Private diary of Robert Dollar on his recent visits to China . c informed on thisimportant subject, a campaign of education should be in-augurated Avith a Aiew of getting exact facts before the a meeting, the statement was made that the Danube orSuez Canal measurement of steamers was much more than theAmerican. In looking up this matter, I find that in cargosteamers this is not the case. For concrete example: Net British Net Suez Net Bessie 2797 tons 3572 3679 The Hazel Dollar 2803 tons 3485 3582 It will be seen that for modern cargo steamers the Ameri-can measure
Private diary of Robert Dollar on his recent visits to China . c informed on thisimportant subject, a campaign of education should be in-augurated Avith a Aiew of getting exact facts before the a meeting, the statement was made that the Danube orSuez Canal measurement of steamers was much more than theAmerican. In looking up this matter, I find that in cargosteamers this is not the case. For concrete example: Net British Net Suez Net Bessie 2797 tons 3572 3679 The Hazel Dollar 2803 tons 3485 3582 It will be seen that for modern cargo steamers the Ameri-can measurement is a little larger. The cargo steamers willuse the canal most, and in comparing the dues with Suez, themeasurement is important. The Suez dues have been reducedto six and three-quarter francs, equal to $ As this isthe second reduction in the past two years, more will followpreparatory to meeting the competition from the PanamaCanal. From the Orient to Europe, Hong Kong is the dividingline, as to distance; ports north of that line being nearer by e^. r n ROBERT DOLLAR 97 way of Panama; ports south being nearer by way of Suez;but it must be remembered that existing Hnes have all theirconnections made by way of Suez, as they have the StraitsSettlement and India, besides Mediterranean ports on the way,so that it will require considerable inducement to get them tochange. In fact, the Panama tolls will have to be considerablyless than Suez or they will not change, so our government isface to face with ordinary business competition as far as theFar Eastern situation goes. It has been stated that tolls should be high enough to payinterest on the investment. The question is what investmentshould be met by the tolls. The canal was a naval necessityon account of the great importance of the Pacific Ocean andwe could not get on without it unless we doubled our , I claim that one-half of the cost belongs to andshould be absorbed by the Navy Department just as much asi
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