Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-27
SHIP BUILDING.
Enormous Annual Tribute of $500
100000 the Nations Pay England

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Enormous Annual Tribntc of $500,
| 100000 the Nations Pay England
In the June number of the North
American Review Mr. Lewis Nixon.
writing of the Military Value of the
| Sh.pyards," says of the fact that Brit
ish ships now carry more than seven
tenths Of the worlds cean-borne COM
merce:
This is n source OF absolute tribute from
an nations TO Great Britain amounting to
nearly sSoO.Ooo.OOO year. every cent OF
which Is cash on gold basis.
This immense financial achievement
is accomplished and secured by Great
Britain through its long continued aid
to British ship building and ship using
MIR. Nixon says the British "hipyurd is
the keystone to the arch of the British
empire. 1t has always been so regarded
There is no record of the purchase of a
wal ship from a foreign yard by the
British government, and while we have
been expanding S11O, 33O,656 on our new
navy. Great Britain has expended S54l,-
100000. Only & $40 per cent of this
sum has been expended for wages in the
government dockyards and gun fac
tories. so that the sum of S5O7, ISL POO
went to the encouragement of those
British industries which aid ship build
ing. Under this comparison, an cN-
penditure of five ON their part to one
OF ours, through Is years. no one can
wonder that England has usurped our
old position as the ship builder for for
eign nations. Nor should much wonder
Dc felt that the upbuilding of our navy,
with the consequent strengthening of
the resources Of our shipyards and the
cheapening OF the price of structural
steel in this country, should have been
violently opposed by every mugwump,
and some bad men who were influenced
by hope of advertising patronage or
checks in aid of election expenses.
All these persons have been vociferous
advocates of free ships, OF free trade
of British fishery claims. of the British
right to kill gravid and nursing seals
in Alaskan waters. They have also
strenuously and persistently opposed
the construction of the Nicaragua canal
They know that the SueZ canal. which
connects the commerce of Europe with
Asia, Australia and eastern Africa,
passes 100000 tons of shipping IA
year, and nearly 100000 tons pass
between Lake Superior and the lower
lakes in the seven months navigation
open on that route. though it serves
American settlements hardly yet of
age. Knowing this, why fear that the
service between the Pacific coast of the
United States on the one hand and the
Gulf and Atlantic coast on the other
will require more tonnage than the ag-
gregate passing the two canals above
mentioned?
Statistics show that % per cent of
the tonnage on the lakes was built in
American shipyards of American ma
tcrials, is owned by Americans. and gives
employment TO American officers and
men, even while carrying Canadian prod
uce. This is because no Canadian-built
vessel can carry either freight or passen.
gers between American ports. Neither
could foreign-built ship carry between
the Atlantic and Pacific COASTS of the
United States. Hence. ships under our
flag should do all OF the carrying from
Alaska on the one coast to Labrador on
the other. including that of the West
India islands.
In our own case the manifest destiny OF
/ future progress points with rigid finger tC
I
rection we must stand still For the time
| 20 come. N existing conditions are per-
| petuatcd. our lot will be little better thar
/ that OF producing cargoes for British ships
/ 70 carry ana or earning money to pay Brit
/ ish traffic tolls.
The SoOO.OOO.OOO mentioned above. the
profits Of British shipbuilders, and the
- 100000 annually paid to British
steamers. are all subject TO contribu-
tions to perpctuate existing conditions.
Protected American Labor.
! haSloug been known, and recent eN.
| pcrience has shown it's intensity. that
quite number Of unemployed laborers
! come 20 this country across the Cana
| dian border. II is not the mere fact
that they are unemployed 90 which we
| object. as 10 is the fact of their unfor-
tunatc impoverished condition. The
immigration laws upon our statutes are
supposed 20 check any inhuN Of pauper
labor. But they do not. because they
are not rgidly enforced 81 is not pos
sible to watch every mile OF the Cana.
dian border. but il should he possible
10 prevent the admission of British
pauper labor ut those points where
! American officials are stationed. with
the restoration Of prosperity under our
policy VI protection, and the conse.
quent greater employment OF labor. We
are sure 10 sec many hundreds Of Eng.
lish, Canadian and Chinese laborers at
tempting 20 locate in the United states,
and every effort made TO do so-in con.
travcntion Of our immigration laws
should be promptly checked The
American labor MARKET should bc sun
| piled by American wagc-rarners. There
are more than enough Of them 10 sup.
! ply the demands at present
The Free Trade Liar
! When the new tariT bin becomes law IN
/ the United states the percentage OF liars
! VIII undergo lamentable Increase PAU
/ Mali Gazette.
Not az all. The rates in the new tariff
being specific, the agents OF The British
manufacturers viii not have an oppor.
tunity 10 lie about their invoices for
the purpose Of cheating the United
States govern sDent out Of its customs
dues. The DlnRley tariff is a premium
on honesty and death 70 liars.