Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-22
EGYPT. KEEPS CLOSE
EYE ON AMERICAN
BRITAIN SHIP WAR
CONTEST FOR SHARE OF COTTON
cAReoEs KEEPS lNvsRss-
ALIVE IN NILE coUNTRY-u. s. /
SUCCESS GROWS FROM YEAR
TO YEAR. f' ID VI

Alexapdrla, Egypt, Oct g The
controversy between the unlted
States shipping bonrd aud BsltIsh
shipping interests resulting from the
shipping boards demand that Amer J.
can vessels shall have II fair share OF
the cotton cargoes carried from Alex.
andria to the United States has been
watched with intense interest here.
American shipping interests n
Egypt have grown rapidly within ~
last few years THIS Is shown by Tho
fact that ninety.fve American vessels
entered this port in 1920. as comparcl
With only twenty vessels entering
here In the previous year. In 1913
there were no American vessels call.
ING here In 1914 there was one ami
in 1918 three.
A similar increase Is shown IN the
number OF American ships passins
through the Suoz canal. In the years
1913 and 1917 no such passages wer"
recorded, but In 1920 the number had
reached 1852 American vessels.
IN consequence OF THIS increase the
United States shipping board has
opened offices Ut Alexandria and Port
Said ard the state department a,
washington has established a consu,.
ate at Port Said. Americans have o..
ganized firms as agents and con.
tractors for American ships.
The Increase IN the trade between
America and Egypt has led to tn .
creation Of regular steamship serv
Ice between these two countries lt|
IS beginning TO te understood hero /
mat American exporters have learned |
mat without this steamship service /
tReir business Is at the mercy of for. /
eign shipping Interests and that II Is /
essential TO the American exporter H. /
favor. without coddling. the shin ifs. 4
ing the American flag
Americans here say that The Amer. /
lean steamship service cannot b. I;
maintained unless American ships car
obtain fair share OF the only i'm.
portant return cargo from Egypt
cotton
1t is felt here that American snip.
ping circles do not properly appre.
ciate the significance OF the Suez
canal as a conveyance point in the
worlds traffic. The British. on The
other hand, have not failed to note IL
Importance. They have consolidated
their interests in shipping in the
hands OF a few powerful English firms,
so that English SHIPS loading at any
eastern or western port can safely ac.
cept cargo for any destination and use
Port Said to their great advantage as
a point OF transshipinent.
Complaint has been made thai
heretofore American shippings inter.
ests have been handled by foreign and
rival concerns which have other inter. :
ests to consider before those of Amer
Ican vessels II has been urged thai :
Until American ships at the Sue. :
anal are in American handp which :
nave the incentive and feel the neces
'ity of building UP transhpment :
business America canrot secure q :
,rip on the huge freight traffic :
Trough the Suez canal :
importers and exporters here who :
rave been endeavoring 10 build up :
american foreign trade say there arr 3
hree services of fundamental impor :
ance which must be developed beforet Z
MS can be accomplished These sarv =
ces have been called the three RS :
i foreign commercial yuccess AMI =
hey are set ferth as follows: =
J American banking institutions in z
very important port aiding The local =
Importers and exporters 10 finance =
heir trade with America and to S
nance Americans ships in FOREIGN 8
orts =
z American Insurance companies to =
lsure all good shipped to America =:
nd to prevent discrimination against =
merican vessels. =
!, Americans to organize and han -
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