New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-17
Ell SUD MEETS THE WA YES.
A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AT NEWPORT News
WITNESSED BY A LARGE COMPANY OF PROMINENT

WITNESSED BY A LARGE COMPANY OF PROMINENT
PEorLE-C p HUNTiYGToN'S SPEECH.
Newport News Va March ia large and notable
assembage of congressman and other prominent people
from Washington New York and Virginia witnessed to-
day the launch of tho 4,300ton steamship Ell sud CHE
South built by the Newport News Shipbuildng and
Dry. Dock Company at this place for the southern Pa
cidc Company's line between New York and Galveston
Ii the first large merchant steamship built south OF
the Potomac. Tho launch successfully accomplished
at IL a. IN. After inspecting the great dry dock the
largest In America and the immense shops Of the com
pany the guests were entertained at sumptuous ban
quct When speechmaking WIS In order c. b. Orcutt
president Of the shipbullding company, called on
c. p. Huntington the "mnster spirit OF the
work. and the latter delivered brief address, which
was received With enthusiastic applause lie said;
We have to chrsten and launch the steamship ~
Sud. She is the hrst great ship, believe, hat he
been built south q tho Potomac and we have named
ker Thp South May she be the hr.t Of long list OF
ships built In this section Of the country where tha
greatest material for such work is found And
To- the pioneer VI great commercial future for
South Although 1t matters little where or shiI.
built, that the flag Of common country noats
ienand hope To all the different sections Vie
each sending that flag all the seas anu
harbors OF ali the nalonslet US learn 70 look
upon onsign much the emblem Of war but
signal Of pace Let hope that in the future
ships which floats may carry-not soldiers nor
the munitions war but the products OF American in
dusty much the OF the mino as the finished
shape mado from those much the timber from
focs; the u-iul implements mado from 1t; not 50
much the nbc and other crude material from the Farm as
tho wool or fabric made from that fibre.
Tho value between the cotton nbrc OF tbs
South the which II Is Tor season
alone Is more than eight hundred millions Of dollars
sum yet It the valuo 70 our county
OF having this industry for the benefit of the great
army people who waiting for and who need
bfv Is
people wont without nothing Ia created. with II they
ar contened and happy. Why, then, should they not
have ~
The artist labors long to create anc picture upon
piece that but few shiiDg7. The Miro
from which a canvass made cost but few iarthnSs
The seed which the bro grew cost little Inoio TIM
the air we breathe. The half million OF dollars and mora
which builders Of the ship for It's construction
J.. nearly paid for labor. The iron In the mine, tho
coal 10 it, beds. timber in il native forest that
have IT. construction, CONT almost nothing
comparison with the finished product One Of the beams
in ship Is worth perhaps more than all the vast ton
mage this crude material befor II stirred by the hand
Of man.
What. then. should be Honorable than the indus
try witch takes this crude nacrioi aud fashions II into
tho marvellous fabric of a shlpl From the commenccmcnt
70 the completion work all along III" lines ot lnbo
from IL toIlIne underground to the man who de-
the monsters engines. with ther complicated ina
chucry that t. drive the ship through stormy seas
TIE labor alike is honc. and honorable And this Is IL
what he wses and his time aftar his days
done. tina, determines the degree Of honor which
gives him his place Ia the world This, too, IS a. 1t
should be.
No Is Independent Of his fellows. The intcrsS
poor that neither at their
except when both aro in accord. This. ocsn. Is as
should 50 1t hope that the employer and the
employed VIII werx together In harmony. each respecting
OF his manhood that being the highest
standard by which man should ho judged
horc you oil here at the christening and launch
ting 4 many ship at Thu port Of Newport News as many
.all b. here. This should have len the great en-
trepot ~ u at the very gateway
= with wide aid safe entrance and eommodon'
harhor neither DO, In summer nor cold In winter ana
the Of ths Atlantic Coast line of this great
Republic What is almost better than all. IL Is In the
state 81 virginia NJ Interests IN tho Old Dominion
been very for many year., aud owe IL to the
STATE to Interests have always received from
wise and hearty encouragement and fair Treatment
regard for ind ,idua rights and an iuell
nt und rstanding staos best interests would
prou,pt have for old state most aneetionato r.
yarl for / have met within her border, only friends
Aud believe that all who come within her domain VIII
be- osraly we'll FOR. May many come, and that, TOO
from all the trade Of the world and may the com
merco Of hi, place ont even beyond the point
fran which others come however far the missionary
and crusader may Commerce VIII always i'aN' W'I
urno,t limit, behind and carry Civilization and It's hand
maid Religion far beyond them; for Commerce II King
Toa,s regular and impromptn, were el0lncntY re
spondcd to As follows: The Old Dominion by
Vir,nius Newton i'm behalf OF Governor Mckinney
"TIe Flag II our Country" Congressman Joseph H.
outhwoltr Of Ohio: "Thc Navy" Commander Richard
T. Lcary T. = y: The shipping Industry senator
William T. Frye, ~ Maine: Coils p. Huntington, the
Man Of Actlon.T proposed by senator Frye and re-
,pondcd 10 by william VI. WINS, Of NcwYork; The
New SOUTH Congressman II. \. Herbert, OF Alabama
The Press Congressman Charles A. Boutcllc Of
Maine.
After the banquet the guests repaired TO the slpyard
and witnessed the laying of the keel OF another vessel
RI Nortc dhc North which Is To be the sister ship OF
the one launched to-day. The Washington party then
recmbarkcd on the steamboat Norfolk, which brought
them here. Among those not above mentioned were
senators Dolph. sawyer and sanders, Representatives
Dlnglcy, B0ntec. Millikcn COgSweil Weaver. Blu
chanan. Taylor. O'Nel, breckenridge, and number
Of other congressman.