The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-07

/ viii become the most formidable destroy
/ ers of our commerce in time OF war.
! l felt, aud have before expressed be
/ feeling that that this condition o. things
/ Was both iutolerable and dlSgracetuL y
wholesome change of policy, aad having
( much promise is It seems 20 ue, WIS o.
/ gun by the law OF March ). lS9I Onder
/ this law contracts have peen made by the
| postmaster general FOR eleven mail routes.
/ The expenditure involved by these con-
/ tracts for the next fiscal year approx INST
{ cd S9S4. l23 So As one OF the good results
/ reached sixteen American ship OF an az
/ gregats tonnage of 4 90 tons, costing e.
/ 400 600. have been built or contracted 10 bs
1 built in Amsrican ship yartS The esl-
] mated tonnage of all the steamships re-
Quired under the existing contract Is l60-
SOL aud when tSe full service required oy
/ these contracts Is established, there viii
/ be forty-onc mail steamers under ths
/ American htg, with the probability o.
/ further necessary additions In the Brazil
/ ian aud Argentine services. Tue contracts
recently let for transatlsutIe service Will
| result Iu the construction OF five SHIPS os
I 1O.ntD tons each. costing -. .oJO. .0,O OF $lJ,
+ OO0.0O0. aud will add, with the Clty ot
+ New York aud the CIty of Paris, To which
the treasury department was authorized
| by legislation at ths last session TO give
American registry, seven OF the Swtftest
vessels upon the sea To cur naval rc~er Er.
The contracts made with the ljHes sab
ing TO Central and South A"serlcdu ports
have increased the frequency '.nd short
ened the tins of the trips, added new ports
OF cali, and sustained some iIars tnSs
otherwise would almost Csrttlaiy have
| been withdrawn. The service u BuenoS
Ayres is the first to the Argentine Repub-
lie under the American nag. Ihe service
TO southampton. B0ulogne ana Antwerp
q. al a -. h.,trr ssrfFl
steamships City of New YORK and Cay OF
Paris in February next. / earnestly urge
"A continuance OF the policy iuaugurated ny
this legislation aud that the approprla-
tious required TO meet the Oblt-atious OK
the government under the contracts may
be promptly made. 50 that the lines that
have entered into these engagements may
not be EN- mJarrassed.
We have had 10y reason OF the couucc-
tions OF the Ftnscontineutal rAgway lines
constructed through our Own territory
some advantages III the ocean trade OF the
the Atlantic. The construction 5t
the Canadian Pacific railway
aud the establishment under large sub-
veutions from Canada and England OF a
fast steamship service from Vancouver To
Japan and China j. seriously Threatening
our shipping interests la the PaCinc. lhis
line OF English steamers receives, as stated
by the commissioner OF navigation, n
direct subsidy Of 500. 900 annually, So
76S per trip for thirteen voyages, In addi-
tIon 10 some further extra trips from the
admiralty Ia connection with the contracts
by when the vessels may be- used Tor
naval purposes. The competing Amer
can Pacific mail line by the act OF March
3, 1891, receives only s., $50 per round trip.
Efforts have been making within the
last year, a. | am informed, TO establish
under similar conditions a line between
Vancouver aud some Australian port, with
a view of seiZing there a trade IN which
we have had large ioteTes.. Inc com.
missioner Ot navigation states that = very
iArEe per cent OF our imports from Asia
are now brOughJ 10 us by English steam
ships and their connecting railways Ia
CtuHdd With view OF promoting TINS
trade especially 10 tea. Canada has i'm
posed a discriminating duty Of 10 per
cent Ou tet aud coli -e brought iuLO tho
Dominic from the l. liJed States
IL this t.urquai contest between Amsr-
leah lines without subsidies, or with Iii
mIuished subsidies, and the Euglisls- "a
madam liur TO which have referred - TO
continue think We should at least ses th u
tie fscIii,ies for custOm- entry aud trans
p0rtatIOu across our territory are not such
sts 10 make tue Canadian ruuts a fAyored
one aud that the discrimination as 20 the
duties 90 WnicH / have referred Is met By
like discrimination AS 90 tho importation
Of these articles from Canada No sub
jscC thiuk more nearly touches the power
aui he prosperity 0f our country than
the development % au American mer-
chant marine ou The set. II we could en-
ter into conference with our competitors
and all would agree - withhold govern
meut aid, We could perhaps take ouf
chances with the rest, but our competitor
have e@taD.i shed Hut m Aiut1l nrsI tbsig
lines by Eovernm meBt subsidies, uutii nosy
they have pr4c.i .icsily eXclut-t us from
participation In my opiuiOu up cI3ios 90
ieit - as BHg O 8t-eL ils Issue gu Jlrr-
aJely al least, ia the SAM way.
TIE SEw sAyT
The report Of the secretary ot tie navy
exhibits great pr0sress ia tne cOustructIuu
OF yur Bs.y usvy. When tue pr-ssnt s-e.
relay entered upoa his du be-, euly tar-s
my.!erH steel yrssri- were lu cDuulis-is4.
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