New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-20

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after IT made before. in December l1s5 II could
The motive power had been "a applied shpyards
The v eas
Nth inland commerce. manufactures began, In
!racisd emigration from abroad: We proclaimed
By the @ f Tag was the inWoaSisp terri
tory Of the United States. Such was the Monroe
Americansm which has never since been disputed
THE PRESENT SITUATION
The Jay treaty has special claim upon our atten-
tlon In present crisis. The first real cases Of
international arbitration in the history Of nterna-
tional law between this country and Great
Britain 1t was because disputes between Great
Britain and the United States were under that
treaty to be settled by arbitration Since the
OF lsi2 there have been submitted and settled by
have excited public attention. because the Victories
for fs nor or sad %
the other hand, demands the attention OF the world
Of. commerce and Of industry. Our country has
taken the lead in these arbtrations. and a result
with foreign nations, and during the hundred years
OF M sy have ns
pre- eminence as the peace Nation Of the world
Of hSps % n Sa I Of mnsss
our complications with other nations settled not by
the sword but by the judicial processes or interna-
tional arbitration.
A SPEECH BY SENATOR FRYE.
There ovation for Senator William p.
Frye of Maine when he introduced speak
to the toast "our Merchant Marine" He said, in
part:
II the toast, Our Merchant Marine" which.
by your direction. am to respond, has reference 10
our coast. lake and river fleets, then have only
words pleasant TO the American Through the
century 1t has experienced a steady, healthy
growth. until II has reached magnificent proper
lions until its tonnage of docunented and undocu-
mented vessels Is eight millions-greater than that
OF Great Britain Germany, France Spain and Italy
S,5eooo tonnage to carry our freights. chiefly the
products Of our farms; on the Mississippi along In
1888 there were passed through the locks at Sault
Ste. Marie, in eight months little over 100000
tonnage, 100000 more than the Suez Canal carried
Is there an American whose blood does not quicken
at mention Of such achievement? How has II been
foresn Vesses from any par
ticipation in this trade and 1t has stood through all
the years bulwark Of defence against foreign ag-
II the toast has reference to ships engaged In
the foreign carrying trade subject OF much
view. than the the picture | compelled to draw
is indeed a Notifying and humiliatng one for
rich prosperous and powerful maritime couny
This industry alone, one. too, OF prime National
Importance. seems to have fallen into state of
hopeless bankruptcy. With an almost lnitess sea
board. great harbors boundess forests, inexhaust-
ibe mines OF coal and iron. spenddly equipped
shipyards the best mechanics in the world. won
derfu inventive genius an abundance OF capital.
enormous foreign commerce, we have looked pas
sivey on and seen the nations OF the world our m
feriors in these regards, seize upon and Dust us
from all the great pathways or the oceans
A CRITICAL POINT IN HISTORY
Once before during the life of the Republic this
merchant marine occupied almost the wretched po
siton it holds to-day. In 1883 tonnage was l24
eco and carried OF our exports and imports %
per cent Our country poor and weak, our
statesmen strong patriotic and courageous. They