The Republican journal., 1871-07-13
THE SHIP-BUILDING INTEREST.
Its Ruin by Radical Legislation.
From the Boston Post, June FL

From the Boston Post, June I'll
1t will thus be seen that bus
mess is not altogether stagnant, and it
Congress would only take hold and do
something a great deal might be hoped
Boston shipyards are in all cases good,
and in manyi cases superior. The yard
Of Messrs. Taylor, Campbell & Brooks,
tor instance, embraces some 22O 900 feet
Of land, covered with buildings and stocks
in addition to which there is 40, 900 feet
in another lot, on which the blacksmith
shop is located Generally there is q
large quantity of material on hand, ready
for bnilding any number Of vessels; and
in this connection ii may be interesting
to state that this material is transported
hlther, all the way from Maine to Florida
and Michigan. The kind of lumber is
mainly white oak, white and yellow pine,
and "hackmctack," which last comes
from Maine and the Provinces, and is
used for ''knees." The deck plank is
brought extensively from Pennsylvania;
the oak we get in New England and in
Virginia; and the hard pine is felled in
Florida and the Carolinas. At the yard
of Messrs. Taylor, Campbell Il Brooks
three ships and rs many schooners Cor
other lesser crafD may be built at time,
and at one period last winter six vessels
in process Of building and repairing We're
to be counted on the stocks. Before the
war the firm employed upwards of four
hundred men This number, however,
underwent a gradual decrease, until
about the year 1866, when business as
sumed something like its present aspect !,
and under the expressive heel Of the Re
publican Government rs il now exists but
little Improvement need be expected.
A sIIIP-EuILpER's OPINION.
Pending his departure, the writer in
quired of Mr.. Taylor, senior partner Of
the iirm, as to the cause Of the present
depression, when Mr.. Taylor observed:
The great cry raised by people who
want to account for it ''is the price OF
labor but tell you there is nothing in
it; if Congress would only remove some
OF the restrictions that have foolishly
been placed upon the material we use,
We should return to Il position where we
could compete with foreign builders
We can build vessel now OF Il given
tonnage in less time than they can in Eng
land or the Provinces, so that in reality
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labor necessary to do the same work
costs elsewhere. That disposes OF the
question of the price of labor.
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t.Why IN tbr ,irst nl,rr we usp g., much
o,.aatpr .,nqnt;tv of matn,.;,l II v-n,,ld
IL surnrisinr IA any one moi f,milia,
Win tbp snh;ett how murh mora strrnnti,
wn nut ;ntn an, vnscals in thn wo,, nj.
iumhrr th,n En~li4h and C,nadiru bI,ilJ-
.nrs ln T,kino if ON nm avrrarr in the
.r,nstrnct;on of :, vessel or n crrt:,in class
we nsn twentv-t;vo nar cent more mate-
r;al than is useI elsewhere for fine same
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i,n,,ron;ato tl,iI and ,Ln ras,,h !, o,,,, n,n,
,i,rtions arc thrn,vn connlatnlv in ,ho
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hn, 2 ,nnrn ;ntnilinent and hrltnr Iirart-
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n,;Il IlrtlL sh;m II = thonS,nl '| tnns % than 4
nns1e ".l ar cnmnrtitors orrn"s the % watnr I'l'r
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s''.i'I ..Not ,s f., nr;ca we have c,rn.u,ors
,n1 aan1l,nrs anl ;oinars AMI hlaclsm;,he
anI | haI,nrs and ,,horers h,t Win ,hn l cX-
an,,;om ,'n" nf Iahnrars wa nar ali ahant ,ho
sap'o tor thai. ynrl, ! al,nIo tn hn;lIl III,
;nn l' Of conrsr On old wnrl, ,b,t Is ,hn
ran,;ripm Of vassals ON. carneninrs stanJ
frtt anI ara mid 80 day a@,inct e.
tha wanes they trrmerlv cnioyrI Jnst
hof,rn The w,T we vera nav;no 81 and
So 1av TOW ca,nantors u,Ion oniJ
w.. Of mar End ,t tbat t;n,n wo ,vnrn co,,.
,',atolv nvarrnn win worl. Tba cnunt,.v
+, f,ct was never in :, moro nr,snnrnns
nanJit;nn tban # was thnn rnt nnw,
ranJ hnro tLr gentleman nadn usn Of an
aa,,lmoea;on uyb;ob uroe rot ,.o,.,- In,,,,I;
mentary to the administration of the Grant
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All.' nom ~ ~, '''''e '"'''l''fe VIII our
preSGnt p,,l, pines
ny, WHY q, w W. :; l'lu = ~ soiu 1.n 1heil
we now KY 7z.o' ~ currency ~, aai wl!elc
we Ply PIX :,5 W. 'iow Ply -. ne prp+IS 'lI
q l;tpor w'th " nave nov 9o'ie " at 'til
N proportion 70 lle coSt OF ilvlhS or any
lnmg e!se, a'1i y Woutu pe tlle heiShl ol
aos.'iui's ~ r'y o'.l ''i'loS ~ ,"'il9eir
Mith iolels1' ,''i,,r1s - " ."sl ''
ll',S m pai'lcuia' WY looN ~ II n''i ~,
y, W. m'nl y ','a i Cusloss s'i,l, u"
,;lIful,,, 9,,,;I, '', ,,a, ,, ,,';tl;, aa.o,
able period we should once more stand on
footing OF equality with other nations y
'What can you build for now -
,''Well, about $50 ton for wooden YES
sells Ready equipped for sea we can
build for from SG5 to SOS ton. A gen
tleman from Bremen who VISITED us the
other day says they are building IRON yes