Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-02

az; ,n,b;n. i more natural, than that ii Shoul
become o,;r rival in the South Sea flslicrlcS.-
Prussia already holds ont the strongest iii''uI.
minis IA her vessels to embark III Inc Wiiaie ii'u
Sine oilers a premium of so Prus>iah MY ao !.
lar, an the A,d 10 each ship that VIII Ill ou' loi II
and ON. dollar for every barrel oil OIL "hich 'h',
NAV uroj,cc This would give an advantage !,
= vessel of 100 tons. provided she lcturilea WIZ
\ carso Of ! 900 barlcl; of oil, oil lo,lou hlN uol
lars over one owned III America, OF cisc" he'e
which should enter her ports with a s'ilhlal quda
inv Mr. Webster saws, that "thc mohihiy san
in1, eynrnses If \ Bremen ship is supposed moi u
e,c..d one-haIf of the monthly expenses VI ai
American ship. of the same tonnage NoM' II"
MINING his IN be the fact, what does Il prove =
WHY tLo, if We cannot f0J1Y fc'"ec0 WIN DC
men ships we cannot cotct hNF WIN piI ,',,
shps and consequently they VIII De as o'iii,''','
10 our flag in the Pacific, Is ifey are VI 'n' d.
lantic. Or the l35 carg"cs Whict, a a,i q,
men, in 1913, from The uili'ea o'a'.s' aou
,".sl,. yer. wh.l, oil. which were Just 80 many
moro ,ban ,ber, would have been II lie wha''
oil had been the produce oil n'elGr ,'i ,,.'
brought direc; from the lslerieS. Ia. ,'o ~
men sL;nnino would engage in the whale trade
IL our nav;@afion Motley was changed win ina
l;,,lc pcnuhlic i NOT al all questionable. W Ill
VIVA, success may be imagined, when we are as
sured. from Li.h authority, that II can san a
boIf the crpcnp Of 0m oscH. About lfe his' o
January last, | addressed letter 10 an eiiiiileh
of Bremen in whose Opinions i'a'e
much confidence making inquiry a. 10 lte eA'ch'
OF the capital employed there IN The Wllaie lfapc
&c The following is his answer, Whlch sdi,ie
for lis irankmess and sincerity, ana when iuiiF
explains the direction hat the Bremen shipping
would take. il Mr.. Webster" wishes, win re-
spec! 10 the Treaty, are realiZci ,
"BRr,!ev. 18th January, 1911.
Dear Sir: In reply 10 your question regard
ING the origin AMI progress oil our Whaih@ III
tercs beg leave 10 inform you. thai The rst snip
fitted oil, here for New Zealand was IN the year
1885 She returned. after an absence III wv"
wears. with Il full cargo 81 oil ana boht, "a y
, 500 barrels al the former, and 23Ull pouhuS
pI the latter but her owners did mol continue the
business, having another employment ior lheII
ship In 1887, Two ships each of ll3 tons, We're
fitted out in New Bedford with orders 10 return 10
this port. They arrived here in 1889 with full
cargoes. The ships were sold here. and fined out
again for whaling under Bremen co!ors they
made another good voyage, and are now ON The
North West coast. In 1889, two more ships
were fitted out. each $50 tons. They also sue
ceedcd we'll and ARE now on their second voyage.
