Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-15

under the heavy tariff duties
that we pay. gentleman from Belfast,
writing from st. John. New Brunswick,
less than year ago. says:
''Since have been here have looked shout
some, especially nj the ship-yards. i ind there
are about twenty vessels now building here.
About half are double-tecked. and several
(seven think above one thousand tons
The English Government iookr alter me
interest of il. shipping. A vessel of the Mendez
size, ,sy five hundred and nfty-siN tons will
cost here about twenty-o or twenty-two
thousand dollar- At most. all ready for sea. and
gets a rate in the English Lioyd- Of eight year.,
the same we get in the French or American
Iloyd~ for the Mendez. The vessel built here
j.. Nearly every piece in her. of spruce. from
Il ro truck. and not one third the weight IL
irul Is e. put III. trecnailcd with spruce limh>.
and coal,arrci all over; while we. in the
Mendoz. have hackmatsck and hard pine.
locust trprnail-. aud cost about thirty-csghi
thousand dollars. They ct just rs much fright
a. We d.. We could build such vessels a. they
build. with their opportunities. for les thah
they do.
EVERYTHING that they put into vessel in
building or on l,osrl in sailing. i duty fre". |
raid seven and quarter cent? for chains they
offer them 10 me here for three @ni>. AMI
almost everything in the same proportion. II
i, no Use for To- build ,e-sei> to compete
against such fearful odds"
Give IL the relief asked for in fili, hill
and Ne can live. Practical aud sensible
men testified TO this before the special
committee three years ago, and things are
now in many regards more favorable than
then The difference ia the purchasing
power Of our money j not 50 great n
then. We can get labor cheaper. and four
DAYS u our labor are nearly or quite as
good Al -i& days Of the foreign laborer.
orr ingenuity i greater. our natural
Ia liiic> are greater. lUi Se Dasl have the
load which the present tarift imposes lifted.
or we canBot breathe. much less work TO
advantage.
30 mnch for wooden vessels: and the day
has not Ne: come when the white sail i. to
w. banished from the sea No doubt iron
ha- doomed up in the last fifteen wears. but
we have listened too acquiescently TO the
talk Of the British iron->hip builder that
the day Of wooden ships i al an end. |
recognize the advantage OF the iron ships
tn shor voyages. where regularity Of
transit can be maintained. and Tor many Of
the great products of the earth but wood
i. to Vet assert Itself as no mean rival OF
its weighiicr competitor, aud for certain
voyages and cargoes iron can never COM
pete with Il. The wooden sailing vessel
offsets Is zee motive power. the winds of
the heavens. agaips' the greater speed and
regularity and longer l'ie attained hY the
iron steamer. or Indeed the wooden steam
vessel And The comparison j. not an
tirely in favor Of one side a. many g-nil -
men may suppose | have lately heard Il
: passage made by wooden sailing YES
>ei owned hy a gentleman largely inter-
e>ied ia navigation. and living in my own
district. from the upper part of chill. on
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wooden ships-a trade, that he had follow.
/ Ell for cen;ni,--. Our ships looked better
/ sailed faster. and carried better csrou..s
I We can to-day set the .sn,e CoJ-Iiven
facu.t, Al WORK on iron vessels Mr. SIN
. mers. an experienced man in buildinp bo.b
/ iron and wooden ,.Ssel. says that when
the change comes IN. Old ~eoden-.hir
builder. VIII be found building the ron
ships The iran ships needed In o,,r ~,
wrr. builr IN onr n.u ,ard. hy n,,r ,,,-,,
mechanics Gran J5oio, .L;,-hni1iar
, tried hiring British workmen f,on, The
/ British wards. aud ke,t eleven 81 ,b.m
I inc. week. never knew anybody eIs,.
\ yho tried the experiment Indeed I Am
hy ~ means a skeutic a. m tbe STATE n,
Maine bni;oino iron ve.,.ls with ,-o,;,
4 Ne brought I'm. npd OAK from tie f,r
I ; ,. a up to 1850. and w,h them laid the
/ krrt. ana constructed the finest shins IN
/ the world in our own ward. and the ,.n
who did il are TODAY alive with the sane
ready brain and wiliisg ,,e.d ,bar ,be,
worked with twelve ye,r.agn. IN, i, We
Z cannot bul,d there OF iron Won can ia II Il,
/ New York and New Jersey and Delaware
I aud Pennsylvania and MARYLAND ana Vir-
/ GINA. and in every port on our western
| lakes aud upar the great rivers OF the
West.
/ May my ,riena e-.,., ~ vi 40.
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