New-York tribune., 1902-10-19
NEED OF MORE MARKETS.
SECRETARY SHAW ADVOCATES NEW
STEAMSHIP LINES TO SOUTH
AMERICAN PORTS.

Detroit. oct. 1S-secretary Of the Treasury
Leslie NJ Shaw was heartily received tonight
at Light Guard Armory. where he addressed an
audience Of fully twenty-five hundred people in
Guiding several hundred women seated In the
gallery. The meeting arranged by the
Business Mems Association. and at s O'Clock the
Secretary and William Livingstone. president Of
the association. headed a procession of two hun
dred and fifty representative business men OF
Detroit, who formed in line in one OF the ante
rooms and marched to the platform while the
band played America"
President Livingstone introduced Congress
man John 3. Corliss as chairman Of the meet
Ing and the latter. after making a short ad-
dress touching upon the local political situation
and his own candidacy for reelection. intro
duced Secretary Shaw. the audience rising. wav-
ing handkerchiefs and cheering Justify as the
Secretary advanced 10 speak
Secretary Shaw spoke in part follows:
The 9lss'io2 " Of markets is one OF paramount
6eIs, A.yt99Vo. but OF mis- amount more than
alrfttyi9 secs 20 'suFcsse 1lle population OF Eu-
How long can expect less than one-fourth OF the
population OF the globe 70 consume 70 per cent ot
We have, but must seek new ones under other
publican party pledged itself to the people Of the
United States IN its platform adopted at Fhila-
th1 establishment OF a trade carrying fleet II
d!d pledge itself to any particular BILL simply
Congress 10 work out the details OF the policy.
our foreign commerce in forty years has in
foreign commerce carried to and from tho ports Of
two-thirds In other words have four times
as much 10 carry. but We actually carry only one
coastwise trade In the world but it is. and ever
has been. protected. We have allowed ship
owned by a foreigner or built in foreign country
to register Thus IT Is that more American tonnage
passes this city Of Detroit than all the foreign
commerce that enters the port of New York and
the port of Liverpool combined And under every
every pound Of it floats the American flag Thus
coastwise and lake trade. but instead Of It's re-
sulting in advanced rates IT has given US the
The government granted aid to the construction
Of the first transcontinental lines of railroad This
subsidy sometimes in the form OF money,
sometimes in the form OF land. sometimes both
in the world and the cheapest rates. The average
freight rate per ton has decreased more than 90
are three times as high as in the United States
and higher stiil on the Continent There is no
further occasion for assist ance to the railroads no
occasion for other protection than that which has
lake trade but the time has come when we must
construct. not transcontinental lines, but trans
Argentna imports about $4,000 COO. and receives
only E5y ~ oo6 on, @ 'ie laed states. blaIli @ I'M I'M
SAID af most other south American countries or
the yl5 naO6 sent to Argentina less than 10000
went in American bottoms. We sent 81. 10000 TO
tgn 5s1 fags: s50oo6 to Truguay. and only 800 600
in American bottoms. Note this very marked dis
advantage under which our producers and export
erg labor. We have regular steamship cOmmu-
nicaton with any Of the countries lying south of
the Caribbean sea. We nave rev smps plyins
between Atlantic Coast and Europe, few be-
tween our Southern ports and the South American
c",r,riss washed by the Gulf and the Caribbean
sea a small line that regularly crosses the Pacific.
i'm the aggregate less than score of vessels Eng
i5 With subsidized vessels are making trips to
these South American countries, and they naturally
Get the trade. We can export TO Europe In foreign
Ships direct but when "A manufacturer desires to
test the South American market he must snip hrst
90 -,rore and then to South America. or he must
sapJ I'm sailing vessels or charter a tramp
A ship subsidy bill has passed the Senate am
,,1t sraa king it's favor but after all that has
ioboreI I'm its interest TO say that the drain upon
a.. treasury would be inhnitesimal II costs our
nacrIe SaDOJ00 year 10 carry their transoceanic
re not 70 exceed 81 200G0 in any wise he paid
ont lntn more ships are built and whenever a
sb is constructed % per cent OF its cost goes 10
IaHPr and have never yet raised my voice against
avDe1dng the public revenues. which come from
- -isb and we'll 10 do. in such ways as throws
a. 9e ~ -1 cent Of it labor SO. without discussing
- = merits of the bill, now pending want 10
M ny " "jronortance Of a bill constructed upon
-. SSis Sis,Ibin Communication to South American coun-
go nd the islands adjacent II is idle 70 sup
pose me" noyts without government aid There is
ijifia freight 10 carry, and no inducemenI and
steaulSii55P be built up to make II profitable. II
@ uaGe ,oDr years to establish sufficient tranconti-
looh oerpnarce TO make our Pacific lines OF rail-
nensal m uuatable II will take perhaps longer still
o"u T. steamship lines 10 those ports far 10 the
soufbward profitable: and IN my opInon any SNIP snip
s,bsi5, bill that Will meet the appIoXaI OF ooth
S,as If Congress will co3taln special provisions
FOR these new lines, and at rates Iar IN excess OF
- is necessary TO induce compeutlon with Eu-
RhAI Is II,nes i'm transatlantic commerce The
9PTei 10 me IS that the cotton produclng states
ma ma , unit in favor of every means that shall
are hot a - markets for their surplus. To my own
is no public question or so great I'm,
m.a; t as foreign markets for our manufactured