Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-04
OUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
.EAsONs WHY 1T is NOT CON-
rROLLED BY THIS COUNTRY.

TROLLED BY THIS COUNTRY.
allure of fBIanufacturers to Give Credit
nue of the Causes-GOOds Not Equal TO
the Samples Nor to Those of Other
countries.
WAsHINGToN, May SIN the Senate
ts-day the post Office appropriation Dill
Has taken up and Mr.. Vest proceeded TO
sbeak against the amendment appropriate
III z $500, 600, for the transportation otioreign
nails. Abiding to the recent naval dis
play at Pensacola by "a old wooden hulks
and few torpedo boats" he said one oil
the vessels, the Brooklyn, took hre, and
that it took all the balance Of them to put
the fire out. w IA the torpedo boats ad
Fanced to attack the frigate the latter
WAS found to be without electric lights
bnd was compelled to send up bombs to
Enable her officers to see the attacking
party.
BRITISH SUBSIDIES.
Mr.. Hale reminded Mr.. Vest that the
Nascendsncy o, the English merchant ma
rlne followed from policy OF subsidies.
Mr. Vest denied this. Subsidies, he
said, made no difference. 1t was in the
construction OF iron ships that England
had found her advantage.
Mr.. Mcpherson said the English to-day
subsidized mail line 10 south America
TO the extent of $450,000- He asked Mr..
Vest how he would geJ the trade OF South
America against such odds.
Mr.. Vest said he would repeal our in-
famous navigation laws. He would also
reform the tariff and place it on revenue
basis, so as not to handicap one man for
the advantage OF another.
THE TRADE RELINQUISHED.
Mr.. Ingalls, saw 10 reason why the men
nf Maine or Massachusetts cOnld not to-
day build ships and sail them. The rea-
SON they did not do so was because they
could make more profit ON their money in
other directions. We had not lost the
carrying trade of the world. We had re-
liuquisned it. Great Britain's carving
trade, statisticians said, aid not realize l
per cent. on the capital invested.
one reason not yet men,
tioGed for our small trade with
Central and South America, was that we
dd not attempt to sell them what tdey
wanted 10 buy. Other countries offered
better articles at less price, and what we
had tried 20 sell taem by sample the gOOds
had not proved equal 10 the sample. We
had also refused 10 give Central and South
American merchants the credits they
needed.
MR.. COLQUTTT's OPPOSITION.
Mr.. COlqutt opposed the amendment.
Subsidies, he said, whereObnoXiOus to the
people. They were generally sought not
10y individuals, but by graSpiug corpora
IONS Instead OF teaching business ven-
lures to rely on their intrinsic strengh we
were teaching them to rely on the govern
mem. Trade relations were not estab-
hshed by mere mail facilities. The
natural order was trade first and mails
afterWard. Our present system of high
N gop Ia rFTa
FULLY detective methods of securing for
elgn trade. An average rate OF duty of 46
per cent. against imports was hard for
commerce to overcome.
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
Endless dissertation on that subject in
Congress and the press was TO the effect
that the protective tariff was for the in
terest Of the wOrkingmen, and to enhance
their wages. The assiduous efforts of
manufacturers in the interest of work
ln9men did not, however, protect work
lnemen from the arrival in this country
OF European workingmen with their arms
and legs TO reduce the wages OF the work
lngmen Of America. We mad not been
saved by our manufacturers. for whose
heneut the tariff awa5 really made,
from scenes OF tumuit, demonstration
and rage on the part OF labOring men,
demonstrations now banchIug the cheeks
ana moving the hearts OF our people.
Manuiacturers seemed TO be doing little
10 re-establsh good relations with their
WoI king. They Tetr TO their palaces
aud challenged the grateful acknOwledge-
ments of their working people tor what
hey, the manufacturers, had done in be-
aali OF American industry.
CONSIDERED SERIOUS.
Nr. Colquitt regarded the Ia bor troubles
Is more than ederYesceut They betok-
en d, he thought, coming strife aad con-
yulsicn. Mr, COlquitt believed the pro-
Nctive tariff was partly responsible for
the labor troubles, since they restricted
Us TO our home markets Tor our manuiac-
lures. The debate closed for the day and
ARRANGEMENTS for a vote at and then at
o'clock to-day having been successIyely
seJ aside, it was agreed
he'ore adjournment that at o'clock to-
morrow the general debate on the bill
snould close, leaving TO Mr.. Plumb an
hour 10 reply to the ATTACKS on the amend
ment, and that at O'Clock tue vote
should BE- taken on the bill. At 6 o'clock
an executive session Of ten minutes dura-
non was held, after which the Senate ad-
lourned.