The morning call., 1892-09-06
OCEAN COMMERCE..
How America Can Recover the Share Of
:. 1t She II as Lost.

How America Can Recover the Share CT
:. 1t She II as Lost.
= Few subjects haye eliclled more discussion or
exeteG more general interest than that OF the
reeo3ery by the United States OF its appropriate
snare of The OCEAN carrying trade. THIS subject
touches NOS only our pockets but our national
. pid*: Practically all fTeIghfs fer transporting
10 Europe fhe enormous annual supplies OF pro-
Visions furnished By this country and for the
large {etuln Of manufactured products for many
yeas haye: been. paid 20 foreign ship-uwners
The thousands Of immigrants annually seeking
homes ulrder QGE.faG ir<Ee been denied The sight
Of Il un4fF they 6Htered- sandy Hook, while the
Increasing tDDgsands of;:American cltizeBs beat
en-. Eutoeedn. ff2Fel have each year slepped
AgQ{orefGn :lTF{sd1cliOm all the-NeW York docks
..Ihe hIaic haRdLse la aHca OF trade the ifeas-:
: uiy. ke6kss shG& IS largely reduced by: me:
aIrslial:. ritnte which We pay for freight and
.sE5s Ge.lt0aeys. he great Ships the: fastest:
III iaE -;e - a, Which are now la peace proftiBg
rs OH tfagE, are II a SecOnuayy sense WaTships:
al lgsfr.fe peetse GOVERNMENTS apd in tlIne.o
N2f y Ot<tf II1eg existing collr3ers with Ll0se:
(I<yeI i.aleBts resd1y lake on guns for whicir
fi;ef-dec Ks are already pre- pared, and enteEWih
TERRIFIC R3Feiency Into :gle work OF oe.troylng
ag e6Hnef i he. uiidisnuled fact is that the
sEEe3I" steamship. llHes Of EuTeps were :bniltup
.ald.aTe now tn part susIalueG 6Y direct or tu:s
=: 5irect GGYaTnm ns aid, he latter. taking the
form % liberaf D. yfor carrying tae mails or or
IN Annual BONUS given IN considerations an.
az cement 70 censtfqct 1he Ships so to adapt
EhSia 1911 AiUE HtUeNl III ana 10 turn them
0Yer1o lire GYFefnmsnton demand upon speci-
ned terms. s''-
oTtwas plain To every INTEL tgent American that
II The United States would naTs such lines q
similar policy must be Suffered upon. Tbs .Fifev-
first Congress accordingly enacted suen a law
aud. under It's benehceht Influence sfxteenA
lean steamships, OF the eggTeeale tonnage of
5T 100 tons and costing $4,000 COO, have been
butt or contracted Tor IN Anfe lean shippaTds.
IL addition 10 this Il is h0w +jracl lcalIy' certain
that shall soon have .uHder the American
fl 2 one OF The finest steamship lines sailing out
OF New OTk for any European p6rt. Tlfs cou-
tract VIII result IN the eCBstIuciion by AHi4riea
yaTGs OF four new PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS :of
10000 tons eacni costing about IS, 600, 900. aud
VIII add 10 OR naval reserve elk steamshiBs, the
fastest upon the sea.
Specia interest has been taken by nie:ins the
establ ishueut OF fines from our South Atlantic
aud guI ports, aud, though my expectations
have not yet been realized. attention has been
called TO The advantages possessed by these
90 pots ana when their people are more fully; alive
10 tEer INTERESTS ! do not dogbI that they will
Dc aDie 10 secure The capital needed to enable
I'll ~ 10 Droht by their great natural adYan tages
: Inc Democratic party found no place In As
platform fOJ auy reference 10 shis subject and
has shown It's hostility to the general pdsfey by.
refusing TO extend the appropriation Blade dur.
Ing the last administration for ocean mali CON
tracts with American lines. Patriotic neoule
the woikmeu IN our shops, capitalists seektng-
new enterprises, must decide whether ina prrsT
ships owned BY Americans, which have sought
American registry, shall again bumbiy ask a
place IN tile Engils1nayal reserve. and whether
the great ships now on the designers tables sba
go to foreign shops for construction and tie
United States lose the now Frightening oppor.
tuaity OF recovering tie place comme nsurate
= with It's wealth, with the skill OF It's construc-
tons aud with the courage OF It's sailors, in the
CARVING trade of all tie seas.