, 1881-01-28
THO Observation-Disclosures Policy
Pursued by American Ship
builders.
England Thereby Enabled to Mo.
nopolize Our Ocean Trans
portatton,
AMI Tho American Farmer Placed ut q
Disadvantage .and Subjected
to Loss.
Subsidies Only Create Privileged Monopo-
lies-Free Ships the Thing
Neodful.

sptstat Di,pateh 10 The Ehftaoo Tribune.
WAsutsGroS, ID. C., Jan. Ex-senator
Heck, vi Kentucky, to-tlay delivered strong
snrcI in the Senate Oil the subject OF frCe
ahtps.
Mr.. Beck began by saying tint n bIl for
,he repeal OF tho navigation laws Should
hayc been first considered iii tho ll0use Ut
representatives, as only there could d full
measure uf relief be fnirfy considered under
I'm powor to originate money bills. Tho
seuatc, l,oweycr, coltltl originate
bill regulating commerce, and to TINT end
nuIllfy existing navigation laws. The hill III
krolucetl atll referred to tic Senate Finances
Committee l,ud purposcly omitted alI proyis-
tous affecting tho revenue, bat he hoped
llat, should the bill be sent to tho House, MS
he wished 1t would be, that it wU,ld 10
amended BY tho modification of tho existing
laws concerning shtp-storcs. Tonnage, dues,
tayatton, etc. uo said that he could rot
understand why American citizens should
not have
Tl1E pRIv11Enr: OF nurISo SHIPS
whcre thoy could bny them cheapest, sftlCe
all other nations II, the world hive TINT priv
!lcge, md with their free ships cnrry our vast
Exports md imports to anil from ollr markets,
our people being handicapped by tic htglt
prices Charged for AMcr!cnil-bullt sfltps.
l[r. Beck represented tho condition Of MI
American sirowner by II simtlo drawn from
tho rAce-cu1trse. IIo snid 1t WAS MS fool
Isl. ta hundicHp our shippers as they Aro
handicapped US 1t would be wGre a mali
10 Insist OH running h0rsa carrying
i50 pounds lit n raGo whom NIL his colnpot-
ltors of like ago only carried ITO. The ship
was but Il vehicle u,laptul to tho Highway OIL
which 1t has to travel. Tic highway Is free,
mil on 1t our own s!llpDwncrs, wl,un they
leaye our coast, lave to compete, without
protection, with Tic slilpowners OF MI other
nntiuns, and nre entitled to equal thnnco
with theu 50 far US legislation can give 1t.
Our shippers must be tAxetl, und eycry tax
Imposed upon our own shlnpurs
ONLY STRENGTHENS THE CARRIERS
Di other hAtiOns. not so buulened, to do tho
work MD mako tho profits which VIZ could
do md make II we Ind All equnl clla,Ice.
American sllipowutrs cnllaot DO protected
III the!r forcigii business, and can only conf
pete WHOM theyare allowed 10 purchase ships
Which cost them no n0re than those used by
thelr competitors. Eycn tllen thoy labor u1l-
der disadvantages enough. Wuges ltcre
ara higher, and better fobl- Is de-
uandcd by our sailors than by those
Of Other nations. But wo have had
experience Of that. Up Il, 1860 we built
Ships nj clicap1y us nthor pcoplo; tho rula-
i've wages paid to and tho supplies required
by our sallors were rs much higher then t.s
now; yet VIC lad, III comparatively fow
years. built np moro tonnage tllnn all tho
world besides, except England, md w0 llaN
almost passed lior. Why nluy W. not do it
y sf1 @ c.ryna ea S9a ts To s sa nd s f s ce; est
~, ilIsteatl Of IT per cont, ~ we 1,aye now
Af. beck then argued tllat thoro could ba
NO HUMILIATION
10 one nation in using the Inventions and
n'allnl9ctures Of foreign nhtlons. LIZ III
s'ansel th9 tsse Of the Krttpp gn,l and the
Austrian Whitehead turpedo and our own
Springfield rifles nnd Colts revoiycr3 by nil
olaer ilat!ons., Lie said that tho objection to
sb4eaa be at Sf @ Il ey ay b tss sFost sRs
cit saea ai'a unriGl,cd. while our own sltpbuistl-
rs rs, would bo ttriyci. out ut employment, was a
sGisM,i;[1el. sGiMii;d1ea,Ger p91iey demanded BY few
1oa steasi" that crossss ss'e thc Aaf.sa ntlaStie
s"'9 ussaI r. from tho ;rcat port, Of New York,
an.d slta hore Is not likely to bo for. yours to
2ls quoted sxtenslseiy from tho SPEECH SPEECH ia m1,Io
ar: y; T.; L!nco'n, President of tllo New
dt MtaEl1ll9 S!lip0Wners' Association, delivered
IL iast g s.d, l,oSton Ship Convention II octobor
sarks built iii tho United Suites a.li,naliy lid
decreased from ;'st Iii 1855 to 81 III lS70. Mi.
