New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-24
FEAR THE SHIPPING BILL.
TRADE PAPERS RECOGNIZE
IT'S DANGER TO ENGLISH
SHIPPING.

s.nrt marine in the foreign trade ana assert
rat the BIZ cannot be passed. and so on. 1t is
Is.oesble that foreign newspapers take different
NJ - the matter They know that the passage of
We IN u.or,ld result In building up the American
,bant marine and enabling American shipown-
H - Al 2 large part of the ocean carrying trade
80 Is now in the hands of foreign shipowners.
W. American free trade journals deride the
sss law the foreign newspapers, and par
p,rl, those devoted the shipping interests.
aes their great anxiety over the probable pas
eAI - +be bill The London Shipping World and
fgsTsld Of Commerce, referring TO the BILL says:
~. ,,nor the story of the French bounty system.
and can aeFq 10 Se al omit 'pt qreyos
S5ITp5er n they assume that American competitors
are g snd become &C hderen further PEot ana
more substantial success shipowners viii 90 well
10 take stock OF tnetn anu Oh the manner vi men
10 be pitted against US
.7nA Engineer" Of London. trade newspaper of
r. s,sn6,ng has this say the subject of
80 shns which the free traders In the United
s,otss assert would be a good thing for this
country:
4F1fJ,I5ers for whether at first at second hand
b vessels purchased would of necessity be of Eng
IjSh huild for the most part. The development OF a
Isfye American shipbuilding industry can be of adj
vantage to neither builders nor owners here
II free ships would be such a good thing for
ireland as every well informed man In the United
c+etes knows would be the case, II colid not pos
.blv he a good thing for the United States. and
.rha Engineer IS right in the expression of its
r.e+v over the development of the shipbuilding
,rdus.-v in the United States. The London Syren
en5 shipping a well known organ of the shipping
Industry in a recent article On the Shipping bill
says:
Clearly our American cousins are greatly in ear;
- nr the subject Of commercial expansion. and
fRTitsb manufacturers and merchants would do
well 10 take time by the foreioek and strengthen
hey
he party in possession consideration Of TIE
fortbconing effort to secure a share OF the trade
with China brings us TO an examination OF the
wakes for increased competition with Great Britain
If the United States is definitely determined upon
rnonopoiizng in whole or IN part the tIaoe OF tle
Philippines, and exploiting big business with
China then i is necessity p OF sne r smg
meuted Needless to say, this is duly recognized
Is5e to the matter in hi. last address to Congress
Last year" he stated, American vessels trans
IN any on foreign shipping was painfully mani
Penosht &c onr neooie from 5ecessity From this
il is patent that American competition with Great
Bs RG 5o sRRSd a but n IN G ex
few years. We do not wish to imply that there is
PETITION So We We merely urge watchfufness and yet
closer attention to those persistent and enghtened
manufacturers TO attain their present position.
The annual report of the Liverpool Steamship
Owners Association for 1899 contains this state
ment on the subject:
Possibly when the country the full extent Of
the development Of the mercantile marine Of the
m 9o ',pon Which that Country Is now enter
ing time and means Will be found TO relieve the
Prtish shipOwners from some of the disadvantages
urder which they have now TO carry on their trade.
These Disadvantages which the British shipown-
complain Of relate TO certain fees and dues
t.ch they have to pay at home. The Herald of
commerce" Of London, had this to say in a recent
issue:
The American Shipping Bounty bin. known in the
last Congress as The Payne-Hanna bilf has been
Of and the Senate where spe eeebes
were made and evidence given in its support. And
We may at the outset that there is good reason
70 believe that the bill Will pass into law Every
thoughtful British shipowner and Member OF Par
lament VIII appreciate the possible influences and
consequences Of this piece of shipping legislation
The reports of American consuls made to the
State Department based data obtained from
foreign shipbulders, the names Of whom are given.
show that wages in shipyards and board of
ships are from 80 TO 100 per cent higher in the
United States than In Europe A comparison of the
wages paid in the shipyards the Clyde, in Scot
land, and those the Delaware River In the
United States shows average difference of nearly
lVV per cent. For instance pattern makers on the
Clyde average IS &c a week and on the Delaware
SIS; machinists average SIS 10 on the Clyde and
sl3 80 the Delaware; ship carpenters get IS 10
on the Clyde and SIS on the Delaware and so on
with other workmen. These facts will illustrate the
following statement taken from issue of
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce:
s+ II will be very many. years before the United
steamships on transport work solely from one mort
Slthool disiocating trade Yet Liverpool is actu-
S 1 scale in order to bring our troops to the
i = far m the Transvaal The genius of England
country II ever their capitalists follow the lead
rad Is
eos1 mere Is decided difficulty in the way of
ysng in Unted States, consequent in meas eas
g mus on me protection to native industry system
iE o,Ians Ike Norway, for example, with a much
io"er standard of comfort.
The great advantage the British have had in
'heir war in South Africa because of their mer-
cnant feet is referred to in article in Engineer
me OF London. which
a navy may command the seas but so soon az
equal to transportina an ANN nee may De REQUIRED
S aps OF other nationality would probably involve
s fFeid although naval power by their side to
fairpay." well known London weekly. edited
~ or Howard Vincent, a prominent member of
armament, regards the Shipping bill pending be-
t pre Congress in serious light. Referring to the
'Jl "Fairplay" says:
fy hat British shipowners and shfpbulIders have TO
a. thhelf mind is the that the RepubIica ms
80 Dent on carrying this subsidy measure. that
sr ss are IN an absolute majority in the new Con-
ana mat they are cute enough make con
,fe ns ana avoid extremites 20 minimize
IN ODaDlllty or an attempt to repeal the measure
garS e succeeding Congress The prospect as re-
american competition with British shipping
vas never so serious IL IS now.
These extracts from foreign newspapers, all of
nLlch ere specially devoted to the interests of
s'iusn shpowners. demonstrate conclusively that
me passage Of the Shipping bill is regarded with
Siety by foreign shipowners, and explains why
IN IS Kept by them at Washington TO oppose the
IL 80 everything possible done prejudice pub
pshehcent measure ~ W