Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-10
|lIGI|IB SHIPPING.
|. Veteran Seaman o. the
!, l)rO Of the important
D Y Of To-Day
!. stack Of Men Going 10
b J, .,.s slHs encountered
4 a.CapthlnS'
.n.pnsd and Overloaded
b rs.als.,,,''.'Navlgation Always
x o. the incrsHHo'

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~ .a.pce Of tho Gazette,
n 'g Srs,a. April 5,-While the
,,lcau shipping is SO prom
4 Z ,se attention Of the coun-
Ie's - ,ba, a conversation l had
Y : With veteran ea-captain
e., subject may have some
His wide experience
~, .syouqh all tho stages Ga
"a lew important seaports
.l,1 as 70 him. Our converse
iIiila IVA, 4 wide variety OF topics
O ,',ns Il a faithful statement
I,Ss q the present outlook lot
u economy he said, "we
slmost parsimonious nova
1,,S a ship, and then we can't
.alry we are lucky II we get
Ssek. Petroleum is the best
Y. I; present, and we are get
y cents a barrel, | have car
VAN AZ 90 a barrel. But that
~. s, BY. Steam is slowly but
.'ng sailing craft out of exist
~ u those ocean 'tramps' Gan
.s,D, is a freight steamship run
s .aaodently where 1t can make
money on an individual trip,
.,rg from a line ship. Medi-
b I III s,sramps, however, do not
sea- will carry in one year
Ile az four sailing vessels OF
Ioupage in the same time,
y ! ian be built cheaper than
MAN. sailing craft. Then, too,
ebsrees on a tramp are less
j on a sailing vessel, and the
ave the right Of way at the docks
nlaces. Thus you see the mas
KIRK has an almost impossible
,sriorm, He must run his ship
make money or his employer will
al He gets all the blame for
II wind aud tide and fog and
and mutiny and extravaganza.
|, The mercy Of his sailors, who
I'M ret a grudge against him;
En- ne may have to go through a
In 10 clear himself. Altogether
"a n reclIne on a bed of roses"
H.hst one question OF the incapacity
I'M, Il is O notorious fact that
Ia been a great falling off in stock
\ men who 90 TO sea for @ living
rIlsh sailor does not ever hold his
STbe Germans and Nor~egians and
a come next, The Austrians,
"A And Italians are very bad, and
4 eks worst OF all. In almost all The
1prts great abuses have grown NJ
4 method of securing u crew O
z The English and American law
4subiect OF "advanced payn woulC
Ghtters II they could be carried out
K impossible to secure a rewdi
Irk without payment in advance
sUors are all in debt to their board
||Dse masters, and how can they &c
sgl,h bills unpaid? The port of NeI
L the worst one | am Ia
Y with In these and other PAL
This is the way the mat
H. there. Suppose come int,
sltid in my last VOYAGE with
eight men besides officers an
M. No sooner am | well in befor
! pulls up and a man Chamber
y perhaps with a bottle OF whisk
fpOcket, and begins to work upo
&lcrs 10 induce them to come to Tn
4ug.house he represents. He
n ID the technique of the professio
mp and gets so for every sailc
3ngs to his employer. ! always driv
{hancters off, sometimes with COZ
3ble trouble. But they will dog
bad when she gets up to the doc
can YOU do to prevent them frol
Il hold OF Jack Tar and enticing hil
We'll, say that Jack has 800
h after a long voyage. He is lo
up to some wretched boarding
on Cherry street or Water stree
rs piled with whisky until he is
percy Of his guide. He is persuade
pd over his money to the "boardir
pr as he Is called, for safe kee
His clothing being all worn out,
zen to a store and reftted from het
pt. His exuberant spirits lead hi
20 money right and left; he treats
FieDds new and old to dinner, theate
|prees. So IL goes on for q few da
, Id a, cooler mood, he goes TO I
llng'master TO draw the rest OF |
y, expecting $40 or $50 and FIN
In one way or another he has spe
u q tenth of that sum. There Is
: demonstrating. He was drunk a
ls almost nothing Of the past Il
He Is then at the mel
his patron. Through h
must get a ship. He gives
iing master the power OF attorn
I'm and begins to run in debt for
. and limited amount Of whist
bis bill runs up to S25 or $50
tor finds him a ship through
ing master, who charged $40 or !
nding the man place. The capt'
hires a crew must pay an advar
enough to cover the bills OF
dlng'house master aud the shippi
er' II the voyage is a short {
lands In new port without a c.
ann. Here he goes through the II
only In a more degraded fashi'
man We have abroad now W.
lgh $40 in New York in less than
!, and that, too, without having a.
10 show for 1t. 1t is the Tn
se, ne says, he is making for nothll
sailors are poor stuff nevada
scent man will not go before
ior more than a year or two.
! Is any worth in him he will rise
non soon or leave the calling.
many OF our petit, criminals beta
'seiVes to the sea to hide. N
ought to do something TO aoate
ance Of the clearinghouse mast
nol until then can the law as to
! pay be carried out. These 81
W y Of law are banded together int
stlal society, and have all sorts
I VI eyading the statutes and imp
y seamen.