Evening star., 1923-05-29
SEEK BIGGER SHIP
SUBSIDY IN JAPAN
Competition in Pacific Wa
ters Grows as U. S. Ship
pers Get New Business.
BY j. c. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK, May 29.-The japanese
government has been petitioned BY big
shipping interests in that country TO
increase the subsidies granted japanese
shipping in order that the latter may
be able TO meet competition in Pacific
waters. According to exclusive infor-
nation which reached here today Japa-
nese ship owners have asked a new
subsidy Of five yen. or approximately
$3.50. per unit horsepower for all vessels
under the Japanese flag of over 1000
tons. During the first five months OF
this year American shipping intra-
transpacific trade has grown to such
proportions that it exceeds the Japa-
nese and British tonnage combined.
Expansion 81 freight shipments to the
orient, shipping men said today, was
responsible for the bona -fide bids re-
ceived by the United States Shipping
Board for vessels in service on trans
pacific routes.
Rush of Ocean Traffic.
Freight and passenger capacities Of
American ships now plying the Pacific
routes will be taxed TO the limit within
another year, according to e. W.
Frazer, member of the firm of Sale &
Frazer, largest exporters dealing with
Japan, and also doing a tremendous
import business with the orient.
Business imitation caused in Japan
by the war has largely disappeared"
Mr.. Frazer said today. Conditions
there now are approaching normal.
! The unstable condition of China Is
| the only factor holding back a tre
me endouS business revival throughout
| the orient. I am confident. however,
that the situation in the latter coun
try will change for the better.
Throughout the far east foreign in
! terests, with America in the lead.
are beginning to develop marufac-
| turing enterprises and there is z
! constantly increasing demand for
American goods and machinery.
There also has been. and will con-
tinue to be, a notable increase in
travel to all oriental points"
Planters Oppose High Sugar Prices.
A portion at least of the tremen-
dous business along the Pacific
trade lanes will be the transporta
tion of the Hawaiian sugar crop to
this country. That crop will aggre-
gate at least 100000 tons. according
to Richard G. Trent, banker and di-
rector of American Factors Limited.
the largest sugar company in the
islands, and interested in number of
declared today that he. in common
with other Hawaiian sugar men, was
bitterly opposed to the present high.
prices obtaining for sugar.
When prices advance so high" he
said. lit works harm to the Ha-
waiian growers because of the in
ducement presented to the Java
planters and others to send their
crops to American markets. High
prices always raise the old cloud on
the Hawaiian horiZon-the possibility
of placing Cuban sugar on the free
| list. If such step were taken-and
| 1t is discussed every time the price
goes up-it would put the Hawaiian
| had no duty to pay she could sell
| sugar in the United States for what
| it costs to grow and cultivate it in
! Hawaiian, let alone shipping it to
! market"
! Mr.. Trent stated. in conclusion. tina t
| workers. being attracted to the island
| fields by bonuses, have overcome any
| threatened shortage of labor.
! The attitude of the Hawaiian grow
! ers is of extreme Importance to tn"
! liam p. McCaffray of Seattle. vice
| president and manager of the Ma
| tional Fruit Canning Company.
| The 1928 pack of small fruits in
w aSnlngton ana oregon VIII De rullN
! up to average" McCaffray said. with
/ only one danger in prospect for can
| ners. They must use caution in the
selling end.
| The storage pack-that is. berries
! in f1fty-gallon barrels packed in
| sugar, will he larger this year than
i last, as buying from eastern points
/ has been quite we'll above expecta-
| tions. The safety of producers lies
| in sugar storage in deep sea ter
minals on the north Pacific coast.
! Last year the California pack was
unusually large and when it caMe
i to selling late in the season spot
| fruits were lower than the advance
prices and growers suffered accord
\ ipply"