The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-08-15

toNs N"ecRism'
"anpcurs .ns0 .ne ohiy pusiness trans
"e'e" W 'ho 'oih' Noihnii''ee oh hnicric''n
oonaine,co a1 i,S ihee',ns ias' rtiaay was
.h"' VI iorihui"',nE eisn' injuries au'
uiosseu 70 any anu "li pcrsons intoroseou III
'he 'a,iSi"s tr"oo Vi 'no oni'eu 9'eVcS
upon inc ocean OF Versou III tho require
men's tne'eoi' Ahcsc eisho ques"ois uo
noV s.iiNo us as lo,"i'ua''c' i"oS naVo
peeh olscusseu III anu ouV Oh congress lor
years. Session after session committees Of
I'll 1ro,,.o, h,,,o oi,,,o..;c,,od,, ti,o .,I
"o'h i'o"ses h"'o '"'os''s"V'" ''o 'up7
ject and, without exception, the conclusion
has been that tho resurrection of onr carry.
inc trade aud ,he rostorotion of onr mari-
,;r,o ,,ros,;oo oro ,,root ,,o,ioroI do.idor,to
domording tIo irtorvont;on Of tho Cavern.
,nort co, ,I,oir rromo,ion
As cor ,bo Eisbt Questions tboir morit
10 In tbo G,ct tbot tbov groun ali tho con.
.;,o.a.;o.,. ;,,,oI,,o5 l., .,,a ,as. .,,a,,,I..
s'uer"Vlons ih'olveu III Vno case Pia'niy anu
tbot oxboust;vo,,, IN almost 40 1;t,,o sn,oo
that eAhaus.Ne'y, III aiiiose Us ii'Iie space
as they themselves occupy. Let us see:
Question No. 1-why cannot this country
Ss cSeaDS ss y VI aSo Su in scosnS Enr
land or other countries?
Answer-Becausc, so far as iron or steel
ships are concerned, the labor required to
convert q mass of iron ore into the hull and
machinery of q ship averages forty per cent.
dearer in this country than in any other
civilized nation. and the labor required to
build an iron or steel ship is ninety per
cent. of its total cost. As for wooden ships,
they can be built here as cheaply as any
where.
Question No. Of wo had such vessels
without cost 10 ma could they be RIM nv ma in
comne titlon with those of other conntries who
build their own vessels and run them with
casian Wr Wv rnnei og Inv exsimS' laws 'd'n'
Answer-No. we could not compete either
with or without Qualification or repeal of
existing lnwsn alone: because seafarinp
wages. &c. are ON an average tbirty-dye
per cent. higher In this country than any,
where else. with supplies in proportion.
Question No. 3-what notifications of exist
Ing laws, or what new laws arc required TO re-
move determinations against and burdens
upon our shipping ana ship-owhing interests,
sSsrres' 80 niloiaDn and ofberpSues. due u' NcS' 'us''n
Answer-Tbc chief modiioation reouircd
is n reneal of the existing idiotic ocean-
ros,o,o ,ou orootod 4, tl,a ;ntorost 80 tho
English monopolies, and the passage in its
stead of such law as is embraced in the
bill offered by Mr.. Money, of Mississippi,
which is now on the House calendar. With
this done the rest would be comparatively
easy. Without this all tinkering with
custom dues, port dues, &C." would be the
merest humbug, designed to deceive those
not closely familiar with the subject.
question No. 1-compare the laws of other
eon m nr our rd pm the wl SnS y, thg ah
owning interests.
Answer-All other maritime nations
subsidize their commercial fleets in various
ways. We don't. On the contrary we are at
tbis ,noment nm vino IN Enol;sb ebin.oypors
forrtoen times nc ,rncb for carrving nm own
ocoon mails 90 WOO ORC nor;no 70 Sr,or;oo,,
sbin.owncrs for tho same service In other
words wa arc be,njpo Enalord srh,;d;zo
"er o"h ihei'nahe ii"iiho'
Question No. 6-Should our navigation laws
be repealed or modified, and If modified,
wherein anu ior what p"rposeF
Ahs"ei-No' except Us pointed ou' IN
answer 10 question NO. d. ihat woulu
cover inc wnole case
ponent materials of IRON - steel ' or Wooden h9 vea
sells in other countries and our own2
Answer-That depends on the stage of
development at which you take the ma
terials' If you mean ore and coal in the
mine, which are the undeveloped materials
OF iron and steel ships, they are cheaper
here than anywhere else because more
abundant. But they become dearer just
in proportion as the higher'priced Ameri-
can labor is applied to their development.
AS for wooden ships, they are really not
worth considering, and Mr., Cox would not
have included them in his inquiries if he
had not desired to befog the discussion,
Question No. What would be the effect of
s,,.,',o~ W T.. -, ~ ha a;,,nI', .Io.
VN"y
,o.saa,,,. as ~ h',,Ia;s ,-I
Tbat ;s aII
AhaV ID All.
IN MEMS ih c0nneSted Win the cause OF the decline
what remedies can he ann,iaa ~ nn''
Answor- Tho Hoausa or ~, 5aa,;.,o,, =,
hhS"oi-i ihe CAUSE oi the decllne Is
simply the fact that, during the transition
from yyoodan T., ;ro, abin- -hr;Ia;,,,, -
AVN "'ouoH W 'ioh ohiP'puiiuihB, every
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