The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

- In ber colonies, plantations or
nrnvinces" So far from aiuinS ~
tarting the infant colonies IN tne, 1,.,,rv
Snstries the mother country cen.u u
hesore the time Of Lord North was AZ
1dy JEALOUS of the trade carried oh w
Am srican ships in foreig ports
At the breaking out of the reyoiuMS, ~ on
there were more people In Northern Ia IN
England engaged In snip ou ~, agt,cufture.
I'D Massachusetts was said 70 own 1.e
en- Going vessel for every 100 OF It's IN
hahifants, The merchant vesseL % e. tfs
day usually went TO sea S isrgsr crews
than would be required for the oroinars
Sims work in order to man t ne .isonsi
and swivels against pirates on ahins
enemies These private tos,ol,,tion-
nroved a godsend during the tt.l ,,,osf
eor the continental navy was TOT tne hI ,,s
mart small and weak. The Amer s..ror,ad
yateers of 1853 captured or u rims
three times as many OF tne ene1S a7oS n
as did our frigates and sloops oi .ninn,ne
1,as moi strange that American shipRl a.s
dacIined Immediately after the reVoi o.t 81
England was bent on doing her SuSittnr 10
hinder our commerce ana III .hat tiuoe
this an American ship was AZ INA lean
iittIe more than an Ishmael OF tne w,a.
n had a flag, but nothing else. - 4, !.
was no efficient Government 10 ~ a. IN :
there were no consuls 70 euaiu - hat
terest in foreign ports ana no .hs y, an
tIeshius or frigates to shield II Iroiii .t az
enemy. It was not remarkable then '. .Ie
the first act of the first Congress VI tno
United states was in reference 10 q pas-
tantive tariff aiding ship owners ana sea,
men From 1901 to the close OF our secoh ~
war with England in 1915 was perlou. S oa
almost barbaric lawlessness upon ~
ocean. It forced the American sa,.oF sr 40
bravery. self-reliance. aptitude LOT M
arms and general readiness for any en n'si :
S,ancv These qualities proved a sdElhs
9race in the war of 1872. when ouC Pii va
feers counted more tnah our IA 1Ss-,tish
.,ccessfully defed or captured BRUSH
iii ..irbe Yankee whalemen" is an interest
Inc, anter. Whaling was the grim Dusl,
ness Of stern and iron men. ~ mn and il
the taxing of desperate chances anu ~
Iroved 10 be perfectly adapted 70 the
blended audacity and tenacity Oh ,nv
american temperament. IL was ~ . .ny
years an important source ol strnn1
wealth, and 1t bore part ana a seL hars
nart in the moldlng of the National cnaI
acter, The decay of the wnallng lnu9 9e
trv came on partly because 0I tne III,
crease in the number OF a ,ppI na
Sacanse of the increased use OF petroleum
ond nartly owing to the general oechhe
81 the American merchant marine. son,
Nj Marvin finds the years between ls4o
and 1889 the most important IN the niod is
- orr merchant service. This period rs
n,anorable for the appearance Oh sple,tiveIu
lines OF TRANSATLANTIC steamships anu ~,
the exploits of Yankee clippers. Bell -,
the Civil War the decline na1 DG ~ raoa NJ
~ tba causes of this decline and r"n'
s 40 eH the American people for not protect
SUI IN an artificial way their shipping
Industries He emphasizes this point Pc n,,s Sc
81, SSlSether the book purporting TO be
a sio history and romance of the merchant
q service il not a campaign document II
disguise. So urgent is the plea near tn. tn.
snodaT feels the same kind Of imposition
he does in reading story which ends II
on advertisement. In this case the russ
Is not successful and Is serious injury
\ to the book.