Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-18


And IL Is great event. canal q hun.
drcd miles long. three hundred feet wide
on top. twenty six feet deep and seventy
two feet wide on the bottom. costing from
eighty tn hundred millions OF dollars, Is
something one don't often sec. II Is ex
pected that IL will divert the whole trade OF
the East from the tedious passage round
the Cape OF Good Hope. The saving in
distance Is about seven thousand miles
| Besides throwing out large amounts Of
tonnage now engaged In the India trade.
\ by the saving of distance. sail vessels will
suffer from the difficulty OF navigation OF
the Red sea That sea is over thirteen
hundred miles long. and /. subject TO a
prevalence Of winds from month to month
| akin To the monsoons. The shadows on
either side are lily defined. and the safe
way Is To keep = direct course from end tn
end. So those tell me who are recently
| from there. The India steamers make the
run In six days. bat how long II will take a
| sail vessel on the average. no one knows
II has been suggested that sail vessels
might take a tow. hut that would be too
much like taking tow from Liverpool 10
New York. 1t would not pay.
The up>hot Of the matter will he that the
Clydc-huilt propeller will drive sails on
and do the whole Of the East India bust
mes. That i. II the canal Is q success In
its whole length aud breadth and depth
OF which there l. still some reasonable
: doubt
Maine shipping will not suffer directly
| by this change Of trade. because we have
no ships there Ia be thrown out of employ
ment. Before the rebellion we had large
tonnage between London and the East. but
the Eaglish rebels drove Us OF aud we new
er got hack Now the bu SIuess Itself will
-. -. A..
will he crowded back upon other over
stocked channels OF trade.
! mention this n one Of the many indi-
cations one meets everywhere OF the
change Of trade into steamers. The Medi-
terranean IL full of~uch indications Steam
lines traverse II in all directions and load
from it, various ports 10 different sections
OF Northern Europe Almost the only
vessels | saw At Venice were CLYDE built
propellers. and Genoa. the ancient rival OF
the great city OF the Aduaiic. although
showing more vessels now. Is still well
stocked with propellcr- The truth l. that
friie sr,ry'rAsrs '-H A1rc II. eoHreni<Hc>s
pad - riiiing - ysIg for fh<m The teIc-
graph i more expensive then the mail bag
hu; It i handler. and the trsdesinau PAYS
millions annually for It's use. The express
and steamboat are more costly carriers
than the sailing phckrt. bat they fetch aud
carry with . ccrtsint, and celebrity the
packet cannot compass. AMI - they are
Supported literally We IN Maine mus; he
prepared 10 10 the business ~ the world
as the world wants Il done. and 80 share
In the profits that now cnurr exclusively to
foreign nations. II We cannot revive thss
Maine ship as she used To be-plcasc print
this Maii.c ship. and not marine ship y
In Inv other icttrr-w" can furnish Ia com
mcrce another more To- its present liking
and write now because wolld set our
cntcrprixins merchants thinking about Il
and not have them waste their energies On
the impossible. II i in IN. power OF Con
gr~ss TO give Us cheap iron, coal and cor
per. and that j. all We need our own
hands and brains will furnish the rrst.
Our long sea coast Invites u 10 the ~ra
with Irresistible force All We Ask NJ the
law j. equal chance. and W. will once
norr show unr strength and ingenuity
Raleigh declared that the people who
Commanded the SEA commanded the wealth
Of the world So Let ~ not givcthem up
without struggle
"A. I.