New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-07

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= understands his business and has organized II prop
r3r. and II Il lucrative thing Tor the people aLons
br is carried on. II puts immense Sums Of money
, circulation, very much larger than people arc gen
orally aware and il gives employment To more trades
, auv other industry Is benefits TO people continue
after the expenditure OF money FOR labor and mate
ri,ls ship o-ce SIT afoat upon the waters AID ac-
,y erpIcyed in commerce gives continual occupation
n Labor on land and Repairs and supplies are
continually called for by it, aud an amount Of money
canal u 30 per of It's cost Il II is steamship ad 80
-, cent II il saller, i expended upon and Oy II d.
rIlv during the whole OF It's active existence II has to
he rruc.d too in time, that when once SET gong III
GOOD trade the employment gives to labor and e"-
al nrpaurut The busipess OF building iron ships Is
amaIfsr entirely distinct that OF working them
The latter pays well il good trade. Nearly al
OF tn splendid steamships plying between this country
and Europe and up and down our coast have been nt
ont OF the profits Of the companies owning them 1htie
az. ,eod- no doubt when the business of navigation
dos not nav and great eutaed on the owners
Of ships. Whether commerce pays or not 1t always
pa,s 10 build ships steamers and sallers' OF wool a.
vel a. Of iron. eventually il net for our own trade u
viii do 80 for other nations and II IL thing Of direct ma
tanal importance 30 the carried on upon as
lsrse a scale as possible within ones borders
Nowhere is this fact well understood as in England
r. that intelligent country every possible encouragement
has been given especially TO the iron shiFulidHs H.
terest and s has been done not Ouly to secure eo-
nercal supremacy, but 10 secure the benefits az nome oi
The steady aad profitable employment Of the LABOR Ga
thc country and the continued consumption o. mdteIs
ptukt~s irauu.asters, and Others have placed tAcIf
material resources al the command Of the builders upon
Inc mus, favorable terms Government has given them
large coutracts. thereby enabling the smpbhildeis 10
possess q reputation building their own navy ana
also Tor he OF all Europe. Writers ana statesmen
have set themselves about cihusng ideas throughout lHe
world favorable 10 the interests Of English builders ioI
The sake OF securing the very largest sale possible Of
their ships 10 the people Of the Other nations o TIC
earth All England has acted Ike one man ID inns man
ner Of expanding this extremely profitable industry
l. lasting credit their Intelligence ana statesman
ship.
4 great opportunity was presented to the shphuders
Of England by the years war IL the United states
T. VS. the greatest chance they had. II enlarged
TIE field In which English ships could be employed enof
rrousy The builders took prompt advantage OF thel'
onoruuitv of course and produced profcons number
OF vessels of the results OF their hos If that
tcaav every one of the large Atlantic haroors IN THIS
,rut.y look, Ike an English seaport Very icW q Tie
calling vessels bear the American fag and i He's iFola
only four ~ the steamships engaged IL the unsaIlaue
trade some months, not single American snip leaves
the rort Of NewYOTk for port in Great britain; line
on Of every ten vessels which DO are Euglsh Iu
sDd owned. This Is a g1eat triumph Tor the LAsiHh
t1drs and source o. great prosperity u them and The
inhabitants OF ther country. Probably no other industry
in Great britain besides Ihs one has put INTO Circulation
among the people during Tie as fifteen years larger
suu, of money Ii has moreover, gwen occupation 10
the very best Glars mechanics. and while paying mem
good wages, has kept them steadily employed
ENGrASD's UNSUITABLE DEMANDS.
Ors voulJ sgpuose hat the commercial con9Hcsts or
ENGLAND during The last j. years, and the unprecedented
dcyelopmeni OF her shipping trade, would have COL
tented her bu ldcrs and left them nothing 10 WISH At
TN j. not the fact. 9c huuan heart is never satisfied
nm the gents Of TIE EHElsh builders are as eagerly al
wors IN all quarters Of the globe eontli'ing otth91
arguing 10 cusrce the field in which English coInnere
can l,e carried or and English ships sold and employed
a. tLougl their inans:ly were In ts mcreCt infancy
rather than ia IT, robust development TIER slee4a
point Of attack at present moment l. the naNsou
laws Of the United states. MOI content with uahselAr
nB-teuths 81 the foreign cuIrJnvrce OF this c0untihef
wait our navigation laws broken down. 80 That Lngsh
ss may crowd their way into cur profitable coasths
tr,g. They would Ike free trade in ships, so that
possible hip0lldiL might crushed out N this co'-
try and Tie business transferred 10 LngIAno- 4AeS
would ike Tepeat IN thu Uned states 'At "'1l-iIA''
been accomplished u Brazil, WisIe LnSils S'eiIeis
swarm on every npvigable and III every hlrbor ana
transact nearly al tae c0astRg and foreign ne % 'na'
extavagaDt and impToyident Empire Inc "''hcA
AGAINST cur laws s carried with single argument. IL
Is constantly urged by their representative II lhs
country that there shipDuldcrs uesef'lh@ Ihe
name IL tie United States and that EEslISh sipS aIo
thc cheapest and in the world IAls Is the argument
:
aud il is met with the writings ana utterances oil al
WHO work m their interest The obi oct 0i THE statement
on the face Of II exclusively selfish one ana rot 0y
any means desire furnish the Americans wiz sis
cheaper chan they 81 them now nevertheless III
terested though the motive plainly Is there Is reason 10
believe that the English actually convinced VI tA'
truth Of TINS claim This conviction proceeds from 'he
gs.es, icrca If the situation OF affairs on his side
Of tie water VET there is reason believe that the En-
gsh do really think they build the best ana ch aprs'
shs in the world singular Illustration both Oi Their
ignorance and their conviction this saJect has Dee
afforded within ne past fortnight An od-estD7ht" III
gsh shipping house old enough certainly 10 Ao" pctVeI'
hearing tha gentleman Of tins city thinks OF esaoish
ing steamship line Brazil. has written 10 MN oner-
Ing 70 SOL ships put on the line whereas ne IL
himself building better faster, and cheaper ships haA
those offered every year There may also he cited ihe
language of circular recently issued by another snip
ping house. that Of David Brown Co. OF Leadehals'
london which Is the most recent utterance on the sub
cet II makes direct attack which requires something
more than mere casual attention. The circular says
We think II time that American shiDOwners shOuld
reaze the that iron shipping = ls' acquiring
Gn important asqndency over wooden es IN The carry
luz trade To rD Az extent j. tbs apparent, that
even from San FrcscO iron ships obtain .. Sd per ton
h,ge wooden vessels when cilar ON tlls
TIE frrrce rae from o. Cd 81. 81 ton. Wooden
tbp almost entirely excluded from tie heIth dust
nfs rom London. Liverpool, ana oleI foa,4iHe "a
ia ElgAua, throwing them necessarily INTO ile Ia huu
o:her weight carrying trades TINS marcel GiHsreh nee
II sniLceatly serious when tftighS ar picL..iu.'
Wien iTrgafs low aud scarce II AMOUNTS a4ibn. 20
prohibition. Il bcbOOyes American slhpOWnefs tieIe
Ire 10 consider their dsadyan psi.ign, ~ ~
Being allowed "a compete VITA those OF III utler g
u1es By buying their ships tn the cheapest market Ie
pIOcvs laws VI tie United States might serve the N
iefets o. shpblders II amy builders pure ana sihpie
really existed, but II does appear hardship tnat tie
owners Wso for the most part now Duid tnei, own Sn
should De Eanpercc by such resF1etons ana nave tno
Ssg b, gps S 10 scn ts state Of Sags
fnust change long, the American owners WIN DC