The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-27
THE STARK COUNTY DEMOCRA ATTHURsDAY. MARCH 22 1880

vel0pmanI ~ uielr own sDoIlOhi bat u u niIs
pliang that ~ little interest Ia N 10 felt BY
representatives from lhe saabpari alalaa and
by tho journals which aro published IN our
commercial ollles Tho New York Evening
Post u a Journal " large circulation aud in'
fuenoa No man knows better Than ils lead
ing ediior that tho carrying trade between
lhls country ana Europe d ia tho bands ~
foreigners who arc enriched by u No Qua
knpWs better lhan he ought 70 know that
capitalists IN liu United States viii not put
theiT money info ships "a pnmpele VIII lnng
established aud subsidized steamship llnes by
which that lradaiA controlled without govern
mant aid,
No man knows batlar than he ought %
knpw that tho restoration N our foreign
shipping "a matter VI great national CON
cern, and yel IN reply " an inquiry that !
made " him he replied that "the reathratlon
Of our merchant marina 10 a matter VI i'm
pprianes ~ tho country, bat only on condl-
ton that IL pays iis own wayi that tho public
might as VOL le taxed 70 revive tho agfl-
cultural interests u Vermont IN 70 reslme
our merchant marine" Hare Il an editor of
a great newspaper IN great commercial
city Of tho union who lkinka that tho gov
ernment might as we'll be taxed 70 improve
the agricultural iulernls VI Vermont a. 70 DO
taKed N reylye our foreign merchant marine,
the revival n which would add largely 70
tho national wealth, and 10 essential % tho
we'll being ol tho country, who thinks that
the restoration ~ our merchant mArlne u Of
Importance 20 tho country, but only on the
condition that II pays iia own way, iiA i'm
porlance N the country being dependent upon
IL prohtablenesa 70 those who are directly
Interested Ia 10
Not ~ have thought the great English
statesmen by whose influence enormous sub
6Idies we're granted, aud are sull continued,
n aleamahip lines between England and the
United hlataa Not W have thought the
statesmen of other countries through whose
Influence steamship lines have baen eatab
lished. The editor " The l'osl haenia 10 think
that because tho Norweglana, who man their
own ships, and, consequently, run ihem ~
little expense, can find profitable employ
ment ~ ocean tramTa, capitalists IN tho
United btataa will run tlll with the Euro
poan steamship lnea that now monopolize tho
carrying trade between tho two henlspherea
In tho face of existing faota II Il strange, Ia
deed, that guoh an opinion should be enter
tAlned by an Intelligent journalist
There arc very few enlightened men In tho
United States who have carefully considered
the subject who do not consider tho reAtofa'
tlon oi our foreign shipping matter oi great
public Importance, and who do not belioye
10 powerful arc tho combinations against ~
that II will not b. restored without govern
ment aid In some form Aud there arc
bope, fewor still who regard Ia restoration
A. important only 10 those who may 10 d.
rectly Interested IN IL
No one, am sure, with American blood In
hia yeina, can stand by tho docks Of Liver.
pool, crowded with tho nhlIn OF Other ma
tona, and without humiliation look In vain
Tor tho Stripes and AtArL
HUGH MCULLooH.