, 1870-03-30

for them The conclnaim thss Atnerican shlp.
d II ss @s. e @s ps9 as aq
AL sorts Of efforts wnFe made to turn asido
evidence Of tho above character oao gentle
man was refused permission to inscs: letter
from the New York 4imes which gaze statis-
tica unfavosable to tho ring. Anoth.r foreign
tratel1er wrote ~ follows:
"As the case now stands the Hamburger can no
70 Eneiand or Scotland, hnT asteame., put her uE-
der the North German rAk. and run her hetxeen
any foreign po1 and any port in the unIte. States
can vessel This with The consent of our own
government At the same time the American Is
net allowed By hts Laws to purchase this steamer
ami hoist the American nAX. And nur govern.
inert even gives the Hamburger further encour-
asement By RistnG him the European mails to
carry fIun ouI county,
Here is how the true shipping enterprise Of
New York talks about subsidy:
Question. "Are not the English steamers that
are running here mostly subsidized By the English
GogeFnmens1" -..
afdi7ed 0y The government SPEAKING OF substd-
lea our ahlp-oMnets, as rule. would Oppose with
Ill their influence any subsidy. because II would
be building up the Interests Of few to the preu-
dice Of great many"
Here is an extract from the Lynch report
which shows what kind OF manufacturers want
encouragement from us:
"Inerc is cEly ono yard IN this country That
builds irDY1 ahipe, Harlan h Holflngswotth In VIII
mngton, Delaware. uadeEHtAnd tnas they would
contract to build iron ahIps on English specifics
tons, nj the same price as they are built In Eng
.sT'he Wltnesa That has been rumnred here
for some time, ppt understand It has never been
one iron ship. the Costa Rca, for the Panama
INF Aor7eiL 1low does the ship compare with
"a Nenher at the Sh!ieowness' Association.
She went down to As1lnwaIl, and Was wrecked
within three months after her Arrival
TN FfTfh KrpN1 mi JfCAHd A fhAfM
wna one Arnertean-buttt iron sailing shlp In this
the partieular& nut L il were fact that Amer.-
can hnlltiers can build Iron ships 81 theApiy ~
the English can, that was no argument aGainsi
free nade IN shits, because that fact would be al
the u1orc II their fsvoE."
4 TeAt number Of the witnesses examined
were mud-fatks from the Delawa1e, MarTimac,
and other creekB,-1Awye1a of vessel assocsA-
tons, kud coal-barge builders, who know -
much about ocean navigation a candla-noth
knowa about tho constellation These young
gentleman wanted the pi1otags dues reduced,
ind dredging and Tightening made cheap; but
| they made no objection TO expressing, In the
| most confident manner, their notions about
the defects Of tho Great Eastern, the SteIA,
and Sinm's hole
Here is where onr friend Daniel Moren got
| into controversy With gentleman from the
! banks Of The BrandyWine, enc Ar. Gibbons.
a1r. Gibbons said: ...
"The list advance upon the tartr rates on iron
did not 20 Into the hant!s Of the mannfac.
tusera, but to great extent, into the hands OF tne
lahorcrs, who werc already paid too much
"3lr. Morrell asked where in this country pud'
mi, Gibbons replied, in Wilmington.
AMI. Morrrl stated that fn Pennsylvania pnd'
ilers were not earning more than fous dollars pei
X PenuBylvanis puddlers get no more than
! four dollars 3 day, how comea it that the Email
est OF al puddlers, Nr. Morell, gets five
Thousand dolla!s Seaz foE meddln8 With the
Atlantic Occan7
Hero ia he condition Of shir-huilains II
| Chicago, probably the greatest port on m in
land sea in the whole world. Mr. Wiley II.
| Egan writes It. Perhaps those people Whe
| attribute the loss OF al our ocean commerce
to the 1iaband md the Florida, will be able
| to tel us how our Lake commerce ehould a1se
tayc been driven from the world!
Il waa the High Tarin, tho worst traitor e
bodybuilding in Chicago sna crushed it in New
! York! Hear Mr, Egan:l
"The present condition Of ehir-bui1dlng in Chi
isS msy be aesesoed % By tie tie xera ssG absnaoae % @
| with the exception Of d few tnes, canal-toats
drcdHes, and scows, built for local uses Ship
the war From lsol to 1s6U It ~as practicable It
tutid vessels With pEuIt In Chicago, and serera
rEopellers and Echoopers were built during tht'
petiad.r
All the testimony which this neanderine
committee obtained. points to tho facts thai
| the most liberal nations hayo 8ai1ed past the
c1oscet that the Yankee sailor has gone tc
the bottom because he carried the Miheza!
