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" The effect of the isthmian canal upon the routes followed by the trade between our Eastern seaboard and the Philippines will be to divert a considerable share of the traffic from the Suez to the American canal. Steamers now use the Suez, and after the... "
Summary of Commerce of the Philippine Islands ... - Page 795
by United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs - 1905
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Panama Canal Traffic and Tolls

Emory Richard Johnson - Kaiser Wilhelm Canal - 1912 - 520 pages
...freights west and north of Australia would naturally return by the Suez Canal. THE PHILIPPINE TRADE. The effect of the isthmian canal upon the routes followed...nearly equal — 11,601 miles via Suez, 11,585 by wav of Panama, San Francisco, and Yokohama, and 11,675 via Honolulu and Guam. From our south Atlantic...
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Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Volume 35

American Geographical Society of New York - Electronic journals - 1903 - 644 pages
...divert a considerable share of the traffic from the Suez route to the one across the Isthmus of Panama. The distances from New York to Manila by the two canals are practically the same. From our South Atlantic and Gulf ports the distance to Manila is considerably...
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Journal of the American Asiatic Association, Volume 5

Asia - 1905 - 394 pages
...singularly equivocal, since from the standpoint of mileage, the distance to the American North Atlantic seaboard, which alone is at present concerned in Philippine...of Panama, San Francisco and Yokohama, and 11,675 via Honolulu and Guam. From our South Atlantic and Gulf ports the distance to Manila will be much less...
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