Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-03

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MamzazuE, dan. 9.-Tha rsport al
ne eemnissloneEs cs nsripafion asis
form y detail the sar1ons AIDS auil Sis-
snvantaRea eDjoyed By fha ahlDpinw II.
1efe4l9 q o1heg uatfuz1a. end e1ne{.ssn
-. g . fmpogihls wiahnas . channe
% l1e present oeuditions for onr nagi-
Eaal0n % regain Ifs ioat kuuFemern il
fefeign trnee. He szya that cur rss-
SIS nus8 be pat en an euuAlitv nr be
forced out Of TIE contest wiIh forelru
ships. Eoantiea or gaha1sfea aRa r,ai6
- spain, Italy, Germany, Eranoe. efo..
ano British sesssI8 haxa kean
ana are nov nided under one nnfra
or smother. The report allnaes ~
the varien8 facts relating % fhe Wsrf
LADIES' e1d South Amefiean tra6e.
whieh naturally belongs q this oonn-
~, ouI walsh & atrnost manouulf1sd
~ TIA Eueopean ahips. VIVA rarard -
the eoasf1na trade the Csc Is flf7erenk.
ana fhe 1hippinR smounfinQ ta aoa0 ~
t0nA without iucludinQ manv crafts
nol documenled. b reanonahly prosper-
on9s especially upon TIE lakea wbera
ne eoaseWise kfade Is Developing rapId-
~ s1e tnnsea1e In Anerfeau fuassnrla
tnere daring the year ondinz June 81.
loca. being q. .l6f tons. The nain On
tt4 Ea1IflQ Cossk waa eIfI k1nn. ana
B vas about fns snnna On fhe western
rivera Iho total documenfed k1nr 90
of the United States Is A.in6.8l9. dis-
tribaled as follows: Atlantic aDd
dalf z6l8, ~ Racifo ooaas a56 &lB.
northern lakes 583Tz2. western riVers
1Sls11A The foreign Registered tom
mage u 10, ,166, ,662 tons. The eomuia-
aloner Eecommends that the cuasfina
trade BE relisvsd Of lee burdens 6 %
pilotaQs fees.
he speaks Of the impolicy Of Iscal
eaxsaion Of vessels and its tendency 10
oEive Ownership 10 places whaFe thay
we're noe taxed, as vel a. The fact that
Z. weights them Ia the contest With fer.
eiRn vessels.
BE says the expense Of state euaran-
ties eno1ld be paid By the parties inter-
este1. Thet Is By the general puhIIo.
and that the fees fer the gupnaFt 81
stations and salaEies Of offlosrs Should
not be acted Of the vessels. The con-
missioner Is OF the opinion that the
American sailing or steam vessels
should Be- allowed TO transport goods on
which duties have been secured with-
out further boEds. An amendment re-
lating to the tonnage tax is recon-
mendeo, that steam vessels may paV on
the same relative capacity as sailing
vessels. Tue present tax diacriminates
u favor OF foreign vessels. The report
Eefefa % the lask OF any system Of
jurisdiction on the lakes as regards she
punlshment Of crime there on vessels Of
the United States. and recommends the
extension Of the admiralty jurisdiction
to in1luds sueh cases. He also makes
various suggestions as 10 the 10
spectio1 and the handling Of
steau1 vessels on the waters Of
the United States as rules regarding
sseeriDg gear, uniformity. etc. He dss-
eFibes many hardships encountered by
ship owners By reason Of the constant
change going on In navigation from sail
20 steam. from wood TO Iron and from
ron 20 steei. ana also BY reaa0n Of for.
sign bounties. subsidies and aids Rrant-
Cd 70 foreign shfps competing with our
sesssls, both IN the nsrchaut marine
Agd the fieheEiea.
BE expresses himself very strongly 10
lavcF Of naval reserve. and concludes
bis report With the draft Of bill en- |
01dyina hia ideas ef tae ue.sessary legis-