The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-25
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| thus demonstrating the ability of this
country to meet all of its needs In the
matter of shipping when properly pro-
Whereas, The United States is now pay
ingto foreign ship owners nearly $500, O00,-
| 600 annually to do our ocean carrying
trade, which sum increases yearly; and
Whereas, The enormous decline in our
ocean merchant marine is due to the low
| er wages paid abroad and to the sub
Britain alone, according g to document mo.
40, miscellaneous SERIES" issued by the
British government in 1899 paying last year
additional to the same steamship lines in
| naval subventions." while for mere
wages alone the cost of operating an
AMERICAN aie ship is almost exactly one and
similar British ship, and the same diff
ference in wages gives greater advantages
to foreigners In every way, including
and
Whereas, The protective principle
should be extended to our shipping in the
has been done in the case of other in
dustries, including our coastwise ship
Whereas. The profitable employment of
the surplus productive power Of the
farms, factories. mines. forests and fish,
cries Of the United States imperatively
demands the increase OF Its foreign COM
merce; and
Whereas, The merchant vessels, officers,
engineers, machinists, electricians and
commerce of the United States are also
essential as auxiliary to the forces of tho
United States In time of war, and other
wise, and to the better security of the ma
ton and the protection of it's possessions;
and
Whereas. 1t is deemed especially ex-
pedient to make immediate provision to
these ends; therefore,
! This memorial Of the National Board Of
Trade assembled in Washington. Jan. %,
1900. respectfully presents to the honora.
Die house OF representatives and senate of
the United States that the delegates now
here representing all sections of our coun-
try md 1t to be matter of supreme in
terest that our foreign exports have now
reached the largest figures ever known
and offer further opportunities for in
crease In still wider fields.
TO give force and emphasis to these OPP
portun1t1eS to give some permanence to
the exceptional advantages Of the past
merchant marine.
Your memorialists. the National Board
OF Trade, respectfully represent that the
FRYE senate bill or the PAYNE house bill
will be effective to this end The prin-
ciples embodied In these bills have met
the approval of the president of the Unit
ed States. the secretary of the treasury
and the commissioner of navigation, and
they have been Endorsed by nearly every
trade and commercial organization in the
country and by the press to an extent
WHICH shows an overwhelming sentiment
In their favor
The argument for an American mer-
chant marine has bad the further distinct
recommendation of foreign delegates to
for the further cementing of trade rela-
lions with the countries they severalIy
| represented.
In view Of these considerations. your
memorialists the National Board of
Trade. look with confidence for your early
and favorable action on this subject