New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-10

IA An and separate country, dealing only
tons of other countries and the other external we'll
MS internal considering ours rs one OF the great family
OF u,tons the duties OF mutually and reciprocity
of ohliQ atoms AMI dependent conditions THIS latter
view we surely must ADOPT and treat the subject from
that sttndpnint Commerce Is not and cannot be SELF
ish pursuit by individual or nation It's wisest and
most bcnoicent basis Is IFS reciprocity OF benefit and
that there must be buying well 80 selling and giving
well taking; and that 1t Is not In tue nature or
commerce enrich party ut the cost OF the other,
for tho impovershment OF LIS Correspondent VIII Dc
aaO destruction of the trader himself Nor can any
nation take pay III money only bat In such des-
cripons property most profitable for his neigh
Dor pay him with 80 that the exchanges shall enure
favor OF thesa plain doctrines VIII be found short
sighted and Injurious.
Inc and its revival with such views, what do we ind
We build ship only on land we use ship only OF sea-
and she launched IL only once and then for
ever, and her whole fe is spent the and nine
o. her pCon2a0n ana ehtenTS is d % 'HS
the of her trial. 90 IL called, her Home Port
ship intended for foreign commerce has for s field OF
usefulness and employment wide area, over which the
laws Of noono country are potential and II STANDS 10
feel the weight Of local laws when she never enjoy
their benefits III we cannot help AZ least do not let US
hamper our own ships the high seas when they are
fairly competing with their rivals OF the whole world OF
commerce OUTSIDE the United States.
Tho OF the AneIlcs,u people nave oeeh turHu III
land since 1861 and not until very lately has glance
scavagd been cast Al last, am gisd 10 believe ina
public attention has been attracted TO that quarter ana
that portion OF American capital enetsy ana en-
tcprisc will soon una occupaoh lhsre I!JY W h
res. Grafton OF the merchant marine OF INC Ceu ttes
will fully dawn when our people Dairy consider the M
OF the stake, ana cOipcuenu 10 Nuluc W our
national safety aud influence Inc period oi o 10 10
conored in connection with the subject OF the decline
in the American snPpns With S6ie 70 consider in
from 1861 TO ISL anu IL Is "oItn ~ W 1919 ,ic
connection with the momentOus pouuca events "Ich
S here The re1narkablo changes in the capaoi
tcs currents and conditions OF commerce. ana ueeu OF
all human intercourse growing out OF te MARI 9s
coycrlcs inventions and applications OF science during
That period tho change in the material OF Which smps
ore but and in heir pIOpol1ng power RON sail 10
e,e.n, OF their revolution In model, size ana general
structure In the effect of telegraphlc communication
upon their movements, as wei a. upon inc WORMS mr.,
kets OF me ln.tan inc thn tricky
fry nropoeed have brought to condition OF ahilrs
which it would he well worth our while to pause oT an
instant ia our brcathcs and busy COURSE ana quietly 10
cnnt.,nniafc ON the threshold OF ls6l-a year very
sadly memorable Ill the history OF our ,countlS-tnc
cream Of thc worlds carrying trade on tic Si seas was
Stunned nv American snp-owners and their ships and
American clipper ships regularly won the Tlz III carr!
