, 1877-10-02
FREE SHIPS.

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FlEE SHIPS,
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Somo Gros" stiaAtatssnehts hy tho Fh'lade'-
rhla "Frcks '.-It sAys frnn stcamshira
Can lie fBuilt Cheaper md Isrtter in Amer
lea tI,an In England, Yet Demands Sub
.,h,cs IN r:nahts us TO Compcte-Thc Sub.
n,tv Tl,rown Away On tho nraxll Line,
"'@' e.n rorr.<ro ~, srnt. IN
Tho rh,,ndc1nila Drt,t il advocating mn cx.
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tchsIVe system Oh sunsa'es 10 hcamsn'n Hnes
with viRor md aut1ncity, and, rs Is usual with
bsttsr @ rcasou. It's zeal outruus It's discretion,
IL proauees aa,i feprouaees tne o't1clnteu
statement That iron steamships built upon tho
iron atca.nshIps built In England and Scotland.
Il pro,l,tccs no trustwoytl,y evidence 10 support
-. a..o..,o,, ~ r.. .ha .i,nn1o ron.nr that ,ho
ns assest.on' lot the e'i"p's 1.Ason 1aA. .ao
shown In the columns of tho Post by COM
mari. .,ns ~ Tho actual roat Of ateamsbloa b,,,t
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IL 4AA'c's"'' nHo Ntt''S" !"'os' Anu 4"sos"" 20
frequently md pcrtlhcntly askcu, Why 10 tbc
Delaware iron ship builders ychcrncntly oppose
the alHIsston OF torci..1,.bui1t shtps and steam
mr. nnd c,nn,or tor ,ncrr,srd nr,,tnc,tou IN t,,e
e'"' "''4 s'a." s'' ,"'. ."'>N ~. 49,.
Bl'ape of subsidies. II thcy tcaliy can pu'ia tno
needed vcssela cheaper and bettcr than they Gnu
l,c built across the wnterl British builders
luve greatly pro!tcl By free trnde In ships, as
Americau builders will profit by 1t -
WHENEVER ruer ARE ABLE ro pt1Lp CHEAPER
AND uErrsR
! than the builders an the other side Of the At
isn',,. cotton. or Wheat, toca,.se no one believes
that thusc Drxiurts raj bu imported ut prices
| that will compete with Our own, md M, o4e
So,ld vi oppose t lie removal of tic proJsion
urnn Inc nurcLlase Of furct1y,,-but iron stea,ycsS
II It we're true that Tic hunu nrtico ea1 be f,lr-
ntrhci of better 0l1alify arI at cheaper price.
With curious obIiqutty q st.lon tlie re.
Wrn ,Hs 1s' ss Of m essw ssgx @ ,oSS etrs @
Of The rhila,irlphia a1I Liverpool steamships,
sl,lus theory. Tho Philadelphia md Liverpool
,,.nn."H. a 9H steansiips, !. % pct t'. easertiss
Of thc phliu!vIphians, as well it lnay be, Gun
sidcring that II cx,st liz ruhc-splr1ied SHARE
holders nearly q, l,0tU, ,GUN, with nj otllcr return
iinu from their city, The steamers azr 1,,urt-
"nCci tn tho l,cnnsylynntn I'nllrun.l ConIpnny
for m}vancca, covering two-thsrls ut tssIf .rtgI.
nal cut (tlc other third being contributed by
| fhn shareholders uCoresalA
| Tl,u steau,crs hnyu bcrIi running four years,
and from time 10 time II has been rpportct TINT
tw,, additional atca,nrrs were to bc built u
"ks ,s suasY up wssk!yf M yfa 'as ht Instead Of building
clIHIrslt rG CHARTER TWO nRtTtsu STEAMERS
tu run Ii, connection With their four American
slips, though tho linz IL always stnkcn of ca
w Wq,ei.s % sad to The the jsrsss rc1~r;cr vi Who asksi
| as to thc proaDect VI building new st4.uincr:
"As YOU Will seq by our yearly reports, wo
have malo sumo money, but you nr.l viii bu
tlrnd tonR enough tefure wu will bo ab,p u
build any more ships out Ut tho profits. l,y
fIoyertrncnt assIttnnro wc would bo nils to III.
crcasc ti,e number"
Mcssrs, Wright thus frankly a,lmlt tl,at these
hielly-pralscl "bettcr anl chcapur steamers n
aro fixtures, and will continue to bo failures, 10
fAr as pr.,Iits aro cnuccruet, until tfoy receive
l;uyern.ncnt MD, tl.uugl. eonlo :NO Urltlsh-
buiit stcou,shjps arp running be-
twcun tho United States unl Europe
without Government did, anu new attl
larger steamrrs are constantly being built. Tnu
Sirssrs. Wright might have gone farther, aMl
told ihe Iytsa thu, knowing tho hlt,I, cost of
huijituu tho steamers In PHILADELPHIA, they Ind
Icctlnetl tnklnr shares in Tic Company, They
nlGht have Eotlu atill farther, and told tho H.
purter that whcsl tho tif,n OF Wright l. soma
irm t,1al has 4lo,io more to extend the com.
mercc Of Phlauclph(a than 0.ly other dozen
| GrIns Of ,hut city. aud wllose interests uru
riussly connectcI VIII pjf,adeIpilju Interests,
whose members arc arnong tho bcst citlzcis vi
Philadelphia. but ure Ut tlle same time clea1-
LiTrLs TAirll IN SENTIMENT IN BUSINESS
TRANSACTIONS,
AMI boltcvs In buyluE ia t|,u ci,capest n,arkets,
understand 20 well this "crapcr aud better II
wn,,t rol, stca,,,si,ius to v patl i1r With t,,cr
own and t!eir iricl,,is money, thSy do not build
them On the ijelawa are but tley 70 tu lhc ralnIcr
sapbstlng So'npa ~ tS lns ~ p'fs.
gian tIags rather than pay the heavy premium,
IelnapIs.l hy tbs Phliulclphia builders Upon
tic use Ut tic American tiaj,, ulI,rer our exist
iny Ltol,lhitory Fcgtstry iuws. Wright Il s0ns
FhlntteIt,hIa a,ul Antwerp line Ut HtitIsl-butlt
steamers sol!ug under tho Belgium due. TEel1
siIipa wpru built in tho yale year tnat gave
irtI, 70 thc rhiaatr|p|iA stcuu,cfs. aud ptrllaps
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