Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-02-27

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:. ,r..entipg some interesting fscts bear
;..s,peu the growth Of the foreign carrying
s,.de and It's steady intrusion upon and
spbasitusieo " The Asssfss.
AZ The psriod following ~ sdopdoe os
n. Constitution, say from 1889 TO 17ss,
49, prouor.ion Of the foreign tonnage wss
thirt,xs,re per ceat Sfshs whele from
INA g i7ss it decreased 70 eusy - pr
esnt. :Eftom 1909 70 1903 II rcse again 10
aflssa per cent from 1904 g 1903 y vent
Down q eight per cent. from 1909 y 1918
Il vas nine per cent. from 1914 to 1918 It
was twenty.two per cent. and from 1919
% 1881 il was Hins pr cent.
Up 70 this period the amount Of foreign
teunaec-tnt is Of vessels owned b. for
sien nations engaged in or carrying trade
WAS sGy Auctuatins. = the above figures
sAow. Immediately afterwards Il ceased 70
auetsate, and steadily increased. beginning
= d % with augmented rapidity in 1892.
The svstass properties 4 ths foreign ton
nags to our whole tonnage. for the ten years,
nom 1921 to 1880 inclusive, was u per
ssot. while for shs period, from 1881 70
1oes Inclusive, il was.S7 psr cent Its,
thsreforc, an error 70 assert that the deca-
dence Of our American tonnage is due 70
Che existing var, since Il had been steadily
going on Tor over thirty years. In point OF
Oct, the entertainments Of the foreign ton
80 decreased after the commencement Of
~ var, the per centage oft bsing for three
ysosa, from 1851 to 1868, only 81 per cent.
= 8 Pr cent. less than for the period ofpro-
lBuna ece and general prosperity. from
1oal . 1850. 1t is proper to state, how
evss, that thc reduction Of American tonnage
haebesA greatly accelerated since 1868, un.
~ q u present time the direct foreign
.tra6o ooeeducted in American bottoms il a.
nese annihihtcd
ouetioa n American shipping engaged in
~ fssse trade, aud the equally steady
asGDeutatioa Of foreign vessels, are worthy
Of insssaigation, vnd seem to have been Va
sisas. Among other causes arc the follow
Nc: Unfrieadly legislation. operating to
cur e1elusion. by other great maritime
T. Imperfect; lhu In more than one in.
STAINED. damaging legislation ofour Congress,
which tarew the rich prize Of our carrying
tsads into the hands four rivals and com
pstisors, and, finally, the inferior enter
prize and comprchensiveness Of our own
merchants to those Great Britain and our
other rivals.
Il is Ansuniavorable time ct the present
y urge lny measures which will remedy the
svll to which We have referred. 1t is idle
= expect that anything effective sciW or
perhaps ess Be done, while We are in the
throes Of our civil war.
All our energy is now demanded in m
ther and more vital direction. But the
var viii not last forever; it must cease
some day and in the meantime. such doc
uments ~ that. cf tho Secretary Of tbe
Treasury, now under consideration, should
b carefully studied for the great mass Of
important facts which they present. for thei
~ and accurate statistics Of the commerce
81 cur own and other counties, and Cor the
Ut9RD IN our practice ~ merchants, and the
mluonko in legislation which We have made
- - past II this document Of Secretary
CoaDe Is read As carefully asst merits, these
e1urs and mistakes will not be repeated;
end Il viii slso operate - m additional argu
Dcut Ia fsvsr of reform in the particular
= those whom We send to represent Us, and
= project III, general welfare in our Na-
oeaM Congress. Unless We mean to have
thssaes crrsssoflcsislation repeated which
nevs proved 90 destructivst to our commerce
= ~ past, We mast ~ ~ Il that men Of
SD9 istsllisencs and moeecomprshensivs
olneesaaaship are aent tsths Snats and
1ooos g Representatives. And this, not
- 100 Of . careful rs1lrd y or sommer-
~ latsrssts, but ~ Via ssssrslses u Ne
oonpendoss diiacultiss which suviron ", IN
10y rslaeion, owing 10 ~ var. Such .
1oern enanst b begun - IISdr to soo6 !;
- i easssed ont. win ~ ~ country
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