AetA coulu n6tBee how. I'll YleW off, :,
,ESdLASD's IA1laE slIAllE " :. :.
n H. a!v .sa s.lln W!aGl va now pay annually for
ssal i4aits, which no estimated to bo Ut not
iiess than S75, 0o0, coo, she c0uli DO 30 mich
iySIfSea iuW 81 !!ait y, our buying shs from er or
M 1 wsT e,n!g :; s,a,lg of British gold payng
ILL., IHIa.a be used successfully to uxcttu preju-
h.ss H.. aSainst thonl. al tl,a vessels TINT could
tOn s!Ih Mit,, Toalti he 1T 9c9 lnced in coupe
Mrs.! MslH FUR thy carry!ng trade ct tho Nation,
;,i!;aslns ;,.nslns their earnings lure to 10 spent
c spe!'ea tla9 n,SSipl,y ,Sia i;e, to , erisl ; Ensa
tn., t.oM u, snoll i,o estmatetl in tho catcilia-
ri"n.s G, ~ 10 where ~ lhe balance ot tratc. Eli
n I9 toe oeS not desire 10 chnlIse tho condition,
Or ", IL ala 500 II o'!co moro lagr coll,petit
inu,!lets inrn,,a!l OF England for ships Is 4 nlaro
eni eiv nerti.s compared Will Tho Immense power
tomu u o1 w. nov aos BY t!,o utts5 pms
f"ranl! l!io ~ 9!l!p Is Twenty yrArs. rho prott h
iii itis9G builder x0ulsl reap from the aalu OF
,nt ~! ..,n!siSa.iilealt compared to Tho oarnit4a
tepJstjI jIfh'my fhaiy ah1'ual tfips. Mr., Beck COLI
b,,,. OUR NAVIGATION LAWS
i !ati,S 's 81 fo't!y EIua9 tIua9rup!el tho commercial
hit ayWS a. fn1,,I!,sL fMKIid u tlo last twenty years,
sppr ftsl1f far Gs1 alet es tug y; p1ns!l t'ss
nv, ,f 9w,t ~ trained salors liays ceased to hc.
thsusua.effss @ uefs y not ono now to tofeist our
ss ptsWeaws wt.s!, was comes. u iSva nsItary
inret th,, log on laAf, but We li,lve l,0llu L,
iS'' ,,,a w. II thcro' is INV fnrct, u
beuce "e @ argument that In time nj
tas tuen n,o'n.. we should prepare " for o war. II.
Il. ill., fS'''on! Heed no nrgutent t. % a,'stain %
nro .s naaf "GSKiloWledgs ttmt American sean,ei,
VIII, l.at r., atiec9anll.R thugs ot lis JAZZ. Iii
g4eat tf,atm fn.aiml hero hayu taken sGrvIco in lie
ftul,-r.i,,Eean iEn steamship lines 0r o,, the tj1ls
arc nansG p b. bSoth'ss'tnts .ha american shipping
nsgross a. %antiIoRa!.luy a'aI Chinese NorweSia,,s,
co,,!,,t Ia nW ha aniol!eols; 50 that It IL not tin
Alr I,seko kos1s sn nh!e to Understand such t,thor.
thu ui,tx',gve,t n gave q very striking exlositjon ni
uiactarro ams between tho protuctei nlai,. II.
sutryax ths ptodcs * to lie sill i,S,sd q ~
lacM ,sttil a. tile least cost Te u urntsctI,i t.tTHi
frvin as'sGs the laIorura tn earl n Iivi,,v
%a!; pesues sasas aasss ,,t !ss sd, e IT,
pIoiee.s, or foNi9n labor or ea,,iiai + Il u