In 1872. three ships Of l50 10 800 tons were adj
icd, and in the course of last year. four more
ships sailed for the same purpose each about oou
tons burihen, making altogether / ships, which
NAV bring home $4,000 barrels oil within 81
months Thus far, but one more ship is intended
10 he put in the whaling business This year, and
do mol believe they will be increased for the pre-
Sent. as our shipping and capital is altogether en-
ploycd in the trade with the United States, South
America, and the West Indies Should, how
ever. the United States Government, By imposing
a high tonnage duty on IIanscatic vessels shut
their ports against them, the natural consequences
will bc. that they will seek other employment
Our ship owners NAV virtually he compelled la
turn their attention 1rboHg To whaling, and supply
not only Germany and Holland, but also England
with sperm and waalc OIL which cannot but ma
lcrially effect the American whale fishery"
Yours, most respectfully"
Let il he rccollecicd. that have already lost
our oil trade entirely with France aid that an III
JudicioiiS step al this period would ruin II IRE
coverahy with Germany Every new foreign
vessel that sails Tor New Zealand, carries with
il about eight New Bedford harpooners, which il
imports n any price After the voyage is lermi-
mated they return 10 their homes, but in the mean
lime, they have bestowed the secrets Of their
the algst.yl.S of cotcii8e rhaic upon
others. who are contented with ''SmoH idW' com
pared with what they have been accustomed 10
receive New England should mol imagine that
vast benefits will he bestowed ON lis shipping from
IN abrogaiion of he existing Reciprocity Trea
ties Such hopes would be delusive in the ey-
fatal 10 lis prosperity. Ii the set
lied order Of commerce should be suddenly up
rooted by the wild spirit of ''po'cctioH," the
ship owner NAV blame himself for llic mischief
Ii his interests are suffering, lct
him Turn his eye 10 The true cause hi2h
contribute To remedy the evil under
which il labors Lei him mol ask others 10
30 that which he is unwilling 10 do himself
Let him relieve the aoricuuralists his chief
friends and the agricG,nralists will be GER
tain 10 relieve him in due lime Their int
rests are hand-ma;dens, and they will, by wise
legislation, uniting, aud ultimately united, bid de-
ancc 10 all opposing obstacles, from whatever
,c,lrce They proceed. But il ii were Otherwise ::
if they came hlo contact with each other, II one
,r The other had TO 60 down, who could hesitate
rs Ia which il should be, even il they were Of
,oual value. instead of one being seventyiive fold
argcr than the otherl In the abest work exiant
IN political economy il is remarked, The CAPT
b. tai that is acquired 10 any country by commerce
. and manufactures, is all a very preealious and
. uncertain possession. ill some pant Of it has
q been secured and realized in the cultivation and
8 Improvement OF liz anGs. 4 merchant, il has
q been said VERY properly, is mol necessarily the
:. citizen of any particular country. 1t is, in
. great measure, Indifferent 10 him from what
= Mace he carries on his trade and very tri-
. lt;no Disgust Vii make him remove his capt.
u tai and together with il all the industry which
. il supports. from one country 10 another. No
:: pad nj Il can b. sud 10 bclna9 10 am pafttcalar
- 1opntJg till II has sprCod as Hmerc, oTcr m fare
Of me country, siticy bHtt9agS, or IN The last
= ing Improvements q hGndF
Mr.. Jefferson i5resaw before his elevation 10
the Presidency, the blessings that would result 10
his country from a navigation policy with other
powers. like that which We have adopted. He
said. sour iaie.C,t :WH b. II Mf0w opcn he doors
:. IF commerce, amd 10 inock III al It's a0e!leS gir-
me perfect tr,edom Ia ni prisons tor he rent of
:. wboict.r M,y aaV Ch0oSe 10 Mia@ tatO our parts,
g ami oS.iae Tie Samc ~ mar
A few words more as 10 Bremen, which, as
Mr. Woodbury. observes, in connection with Swe-
den. rs So inconsilera!aiy thrust forward as con-
elusive evidence Of the general operation Of the
reciprocal system ON our foreign tonnage In
the way of co0a i! las but little 10 give il is true
bun thai little it gives with a hearty good wil-ior
il i certainly the cheapest port Tor vessel 10 en-
Ter in The world. Our ships would prefer ear
90 Of Tobacco, 10 il NON \. Orleans, a! height
Of thiriy-two shilings and sixpenre per hid 10
shiings 10 Amsterdam or Rotterdam.
Prussia as have shown docsnot hesitate to offer
a premium 10 her vessels in the whale trade. A
proIosition was made some years since 10 Bre-
men. by the owners of the whalers there 10 gellh
uidine duty OF Wo-thirds OF one per cent. re-
moved on oil produced by them. 1t was no; en-
terlancd by the Senate because it was believed
it would be a dcpartmelrom that GOOD faith which
that BODY intended should characterize all lis rca
lions with the United States. Thus it would not
discriminate against us, where it with propricty
might have done so eren IN faror Of rs arm Rae.
Mr.. Webster argues that Great Britain has a
decided advantage over w. in her treaty with the
IIanse Towns, inasmuch rs IN hcrnayigalion in
lercourse she confines them 10 the vessels of their
"Juiid," while we suffer them 10 build or purchase
in the Baltic. Formerly, they occasionally
bought ships in The Baltic but The practice
ha, been abandoned almost entirely, as those
built in the Weser and the slbc are found 10 I've
cheaper in the end, on account of oak timber be-
ing so much more durable than FIR Since ISIS,
Bremen has purchased from The United States
shipping 10 the measurement OF about ten thou