New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-30
rotion which American women are contributing
TO the colossal enterprise in when inc county
is embarked.
stfEPJC4N LINERS.

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| Tho t,,rsfor of the Inman steamship service
> from I ivcrnoo TO Southampton next month Is
! 20 be accompanied by an appropriate '"'"1o
of name. 1t will be known hereafter a' ."o
American Line The ships VIII san u''uo' wv
| National colors and under new Inc nag on
| eagle in blue on n white ground Inc az
| and rho Ncw-York. the fastest merchant sh'pS
| aGoot arc n have American registry III cons.
ororco of tho contracts which have been maze
with the Cramps for the construction " WV
additional vessels When the f'cet Is S"oSe
! ouontlv enlarged by the building Vi 'n'oo
more steamships in American yards 'nc INV
Will have a bi-wectly mail service De'"eI"
Newly and southampton ana "'r ,r,
service with Bonlogne and Antwerp i"e
American FLAG will be carried by meet Vi
rho highest speed and the most l'lX''iouS az
Communications for travellers INTO H"S"'"'
French and Belgian ports.
Now entirely apart from controversial queS
tions connected with the decline anu rev. "'
of shining interests. this result Is one "hich
will be regarded with lively feeling OF s'''N
faction by the public. The great deVelopi"ei''
of the Transatlantic passenger trade u"r'hs '"o
last twenty years has been due IN very iaigc
docrne +, American patronage. The expansion
Of that business. which has justified me con-
struction of ships of 10000 tonnage with
spccd exceeding 20 knots, has been caused oy
the constant swarming and returning hiSht Oh
American travellers. 1t has remained source
of humiliation and reproach that TINS immense
patronage should be mcnopolzed by foreign
lines. The rcappcaianc, Cf the American nag
in tho borbors of three European nations can
MT be ANYTHING less than matter Tor hearty
copcrotulation While the Ocean Mail Service
act passed by the last Republican Congress has
bccn mainly instrumental in bringing about
This result Democratic House under the lead
crship Of Mr. Cochran can also claim cfcdt
for initiating the Registry bill. II bo'h po-
litical panic, have been associated IN Ir2lSla-
ton FIR converting the Imam into the Amcrl-
can Line 50 much the better. for there VIII be
less justification for legislation repeating and
multiplying existing laws.
Not only is the country to be congratulated
upon marked advance in American shipping
interests. but also upon the creation OF an
auxiliary navy OF the highest speed and Elf
cicnoy This fleet Of seven or more 2O-knot
steamers Of the largest dimensions and the
greatest ccal endurance will be available Tor
Government service in an emergency. That
will be a most formidable addition - tho naval
resources of the Nation. Every one Of these
grcyhounds Of peace times can be transformed
into a bloodhound ot war Every one of these
merchant liners sailing under the blue eagle
on a white flag can sweep down upon tho com
mcrcc Of the seas with tho promise OF the
y ,rcnry Of twenty AabamaS. From this point
If view the ocean mail subsidies can he justl-
fled aS a most economical method of creating
and maintaining an auxiliary navy. That Is
an argument which Economist Holman and all
his tiibc cannot cOnlrOvcT.