The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-29

ucts. required to feed and cIothe those
people, and think of the farm products
required to feed and ciothe the
merchants, the bdilders, the mechanics,
the professional men and others VINO
would minister to the wants OF that mill
ion people"
AS editor Of seaboard-in its day an
influential and important marine journal
Mr.. Smith acquired an intimate knowi-
edge of the ms and outs Of the ocean
carrying trade, of the elements that go
to it's support, Of it's various disburse-
ments, its agencies, supernumeraries, fac
tors, brokers and headquarters offices.
And he well knows that in addition 10
the two hundred millions lost to US every
year by reason of the fact that our for
eign trade is carried by European YES
sells, there is also long list of expendi-
lures made by all vessel lines at their
home ports that are not made at ports
abroad; that stock dividends are not only
paid at the headquarters of1ces in Lon
don or Liverpool, but also that the sal
aries Of all the masters and other Of
ficers are paid to their families In their
home port, and that this alone main
tains very considerable population. Mr..
Smith knows enough about the families
and homes of the officers and seamea Of
American ships engaged in the coasting
trade upon the great lakes and the two
coasts to know what this means. AS he
says in hi address these are matters
of Importance even to the farmers Of the
country, and cannot afford to be over
looked by them. The United States hav-
ing arrived at the summit Of railroad
development, and having surpassed any
other nation in iron and steel produc-
lions, and being prepared to enter all the
markets OF the world in practically all
lines of manufactured goods upon a level
with Europe, it behooves the merchant
in St Paul and the farmer in Stearns
county to see to it that by every means
within the command of the government
the sea power of the American people
is augmented and expanded-see to it
that The shipyards upon the Pacific coast
run to their full capacity upon cargo
carrying vessels, in serene confidence
that it is the permanent policy of the
government to encourage by the utmost
stretch Of power and resources the car
rying of American cargoes to and from
foreign ports in American vessels
Land grants to railroads have at times
seemed an unmitigated evil, but in conse-
quence Of them the western half of the
continent has been developed marvel
ously in the last fifty years, and may it
not be also a fair prophecy that even a
moderate subsidy to a cargo-carrying
marine shall produce upon the ocean the
like magnificent record in the develop
ment Of American trade and American
shipping? The G o b thinks that ad-
not be too frequently made before farm
ers' conventions, and that a certain say
age furore might probably possess any
number Of campaign orators upon this
SuDJ' l. Let the American youth turn
his ambitions from the learned profess
sions-that are always overcrowded-into
the channels of the Latin and Oriental
languages, and the pursuit of positions
abroad as representatives of cur great
manufacturing establishments, and look
forward to sea-water in the face and sea-
power and courage in the blood. and let
government and the people promote our
foreign shipping business, with the am
bition that all our goods sold abroad
shall be carried in American ships, and
l, will be less than fifty years before
American shipping viii out-class and
out-rank that of any other nation that
ever existed. sea-power is world
wealth. and the American people should
go after it with all the vehemence that
has characterized their other achieve
ments.