| rat protection that he could not sail as fast
a. the High Tariff could gnaw that while be
tried to keep the flag aioat the Pennsy1gani,
/ rat was boring under the water limo thai
there waB Congressional traitor in the hold
and that the best sailor in tho world had tc
abandon the sea because Of the Ecr1nin which
l la TINT all Sar
nations are wise enough to bug cheap chips
and that ouly provincial and narrow people,
want to know nl1 about tho man who eells tc
them; that France, North Germany, Italy,
and Brazil, have built up their marine by buy.
inE ready naa1e chips; that it il just a.
having sick wife make them st home tha.
there never waa moment in the era OF steam
when ocean steamships can be bought az
cheap as now. because tho opening
Of tho suez Canal has thrown from
htty to a hundred ,I1, ion ships e
the canal demanding . different Kind Of ship
that il We be ehrewd enough to buy those
cheap British slips without duty, and hoist
the American flag upon them. We can make
f1eights, mails, and passenger lists which We
now pay to the foreign shipper to satisfy the
| insAtiabfe envy, aTa1ice and TctaA provincial.
| iria Of the rig-ir7n interest!
| II UQe, TO UaS Llb EQuc4QQ0E HOfQ6 Ql
"shall we, after having expended millions IL
| opening this opportunity Of controlling the com
ncree Of the world hy uniting The two great
nentIafte: M astonishing ali lie world By x or M ene1s ]
! and wikdom in carrying through such gigantic
entEsse "Ease y, an = sss sti II saETalf a
our supinenesa and folly IN neglect!ng 70 Avail our
selves Of the greater advantages which nature haE
opened TO ua without cost:"
| TTn0r thin frfeFr1rA rAr0fF lat fhn raf1T1a fhiOI
! and the press speak fer now, the only mai
who keeps the stars AID stripes OF the ses, i!
| the crinGing, whining, greedy little being who
with tue eniffle Of protect American indus
| At Eea but that which was, until lAse. the mar
inera' constellation, the signal Of freedom
| Aye tear that tattered ensign down;
| Long has 1t waved on high,
And Millions hare been born to sec
That banner In the sky.
TIE sCDspT HUNTERS
Tho following are al tho biils At present pro
rosed ia both the House and Senate givin{
suh"idiea to navigation companies. The mos
ambitious project, however, is nos herein con
sideIed. ! refer to what VAS Until re
Gently called the Commercial Na.igatios
Company, 4 coalition betueen certain ahip
builders, tho Union Pacific Railway, and tht
Pennsylvania Central Railway. This company
It III alleged, had enough Influence with tht
President to induce him to write the recen
&2H6FRfb< III. {fI1&%SE fth4AEtS 1Ak1SNlHftA k4at
first Till, md it WAS sent to the Committee OF
Post Offices and Post Roada. The bill Offers
new lease OF life to q semi-e1tlnct corporation
The Postmaster General is directed to cent1Ac
with this old company for conveyance Of th
mails Of the Cnitcd Ssa.ch. weekly o
Bremen, touching 1t Southampton, ant
alse semi-weekly hesweaa Now Yosl
and Liverpool, touching at Queenstown
Tho time then specified il extended one yea
and fix months. The bonds issued By sais
compsny ahal1 be registered At the Post Oaic
pro rata, - each steamshil shaM 30 advanced
in construction: and the interest money, paya
bic semi-annually, during the continuance o
said contracts, By tho Postmaster General OF
said registered bonds, shall b. the sum Of tT'
The next bill ;a known here Ak Garrison
bill, and WIS introduced by Mr.. kellog
and referred to the Committee on Com
| mercc.
Garrison, you 1nay remember. Was sh
fornia in the earlr days Of tie gold fever. AM
he is the fathcr-in-law Of William Cornell
Jewett. Theee are the sailing features Of til,
bill: That the Postmaster General be. and j
hereby. authorized to contract With William
e.sss sse, 5ssssb 5s@ss = IbSa asiEss TsHsa a1s
Creevr, and thea associates, for th.
conveyance Of the mails from and to th'
United States and the Republic Of Mexico
semi-monthly. A steamer shall leave the por1
Of New Orleans, respectively, on the first ami
sixteenth days Of each month, touching At tht
ports Of Tampico, Vera Cruz, Coatzaeoa1oo
Fobasco, L.Euna, Canpeehe, sis.l. ant
thence ria Havana, back to New Orleans
I Ihese parties shall construct within eighteen
calendar months sufficient number Of first
class sea-going steamships, which steamships
shall have betn wholly constructed in Ii.
TnNed States The Postmaster General il
authorized to pay 70 the parties q PRO ra't
amount Of the euheidy for the frs. trs yearz
fer any suitable vessel Or vessels, which may b,
rlAced AZ pioneers in The above route, prior Il
| The eoml1encement Of the contract seryic,