Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
WORK tina. ha. been done, upon them By

work that has been donel upon them b
this congress Is lost.
The proper consideration Of these, Of
an apportionment bill and Of the annual
appropriation bills will require not only
that no working day of the session shall
be lost, but that measures of minor and
local interest shall not he allowed to in
terrupt or returd the progress of those
that are of universal interest. In view
of these conditions, l refrain from bring
Ing before you at this time some sugSes-
tons that would otherwise be made. and
most earnestly invoke your attention 10
| the duty of perfecting the important
| leg Station now well advanced. To some
| OF thess measures, the most important,
l now briefly call your attention. L de-
sire to repeat with added urgency the
! recommendations contained in my last
annual message in relation to the deyel-
| opment of
| AMERICAN STEAMSHIP LINES.
The reciprocity clause of the tariff bill
will be largely limited and its benefits
retarded and diminished If provision is
not contemporaneously made 10 encour-
age the establishment of first class steam
com muncaiion between our ports and
the ports of such nations as may meet
our overtures for enlarged commercial
exchanges. Steamships carrying the
mails, stately and frequently, Offering
TO passengers comfortable. safe nnd
speedy transit is the first condition; it
carries the order or buyer, but not all that
Is ordered or bought. Ii gives to the SAIL
Ing vessel such cargoes as are not urgent
or perishabls, and indirectly, at least,
promotes that important adjunct of COM
ia hot in
and in nation. Central and South Amer
ica, a state OF expectation and confidence
as to the increase that will give double
value 10 your prompt action upon this
question. The present situation OF our
mail communication with Australia il
Illustrates the importance of early action
by congress. The Oceanic steamship
company maintains line of steamers be-
tween San Francisco, Sydney and Auck-
land, consisting of three vessels
two of which are of United States
registry and one of foreign registry.
For the service done by this line in car
rylng the mails " q pay annually the sum
of SAG, 900, being, as estimated, the full
sen and United States land postage,
which is the limit fixed by law. The
colonies of New South Wales and New
Zealand have been paying annually to
these lines f37 600 for carrying the
mails from Sydney and Auckland to San
Francisco. The cOntrac: under which
this payment has been made is now
about to expire, and those colonies have |
refused to renew their contract unless the |
United States shall pay a. more equitable |
proportion of the whole sum necessary TO |
maintain the service. l am advised by |
the postmaster-general that the United |
States receives for carrying the Aus
tralan mail sacks brought TO San |
Francisco in these steamers by rail to
Vancouver an estimated annual in
come of SIS 900, while l have stated we
are paying out for the support of the
steamship line which brings this mail 10
us only SAG, 600, leaving an annual sur
plus resulting from this service of
S23 600. The trade of the United States /
with Australia, which is IN considerable
part carried by these steamers, and the
W hole of which is practically dependant
upon The mail communication, which We
maintain is
LARGELY IN OUR FAVOR.
Our total exports of merchandise TO
ports during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1890, were Sll 1865. asa,
" lille the total imports of merchandise
from these ports were only 81 277 .676.
Ii we are not willing to see this import
ant steamship line Withdrawn or con-
linued with Vancouver substituted for
San Francisco as the American terminal.
should put 1t in the power of the
to make a liberal in
crease in the amount now paid for the
of this important mail.
The South Atlantic and gulf ports &C.
cupy n very favored position towards the
new and important commerce which the
clause of the tariff act and
The postal shipping bill are designed to
promote. Steamship lines from these
ports 10 some northern port of South
msrlca will almost certain affect
between the railroad systems
If the continents long before any con-
inuous line of railroads can be operated.
The very large appropriation made at
he last session for the harbor at Calves
on was justified, as it seemed by these
the great Northwest will
i'll the advantage of trunk lines to the
south as we'll as TO the East. and OF the
lew markets opened for the surplus
God products and for many of the man
ifactured products.