Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30

have expressly stated; Permission TO carry |
and use salipc,rc Is given or Is that covered |
by the above paragmphsN
To which we make answer MS follows if
saltpetrcis customary aud necessary article
used In packing and curing meats. Il snot
necessary to provide expressly for keeping
aud using Il for such purposes. Hut such
customary use does not carry with Il the
sight 60 keep saltpetw for sale, Tho case OF
the Commercial Insurance company vs..
Mehlmsn, Is Illinois, sls, illustrates this.
The policy provided that Il saltpetrc,
among other articles, should hc kept on the
promises without tho written consent OF the
company the policy would be Vtuajcd. The
assured, n butcher kept saljpetrc Ia a kte
Tor sale. Held, that the company was re-
tcvcd nom It's liability The court said;
"rhe instruction that II the company know
the PLAINTIFFS business, they assumed the
risks vi that business, is erroneous, as the cv.
tdcnco showed that the Keeping OF saltpetN
was at loast or doubtful necessity, and that
keeping saltrctrc Tor sale was clearly viola
ton OF the policy
forthe Information OF our correspondent
and Others, aud ~ applicable to the prlnci'
ple embodied In hts Inquiry wa quote irum
May on Insurance, section sse at may he
stated as general proposition that whore, In
the designation of the subject matter OF In
surance, astock oigoods, OF property en-.
barkcd and used In u particular trade or
manufacture, or amy branch ot business, l.
stated to hc INSURED without, qualifications
PRESCRIPTIONS, the policy covers all such src
cial articles ot merchandise, Processes, prao.
tices, subordinate trades and manufactures
ARE necessarily or usually included In
saA ...I.
icci matter of insurance, noiwith.
standing the policy may provide, by a Rcn-
orai printed stipulation, that if the PROMISES
shall he used for or appropriated or Applied
70 the storing or vending OF articles, OF the
varying ON OF any trade, vocation or hisi'
ness denomlnaicd hazardous, extra hazard.
Gus, renumcratcd In the memorandum OF
special rates, the policy shalt he void, aud
though such Included and Incidental matters
ave within ihecNccpted specifications.
| The eases upon this point are numerous
and autho itatiyc. The mct, however, that
| the use OF the article ssuch Rsis customary
and necessary In the business TO which the
insuu,noc applies must be clearly established
roSSAuE on AMERICAN Vtssrts
| Mr., Nimmo gives the following statements
4 In his annual report;
The tonnage OF American vessels entered
at soa.por,s OF The Omitted states from toro,sn
countries amounted to g,Sii.tSl tons during
the last fiscal year, ns against 2pOS,NM ,uus
during the previous fiscal year and the tom
mage of foreign vessels entered AT sea ports of
the United States amounted TO
i0,12d,l' tons, US against ll,6SS,@ tons dur
ing thc preceding fiscal year
| In 1856 the tonnage OF American vessels on.
4 tered la our sca ports from foreign countries
amounted toA, lpl,21j tons, aud constituted
| NV per cent. OF the total Tonnage entered,
aud in lS6S, three years after the termination
OF tho war, the tonnage of American vessels
cnte cd amounted 10 2,i65, 05 TONS and con.
sttutcd H1d per cent OF he total Tonnage
entered at sen ports nf the nlted states from
foreign couniiion during tho Inst fiscal year,
~ per cent. consisted of iooign tonnage, and
only q pCr cent OF American Tonnage.
The amount or american tonnage entered
has cAhihtod but little change sincc lsls,but
the Tonnage OF foreign yessols on,ord hn'
Increased nom 3io3.Sl6 tons I'm ISIS TO 1885,
l70 In lSsl. IN other words, foreign ship
owners have been able 10 secure tho ontirc
increase In our foreign carIyi ng Trade, which
Increase hns been very large. rhoso hlcti
show that the docndouoc OF American ship
ping is not NJ the present time duo 10 incl
dents OF the late war, but In causes which nrt
persistent.
The iron ship, especially tho iron steamer,
has been the most efficient vehicle OF Inter
/ national commerce upon the ocean, 10 y
great extent supcrs edinE tho wooden ship
During thc last nsch year tho Tonnage o.
Iron sailing vessels built In this country
amounted to only 2.OtI TONS nnd that OF iron
steam vessels 20 81 .6ig tons, IA total iron ton
mage bulli of 59,0l6 tons, ms against inln1.
toms built during tho preceding
fiscal year. How small relatively, ~ the iron
tonnage built Ia thc United States Is shown
by the fact that during the year 1852 there
were 1870 iron ana nud steam sailing yo,sel'
hnilt In Great britain ana ireland. tho total
tonnage 81 which was ~ ,iil tons. and 6G'
Iron aud steam vessels built. the total ton
mage OF which was baO,i37 tons. nnh a Total ri
Gus iron aud steel sailing and steam vessels
the aggregate Tonnage OF which was dj2,5i
tons. or 1917 times the total Iron tonnage
built la the United States
The small progress which W. have made ~
the building of iron aud steel vessels ~ oven
more slrRingly exhibited by tho fact thai Of
gg,l0 tons builiin The United States during
The ycarendcd iuno ~. LEA. ~ SO tons woft
for tho homo trade. which under our nnylgu-
ton laws Is confined exclusively 70 Amori'
can vessels, and only 2 ,ll6 ions for The for
elgn trade, witch under tho principles o
maritime reciprocity now prevalent ninops
commercial nations, Is free 20 the ships OF ali
nations
Cotton.
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