Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-13

as litieant, Juror or. witness f6 our courts
+ an elector Of member of congress, OF as
! peaceful traveller on our Interstate rail-
I ways.
THE MERCHANT MARINE
There is nothing more justly humiliaG-
ing 70 the national pride and nothing more
hllEtfgll TO the national prosperity than
I our merchant marine compared with
that Of other nations whose general re-
Es0urees. wealth and sea coast lines do not
suggest any reason for their supremacy
on the seas 1t was not always so and
our people are agreed, / think, that it
shall not continue to be so. 1t is not pos
sIbls Ia this communication to discuss the
causes of the decay of our shipping inter
ests OF the differing methods by which It
is proposed to restore them. The state
zment of few authentic facts and
some general suggestions as 60 legisla-
ton IS all that is practicable. That
the great steamship lines sailing under
the hags OF England, France, Germany
Spain and Italy, engaged In foreign com
merce were promoted, and have since
been and now are literally aided by grants
OF public money In one form or another,
is generally known; that the American
lines OF steamships have been abandoned
by US to an unequal contest with the aid
ed lines OF. other nations, until they have
been Withdrawn, or In the few cases
where they are still maintained are sub
Ject to serious disadvantage, is q matter Of
common knowledge. The present situa-
ton is such that travellers and merchan-
disc find Liverpool often a necessary in
termediate port between New York
and some of the South American capitals.
The fact that some of the delegates from
the South American States, the confer
ence of American nations, now in session
at Washington, reached our shores bV re-
versing that line of travel is very cOncIu-
siVe of the need of such a conference and .
very. suggestive as to the first and most
necessary step in the direction of fuller
and more beneficial intercourse with ma
tons that are now our neighbOrs, not upon
the lines Of latitude, but upon the lines of
established commercial intercourse.
J. recommend that such appropriations
be made for ocean mail service in Amer
lean steamships between our ports and
those Of Central and South America,
China, Japan and the important islands
IN both OF the great oceans as
viii be literally remunerated for
the service rendered as will enCOur-
age the establishment and in some
faiFdegree equaHZe the chances of Amer
lean steam ship lines in the competitions
Whi5h they must meet. That the Ameri-
can states, lying south OF us, Will cordially
cooperate in establishing and maintaining
such lines of steamships to their principal
ports, do not doubt.
We should also make provision for a
naval reserve to consist of such mer-
chant ships Of American construction
and Of a specified tonnage and speed, as
+ the owners will consent to place at use
Of the government IN case Of
need as armed cruisers England
has adopted this policy and as a result
q
! place upon her naval list some of the
/ fastest steamships in the world. a proper
supervision of the construction Of such
vessels would make their conversion into
/ effective ships Of war very easy.
am an advocate of economy
/ in our national expenditures for the
purpose of extending our foreign com
merce. The enlargement and imp re-
ment OF. our merchant marine, the CeV3I-
i opment of a sufficient body of trained
veteran seamen, the promotion Of
rapid and regular mail communication
+ between the ports Of other countries and
/ our own and the adoption Of large and
/ swift American merchant steamships, TO
/ naval uses in time of war, are public pur-
/ poses of the highest concern. The en-
! larged participation OF our PEG
pie in the carrying trade, the new
/ and increased markets that will be
/ opened for the products of our farms and
factories, the fuller and better employ
ment Of our mechanics, and which viii
/ result from a liberal promotion from our
! foreign countries, insure the widest posi-
! BILE diffusion of benefit to all the
/ states and to all our people,
/ everything is most propitiOus.
for the present inauguration of a liberal
! and progressive policy upon this subject
! and we should enter upon it with prompt
ness and decision.
THE SUGGESTIONS.
The legislation which have suggested
it is. sincerely believed viii promote the
peace and honor of our country, and the
prosperity. and security of the people.
invoke the. diigent and serious at
tention of congress to the consideration
Of these and such other measures as may
be presented having the same great END
in view.
+ FSignedl BENJAMIN HARRISON,
Executive Mansion.
WAsHNGTON, Dec. 3, 1889.
Cigarettes sweiIed Up His Body.
PHILADELPHIA, December q Chris.
.Klefnz, the fouFteen-year-old son Of To-
T-67,nFs whose E0ylW was iTfgra7s-