Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
hundreds of millions of capital.

Third. Shipbuilding would stimulate
give employment to thousands OF skill
eG and other workmen. Fourth. 1t
would save thep eople OF the United
States annually nearly $100, 600 900,
paid to foreign shipoyners for carry
Ing our imports with the chance in a
few years Of saving another hundred
millions by the increase of shipping
an dthe carrying OF a large part OF the
worlds commerce in American bot
toms. Fifth. 1t would not only build
w shipping in the foreign trade, but 1t
! would be the mean OF extending our
trade with the foreign markets OF the
world. The American people are not
SOW to catch on to the importance Of
great questions and / am sure their at
tention will soon be directed toward
the upbuilding OF the shipping indus
try. 1t should not be made an entire
IL party question; it is sc patriotic
and frought with so much importance
to the future of our country that our
! people should arise above party in it's
support. Our party has already spok-
en- In it's favor in unmistakable terms,
as follows: We favor the restoring
OF the early American policy OF dis
eliminating duties OF u merchant
marines and the protection Of our ship
ping in the foreign carrying trade, so
hat American ships the product Of
American labor employed in American
ship yards, sailing under the Stars and
Stripes and manned, Differed and own
ed by Americans may regain he car
rying of our foreign commerce. This
Endorsement was followed by the hear
ty approval of the candidate OF the
convention in his letter OF acceptance,
dated Feb. q, 1896, an extract of which
Is as follows; The declaration of the
republican platform in favor OF the up
building of our merchant marine has
my hearty approval. This policy Of
discriminating in favor Of our shipping
which prevailed in the early history
Or our country, should be again
promptly adopted by congress and vg-
orously supported, until our supremacy
on the seas be fully attained. We
should not longer contribute directly
or indirectly to the maintenance OF the
colossal marine Of foreign countries,
hut provide an efficient and complete
marine OF u own. The American
people in the past have not realized the
awful fact that the United tSates paid
$50, 900, 900 more, in 1896, to foreign
steamship companies for carrying our
imports and exports than the amount
Of taxes collected from internal reven-
ue sources, and 500, 600, 900 more than
vas collected in duties in 1892, under
the Mckinley tariff. In other words,
foreign steamship companies tax our
people for ocean freights more than
they are taxed under the internal rev.
enue laws, or more than they were tax
cd under the Mckinley tariff. Another
startling fact is that from 1853 to 1890,
the United tSates paid to British ships
fol- carrying American mails the nor
nous sum Of $685. $50. One Of the
causes of the depression in business is
du eto the drain Of 5000, 900, 900 annual
ly paid in gold by the people of the
United States to foreign steamship
companies for ocean freights. So long
az this continues we can not hope for
the prosperity and good times we
should have in this country.
STANDING ARMY.
We should also zee TO It, in the flu
ture that we have 9 standing army SUI
fciently large for a great republic. or
course our splendid volunteer forces
can always be relied upon In deed, no
drawer men live anywhere than they,
but we must have a standing army or
such strength as TO guarantee protec-
ton to this country from sudden at
tacks Of any foreign power.
We should also be determined that
we shall W one of the finest navies
that rides the pillows Of the seas, we
want a magnificent navy and we want
il as soon as possible, Then we could
hold our own with any nation on the
sea as vel las on the land. And then
we should always have peace for we
should always be prepared for war. 1t
makes no difference what the cost OF
all this would be, for our nation is rich
and we could we'll afford 1t. Indeed in
our W Alaska alone there is plenty
Of gold to pay the bill.
Truly our nation Is destined to make
wonderful strides on the highway OF
progress in the years that are yet to