Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-22
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chased to-day in the New York market.
There are eleven Of these manufactures
In the United states which are pro-
tected by this daty.
There ara two In Missouri, two IL
Illinois, four or Ave In Psnnsylvania
and two in New York state, giving di
rectly and Indirectly employment t.
from seventy a 10 Thousand TO one hun
dred thousand men, aud reducing the
costs from the one hundred and tendol
lars ton in gold in London, at which
IL was sold in 1884, to go dollars q tor
at which price it can now be purch ased
in the New York market, ar--.s -.
In 1854 when the IllinoisI Central X
R. purchased Its steel rails 1t cost tbs
farmer In Illinois from 40 to 90 cents
bushel to bring his wheat from Chicago
to Philadelphis; to-day, when the
Bessemer steel rails can be purchased
for forty dollars q ton, he brings his
wheat from Chicago to Philadslphia fol
II cents q bushsl. English capital
has done more 10 break down the in
dustries Of this country than any othel
cause.
English capital came over to this
country which led to the formation OF 0
lobby with thousands Of dollars in it:
treasury, which urged Congress to take
the duty eff Bessemer rails. Opposed
to that English Lobby was a lobby
composed Of representatives from the
railroads Of the United States and the
English capitalist was made to show
his hand. There was not Q railroad
company unrepressnted at that time
in Washington, and there Was not q
railroad president who was not present
begging Congress not to take the duty
of Of Bessemer steel rails, and they did
not do 1t.
And now Free ships. II there is any
man in this audience who knows any
thing about ships he is aware that the
laws Of the United states upon that
subject have been as settled and station
airy as any law can be. The Daviga
ton laws of the United states have IN.
dergone no change since 1870. These
laws, copy Of which hold in my
hand, enacted that no foreign ship
should come into q port Of the United
States without paying City cents q ton
on her tonnage, and that she could not
engage in the eoast.wiss trade without
also paying fifty cents on her ton
mage. Any ship built in America
but owned by foreign capital, could not
engage in the coast wise trade with
out paying 80 cents on her tonnage,
while any ship owned and built in
America could engage in that trade by
paying only six cents on her tonnage
which she was required to pay once
year . foreign vessel or a vessel
built in this country but owned abroad
had TO pay tonnage upon each entry; in
other words the laws OF the United
States were enacted for the purpose OF
protecting American navigation, so that
to day the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Co. one of the largest ship building
concerns in the weird is not in doubt as
- the meaning Of the 10th Sec. Of tie
Democratic Platform. - Free ships
means ruin to our shipbuildiug inter
est-Starvati0n to American shipyard,
artizans and employees, death to
American shipbuilding.-The late Con-
vention in Boston on free ships insti.
gated by the Free Ship people, upon
lair presentation Of the case by Mr..
Roach, decided TO petition Congress for
q subsidy.
Why have our ship yards prospered'
II is because under the navigation laws
of the United States as enacted in 1870.
The Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., have
had for their customers those who have
extensively engaged in the coast-wise
trade, between New York and Calves
ton and other ports Of the United
Sta rs, by means CT vessels which were
teqpi ed to pay only 6 cents ton on
their tonnage once a year whereas a
vessel built in this country and owned
abroad would be required to pay thirty
cents ton on her tonnage, not only
once year, but upon each entry from
a foreign port, be it fifty times year,
if 60 it happens. What was the re
sulti
The Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.,
like other similar concerns in this
country, not only fourished-giving
employment to thousands of men-but
Leoame one Of the vastindustries which
PRODUCED our beautiful and prosperous
,ity-simply owing to the fact thai
they were protected by the American
navigation act passed as | have said
Suppose that, those laws were now
repealed, suppose you have free ships
as Mr.. Henry Watterson suggests
With free ships, what becomes of Har
Ian & Hollingsworth Coz Any mar
in reason will give yoa the answer
at once.
Eve y rotten hulk of Norway, Sweden,
Germany aud England will he SEM
across the ocean to establish lines OIL
American waters. The ship builders
on the Clyde, by means of their chsat
labor, will not only compete with tn,
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company bu
will compel them to close their works
or discharge tn Dir nan, or pay lower
wages, and yet Mr.. Whitley, in BIZ
spescA, said, "They talk about The
grass growing in the Harlan & Holdings
worth yard. Why, my friends, Their,
is no danger" That was his only an
swar.
He never mentioned the American
navig.! act. He never said WORD
aoOuI the duty on tonnage he neve,
explained the reason why an Anne ricar
ship.builder could not compete with
the ship-builderS on the Clyde, and yet
the fact is apparent that it results from
no other cause than that the wage
paid the English mechanic Ia less IN a