Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-23

-~ome AID In~ssructIve debate o
49, a Tie merchant marine q the
Unitsd Ssases, N which Mr. Frye Of
Maine On the Rep1bliezn SIDE, and Nj
Marcy Of TsrHs, Mr.. Jooes d FLORIDA
Mr.. Beck a Kens1Sky and Nj. MePnsr-
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Senators On Internal I1prOFeDsoos; III
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who vii read the CoagrszD1zl Reoord
q the date iaszzxss. Il = rich II N
forns.soa Ct great Psbbs IDporta1os
.nd sb0ald be d1sxibzsed By The Cor
errnens FIX tie snEgh1nDens q TIE
people
Tie startling fast wss disclosed MAS
there are l,le6 steam vessels engaged m
enEsyins oar prodgrsss naznly grszn, 70
foreign prts. nos oos q whlsh Soass tAs
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Ice woosea vessels % gagged display
TIE American co1ors-
L. mas sAoEn that Great Britain las
got possssssoa Of s. per cent q TIE car
rylnx trade Of ozr exports AID aooEs >
per CENT Of chr inportE Tie lag c.
this mistress of the ssa Eoaa "a o9r
eomu<rral nzrlns taroeghczst tie ls1gsh
and breadth az shis sarsh
What have We lsEtt We hare tSlisa
from 80 10 Is per esas sTeo q or
OWE trade, and hare x5aSdo0sd the Trade
Of the world 10 oshsr nzt5o1a Ike Ee=-
nans Of Is PER osas . earned Il mzszra-
Le, Cd wsz-as xeoisa slips; AID q
the sailors who nzn then 50 per can't
according 10 the rspors q sA Register
Of the Treasury, are foreigners and tie
naoss worthless eLass of foreigners, foz-
sig8ers of EaeA > bw grade thai evsa
the great foreign steamship Lines Will nos
employ s5el On hoard their valuable
vezseh-
This il ali thas Ee hare lefs OF 5000
sailors % years ag0-sy000 sailors ~
pers0r 70 the beat sez1en d RoglAnd a
WA proved IN many . hArd foaghs battle
against fearful oddE
A very pertinent inquiry il, what has
brought u to this strait; what has nearly
snnihiIated our merchant marine; what
has 20 parzlyzsd cur commerce and left
our seaboard defsnseless: what has
placed IN below even poor Mexico In the
carrying trade among nations:
The so-ezIled system Of protection.
In 1855 We had the lowest revenue
tariff We had had for ysars- It began in
1876, and from the time that tariff be-
gan to show It's fruits our carrying trade
increased, and In 1855 there was more
tonnage IN oar American marine than
there 10 to-day; and 50 there was In
1850, jas. before it was superseded by a
high protective tariff.
Since 1850 our merchant vessels have
been steadily withdrawn until they are
now practically swept from the pecan
Added TO this crushing weight upon
what should be > most important indus
try in = country 30 admirably adapted
for a. ours is. we have an
other serious handicap in a pernicious
Navigation Law. According to this law
> vessel purchased abroad by one of our
citizens cannot sail under the protection
Of the American flag. While sur sea-
men are driven from the high seas there
is nothing 10 stimulate ship building in
the United States. We cannot compete
with England in this industry. But
suppose we could, and that our laws
allowed rs the privilege Of buying En-
glish ships, Of what use would they be to
their owners. Should they cost moth
ing, they would still be useless. except
for sale at . heavy discount to the
English who hold the monopoly Of COM
mercial traffic and whose ships are supe-
rior to ours.
"You may launch q ship to-day" said
Mr.. Beck. in the debate; you may start
it from New York Or Philadelphia or
Baltimore or any other port side by side
with 81 English ship, and it may cost no
o than the English ship; it may have
exactly the same cargo as the English
ship. and that cargo may cost no more.
You may sail to Brazil, Chill, Peru, any
of the South American countries; they
may sail side by side into any foreign
port. and when they get there the Ameri-
can is handicapped. Whys Because
those people have no money, and money
does not furnish a return cargo if they
had. They have copper; they have ores
Of all sorts; they have everything that
we want.
"The Englishman takes all these
khinOa. he uivau thar ookkou 49,