Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-13
ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION.
Protection Necessary for the OceA.-Car-
rying Trade.


The tariff is n great question. So il
the currency. So is the question of the
ocean-carrying trade.
AT one time the commercial marine of
the United States was the greatest in
the world. Our ships fioated on every
sea. Our products were taken TO all
markets Our shipyards were scenes of
great activity. American seamen were
being trained to man great navy if the
people should ever require such an
establishment.
AT tttft time our manufactures had
not reached the point of development
they have since attained. vet we found
the mercantile marine TO be a great in
stitution. Now. when the necessity for
II Is more urgent than ever before in
our history, no steps have been taken
10 revive IT, and year after year we con.
unue to pay S15O, DOC, 900 or more To own
ers of foreign bottoms for the shipment
of our products TO market. None of this
immense sum comes back. Ii is a steady
drain on the country. Ii is money that
should be kept on this side of the Allan
tic.
This must be the judgment of the
people when they come to study the
question. Then they Will see what pro-
digicus losses they have suffered by lis.
tening to the democratic cry of mo sub
sidy TO steamship lines" England built
up her great commercial marine by
granting subsidies, and TO this day,
though her fleets cover every sea, that
policy is still upheld.
The American people must go back TO
IT in time. Ii is the only way by which
they can gain their old supremacy on
the high seas. Senator Elkins has in.
troduced bill in the upper branch of
congress to impose difrerential duties
upon goods brought TO this country i'm
American ships. Congressman Serene
Payne has introduced IA bill in the lower
house to amend the existing law in re-.
gard TO the privileges extended TO for
elgn yachts, so as 10 prevent American
citizens from going abroad and building
or buying yachts in England and then
coming back and flying the American
flag. The platform adopted by the
Maine republicans says of Mr.. Reed
that he is an earnest friend of Aneri-
can shipping and its returning 10 It's for.
mer rank in the world" The New Jer-
sey republicans come out with n clean
cut declaration. At their convention
at Trenton they said: 1--WE have a.
ways given protection to our shipbuild-
ers. In late years we have neglected
10 protect our ship-owucrs. We believe
the time has come TO return to the policy
of Washington and Hamilton. which bv
discriminating duties in favor of Amer.
lean bottoms. secured 90 per cent of our
carrying trade 10 American ships. and
which, if now restored. would again re.
vive our shipping and cause American
freights TO be paid TO Americans"
In these days when we are building "A
great navy and great guns; projecting
Notifications which will defend the sea-
board from modern fleets and otherwise
showing that we. have emerged from an
adoleScent national existence. IL certain.
~ Is IN order TO consider the question OF
the commercial marine. There is but
one practical way to revive that institu.
ton-the way that was designed hv the
fathers of the republic and which gave
us control of thc carrying trade of the
world. That method. like so many 9TH
err proposals which were made for the
enlargement andwcll being of the Amer
lean people, has been obstinatelv on
posed by the democratic party with the
result That our share in the ocean car-
rying trade has been steadily dimip-
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