Telegram-herald., 1890-09-26

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thers vas neiEhex fncsaIive 50 auelsioa
nor sysa oPeosauaity ~ita sar EaPlaiy
diminishing saipplaz.
The sooler these ne4 avenues foz en-
pi8ymenl aad trade are opsneS tas bet
Ser IL vii Dc fer The coaatEy Flrstaua
f0relost sould - tas 4lEect b~ae1ts
tA2t woald accrue - labor IN the revival
q ths shipbail1ing snaustrY When
ss have established OgF lines OF steam
ers there siil be az least hundred and
nfty millions of dollars annually saved
In freight and passenger rates. But the
greatest benefit vii come 70 al indus
tries throughout the length and breadth
of this broad isn3 IN the extension OF
cur trade with foreign nations New
markets wll Be opened up for our sar-
Plus products. Tue universal testimony
OF nations asserts that commerce fol-
lows The flag. Lindsay says that when
The Pacific steam Navigation Company
frst started. ths trade that It's protector
proposed 20 develop was comparatively
uaknown" and the prospects OF the CON-
pany "2t that time were f.r from en-
cOuraglng. From 1850. he says, the
trade Of the Pacific rapidly developed
itself Tho inhabitants Of the coast
nov saw the incalculable advantages 10
be derived from regular and increased
intercourse between other countries
Steam here. as it has done everywhere
else. opened up aew and hitherto un-
thought OF branches OF commerce" In
deed, Lindsay regards il As an axiom all
through his great work on merchant
shipping that trade increases with reg
ular and rapid intercourse between ma
tiOnS It Was the argument used IN the
French Parliament in support OF the
Mercantile Marine bill OF 1881 Figures
were quoted 20 show how enormously
French trade had increased after the
South America and Eastern Asia
England" they said, has given the
example Of using mail steamers as the
pioneers for the creation and exten-
sion of commercial relations" There
are the South American peoples who
are naturally prejudiced in our favor as
against European countries, adjudging
American goods the best in the market
and raising in abundance products that
We use in large quantities. Yet we can
not sell TO them because We have made
+ quate communication with them A
/ commission was appointed in accord
ance with an act Of Congress Ito ascer-
/ tain and report upon the best modes OF
securing more intimate international
and commercial relations with the sew
I eral countries of Central and South
America" The commission spent a
year in visiting those countries confer
ring with merchants and the represent
atives OF the various governments, and
in their report made in 1885 used these
exact words: "In truth the question oi
trade between our country and South
America hangs, first OF all and above
all, on an adequate steamship service
- An American dealer fills ar
order for merchant of Montevideo Of
Buenos Ayres. or Valparaiso, or Linn;
by shipping the goods to Liver
pool, Hamburgh, or TO some othe
European port and thence TO be re
shipped by some foreign line to his Gus
toner In such a condition of affa T.
the struggle for supremacy in trade be
tween our merchants and the European
is so unequal as to be absurd" All tha
rich trade is down there waiting only
for American steamships to develop 1t
1t would be difficult to find a nook or
corner in the Union which would no
share in the benefits OF an extension o
commerce. An agent OF a line of steam
ers for South America appeared befor
q Congressional committee, and va
ironically asked, what interest Georgi
or Ohio had in the maintenance OF
line OF steamers which touched at n
point in either State"
Il have the manifest OF the last carg
sent to Brazil, he replied, ''and II 20
will give me halt an hour 10 look it over
l shall show what interest Georgia an
Ohio have in our line.N He went out i
company with Senator Frye, and re
tsrned in q short time with the infol
nation that Georgia had contribute
s22. 900 worth OF goods to the cargo
But how about Ohio2" asked the men
Der from that State. The agent in
auired what part OF the State he wa
from. and found it 70 be Akron. ii
then showed the Ohio member by ia
manifest that Akron itself. his ow
town, had contri buted 81. 900 20 the load
The cargo OF the steamship Allianc'
which sailed from New York for Braz
on APRIL 9. 1889. was selected at random
and every article in It traced to il
source. The INVESTIGATION showed ths
I thirty-six States and Territories col
b tributed 20 the cas- of this sing
steamship.
These are soms OF the material az
vantares merely; but great as they ar
T the other considerations. which appei
20 toe pr de and patriotism OF ever
true American, overtop them in impo
? tauce Some OF the most famous ba
Ties % which NE boast ot having wo
I were fought on the water. We ha'
I over been proud Of our maritime schiev
ments. and no citizen of the Republ
cas help feeling humilistsd when
onte1,plstes our present disgracef
T condition. Then The feeling of securi
? shat mus. be induced by the eEisten'
Q of an American merchant feet msnn'
? BIZ American seamen, s1i command
r bv American officers all ready for Il
! navsl service in an emergency. ourl
b 20 be worth 20 this Nation q
(, con parssivel7 insig igni6cant SIN Of 70
+ or I've millions year required 20 bui
D un feet which would make tie "a
r riots heart swell With prids