Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-12
I'd Edition.
Latest TGleglalS to The StaP.
The Labor Investigation.

MR. JOHN ROACH AGAIN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
NEW YORK, Sept la-Ms John Roach continued
labor and education. He asked leave to correct
some misapprehenSions which he said seemed to
exist In the minds OF the poo!c regarding bis pre-
ships could be built cheaply In this country as
in England. He stated that the materials were as
cheap here as in England. but that the cost Of
labor was greater which increased the cost of
building. This was because labor was better edu-
Gated and more intelligent here than in England
also stated that 1t not the first cost of the ship
that made 1t Impossible to compete with Great
In Dg tine e
labor IN order to develop properly the resources
II the country. WithOu protection he declared
veloping his genius unless those industries existed
In which his talents could DO exercised He claimed
That without protection noindustries except farm
OF three commodities, namely-cotton and wooden
goods and iron. the average Value OF the yearly
mportattOnS for the last 10years was 178 600 600
This state OF facts MT. Roach considered danger
Gus sign as they existed under the present tariff
laws Something was wrong. 1t was Infamous
every year to foreigners, and shame that. while
America could feed her population, she could not
clothe them. 1t was the result, he claimed. OF a
great war which was going on between foreign
capitalists to get the control OF the American mar
kets. 1t was the means OF building up great for
great an advantage possible in the of
OF other countries In order to compete with Brit
lSh manufacturers the American wOrkm IN must
consent to degrade himself to the condition of the
laboring classes abroad In speaking on the SUBJ
ject OF free ships, this witness said that at The
present time Great Britain had one thousand mil
lions OF money invested in the shipping business.
1t was her most profitable industry.
THE ENGLISH MARINE
Ten years ago ENGLAND had l42 900 men engaged
IN the sailing merchant service and $500 In the
steam merchant vessels To-day there were
1O4 COO men in the sailing service and 66 600 in the
steam service. During the past year the earnings
Of this immense merchant feet was four hundred
millions OfdOllarS This enormous stride of British
people was accomplished at the expense OF this
country. The interests OF the wOrkiDsmen here
We're neglected by those who ought to have guard
ed them. This was the secret or the
DECLINE OF AMERICAN SHIPPING.
Great Britain had subsidized her sh1p.builders
and placed them in position where
h ye n could ce1 be no opposition Twenty
in ship-building was drawn from the English
treasury and paid to the English ip-builiers in
order to enable them to break down American
competition Between the years or 1S4S and 1852
the sum paid GU, OF the English treasury in subsi
lies was s14s,oOOOOo. England's foreign trade
to-day was seven hundred times that OF
this country. Witness claimed that he
had never asked for a subsidy. but his great grev-
ance was that he did not get paid enough for car
ry1ng the mails between New York ana Havana.
bringing the mails from quarantine to the post
"fflce than he obtained from the government for
carrying the mails. On the questions of
THE HOURS OF LABOR,
Nh. Roach believed that II an eight-hour system
was established by the government 1t would be
necessary TO increase the protective tariff order
to counteract the influence of the Increased
the condition OF labor In general was
to give it a chance at the land.