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

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Restoration Of Ship-bnddiao ia
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LIVERPOOL. Oct. -. ls69
There arc three important things In this
large town Of Liverpool. the Exchange.
| the docks and the cotton trade | do no,
| propose to say anything about the Ex-
| change. except that il l. the finest building
! In Europe for the purpose: II was duly
| opened last year nv the Prince OF W ales.
who made his usual speech. thanking the
multitude FOR receiving him 50 enthusiast
| ticall, and saving how glad his mother
would be- to hear Of IL. and then delighted
some Of the Liverpool girls by dancing
| with them. The docks are said to be seven
| miles long and built At an expense of sixty
| or seventy millions of dollars. and A. all
| the world il familiar with them there l. no
need of my attempting a description.
But the cotton trade Is some thing that
We in Maine are interested In. and this j.
The European centre Of tin fact its great.
| ct market In the world a. the great crowd
IN the Exchange devoted exclusively TO
.his business will show Ia YOU any day you
choose to 70 there. Years ago In Maine
we used 10 build ships Ia carry cotton.
and every now and then large fright
was enough 81 Itself for a mouerate com
f'AfHA'F NIlN younger uANs
hat one Of my ncighbors vowed a hand
come pulpit To church then building
provided hi> ship got penny freight from
New Orleans. and | am happy to ,ay the
ship got the fright and the votivc ole ring
MAS duly made.
Now that cotton j. becoming again one
OF our great article. ofcXpor; Il j. matter
% Importance to u> to Know whether We
are 10 share in the profits arising from It's
transportation hithcrwani have been
IA Liverpool a couple 81 days and have had
a favorable Introduction to merchants en-
gagged IA shipping aud in the cotton bust
n--> and although have not interview
20 them after the manner of New York
reporter for the purpose of publication.
>iiIl have tn ru.h, ynn wpuiI psrh NJ.
Ike Ia Know what they arr thinking about
Last sumner letter wa published uncx.
iccicdly to me. giving the result ~ nv
London ob~ery atlou-. and now | give YOU
wth the Liverpool talk the substance Of
,al reflections since. And a. to the Liver
.'ool merchants. may premise by saying
mes arr san owner. 90 sailing vessels.
and some - them IN % gone times have
AAd ships huili ia Maine and New Brun--
wlsN and Know the whole routine OF cost
ind charges 90 building and sailing tina;
cla>~ Of vessels and this Ina substance l.
What they >ay
II d. trade with the United States. both
Iu cotton AMI other merchandise. Wi! soon
bc done altogether by steam. The ten
dvust that WAY ior a uu nhcr Of years ha.
been very strong. aud ~ steam has on
the whole. proved profitable and In this re-
-p,ri quite the reverse Of sailing ships. the
dl>pAritNh tween steam and sails becomes
.npvr apparent every iay Cotton spinner.
prefer steamers because thcy can orler
"lih reasonable assurance 81 gcttin.
shear good 81 a given iialc Wcrr there
a steam line nom New orleans Ia Liver
,,,,l. spinner woaid have standing nr,ler~
20 buy ami send forward A. They manu-
i,,turc,l ur. II they wished an extra stock
uu account nfprcc or uuu~ ual consuupi ION
they could nDicr ~ cable and Ia thrve
weeks have the cotton In storc in Manrh,.>-
ter. A. II :. even ith the uncertainty OF
time tn starting from New Orleans ship
per pay fArthius more freight by steam
thau ~ sail vessel. They get partial
compensation Tor this Ia the reduced in
.urAncc. Insurance OF sailing vessels from
Nrw orleans - Liverpool /. two per cent
aud rs steamer from thrr- quarters of one
p.r cent - one per cent. or lr-- than half
-.
AZ present about thrrc quarters ~ She
cotton arriving from New York comes by
steamer snd about thr~c clghts 81 the
wh hole importation from the United State.
J. hroaghr IN that way
Steamships 81 Ia carry passengers can
d" built. ready Tor sea. for twenty pounds
per registered ton. and steamers for
car.oc> al ten gu!neas per ton Of dead
weight. \ steamer carr, ing four thousand
bales ~ cotton can Toe built for n hundred
and twenty thousand dollar The favor
ne idea i 10 have full rugged ehip with
anXIllcry steam power.
'-of course STEAMERS must he Of iron
They insist upon iron vessels OF all kinds
Iron sailing ships can he built for thirteen
or fourteen pounds the registered ton
their merchantmen being about the same
j. our when built will rate a. for f,r,Rfy
y, frs. Onc gentleman told me he bulk
large ship la, year for fourteen pounds
and had her - registered. lie say, She
I CONES into port absolutely dry and need,
no repairs whatever. A. yet they see no
I depreciation 81 the oldest NJ their iron
ships. They SAT there are onler, now In
I San Francisco for cargoes 10 ~. shipped
I ouly Ia iron vessels.
\ >nch j. the talk OF the Liverpool mcr-
! chants aud II shows the strength ~ the
1 competition we shall have 10 meet The
I hVortic building place Il Glasgow. The
Y >cotchmen have driven their London rival,
V out OF the market and the shipyar,ls on the
\ Thames wear the deserted appearance 80
\ familiar 10 u at home Eight steamers
I were launched In one day last summer into
the Clyde. and builders are 80 strong that
Y they are quite ready To take a liberal pro-
| portion OF stock in any new line that
promises favorable returns
Under these circumstance, the weighty
4 question 10 bc determined is can we As
sumo our old prominence In carrying
l cargoc. II we stick 10 >aIl, suppose had
| succeeded in my efforts in Congress aud
ship building material had been introduced
free, and good Maine ships could once
more be produced for forty five 10 d "
dollars per ton. would ii be thirty bust
I ness 10 build them: Those who have
wooden tonnage now sfioai have an ex-
prrience in the matter that will go far to-
wards answering the question.
And here permit me 10 say that do not,
a. some have stupidity said. regret the ef.
forts made. SO far from IT, am fully in
the belief that the measures which | oriyi.
mated and pressed with pertinacity while
/ | WAS IN W a>hlngton. and which the Shin
builders Association did me the honor Ia
adopt, are the only ones from which we
have any hope. either in continuing to build
| wooden vessels or in the great transit from
sails 10 steam. We must have cheap iron
That Is necessity. Ii Is the pivotal point
With cheap iron we can fight even the
Clyde builders; without il we are nowh re
There are but two ways 10 get CHEAP
iron. We must either lessen the genera
tariff on all iron. or we must have an ex.
ception in favor OF the shipping by way Of
drawback. Bounties are out OF the CUES.
ton. They haven't ghost OF a chance Of
success. And the general tariff on iron /.
too strong To be attacked SUCCESSFULLY II
has been triumphant in too many pitched
battles on the floors Of Congress TO yield
now to anybody's demand. For severa
sessions iron has been constantly clamor
ing T still higher duty. and a majority
OF the House has repeatedly followed il,
lead see no reason TO believe that Their,
Is an Immediate prospect Of any genera
change Of sentiment in this respect. Thi,
leaves the who'll hnnS fnr chaan ;rn,, 49,.