The daily union., 1852-05-09
i gone too far in aeling upon testimony derived

Bu assuming that be IS coIee that lhe brlish govern
sot does pay El750o0 10 the Canarders, Il would be
$40 oooa much less per trip than is pro-
osed BY this amendment To be paid 10 The Collins line
r would be still less sum Tor hily-two trips than n is
afouosed 10 pay Collins for twentysK. say therefore,
XII there is nothing in the compensation granted by the
R1sh government which would justify lhe exravagani
allowance contemplated by The amendment But Il is
,ll that il make This grant shall be repaid by
s hostages receivable by the Collins line hereafter To
s This statement. let what we have already re-
ssiysd during nearly two years. OF which have AN
account have here an account made out al the Post
Ohce Department, and according 10 that statement which
sgned by The Auditor The entire receipts by the Collins
Inc from The 27ih OF April 1885, TO the 3lst OF March,
Is52 amount 10 x373,337 l.e Nts,-lss
explained before the Collins line can be fairly
credited with only twohrds OF that SUN, because OF the
twenty -four cents paid upon each letter. the British gov
smen receives three for inland postage and the United
States receives five cents for inland postage. Sixteen
cents then, is the postage each letter and submit
hs, all that The Collins line is entitled 10 by way Of credit
for postages is sixteen cents each Tor the sea letters
These five cents Tor postage TO reimburse the govern
ent for inland transportation and they can in
he rec koned in favor OF the Collins line. There is
lem Of 5000 for closed mails and ao 900 for news
papess These by the Cunard, the Have, Collins,
aaad Bremen lines 10 say nothing Of the British closed
mail which carry the West Indies and to Credit the
Collins line with one-haf the sum would be quite too
large estimate The same may be said of the item Of
s6 s5s for newspaper postage But the amount 10 be
credited in these cases must be c0nectural for there
no means oil separating al the department what brought
by the Collins line from that which is brought by others
The one half oil these two items, when added to two
thirds Of $373.337 the letter postage, amounts TO about
$4,000. But we pay them $355oO per year so that
we do not receive in The shape Of postages one dollar for
eyery two which we have paid And yet we are asked
10 pay than double the amount OF the present COM
pensalon under the dslusive hope that we shall be
paid by what shall receive from hostages.
know that the honorable senator from Texas Mr..
Rusxl referred share of the receipts from the Gu
nard line and introduced that 10 be credited 10
The Collins line How is that TO be done! Why do we
receive an, thing by the Cunard lne We receive five
far land w thev
bring That is credit to the Collins line We should
receive iha, if there no Collins line, and postal
treaty So that IN no manner or sense can the receipts
from The Cunard line be placed 10 the credit Of the Col
ns line So far actual receipts go itappeas, then.
from accounts rendered al the department, that while
pay at the rate OF $3s5ooo year, we have not re-
ceyed dollar tor every two which we have paid out
But we are told that we have right to hope that we
shall receive this back, because oil the immense receipts
Of The British government from the Cunard line before
the Collins line began to run. When sought for the
authority for that statement it turned TO be state
menl made in speech of Mr. Thomas Butler King upon
the authority OF the postmaster at Boston, who supposed
and from Boston, and suppossd-what be could know
nothing ab0ut---that a certain number went out from
Canada 10 England and who supposed, further, without
pretending 70 know o. state the actual price ha! the Gu
letters which was charged by the packets. And upon
all nese suppositioas he made estimate which think
lean show from circunsantia evidence manifestly
wrong II was manifeslly impossible that there should
have been any such receipts. gt NJ
Why. sir, according to that estimate, the British gov
eminent received from postages BY The Cunard llne
during SIX years, sum amounting to $3.50, 900, or
something like 81 100000 per annum Now, il appears
from the statement OF our auditors, that the amount OF
receipts Tor postages for nearly two years from The 9Th
oil Ap 1850, 10 March 3st, 1852, is only 81 900
and Of this, only two-thrds be credited 10 The Gu
nard line Add twohirds Of this 10 the $4,000
which was shown TO be about the amount received BY
the Collins line Tor the time, and you will find the
snire receipts of the to be but little than half
amlllion OF dollars per annum.
II that 10 the case. how is ii possible that before the
Collins line startled. the Cunarders should have brought
in Sl,3o0.000 per annumi IL is impossible. Besides
ldnd in report of special committee Of the British
Mousse OF Commons in 1913, one OF the members raised
N question, and asked of Mr.. Ward, who connect
awith the BRUSH Admiralty, whether it is not ex.
pected that great part Of the increased amount OF
the North American line will be repaid TO the pub
lie by the increased receipts on account OF postage p
Answer II know nothing Of the receipts. ! only
know that the payment Is a very large one. and II
appears as an annually increasing charge IN our es-
Inmates" And Loh Auckland, in reply to the same
question. stated that he did rot know he had been
od that they probably did pay; but was not aware OF
lis being actually The fact Evidently they bad not the
advantage OF the estimates Of the postmaster at Boston,
fhey woald have been better informed. hnd, also,
that Mf Anderson, member OF Parliament, stated, IN
lsi9 that the annual loss the three great lines, The
North American the West Indian, and the Pennsuar
and East Indian, E209 900 year" How, then, is
possible 10 believe that the Cunard steamers were
making these large profits for the government in the
shape oil postagel The fact would have been known
everywhere. nat Tue statement rs incredible. l 70
ufher, however these parties prove themselves out OF
court 1t be true that the Cnnard vessels in six years
poduced to The government live millions more than
hey cost There was no necessity 10 that Tor the
m Of government to sustain them. II was a seiisus-
hnng bosness and the two governments ought not 10
Interfere, but ought merely TO make such mutual arrange
menls would enable them to and receive what they
make IN The shape OF postage III in six years they could
make s. 900 900 beyond their expenditure in postage
aonr with what face they ask for other relief than
an increased share OF The postage made by themselves!
Mo- they had yielded posa,es enough to repay the
government advances they would scarcely have required
an increase OF those advances their other business
would have been somewhat propoflonate 10 the income
rom tins source IL 10 possible that The Cunard line
which ran cheaper than the Collins may have repaid the
government It's advances but IL Is utterly improbable that
mey could have done much more than that, which, II
must be observed less than onehaf OF what IL paid
them now. say there is nothing in the.e statistics 10
llsuy The expectation that the Collins line will repay the
sioWance back IN The shape OF postage But propose
70 examine their own statement; for, mark sir, we are
called on 10 act here on eI pork testimony. know
hoblng oil the book who has been mentioned,
o ,he elements OF those calculations which have been
sen' here; but 10 order to test hem went TO the Bu
itan Of Construction, and endeavored TO procure
eufa estimate oil the cost OF twenty trips OF such sleam
sn a. Coiins's i was referred TO young gentleman,
MT sherwood, chief engineer good authority upon
msse subjects lie made The estimate, and said that,
without particusnzng, or pretending to know what was
Msaly expended, yet, after calculating for all the
sources Of erpense known TO him. and allowing hun
e and twenty-five passe ngers per TIP, the result was
mai ssoO,000 year would be "outside estimate Tor
we Whole cost OF making twenty trips with those boats
~ mai esumaie be included large wages, and large
h' lot The accommodation OF passengers and he said
was impossible TO make conieciural eslimate reach
Possession - 80 80 ~ ~ \ ElfElT. l'lsai g
n hod stated before the same committee OF the British
mouse Of Commons of which have before spoksn by
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