Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-10
CARLOAD
EMBARGO
TO STICK
Santa Fe Agent Advised Rail-
road viii Adhere to Program;
May Compel Realignment Of
Trade BY Forcing Dealing
With JobberS

1rOPES that Hawaii might be eX-
cepted from the restrictions which
mainland railroads intend to place
on Hawaii and Oriental bound carload
shipments, whereby shippers or con,
signees of eastern freight must sup
ply TO the railroads confirmation OF
having secured ship space before the
shipents will be accepted were ma,
terially lessened this morning by the
receipt of a cablegram from the as
sistant genera freight agent of the
Santa Fe in San Francisco, as fol-
lows, .a@
Fl Carload freight Hawaiian ter
ritory must be handled psecific
booking before forwarding from
eastern points. Letter follows.
The, cable was addressed to II. T..
Vernon, the Honolulu Santa Fe agent,
and was i nreply to one protesting
against the proposed restriction, which
he sent to San Francisco on Novem.
Der Sth. 49,: E....: =.
He despatched this cablegram to
San Francisco after the Associated
Press despatch was received on No
vember s, which stated: -
All railroads with Pacific coast
terminals will Thu week file with the
Interstate Commerce Commission a
petition asking authority to refuse
shipments for export for which no
cargo space aboard steamers has been
reserved ' --< ..--#
Mr.. Vernon's cable of protest was
as follows: ~
derstood. Request them announce ac-
ceptance Hawaiian traffic all eastern
points, You obtaining space after ar
rival San Francisco, Answer"
The message this morning is the re-
ply to the effort of the local Santa
Fe agent to save Honolulu merchants
from the carload shipment restriction.
1t anticipates lengthy letter which
he had prepared setting forth the
needs of island merchants and adj.
dressed to w. G. Barnwell, the Santa
Fe assistant freight traffic manager
in San Francisco.
In this letter he contended that
there was no need for freight en-
barge on Hawaii bound goods because
the number of ships which would be
required to come here to take away
sugar adm pineapples would provide a
larger tonnage than the merchandise
requirements. T..
Mr.. Vernon concludes his argument
in this letter with this statement:
Taking into consideration the SUI
gar tonnage as compared with the car
load and less than catl6ad shipments
for the Territory of Hawaii, be-
lfeve you will conclude there should
be no restriction as to the kind of
commodity that should be accepted
for transportation, because our aim
will be as previously stated to give
preference in forwarding from San
Francisco the less than carload ship
ments in the order Of arrival and the
carload shipments as space is OBJ
tainable, and, to repeat, the cars are
required for the east bound load. The
tonnage of the Territory of Hawai-,
while large, is not in itself too great
to seriously interfere with the proper
patriotic war time operation of the
road
Mr.. Vernon SAID this morning, Il
still believe th1 Hawaii conditions are
QlSSlmllar 10 OT16uLdl COuulIiOnS anu
hope my argument to Mr., Barnwell
may result favorably." This was after
he had received the cablegram order
ing him to follow the conditions re-
quired. His letter to the freight traf-
fic manager will reach Mr.. Barnwell
by the Matsonia mail
AS carload lots only we're mention
ed in the c.olegram received this
morning l understand less than car
load shipments will be handled as
heretofore; namely, will be accepted
withot question at eastern points and
will on arrival at San Francisco be
trans-shipped without delay Mr.. Yer
non says.
If the carload restriction is enforced
by the railroads, as seemG to be the
intention, If given permission by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1t
will result in a new trade arrange
ment whereby Honolulu merchants
will have to deal through San Fran
cisco jobbers, 1t is asserted. This,
it is said, will interfere with estab-
Iished business of years standing be-
tween the Honolulu firms and the east
ern manufacturers and jobbers,
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