New-York tribune., 1884-10-01
CAPTAIN PIN DIsLIKEs LONG SHIPS

| TELLING THE rfLOrs WHAT uE THINKS OF THEN
THE FUTURE or AmrnicAs SHIPPING.
The Sandy Hook pilots with representatives IRON
the pilctagc associations of most oi the cant
poa Hotel Yesterday. Captain j. u. cooper ci
the Pilot Association Of Maryland. piesIdcd. An
address on plloiage was delivered Gy opp,a,,' Maau
Captain PIN said that he thought he knew rho
cause Of tho depressed state OF shipping, ~ this
country. "Yonr shipping" he continued; mas mas
countrymen westward, where in fallIoadIng. IN
ranchng and in farming money IL to be MADE
sueh more rapidly than in tho old-iasiOng,d ;, ,nR e
of commerce on the ocean, Reaction VIII takc
place sooner or later. believe sooner than you
think. In England We possess in round numbers % o
little under 10000 vessels. manned by 2OO,ooO
men, exclusive of officers. We have casualties
amounting annually TO nearly 5000 ships, ana AT
least an equal number of men are drowned every
especially to steamers-are mere gas pipes Does
any man in this room look with any;
sng Pst Sst ,e,@ s nny sailor kHSws
that to touch one of these long narrow vessels
amidships is certain destruction within lew
minutes. The tonnage laws common IN both our
countries are mainly the cause of this. and IN com
pany with many able nautical men III England
have denounced these laws as legal fraud One
ship. say of 600 tons register brings cargo Oh
300 tons dead weight. and from the nature OF her
form is loaded like 'half-tide rock Livery sailor
underst ands the necessity of bringing these vessels
deep down in tho water to give them 'tablllty,
otherwise they would Capsihe on the smallest prov
ocation As to crews on our ships they arc 80 per
cent foreigners and loafcrs OF every description
many of whom have never seen ship before ana
vet are rated A. B. No wonder ships rated A. No, L
at Lloyds founder by the score when the
crews on board cannot understand the word
of command. Let Inc eatIeat you on the
birth of INA agnifcent mercantile marine, which
foIesce III the near future. TO take care that slps
flying the American flag are manned by American
seaman and no Others With regard TO tonnage. the
trouble is that we have diyisOr of 100 into the
cubic contents of the vessel instead of thirty y-fve
which is the cubic contents of Il ton OF sea wafer
This lies at the root of the whole matter
Captain Pm illustrated this by two models show
ing the relative forms of ships explaining the
great danger with these long, narrow ships;
By drawings Of Atlantic waves 10 scale he showed
that vessel often rested upon two and even three
waves at the same time, and seeking displacement,
of necesSItIty, shipped such heavy seas as 10 make
the weather seem far worse than IL really was
Il admire your Monroe doctrine he SAID, ana
your protection. | wish to Heaven we could 90
away with our free trade. Forty years ago we had
the same debt We have now"
In conclusion he advised the pilots OF America to
form q committee 10 watch over and guard the IN
terest, of the calling. lhis committee snOuld not
adopt any political status but devote themselves
to themselves. consOll laing their strength againsi
any attempt 10 injure them by thOnghtless ana
selfish men.