ng the frst cargo OF teas from China to Great BRIAN
eIcrv sea known TO commerce vcxed by American
kocls and the American nag 1oai aooN SLIPS p au
Owned In America, differed and manned ty American
citizens all probably engaged III the navigation Oi INC
TO-DAY how different the condition Of affairs! Our
citizens returning foreign lands tell US cir eyes
sought in vain the Nag OF their country III foreign sea
Yourselves can tell by daily experience how small fra
nen shipping is American A. wise physician o9hs
for the causes, and cares hte Tor he SYMPTOMS "a us
case so lei those who propose legislative or olher
remedies for the decay and decline IN our shpPlng Inter
este, carefully review the laets anu seeX X.h ts @
before decide upon the mode OF cure Nha caused
fbe dsappearance OF the American flag from the high
soasi What has continued lis aD'ence anu VIA VIII WI
restore il its former prestige, and give 10 our
s Rr1p er weTe registered aud enrolled OF American
shipping 5539,s13 tons, and In 1881 5999, 34 IONS
tons and The increase vessels, 3S7,19l tons
Our proportion of the carrying trade TO ana rom tne
While in 1851 It was but 16 per cent ESTIMATING the cost
freight total foreign eonme!SG zoe OF 100
American shipping earned 10 per n CENT oTa i90 snpn
ss od goo oo 62 sSsre a of this on the 81
our proportion in 1861 would De 64 pc, n cent;
or S64, 900. SO that 10 restore our HhlPphS
70
trade increase our freight earnings 94S,oooOyU
want nayigators; we want mariners mon whose hklli
is not be improvised in day or wear we Wat tle
American sailor in all that word implies with Its at
tendant meaning OF patriotic American lnc enterprise
The sue Cafa was opened for traffic early in 1870,
and Of the work soon created demand ioT
vessels fitted to IT, Tim the oId saps ~oe Ne @ in
and ships were ordered rms new uenahu pesnil IL,
1871 and has continued and has gwen that employ eht
TO the British shpyards when nae e th sen Of
porous and busy and las stimulated tneI business %
ship building into such superior proloru3ns 10 QUIZ W.
glory and pride OF our people Inc aI % I ia
States Navy commerce Is almost cssenuaI. by It7
agency voyages OF discovery and exploration, asloo
cal and hydr0grAphical surveys were accomplished and
little of such work has been Pcriorineu oio iSoI
the Navy, for enough and more th oa enoG iSH
war ont Of the public Treasury. to have given
us a Navy second only to that OF Great britain
| These vast amounts have been maladminS ered-haye
been wasted or worse. Bnt it has been because the
eyes OF the American people have been turned miami
Perhaps you observe. have said nothing about help
| ing slpouitdng by subsidies ana tns Is oecalsg l
think the whole system false ana 0angerou- osPeclay
under popular form ~ government Hreat industries
in which especial skill Is required, are necessarily oi
slow growth, if they are TO be permanent ana strong
do not think single great ana SUCCESSFUL business can
named which the result OF the lmroVsed use OF
| large capital unaccOmpanled by special experience
IL is by subsidesl 10 not by protcuon-Dut Oy IN
and manly ser reliance that great and lasting re-
suits accomplished III any thing Wish cOud IN
press upon you, gentlemen and lot upon you only, Dut
upOu fellow-cOuntry every mere the IaaI TAI
lacy and mischief that underes and adhcres TO every
y,pO uns1flO nsp
them by taxation powers OF their Government te
force Of their Government under any pretcXt-
for any tier than really public Obj and ends IEere
fore when really desire 10 restore our picenHchce
as spDuilders and upon the high seas can bo
doueIby reforming tariff destroy commerce,
under pretence Of regulating commerce by repeal
Ing which impose vexaiious and Durdensome ices
anu the entry and Recommendation OF our ships
BY pa ing consular system as we pay Tor Oher
departments OF public servcc-by creating navy mat
shall assistance 10 commerce by scentho expo
ration aud active adjuant and pi election to our
merchant marine and By investing very moderate poI
ton capital energy and enterprise winch mas OF
late wears exclusively confined its operations to the Held
OF internal improvements and abandoned our maritime
interests to our foreign rivals
TIE REV. DIR. sATTERLEE'S SPEECH
The Rev. Dr. IL Y. Satteree, the new rector of
Calvary Church. next introduced. His speech
was mainly as follows:
have only one thought In the crowd Of thoughts in
connection with this subject. This s an age of dis
PS~ beaS Te es n s' in IN M
oyerv IL that sefnterest docs not meau selfish
ness The nations of the eartn now
bound together closely that when one suffers all suffer
when one Is exalted all are exalted The more the
means of intercourse have increased tho that idea
has forced itself every thinking mind TINS discovery
OF tie nineteenth century creates new state OF Things
and opens our things and facts not seen before
Two or three wars have already been aVerted
by il and in consequence, viii become more ana more
difficult for Two nations rupture the relations which
bind them together the old prophecy foretes that the
day will cone when the nations OF the earth Will beat
their swords into pongishsres and their spears
into pruning hooks. Through TINS discovery |
OF the nineteenth century Ia pohlcal economy
viii idea that the ufe Of the producer Is more
important than the life of the soldier.
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