The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-05-07
AMERICAN snIRpINa.


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CANTON, ono, April 27, 1895
EDITOR DEMoCRAT:- In your y per OF
Aprll 20, aud on lhe editorial page, You
give the number OF sea gong ydsse 4,
and the amount of tonnage, OF The V ri
Gus countries England neads the list,
Again IN your paper Of April %, you
publish extracts from work by Lieu-
tenant Kelly of the Navy, on the uayl-
cation laws | herewith send you a
clpy OF th0fe laws, which II you will
kindly publish, will, l think, furnish
aOlid Argument against tho claims OF
the prottcliOnists, that they can build
up q fieet OF merchantmen by subsld!z-
ing.
IL 10 the pride of these SAME prOtec.
tloDists TO point 10 the home (Y) In
dnstries their policy has built up. With
the most sublime assumption OF cheek,
they refer To the manufactures and price
OF wages ruling In the same, In our
country, with pride; as though these
we're the results OF their policy.
Do they ever say anything about our
shippingY Do they ever tell what &C
cordlng 10 the latest statistics the ocean
carrying trade costs the American peo.
plep
The exports of merchandise In 1884
were s72A. .90i 1852. Taking the rate of
freight TO Liverpool on wheat, which
represents about the average rate charg-
cd for merchandise, and the cost OF
transportation for the year named, wac
nearly B1 c9nta on each dollars worth
exported. Aud prefumlng the rate
of freight on imports 10 the
same, on each dollars worth,
and That Imports amount to
5000 00O0OO more, the value Of freight
carried would amount 10 I'll 1924 06i, ,S62,
which, at the cost Cf carriage per dol
lara worth, 64 cents, would foot up
3SS $685. 1877, q anted that American
built and owned vessels carried the
same amount as In 1883, which was II
per cent, you have the following result:
Paid TO foreign vessel owners $73 60S,.
656 Paid TO American vessel owners
$l6,076,47l, Gone 20 establish (O home
industry, ttS i32 1856, which Ii the OK
cess paid The foreign carrier over the
American. IL our shipping represented
the same proportions AZ In 1855, when
we carried trIne more than 70 per cent,
tho figures for the carrying trade OF
1884 would stand something like this
PAID 10 Foreign YES e owners, see ld0 2S9
Pnld " American vessel OwntTl l,,,,,,u, OO,bBs,slt
Balance IN favor OF American enter.
prise, capital aud sailOry, Of $li 1902 563
not taking into account the shlpbulld'
InU indpuI ry ulioh la ulnnut ann1hl
lated from our domestic manufactures
NJ 7. FRY.
SECTION il3i. Vessels registered pnr,
suant TO law, ard no Others, except
such as shall 6o duly qualified, accord
Ing TO law, for carrying on the cOastinp
trade and fisheries, or one ot them, shall
be deemed vessels oi The Urited States
and entitled TO the benefits and pfiyi
leges aplertaining TO such vessel; bul
they shall not enjoy the game longer
than they shall continue TO b.
wholly Owled by clllaena, and 10 bl
commanded by a CIT zen Of The United
States, Aud officers Of vessels OF the
United States stall In oil Cases be cltl
zens OF the United Statea,
SEC, il32. Vessels built within the
United Statea, and belonging wholly II
citlzons theI eof, and yOs ola which may
be captured In war by citizens Of The
United States and lawfully condemned
as prlzs, or which may DO adjldged u
DO fOffvil,d Tor u breach OF the laws OF
the United States being wholly owned
by citizens, and no others, may be n &.
istered as directed In this title,
SEC il33. No vessel shall be entitled
10 be registered, or, II registered, TO The
benefits OF registry, " owned In whole
or In part by any citizen OF the UnitCt
States who usually resides In a foreign
country, during the continuance o.
such residence uDle's such citizen lei
consul Of the United States, or an ageni
for aud n partner IN some house OF lradC
or partnership, coneistIn o. citizen,
Of the United States actually carry lug
on trade within the United states.
SIC, 4l3i. No vessel shall bO entitled
10 be registered ~ u vessel OF the United
States, or, II registered, to the ben eGts
Of registry, II owned In whole or In
part by any pera0n naturalized In
the United States, and 70.
siding for more than one year in the
country from which he originated. or
for more than two yoare In any foreign
country, unless such person DO consnl
or Other public agent Of the United
States.
sEc 1875. No vessel which has been
recorded or registered IN an American
vessel OF the Uuited States, pursuant "a
law, and which was licensed or other.
wise authorized TO eall under foreign
flag, and 10 have the Protection OF any
foreign government during the Cxla,
tenCe Of tho rebellion, shall bO deemed
or registered ~ u vessel Of the United
States, or shall have the rights or priyi,
leges Of vessels Of the United States ex-
cept under provisions Of law especially
authtrlzIng anGh registry.
SEC, ili2. In order TO tho resistry Of
any vessel, an oath shall be taken and
subscribed by the owner or by one OF
the owners thereof before the officer
authorized to make such registry, de-
clarlng, according 10 the beat OF the
knowledge and belief OF the person eC
swearing, the namo Of such vessel
her burden, tho place where she was
built, II built within the United
States, and the year In which she wat
built or that she has been captured In
war, specifying the time, by . ciIis9n Of
the United States, and lawfully con-
demned as prize, producing q copy OF
the sentence Of condemnation, authen'
ticatoi in the usual forms; or that shC
has been adjudgcd 10 DO forfeited for u
breach Of the laws Of tho United States
producing O like copy Of the Odjudica,
tion OF forfeiture; aud declaring his
namo ard place Of abode, and II ho be
the sole owner, that such Ia the case, OF
II there bo another owner, that there IL
such other owner, specifying his name
aud place Of abode, and that he In u citl.
zon or the United States, md specifying
the proportion belonging TO each owner
and where an owner resides In u foreign
country In tho capacity OF q consul Of
tho United states, or ~ an agent fol-