New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-24

"Jhc New-York Times remarks that American
shipbuilding il hampcred by taxing the materlais
il uses II il will refresh its memory DV r.,
fcrrinc 10 the Mckinley act il will lind that al
materials required for the construction ana re-
pair OF merchant ships for tn" foreign trade can
10 imported duty free. 1t also declares: ii
vessels arc largely built abroad at first there
will be repairs - be made here and the business
will be built up until il is found tiat SHIPS
can be built here as we'll There Is irce-Uaue
patrioti.m and common sense for you Il" 'ie
repeal of the Registry laws the business OF the
American shipyards would be taken away from
them; but The Times consoles Itself WIN 'lie
reflection that they could find few odd Jobs
in rcpairing foreign buih ships, and in that way
finally succeed in building ships themselves.
Nothing could be more preposterous than the
assumption that this great industry can DC putt
nm bv DESTROYING it or leaving Just enough OF It
70 enable foreign ships to be repaired in Ameri-
can ports.
The tactics Of ex-Queen Luokalani's ENJOYS
arc a frank confession that the deposed soNer-
cirn OF Hawaii is an advocate OF anneNatlon l's
only opponents, indeed. are that small and queer
clique of britannica Democrats But Is the
coming President to be one Of these? Is he 10
become their leader?
The members of the Democratic ring in Jersey
CITY ovcrrcached themselves when they secured
tho massage Of law extending the term of the
Mayor from two years to five. This was done in
thc interest Of Allan L. McDcrmott, who expected
70 make himself Mayor last year. The result.
however. was TO make Mr.. Wanser Mayor for the
lcncthencd term. greatly to the disgust OF tho
Democrats They are now DESTROYS of reducing
thc term 10 two years again, though, Of course.
any law now passed would not affect the Rcpubll-
can incumbent Mayor Wanscr has four years
more TO serve and during that time the respecta-
lie element in Jersey City should become 80 well
satisfied with good government that it ought To
bc impossible for tie corrupt gang to get the upper
hand again.
Fishermen who fish with nets in the fresh
waters of this state will be interested in pro- |
cecdings which are about to be Instituted ia
Duchess County. "1hc Hudson Republican re-
ports that State Game and Fish Protector Ken |
nedy il after number of Duchess fishermen |
who took fish with net last December in the |
Wappinger Creek His purpose is TO proceed |
against them TO recover from each n fine of 800.
Ile has already made several arrests.
The New-Yorll Evening POST speaks of the |
Registry law as Republican lcgislation.' That |
il rather good for an inallbc journal. The |
usual Democratic epitrt applied To the navigation
laws is "antiquatcd,' and it ought TO have |
warned orr neighbor 10 look back long distance |
TO the IndrpendcIce era. The patriotic legisla- |
tors who built up the commercial marine "A century
apo hy establishing discriminating imposts and
tonnage dues were not willing to have an Amcri-
Can buy a foreign ship and then enjoy these
privileges They protected the shipbuilder by |
limiting the conditions of registry sd that the
merchant feet should be American from stem to
stern So clearly was the duty of protecting
the shipyards recognized that this statute was
not repealed when the flags Were equazed and |
free trade in freightng proclaimed between 1915
and 1850. The Republican party has done
good deal for the country, but it was not
directly responsible for the work of the earliest
American Administrations
At the recent banquet of the Rochester Cham
Der Of Commerce, John Crerar, Q. C., of Hamilton,
Ontario, responded to the toast. Cur Intcrna-
speech Mr. Crerar, while c0nceding that some
900 600 Canadians are now living in the United
States and that 20 per cent Of the number are
in favor of annexation, earnestly contcndcd that |
speaking there no sentiment of
lint sort IN Canada, II will strike the average
nan, we take it, that in case Mr. Cicrar is cor
rect in his view this 20 per ccnt-200, 900 people
must have uncommonly little influence among