The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-10-07

L HE 'nuV'gHUlOH laws rs endCteu W
the republicans, and now regulating
our merchant marine, are part and
parcel of the infamous protective policy
which has brought our country to the
very feet o. despair. ostensibly y they were
made to encourage ship building, but
really to protect American manufac-
turers engaged in making articles
which enter into the construction OF
ship. Instead of encouraging ship
building they have almost totally de-
stroyed the industry. That our readers
may form some idea Of the deleterious
effects of the operation of the ''naviga-
tion laws" we give the following statis-
tics taken from the report of the statisti-
clan to the treasury department ad-
dressed to Charles Foster, and dated
June 80, 1899:
On tho 3Oth OF juno 1889, ths
tonnage Of United States yes.
ssls engaged in the foreign
trade was 3,aolOU TONS
On the same date 1859 the ton.
age of foreign YRssels engaged
ip the foreign Trade with this
country was .................. 1890, 900 tons
Excess OF United States over
| foreign tonnage. 2,l2lOO0 tons.
This shows that American sailors did
70 per cent. of the trade, and the for
eign sailors did 2s per cent Of the
trade.
The same report shows the following
for the year ending June 80, 1892:
On the 3oth Of June, 1892 the
tonnage OF the United States
vessels engaged in the for.
| eign trade was. ................. S,7a60oO tons.
| On the same date, 1892 the
| tonnage OF the foreign ves
| sells engaged in the foreign
trade was as................... i44sS,OOo tons
! Excess Of foreign tonnage over
| the United States ..........,. 10,6S7,QOO tons
This shows that the foreign sailors
carried 10 per cent of the trade, and
the American sailors carried 81 pei
1 cent of the trade.
The value of the goods carried in
American vessels in 1850 was....S 485, TAI 90
The value of the goods carried in
| foreign vessels in 1859 was. ..... 229, ,816 00
Difference in favor of American vcs-
sells. ............ ......s es5, ,oa5 oO
The value of goods carried in for
eign vessels in 1892 was ,584 5sS, ,00t
The value of goods carried in Amer.
ican vessels in 1902 was 90, O0
| In, fuyn 0f hn
vessels. s.............. .......... 81 3i4, 405 00
It will be seen that tn,
value Of the carrying trade O
the United States fell off il
the thirty-four years intervening be
tween the dates given 1886, ,025, 900, ane
that the carrying trade of the foreign
vessels increased 81, 334, 772 900.
Is this not a startling exhibit? Tht
profits of the foreign carrying
trade of the United States i
worth sa25, 900, 900 This entir
amount. with the exception of
pittance, is lost to the United States
If the wholesome navigation law
which governed foreign trade in 1856
had remained on the statute books an,
had not been replaced by the infamou
navigation laws of the protective sys
TEN, these figures would be reversed
and the American sailors and master
and owners of the merchant marin
would be annually making 5000, ,0OO, ,00
more than they are to-day.
The navigation laws" are part an,
parcel Of the nefarious Mckinley meth
DDS, whereby it is proposed to tax tn
people into wealth. Republican pre-
lection is a political and commerc ia
pestilence. 1t dries up trade and with
ers enterprise, and if continued will re
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