Evening star., 1922-04-30
SHIPS UNDER IT,. S. FLAG
HOLDROUTES TO SOUTH
Government Determined They Shall Not
Be Driven by Unfair Competition Out
of South American Trade.

| South American ports, the average
now being less than twelve days to
Rio de Janeiro and sixteen days TO
MontevideO and Buenos Aires.
Freight Line Maintaina
Monthly Sailings.
r Freight service between north and
south Atlantic ports in the United
States and Brazil, Pernambuco, Mon
tevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires
and other River Plate ports is being
maintained by a fleet of eight first
class freight steamers. operated by
the International Freighting Corpora
tion. This service maintains monthly
sailings from Boston. New York.
Philadelphia, Savannah and Jackson
vile.
Freight service between New Or
leans and other gulf ports and the
eastern coast of South America is car
ried on by fleet of eight freight YES
sells. operated by the Mississippi Ship
ping Company. Passenger accommo-
cations have been added recently on
these vessels, filling a need for pas
senger transportation to South Amer
lea which has been felt for a long
time. The service maintains fort
nightly sailings, with every other YES
sci calling at Havana, as cargo offers.
Another service of six vessels be-
tween gulf ports and the eastern coast
of South America and the River Plate
district, with fortnightly service, is
operated by the Munson line.
A service between the Pacific coast
of the United States and the eastern
coast of South America is being
maintained by a fleet of four vessels.
operated by San Francisco concern.
and although it is doing a pioneer
work in supplying this service, it is
receiving the support of shippers in
the United States and South America.
1t is the first regular. dependable
service between the Pacific coast of
North America and the Atlantic coast
of South America.
Business Depression Felt
On the East Coast.
The east coast of South America has
suffered the business depression which
has marked world trade, and despite
this handicap. the Shipping Board
reports that it has not only been able
to maintain the services in operation.
but the operators of three of the
lines have been able to increase ma
few months. This is taken as an in
dication not only of the improving
business conditions in South America.
but of the increased confidence held
by South American shippers in
American shipping.
When the ships are supplied. the
next thing is to foster this confidence
, and win the South American shipper
over to the use of American bottoms. It
is encouraging in this respect to note
! the action taken recently in the Ma
tional Coffee Roasters' Association.
with headquarters in New York. This
concern, which receives large per-
| centage of the coffee shipped to the
| United States from Brazil, now insists
that it's members in South America
use American vessels in transporting
coffee from Brazilian to American
| ports. The association reports that
/ brazilian coffee men have respected
| the wishes of the American conee
/ buyer and will ship in American bot
| toms The Shipping Board has re-
sponded by maintaining service
| which provides an American vessei
/ in three Brazilian ports. sailing LOT
north Atlantic or gulf cities, at all
times.