The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-11-19
HAVE FEW SAILS AT SEA
UNITED STATES LOSING GROUND IN
MARITIME COMMERCE..
japan Is Sapping the Trade Which
Belongs to Our Merchant
Marine.


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100. 49,,
'oiiiiiiissionei VI Navigation ioi i0'O' "Aeei
referring 10 the necessity Tor the passage
of free ship bill, states that our mari
time rank on the Pacific is now contested
by a new rival-Japan-which, by liberal
and progressive laws. has established a
trlns-Pacifc steamship line to the United
States, and with the cooperation Of
American capital Is preparing TO extend
rapidly the service. In 1880 the tonnage
os American vessels entering the United
States from the ports of Asia and Ocean
lea was 2S3.395 tons. and of foreign YES
sells, 442.251 tons.
In 1895 the American tonnage enter
ing was sOS. .4S1 tons; foreign tonnage, 657,-
206 tons. The large and profitable carry
ine, trada onca conducted hetvyeen Ash
otio o,a r,,o,o ,o,.4s ~ A,oarioan
,,os.o,,, ,,,,.,.,, roIso,,, a,,to.oa A,,,orioan
norts hos a,r,,ost e,,t,reI,, ,assed away
W. - ,,raad,, .oa,, ~ A,,,a,,ca;, aag
ia eo,,,,,,tss,o,,o,. .a,rs aIr,ost wholly
d,,o,,,,a, f,.o,,, ~ ,,,id t1ontic sovo as
h,.r,,a h,, tha r,oiI ,taa,,,ors of the Arneri-
,a, H., ~, ~. ,,,.,co,,t,, ta,dad
- ,,so,,' 49,. ~ ss,s,,,r t,.,do 90 ,ba
pac,ao &c s,;nn;ro fror, nc Before II Is
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100 t,,ot - ,.,,,,sa ~ con-
5itiors - ~ tra,,a paa,eo trarsnorta-
s,S 49, -, - IT. t,a5a 40
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49,. o. .o,,,s. -, rtoe..,,,, ha,,a IN
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900 to,s rha r,,n,,,ar 80 A,,,a,,oa, stool
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80 60 oro 49,.
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h,,,,t u, ~ Ir,,tad stotas Under tbe az
IT., ,a,,' :, t. ,,,s,,as.,,,,o 80 asta h,,sh
-
n.s .,s D,....
Tho renort onnoses az length the nrop-
oei,,on to ,mnose IN ner cent additional
discriminating duties on all cargoes
brought into the United States by for
| eign vessels 1t points out that for over
| eo ,.aars tho 1rnitad states have followed
the ,ol,ov of recinroc,tv in shining. Ev-
or,, ot,,ar ,,,orit,r,a notior Of considerable
80 ~. aao,,taa a,d NOV, r,,rs,,es the
800 ,oI,o,r
| o,,r +o+aI tronor+s for 1ea, vvere valued
a. s7o1 oee oes of which s5eo KOS 362 were
| h.o,,aht In fore;gn yessels The discrim-
| ,x,a,,or a,,t,, nm uo,1d n,,+ an additional
| a,,orc,o 81 sso ooo ooo on our international
| o,,.,,a,,ro, hasad on tho ao,,res fo, 1Sq5
~, a,,,ornt onnroximataIv eoual to our
a,+,ra ocaon freigbt hills on imnorts and
,,,,o,ts
~, ,oor ,ro ,,,oortod COZ ooo ooo of which
eco ooo ooo oar,a fror, RraziI At least
w., ,o,,t,s ~ t,,o seo ooo ooo was in coffee
,,...,a.tod irto tha country from Rrazll
~ sEt ooo ooo oor,,a IN foreien vessels
NJ 30 a,tro concession Mr. chamber.
,oir sa,rs n,hich under tho discriminating
49,. s,.osoat tta Aroo,,can neonle woule
~ uor,,,raa 70 nav for brazilian eoffe,
aIo,,o tharo could ba established steam
st,,, ,ires ,nclud,ne Ok steamers equal I,
tna e. paul or ST Iouis or n much larg
ar class reouired for South American
..,s,ta a,d Afr,cor trade
1o ra,,ort ouotes ,,.xcsxyT ~ =" 10, ~,
.noot.r<csS- ~, "a ,ioieS ,,st,o,,s In th
--~se-sses with Sg ,,,l,, ~ Is contended mus
woi,p ,rarated at the expense of disturb
80 - o,,,. troda relations with the worl,
n the nolicv of discriminating trades /