Daily Republican., 1885-07-25
Tn, rutnre OF spipDafIding

The refusal of the administration to
accept he Dolphin, and the hlppant
decision OF the Attorney General that
declares the contract for b1ilding 1t a
nullity, must have a marked bearing
upon the future OF ship building in this
country, SO far especially as contracts
with the government are concerned.
General G Garland showing that contracts
can be- set aside at will and declared OF
no binding eaec., ship-builders will
not be anxious to Did on contracts here
after. Had John Roach known that
his contra,t with the government was
to have been torn apart like piece OF
so much waste paper and thrown
aside. he of course would never have
to uched the Dolphin or any other gov
ernmeut boat, and the same may be
said of all others who were induced by
published proposals TO hand in their
bids.
Having broken faith with Mr..
Roach. faith has been broken with all
other ship builders. There may not be
the utmost sy m pathy of feeling amongst
the craft for each other, but there are
not one of them who are not business
men enough to see that it is not safe to
have any thing TO do with an admins
tration that, instead of standing by a
COM pact will seize the first fiimsy ex-
cuse to abrogate 1t entirely. After the
treatment that Mr.. Ro sch has received
from the administration, where is the
surrey that the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Company or the Pusey 4 Jones
Company would be treated any bstter ?
These two Wilmington ship building
firms certainly shrewd business men
enough to see that additional guaran-
tees are needed on the part Of the gov
ernmsnt, before they could enter into a
contract for building ships for the gov
ernment- guarantees that the gov.
ernment would in all probability refuse
to give.
Then what can the government dc
to get its ships built There are two
ways left. towns several ship yards
amongst them one at Philadelphia, ont
at New York, one at Norfolk and on,
at Pensacola. Here in these yards tn,
administration can build its own ships
All the Republican rascals from (
q boss to laborer, can be turned ou
and nobody but Democrats would prob
ably be employed. These points coult
bs made strong Democratic centres o
influence to be used in elections a
necessity required to strengthen tn
administration. Who can tell tina
Attorney General Garland had not thi
In view when by single stroke Of hi
pen, he pushed leading projections
and Republican ship builder into finau
cial bankruptcy +?
There is still one other plan left b
which the administration can have il
ships built cheaply. The sh,p-buil
ers aud ship.yards upon the Clyde al
at it's service. The cheap free trad
labor Of England might enable the a.
ministration TO get ships built cheap
il not so good as John Roach and 9th,
American ship-builders could bull
than. II built in American shipyart
belonging to the government and u
der the direct auspices Of the Govern
ment, the time will have come wht
by the day toiling Democrats can
rewarded from the public treasury.
built upon the Clyde, then we W
have the practical realization of frt
trade. In either case the practic
American ship-builder will have to
The steps taken by Mr.. Whitney a
Attorney-Gen General Garland 30 far
steps to break down an imports
American industry and to establ
free trade wages.