The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-03-16
The Shipping Interest.
AN EARNEST PRACTICAL SPEECH By Senate
FRYE.

AN EARNEST PRACTICAL SPEECH By SENATOR
FRYE.
/ Perley. the Washington correspondent Of the
| Boston Journal, furnishes the following synop-
! si> of the Very interesting remarks of Senator
| Frye on our coa>ting trade and its burdens. de-
! liYcred III the Senate on the eth inst:
| There is no reason on EARTH said Mr.. Frye.
| why an English steamer engaged in carrying
! our passengers and they do carry 95 per cent.
| Of them. should not be held to the same laws
and the same regulations with our own steam
| ships Of the same capacity. We are held to
comply with every English law. Let a vessel
! from our ports sail from Liverpool, and she is
compelled + comply with the English laws
! touching the CARRYING of passengers They Will
! send their BoarC of Trade on board of her:
| they will inspect her; they will discharge a
! surgeon. if they please. no matter what certifi-
Gates or diplomas he may have. no matter what
his capacity is. and they will inspect the cabins
and the saloons. and order any repairs they
! please. The American steamship Ohio. in com
| ing down the Delaware a year or two ago.
struck. She was not much injured. She arrived
| AT Liverpool. The news was conveyed to the
| Board of Trade that she had struck on her
! passage out. They inspected that steamship;
! they ordered her hauled up at Il cost of $500;
| they then ordered portion of her keel remoy-
| ed and il was removed at an expense of 500
! 600, and vet that keel after it was removed, was
! found to be a. sound As dollar. sOunder than
! our American dollar, at any rate. England
compelling the ships of all the world to do that.
! why should We not compel the ships of the
! world doing our carrying and passenger trade.
| t" comply with our laws which are made for
! the safety. convenience. and comfort Of our
I passengers: An English steamship of 1000 tons
| j. required by English law to have eight life
| boats and only eight lifcraft>: we require our
| American vessels to have ten iife-boat> and the
| same number of lite-raft>. constantly prov ided
! with water and provisions. Why should we not
! require the English steamers sailing from New
! ork. with ninety-tye per cent. of our paSsen-
| %T>. to make the same preparations for saving
! human life our steamers do: Why force the
! American steamers to cXpcnd far greater sums
for litc-Doat~ iferaftS, housings and gear, with
! a large annual expense for wear and loss: Mr..
| Fry said that the bill which he presented was
! 10 rrhcN" c0a>tn@ vessels from the payment of
large fees. which have been increasing. while
thc profits have decreased. BY way of illustra-
! ton. he took Il cOa>ting schooner of 112 tons.
! the Louise 4. BOardman She wants to sail
| from Maine port TO Calais and then across the
| river. quarter of ii mile. to st. stephens. \.
Is. She has To pay for enrolment. 81 10; for IL
c'n>e>. 81 20. and aelmcasurement SO, making
Sll.>o. Then for clearances. the register and
bond S221: certified list of crew and bond, to
cents: certified shipping papers. 20 cents entry,
-; fifty blanks, 20 cents. making Sc more;
then for entry. 500 and hospital money for
five men one month, s.. That American
schooner Of l12 tons i obliged to paw under
oUr laws. all these heavy charges and the atten-
ton Of Congress has been called to it again and
again. and Yet no relief has been offered
Should the Louise y. Boardman get out papers
OVER in Il. stephens. said Mr.. FRYE. instead of
Calais. She would only have to pay two cents a
month for hospital tax per man. two dollars
Tor ;t>ulelnclt, and no other tax whatever.
tlc had known schooner which made ten or a
dozen voyages from our ports to Canadian ports
in one year compelled to pay in that year one
tenth Of her value i'll United States taxes. This
eNorhltant hospital tax only goes TO build up