The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-20
SAN FRANCISCO NOW AROUND
 WORLD PORT

! AIM sociated Press) Freight steamer ser vice around the world, the invasion of the trans-Pacific trade by 4OO,- GOO tons of shipping board vessels operated by private concerns, new lines to Europe, regular cargo route via the Panama canal to Baltimore, additional freight steamers to the west coast of South America and the delivery of Pacific coast products di- rect by water to the River Plate by line circling South America are among the freight traffic develop ments of the port of San Francisco since the war.
 Although the Japanese and Chinese lines are the only ones who have added greatly to their passenger ser vice to the Far East as yet, Amer ican concerns expect to make tour ist travel on the Pacific more popu- lar than ever before when the United States shipping board delivers the tWClf0 COO-lOOL 1iACl Ao" uiidCi SoA struction They have been allocated a.seady and delivery in the next eighteen months is promised.
 The increased buying power of Japan, China and other countries in the Far East is pointed to by shipping men as one of the main reasons for vr&h of c+a cI, in fro ffio nnt of San Francisco. Machinery, canned goods, and various manufactured pro- ducts are in greater demand than ever before, requiring more tonnage than ever was thought of before the war.
 In it's turn the Far East is sending to this country, and vegetable oil tanks are an important feature of the San Francisco waterfront facil- ities. Increased sugar productions in the Hawaiian islands and the rapid growth of the pineapple industry are attributed as reasons for more ships 
 Honolulu run.
 The "round-the-world" service from I, San Francisco operated by the Pa cific Mail, was begun with three freighters within the last year. The Pacific Mail and the Robert Dollar Company also reach nearly halfway around the globe with their feeder service to the five vessels which de- liver cargo from the trans-P Pacific carriers to the East Indies, Straits Settlements and India itself Struth- CTS and Dixon, part of the Green Star Steamship Corporation, are new extensive operators in the Far East, having eight shipping board freighters working out of San Francisco. The Robert Dollar Company has five. while the Toyo Risen Kaisha and the China Mail, owned by Japanese and Chinese capital, have four and three passenger-and- freight steamers respectively. Two other Japanese concerns. Mitsui and the Trans Oceanic company, operate occasional tramp steamers in the trans-Pacific trade~
 No great development in traffic to Australia, New Zealand or the Dutch East Indies is reported, although the General Steamship Company with two vessels is new competitor to the established lines, namely Australian Dispatch Line 1, and Java-Pacific 4.
 The chief benefit of the Panama Canal to San Francisco so far, ac- cording to shipping men, has been the direct water communication with the Atlantic coast and Europe. The Pacific Mail, with five freighters or the Baltimore run and the Robert Dollar Company with one to New York already have made use of the canal, and the United States Steel Products company, a subsidiary of the U. s. Steel Corporation has a11- nounced that it expects to start dozen or more vessels running be- tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
 Williams Dimond and Company are opening a European service by way of the Atlantic coast ports.
 Cuba also is becoming a market for Pacific coast products, the Gen. eral Steamship Company and the Japanese Osaka Shosen Kaisha line having made Havana a port of call for their freighters.
 Two motorship lines of three yes sells apiece, the Norway-Pacific and the Johnson, the latter new Swedish concern, the East Asiatic Company's two motorships and the three steam