The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-03
FORTY.SlXTH CONGRESS-.
FREE sHIPs-sENATORs BECK AND
BLAINE ON OUR NATION
AL DISGRACE.
Telling Speeches That Command At-
tentIOn and AdmIraIiOn.-RadI-
cal FLlibuStering In the
House on the Keates-
Martin Contest.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, January a. Mr. Dawes presented |
petition signed by John Welso, Bishop Simpson, |
Rev. Joseph Cook, Wendell Phillips and thirty.
two thousand others, besides churches, benevo-
lent and other societies, representing in all more
than 50 900 citizens, praying Congress to observe
the treaties made with the Indian tribes, and in |
the future to do justice to the remnants of that
people, The bulky package enclosing the petit
ton WAS conveyed from the Senator's desk where
1t had attracted much attention. to the Vice Presi
dents table, and with an accompanying explana.
tory letter from the Indian Treaty Keeping Asso-
citation Of Philadelphia, referred to the Committee
on Indian Affairs
FREE SHIPS.
Mr.. Beck addressed the Senate for an hour In
advocacy Of free ships taking as his text his reso
luton, submitted on Monday, for the repeal Of
all laws prohibitlr our citizens from purchasing
ships to engage in the foreign carrying trade, or
which prevent the registration of them as AmerI-
can shirs when owned, commanded and officer
ed by United States citizens. He argued that
we were unable to compete with foreign nations
either for our own carrying trade or foreign trade
because every nation but our own was allowed to
buy Its ships where 1t could buy them the cheap.
est. Every dollar that we made our ships cost
above what was paid by the people Of other coun'
tries only handicapped US and diminished our
chances of successful competition. Before the
war we could buy ships cheaply, but the effect OF
our policy had since been to build up navy for
England, which now had the finest body of sail.
without marine. The imminent danger to us in
foreign war with our defensele's ocean and gulf
coast was next referred to- Our surplus being
largely agricultural, and 90 great that 1t cannot
be consumed at home, we are obliged to aoat our
exports In foreign ships, and thus Germany, En-
gland and France were doing our carrying trade.
If these nations went TO war, although we might
be on the best Of terms with the bellgerents, we
would suffer more than they because our pro.
ducts would go to the bottom Of thesea as the cru
isers Of each destroyed the merchant vessels of
the other. The only remedy was for us to do our
own hauling. The great producing interest OF
the West was perhaps the one most interested in
this question Of cheap transportation because the
cost Of Transportation both to the seaboard and
over the ocean to the market, comes out Of the
man who raises the product that is to be trans.
ported. Whatever dlminishes the cost is to his
benefit, and whatever adds to 1t has to come out
Of his pocket. All subsidies and bountes only add
so much more to his burden In taxation, and fail.
ure to accomplish the remedy. Cheapnets o.
tTanspOrton is the only remedy and a ship is only
a wagon adopted to the highway over which 1t
travels. Our treaties with Germany, Norway and
Gua nd nfh trfa all tha
priVilrge Of our own citizens in our own ports
and all Of them are doing their carrying trade In
free cheap ships. We are Eeeplng our navigation
laws to iDjure our own people,
THE TARIFF.
Mr.. Beck then proceeded with an elaborate dis
cusslon Of the tariff with its inequalities of pro-
lection ard Its prac teal operation in fostering
monopolies at the expense Of the poor man. In.
cdentally DEPRESSING In this connection to notice
the estimate Of the Commissioner Of Pensions that
over $780, 900 would be required to meet the
expenses Of the pension arreRrsges act he remark.
ed that the Pension act (Which he was fortunate
in havir 6 voted againsD would prove heavier
tax and more enduring burden than the Ma
tional debt.
and thoughtful interest by almost the full Senate
and crowded galleries, the complement Of unan
imOus vote being rendered him upon the ex
piration Of the morning hour to enable him to
proceed.
REMARKS BY BLAINE,
Mr., Blaine followed in reply 10 Mr.. Beck. He
construed the Senator's speech as an admission
that his policy looked forward to and proclaimed
the permanent dependence Of this country upon
England for her ships. II was a remarkable fact
that for twenty years. or from the time Of the war
to this hour the Congress OF the United States had
not done one solitary thing to uphold the naviga
ton interests Of the United States. The great
march forward Of our old commercial rival had
been witnessed and everywhere recognized, and
the representatives Of the people Of the United
\ States had sat in their two halls Of legiBlaton
dumb as though they could not speak ana had
not offered remedy or single aid until the sena.
tor from Kentucky (Beck) had risen in his seat
and proposed to make proclamation Of the per-
petual dependence Of this country upon England
for such commerce es abe may enjoy, holding up
10 un German, Italy and other European coun.
ties that are as absolutely dependent upon Great
Britain for the commerce they enjoy as 10 the
District Of Columbia upon Congress. During
these twenty years this Congress had passed nine.
ty-tWo aots aid Of internal transmission by rail.
chad given 100000 900 actesOf public land, worth
to day 81 900 900 900 in money 10 which it had ad
ded $40 900 600 in Oesh to the Aame end YET II had
not extended the aid Of scarcely single dollar to
that vast external transportation whose impOr.
tanoa had not been exaggerated BY the Senator
from Kentucky. The United stAleaeould not win
In this great International struggle without adopt
Ing that which had achieved victory for others
What was that Il was not to help John Roach
or anybody else, but to make great and com.
prehensIve policy that shall give every man aud
every company the specific aid Of so much per
mile for such term Of yearB. Let the American
marine feel that the Government Of the United
States Is behind them. Let the United States only
take from her Treasury per annum AOOO,OOO the
same sum that Great Britain is paying only as
postscript to her 900 Of Investments and
let that be used as fund to stimulate any com.
pany from any port Of the United States to any
foreign port
THE REMEDY
Mr., Blaine said he was not prophet nor son Of
one, but II this was done he ventured to predict
that that long deferred and much desired event,
the revival Of American steam marine, would
soon arrive. He would have the country do one
thing more, TO which England had pointed the
way for ua. We have nine navy yards and are
without navy. five would put the expense Of
those navy yards into the building up OF great
private ahip yards, this would form subsidy