Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-14
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Tia proposition In regard ~ sahsaa =
sns arerioan vessels engaged In ne
forsirn trade, whsch Val resestly en-
dorssd By tie ssv YOrk BArtl sf irads'
4 worthy al tba thouzhtfsi sonsadsrs-
s,on Of Congress The suggestion =
that thirty esnss per ton BE granted y
the Governinsnt for every ons tn0os'afo
.ailss saf,ed ty steam or sailing vessels
bulls and owned In the UDftsd states
ana engaged In foreign e'mHaeres' a1l'
.rr.nOsusrt, 70 cOntinne for ten years.
afs.r which the aInsuni shall De ne
dneed ssr pw cent annually. fnis af-
,.o,ensut, or ens similar in HAtnre'
voald ssem 10 be the bsst that eoaid be
made 70 aid our foreign carrying trade
That our hnnesiss shippine Interests
lost daring the rsbelsion, cannot % re-
gained wisksut Government aid when
sl,sli be at once both wise and generous
d reasonably clear. AL the Old plans
fos subssdizine lines Of OCEAN ssesms"
have sienaIls failed, and this new pan
deserves q sriaI. IL has several aavAn-
taess which the old plans did NOS pos
a.. Undh,s Is no money 'Eoold Be
paid DOT By the GoseEnneat exsepa
for vessels actually engaged Ia foreign
.ommsres and for work aesIisily per-
formed. There would be DO payments
for work 10 be performed IN the fatafe,
ana the chhnoss for fraud, 70 would
sssm, vould be greatly lssseDtd. Then
TOO, no parsialiiy coald be displayed.
Any American built and American
owned vessel engaged IN the foreign
sKsds would have ~ mach right 10 9
share OF tho subsidy - any osher; ana
an Americas vessel lying In ANY barber
Of ths world esuad eount upon this Gov
srnmens aid while bidding against
foreign competitors for cargo.
That Amsgssan vessels with such Q
bsuus from the government could aifofd
70 take earaees d . lower rata than M
cIish or German vessels witboat q oo-
ma, ID rsaHonably certain. American
ships would Be snoeessfui cs'npetisors
sysrywhsre, and ear proper stare OF the
carrying if,lds Of the worid would slow
" rssurn tp us. II 10 nos iinprobaols
that In ION years' tune American ship
Ding interests wonld be suilicisnily bniis
IN for shs amount Of government aid
q BE- lssssrssd. A reduction Of ten psr
csns. voula accordingly be made. and
tvsuty -ssvaa cents per ton would be
paid. Tue next year the ssb'idy would
Be another ten psF cent. less. and no II
would ooutInas, The aid from the treas
ury gradually Decreasing until at last il
would eeaae altogether. and our ship
ming industries would be left 10 hold
che trads which they had rsgained BY
the hsip Of the government.
There might BE- some erInnbline ct
sks propossd drain on the treasury, bus
a venld nat Be serious. The tax would
mot be felt By the people OF the country,
and II By aaoh means our ferAsr posi-.
tion on the ocean could be relsained. ne
one would havs eause 10 regret the
money spent. In the Iona run u would
be good investment. A tar would Be
levied b, stip ownars upon the shippers
Of She world. and the money thas
broueht into the country arid pat inta
slrculatlsn would very soon exceed tbs
Anoun. paid cut In subsidies. Alto
esthsr the plan sserns TO Be q good one
and Il should lJos bs tholghtlessly re-
iected.