New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-05

COO,cOO our imports ara cNPor's W n'' "'' ~
increased $4,000 600 the increase OF exports being
sGO0O.00O. The Imports from SPAN mo'c"'e" 8'0''
eco. aud the exports III 100000.
There WINS an increase Of more than S'oOoo
900 in the sum Of our exports and Imports Ahd inc
grand total for 1891 was a little more 'hhh 0''-''
600 ocO The increase since July I, 1901. has been
,t more marked the exports for hst november
reaching the unprecedented sum oil Siloooo'ooo'
TUrT,rIFF HAS NOT REDUCED ouE CoMMfRCE.
The tariff then has not crippled our CARRYING trade
by reducing our commerce. Why, OF that enormous
freight Of our own exports and imports WE nave
carried only about one fifteenth In 1890 our tonnage
In the foreign trade was only $4,000 TONS while u
was 100000 tons In 1910. In $50 We oar'l'n
only III per cent Of our imports, and > Per cent o
our exports, whllc in 1910 We carried u" per cent
of our imports and 90 per cent q our exports 'hr
foreign commerce in 1910 was only Sl'-'ooooVV
and employed 100000 tons Of shipping. suppose
we had carried Inst year the same proportion OF EXPORTS
and imports as VIC did In 1910. what magmhcch'
fleet We should have had tho ocean,
Again orr heaviest decline In the carrying trade In
times OF pcace was from to 1860 inclusive. being
Is p>r cent and then enjoying the DenehtS I"
an ideal Democratic tariff. Why. during our Civi
War when the Government could afford no protection
TO our flag the ocean when insurance rates were
ruinous and English pirates were prcyng on our COM
MERE without let or hindrance the decline was ONLY
DN'h'''''''
the tarin increased the cost OF our shps tha'
this alone would almost account for oir present I'M
fortunate condition. The most eminent smppnildcrs
% this country estimate this increased cost ut from
10 TO - per cent. The life Of good snip Is from
twenty-five to thirty years. and this increase" 'o'
spread over that period IS mere basa'elie ~i'hou'
anv aDpreciable effect. In 1879 provided by law
for tho admission free Of duty OF almost everything
entering into the construction q wooden snip 10 Do
engaged IN the foreign trade also for lts repairs. ana
hadn't the slightest effect 10 arrest our oowh"aru
progress In the Mckinley bill we admitted cvcry-
thing required for the construction OF such SHIPS WOOL
iron or steel free OF duty. This will have no moro
effect our friends on the other sid" VIII nave 10
look further than This to find the Of decline
admit that our arn has affected THIS ihdiro''N III
one respect and one only. II has increased the wages
Of officers and sCamcn and induced q moro expensive
manner Of living on sllpboad than prevails under the
nag Of any other country. But this i one OF INC
boncfccnt results claimed by Froectionists 10 iolo"
logically the legislation they favor. They 'aY tha'
tn:in properly adiu encourages capital I'd invest
+, our industries increases the demand for labor and
NJ an inevitable result, the wages Ct The laDorer
Wife the higher wages inevitably induce n better
ranncr ~ living more comfortable homes, AMI moro
abundant food and this condition affects farm abTcT
and scamen rs much II does the operatives IN inii'
or The workers in iron and steel.
