The Republican journal., 1884-05-08
Capt. Goldman on Free Ships.
From the Brunswick. Me-, Telegraph

Capt. Goldman on Free Ships.
| From the Brunswick. Me-, Telegraph.
My DEAR TENNEY:-I do not desire to i'm
| pcate the Telegraph in the advocacy of my
| views upon free trade or free ships, while |
| avail myself of the courtesy which every liberal
! minded editor offers for the discussion, within
reasonable limits. of important public ques-
tons. Although have very decided opinions
| regarding what are about TO become the great
| national issues of protection and free trade, |
shall contine myself, with all possible concise
ness, to the subject of "free ships" which, |
| submit, ought to commend itself to protection
| list, and free traders alike. for there is no in
| compatibility in the support of protective tar
III, where it can protect, and in the Willingness
| to allow our people TO buy what protection
| fails to produce at home. The tariff is eXacted
| for the purpose of obtaining revenue and of
| protecting home industry. We import no ships,
| therefore the admission of free ships would
| not cause the loss of one cent of revenue. We
| build no ships for foreign trade, because they
| are not Il part of our home industry, that indus
| try which cannot be protected out of the reach
| OF our own laws on the ocean, which Is the un-
| protected thoroughfare of the world. There
| fore again, if We should be permitted to buy
such Il class of vessels are used chiefly in the
| foreign trade. we should not trench upon what
| is called bV dcmagogues ''the protection of
American labor which is really the protection
| of Americ IN capitalists who always employ la
| Dor on the cheapest terms within their reach
Again. it must be apparent to every one that
| our present laws. which manifr>tly do not pro-
| tect our own people who do not build these
| ,hips, do fircctiv protect foreigners. in the en-
| ioyment of the ocean carry ing trade of which
| we deprive ourselves. They protect foreign
| >hlpOWner> against our own, and they give EN-
| pl0yment to foreign sailors while our own are
| reItgated to the land, when there is not employ-
| mtut enough for them in the ruastinq trade
| In short our laws compel us to commit what
might be termed maritime suicide. We all re-
| joice in the ouportunities this country afford,
| for the mechanic and WorkipgmAn 10 obtain
! higher prices for labor than can be obtained
| abroad. But it i, exactly this general prosper
| itv that preclude, >bjpbuildiug i'm competition
| with other countries. where men by force of
| circumstances are made willing to work for
lower wages, TO Use homel phrase, We
raaI o,'' '',,,''' ''i,. nav II, too lug
owners, or those who wish to become ,bipown
er>, be permitted to avail themselves of the
tnu'u1'1 o. !,uiof''n t"tioI oi >H'I 'HeH con
that foreign ,hipowner> may remain in posses
sion of the carving trades.
i MiSI. tnJ btIiaIl 'puIha' , anu oIheT news
men win whom thew nre not in rolitiraI 81.
economic harmony may not be AS patriotic as
themselves, g. anu lnHt t4ra "ont as[uSs tnis
better NAN fo,, The restoration of American
| trcightage on the seas. let them produce it aud
| W. WIN toH'HGr II as t''huiuI! HS we d'Hire
.Jnul Con,t,x
New York March 2lst 1S>4.
The journal has taken for granted the pat
roii>m of those who differ from it on free ships
Wv SOU
y any mas = i'''e" u 'h'
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'l'''''N Nn! N'i'i ''H "PP'''V'''> nave 'e'olt-
:" ~ ." sue ISSUES an" IeFsoh"I'''eS naS lhe
'''' I'd" Fu'>"e" Il "ln''eu' P'l'H' II Is >"'l'e-
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'''"t '""'" 'n"' 'h' '"u' H' Iel''Ie" 70 MN "7
| i" 'he l"N VI "'I''>" sup ouIu't> OF owners
| P'' we l'd H''H MN :" accused III numerous
| newspapers """ '"' 'ioI vi HH ttItts anu
NP'''"eN 'o''' '' '"'I'N '''"HI lhe cohcIu>'oh'
''"'' we ''PP'" 'i'S l''''i nun t'io ID oluhS"Ith
itI'S'"Ph lie " "aNhlhS'oh '"Pi'ai mas pophsh-
| e" ''l' Io''o"lhS
| Ihr a>>offl,0h Oh foreign steamship owners
| \tIln1ir Cnnfrr,.nc,.. lI,s Lrokrn m, and The
| companies are now engaged in rather a hot
'ohIeIllon' "hiGh promises TO 4rSlfo! thelr
mi. ,s,,.,.fation IL fnrrirn n,-bi,, nvmar.
WAS an organization of which little was known
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