The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-29
THE nrmrnY THAT KlLLs.

We will have 10 give up the Gazette
an lmb cllH II II cannot dls'lngulah lht
d II rrrnc0 between the clndltinn OK lht
cOhatWiae aud the foreign trade. IL
lhe former wa absolutely prohibit any
foreign vessel taking part, We have
the power 10 do tbat, But our foreign
trade--lhe carriage OF exports ana I'm
ports aud paseen gers--ls open 10 oil tbe
void. We can place no restriction OIL
that. for retaliation would certainly fol
low, VIZ can aud DO say no American
shall buy y foreign vessel and sail u
under our Il ~ foreign shippers ara well
content no We cannot Interfere with tht
(iaTmana or other fOreignefa buying
vessels on the Clyde, al d entering IA
American trade 10 the exclusion OF the
American shipper, who Ia not allowed,
M the German Ia, TO buy o ship wlerr
no can buy II cheape4t.
The policy the 6azette maintains
should be adhered 10 has driven Amel
can commerce IN American ships from
the ocean, On what principle ahonld II
be continued, bting cltafly In the INTER
est OF foreign ehlppinRp IL don't pro-
tee, anything AmprlciOi u d0ht on
courage ship bu'ldiuRi u don't promote
American cOn mrTce. he Hazetle urges
Senator CAMfRoNs blll'-sensible AZ fn
aa II gOes-w, uld bH poor policy, III
sending millions nbr0hd 10 buy ship
when "eyery body knows that We cal
Duild 10 good ships M ear he had any
where In lhe world" Very palrlOtlci
but Il 30 happens VIZ don't build IN
ship A steamer that c0ate n million Z, !
dollars on the Clyde costa two hul drtd
thousand more on he Delaware, .Alg0
iht Gszelte'a policy don't taye ua from
srndiIg the millOna abTOfd, II " com
puted that las var We pid 800 600,
600 for tie carriage OF American III
hrrce ana passengers III foreign ellpN'
We have a tHhle befOTe ua n the grail
o x0Tta from New York H. 1885 They
amounted 10 about 30 600 0OC buahtla,
carried IN ll9l ship, 1903 OF which
were steamers, How many " these Yea
sells does the Gazette imagine were
American2 Not Ohtl To say nothing
OF Euglal d. Belgium, France and Ger
mauy, fUch pow efs IN Italy, N0rHalk,
SpAin, Austria, Denmark aud Portugal
HhNt lntI hNhlf Nv Nhll1lhh Nhin hi'h'
American slbple from the great Ameli
can fel port. Not hnsl oil goes In
America shiIs. The G zetle says;
The Post would have uH throw up the
sponge aud confess that the only thing
under heaven flr us TO d. In 10 lot our
own resources r. main undevelCp d, keep
our ldla millions IN prolonged idlenear
and 90 TO Eupland for all our shipa.
One line OF policy having utterly fail
cd, we would have another tried. II
makes little difference whether "our
IDLE millions" should ~ TO foreign SHY
owners or foreign ship builders, only III
the latter event we wOuld have the ships
and profits Of carriage. Aud 10 Ger
many hbB done the last dozen years, on
such basis Te.pstHblish our foreign COM
merce and reconstruct our snip yatde,
A free ship bill more general In liz
character than the one proposed by Sen-
ator CAMERON has been reported favor
ably by n House committee, and II IL be
lleyed ita chances are fair OF becoming
a law. Why the battle OF protection
should be fought on thia bill wo cannot
comprehend. II seeme 10 na baeing M
important principal on nm absolute un.
tenable ground, But we have protect.
ion craDks Just as we have free trade
cranke.- Pittsburgh Post