~ nv request our Democratic C1nsl'Gcnerni at
Iivcrp0ol n years since obtained from every INIT
fine nation the wages and cost Of maintenance OF
their officers and scamcn, with TINS result Inc pay
Of officers in the ships Of Norway and sweden was 90
nor cont less Than in our vessels Russia G3 per cent
Ices Germany CO per cent Jess. Denmark ca per cent
less spain - per cent loss, Great Britain ." per cent
lass while the pay Of seamcn ran from ~ per cent
loss in English vessels to - per cent Joss IN Russ an
ndcr The spanish flag where tho pay o. officers was
only IL per cent less that Of vas p per cent
.bt- k,r6 ob uc crno
race on the ocean no deny bit what patriotic
citizen woud advocate lower Wages and poorer living
for fhc men who 60 down TO the sea In ships
CAUSE OF THE RUIN OF THE CARRYING TRADE
assert that not protection, hut the entire absence
of H. has wrought he ruin If this most important
national industry, and believe that this Is susceptible
~ demonstrations The wonderful career Of England
Illustrates IT, To attain hcr present position upon the
ocean. she pursued perSiStcntly most remarkable
protective policy. She permitted the importation OF
bulky arcles in British ships only allowed foreign
ships 10 engage In her comostlc trade. and permitted
no transportation Of merchandise from one British
colony to another In foreign vessels; allowed no I'M
ports into any Fri Sh possession by foreign vessel" cX
cep those belonging To the country Of growth, pro
ducion or manufacture and then only when three
fourhs Of the crews others Of the count
She allowed 10 vessel u receive British registry OK
crpt those bnt in her own dominionS, entirety 0Wcd
oilcorrd. and three fOnths manned by her subjects
until 1919, change Of policy then necessary Shc
could not possibly supply her own shipping: tinlb,r
had become exceedingly scarce and very expensive.
while Iron had hardly become n factor In the problem
She then bought Of SHIPS. found shortly that
devoted her entire attention b building them From
thcn 70 she has encouraged iron slp-bulilng
compelled all Of her subsidized Hires 70 build ';Camcrs
OF iron or steel. rebuilt her navy %! The same ma
Establishment IT. Of cat shp1a,s and their naints
ha knew Ia T NO oa c o ' 6ban any h1r' Of It
in competition with her until she believed that We In
response wOUd ours. and She With her Immense
advantages. could successfully compete FOR II.
In 1895 England lnaugur,icl her subsdy policy for
;hc establishment and maintenance Of great steam
lines al he important routes Of Dream iraflc, ard
In, paid OIL, )T"r :25o 100000 to carry II ont. she
begun by PAYING ab)t 9eoo00Ho Gadnallr increased.
until in ia IN" annual expenditure was 49, $50 00p
Her payments dec esd during our civil war. she
thcn feared 10 competition Of oars: bu, soon after its
ground by ne act u FebniarS lsG, granting ;nb ,
year 1870 whom ther amonntc. to 9G,l07.7fI. Find
Ing nat onr c Z, vas Only spa'm ,n E G1h ha
@ ira fcp,r H0 c N pa G y. year for which have
The ar.t Amcli~an ,'ieamr, put on ne route be
C0minnv being toa h"ayily subsidized. could and did
rSiT'G lgcf ,5a o ra e. 70 . 81 oo, m ,,n,
TO on ports. In l=39 The Cuneri Line began rcg1li1
.,ryco England gay" ii m. annual snb,hy, Of
$3.50 900 then 10 $-3j 900 hcn in 1852 II was made
$4,000 The Collins Line, subsidized by rs. was
moment Increase her subsidy 10 tho Cnn,rd Line
for The sole purpose n driving OF line. The
petition reduced frcchts 80 per cent md iu eight
ended the subsidy and the Collins Line died
The steamers o. Tho Peninsnlar and Oriental steam
ship Company receive SUBSIDY 81 2G nariirai mile
besides mail paw 10 India and Australia. To establish
lines TO the West Indies, rraz. the River Plato
country AID the wcS coast Of South Amerir. Great
Britain paid the Royal Mail steam Packet COMPANY
81 10000 annuillv.
EYGLAND's METHOD AND IT'S SUCCESS
Now do not propose to arruc to intelligent men
that England In payment q thcsc enormous ANIMAL
SUNS had in view the encouraging Of her merchant
marine rather than the carrying Of her mails. The
sums paid. the man"c Of paying. conclrslvry prove it
10 any mind Opel 70 conviction. since the Crmcan
War England has seen The necessity If ~ naval re-
serve. aud IS paving pow annually 10 large number
Of hect passenger ate1mc:s from $4,000 TO $4,000
each besides mail pay What has been the result nf
land She bn IN i-eV - per rent Of all the yes els
N ne I'M hc I'M