opera.
tlon increased greatly, that much more
fuel OIL was required, the change Il
not surprising TO local shipping men,
These facts were pointed out when tn,
Panama Canal was blocked, and thew
are Deing considered by those who urge
mat the suspension of ocean to ocean
SAVINGS Will not continue after ii is
assured that the Canal will be open to
trafhc. The proverbial aloha of Presi.
gent Dearhprn,s~ Of the All. for the,
Islands also is a factor to be con.
sidered.
Absorption of the increased rates on
sugar by the steamship line will not be
extended to general freight moving
west, it is understood, g ;,
May Bring Cargoes Here
whether All. steamers will carry
cargoes from San Francisco to the Is.
land Is not known. by IAN agreement
with the Matson line, the All did not
bring freight from San Francisco, but
IL IS believed that temporary agree
ment will be made to permit it to do
SO, as there is certain to be more than
Matson steamers can handle, and the
oceanic virtually can be eliminated
from present consideration, for it has
all it can do to handle the through
business to and from Australia, which
is Immensely profitable. ,... -.
Matson vessels will be pushed hard
to handle the Sound business. They
will be unable to do it. When
the canal first was blocked the Enter
prise was diverted from the San Fran
cisco-Hilo run TO the Sound Island run
to relieve the congestion at Seattle,
but she has returned to her regular
run. 1t appears that the suspension
of Sound sailings' may bring to a head
the talk of line from the North
Coast to Australia via Honolulu. The
Great Northern Pacific Company un
doubtedly will take eognizance Of the
to consider keeping the
Great Northern on the run, for it az
pears that the freight business has
been made to its hand.
Opportunity for Coast
Again, there seems to be a fine op-
portunity for San Francisco, to increase
It's trade here aud for Los Angeles to
build up trade, which it began to
look after when the Great Northern
started her run from gSsng Francisco and
Los Angeles to Honolulu, Much of
The freight that came in American Ha,
waiian vessels was from as far west
As Chicago, the rail,and-water rate via
New York evidently having been
cheaper than the rail airl water rate via
San Francisco, inasnhch as the raj
haul from the middle west to San Fi,tasl
'isco is very long. AS for metal pros
iuets, generally, the East must continne |
20 be the chief source of supply for tGe |
Islands. Merchants will be unable f8 4
several days to ascertain just WHERE |
hey will stand. o. ra.,., "A
1t is not the Islands alone that wild
suffer, Coast cities have TeeeiVed muc d
EASTERN freight by American Hawaiianl
steamers, and they will have to adjust 4
themselves, probably tosallFau freights,j
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