The San Francisco call

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part of the extended area which is i

made by the canal commercially access

ible to the Pacific coast line.

TRADE FOR CALIFORNIA

There is no reason why California j

and her sister states should not share

in supplying all these countries, in

cluding Cuba, Jamaica. Haiti and Santo i

Domingo. Our own American territory;

of Porto Rico, of course, will be

brought within the sphere of geograph- j

leal accessibility. All these countries I

are good buyers of wheat flour. Cuba, j

for instance, is now taking nnnuallv

W.GOO.eOe worth of American flour.

ith the preferential tariff reduction]

of 30 per cent which we have under;

the reciprocity treaty, the market will

continue to belong to the I'nited States!

unless that treaty in the meantime

should be abrogated. It seems certain

that Pacific coast flour can be shipped

through the canal just as well as down j

west coast, since the geographical

radius as between, Bay, San Francisco

•»4 Cienfuegos, on the south coast of j

is shorter tiian between San

Francisco and Valparaiso.

The region lying between Mexico and j

,the Darien isthmus presents a field

that may be made advantageous to the

commerce of the Pacific slope. The

trade of the Pacific ports of Central

America, which thus far has alone been!

directly accessible from our western i

•Shores, represents no more than the

importation of such commodities as are

demanded by a very limited actual

necessity, and the exportation of but

a small fraction of the resources of

these countries.

The secretary then took up the ques

tion of unsettled conditions in the Cen

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The San Francisco call. (1912). San Francisco [Calif.], 1912-05-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85066387/1912-05-08/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The San Francisco call, 1912-05-08.