The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-09
The kaiser and senator Hanna

The astonishing recent progress Of the
German merchant marine = thus briefly
recorded IN n report 20 the state Depart
nent from the United states Consul a.
Annaherc. VII. JoHN ! WINTRR
During the pas, ten YEAR. Sh.poIiIding IN Ger
many has become = great Industry. uld vhArv.s
ave been torn away and new and larger on.s ron
e,rIcted IN Their place. ne present capac.ty W all
he vharvsS docs not n Get the demands ~ ~" Ter
man merchant mar'n- Many orders must Sill bs
naced IN 'o',isn countries ~ present tv-n'y
iwo snip, are being b.lt IN England 'or Ham nuig
t1n. Dur. ng IN. 'r~, 'Alf - tho present y,hf 1870
10 dock Owner, sni snlpb Iilders ~ St,tiu. k,l
rl,nshurg and Nremrr have increased their capital
stock. on the whole. hv s'.35soOD Nam nea ~
~tsrrfiSss are h-ing pArn'#. IN INC nelghb,thooi
I Nofdsnhan. on the loSer w.sel la's. WHARF,
7re bling projected Il : aso reported that y Gsf-
nan Belgian syndicate vii build y wharf IN Ant
wsrp under the auspices 81 tho hr'r sn'Nulcan works
ne German merchant marine nov numbers zoo
,,camcIS. Of > ':0.a'o tons"
In iSa5 the tables of the Bureau vertras
nredited the German merchant marine
with sSl steamships with n gross tonnage
u i.360.47?. In five years. therefore. under
he persistent policy ~ Government en-
r~ouraGement. the COINS steam mer-
camille service ~ that country has in
creased more than forty per cent and the
tonnage of the same nearly sixty per cent
In the contest for the carrying trade
II the world during the Twentieth century.
not only England but also Germany will
Ne our competition. And each ~ these
great maritime rivals enters the race with
he advantage Of a long start.
I. a proposed expenditure limited 70
"a. NM. onn n wear and ~ q term Of twenty
Years an eNtravagant price for this nation
% pay for a more nearly even start with
England and Germany. when the maGnl-
'nde Of the prize IL consldered'
The opposition Ia the shipping bill rests
principally upon the pretended belief that
lifelong friends Of American shipping
IKE senator FRYE and senator ELKISs
who nave spent years in the patriotic effort
20 discover the means Of revival and 10
nnact the same In legislation. are Conspiring
With Senator H,SNN. who has more re-
Gently devoted his remarkable energy
and sound ,busincss sense To the same
enterprise. 10 take none that belongs
% the people - the United States and put
j, In the pockets 81 certain greedy individ-
Ials who happen 10 he American ship
builders and s%hipowners. The question
u Individual profit IL touched frankly 10y
Mr.. H.SNA in an article he has written
Cor tho January number 81 the Nnhondl
Magazine The senator SAYS.
This Is no, /, question Of b%.n.ntns this NJ that
sh'povner. " THIS OF that corporation. II Is a qucs
ton. merely, ~ hrn'nting the : nl,ed states ss a ia
ton -. hsr'Ht /. TIE individual o. corpotaIlon
nat builds ne ship an runs Il = a msrt Incident
. very uectSNary Incident hut AL 'ncid ,rt. nry-t
'as.css. 10 the accomplishment u tha, which makes
'or the better SAFETY ~ the luIt'l states In IN, p,ac-
where. ~ al places. = = most weak Inc
whole qu.,iun resolves itsr' Iuio this n H.. Amer
can poop, can b" brought TO uudtrStand rhe need
md value ~ an American mercantile marin, n The
uatun, 'n'r the bill uuV ps"i'ns makes provision
't '.st >.,u an accom- pN'rw'ut II also provides
'or - accomp sim .rt D., WHAT'S Considered hy those
Who have - tri the guest ou TOT y'ar, tn. only pan
nat viii p%f7rtcaHt Frd GucsI, establish American
ships on o." HgH Seas 't- tsuent aimed ~ y
or ths BATON 'o Srcur, that t-n-rt 'ot tns nation.
ur'iri'1IN .rris'u ri.1d.sl> those wiling g. r'sk
'us' capita IN Ar,.rau nuHt slips u oar tore an
u-dr sI ~ sa'rru aficd era. n>t loss IN comp,,tIon
o'tn for'.s "a -. o., 10 on' foreign '%sr,lnc"
when Germany engaged IN the policy
II ihr"c' aii Ia her >iuIuwucrS, m tho early
eighties. she Vas NOT deferred ny any tear
Of wrousig'IN curi,ning rhos" Who should
hocom" tu" agents of hcr policy Nrh
a single corporation. for example. the north
German Iluyi steamship Company of
Bremen. the Imperial Government entered
into a convention by which the company
received from the Guv"Tum'n nj tI,O.7 5nO
a year for fifteen years for. maintaining