Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-28

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/ the commerce Of the seas The author
therefore earnestly urges the Apolicy OF
abrogating these treaties and sscf iiEnpos-
ing discriminating duties OF tonnage. and
| tariff as the price of participant ton by.
/ foreign ships in the carriage ofEour GOODS
/ and the use Of our harboTs. pc adop-
istton OF this policy would be a 9enpting
i invitation, end would to no sYi1aii extent
/ operate as an inducement to American
| capitalists to shipDuilding at Hbme; and
carriage OF merchandise to and from
foreign ports.
i But American shipping would, still la
/ Dor under heavy embarrassmehtss u It's
/ rivalry with British vessels s.ssa
II the transportation OF our. teeminF
4 products to the seaboard were not the
subject of monopoly among greet railroad
corporations acting In concert and CON
trolling all foreign freishtaEf there
| might be some prospect of any Anefi-
/ can ship securing constant enlplo yment
4 and re1nunerative cargoes. Butt without
| a vigorous enforcement 81 our Inter state
commercial laws. none but the favored
allies of these corporations could COM
/ pete with reasonable prospects, or sue
cess for their fair share of trade.
Again the cost Of ship building at home
as compared with that abroad sgives TO
| the foreign ship-builder mn immense: ad-
vantage. No American vessel can. be
! built in our home ports without paying.
! onerous and oppressive tribute TO the
| ,,ompous beneflciaries of our sprotective
| tariff policy. No less potentiak an IN:
| ducement to American shipbuilding. than.
this policy OF discriminating duties can
! be readily extended by allowing rebate
| Of all excessive tariff dutoes opS the ma.
terial needed for construction df the hui
Jnxr
| purchase Of foreign built ships for our
| coas. trade the inevitable destruction OF
our domestic ship-yards would Hollow;
The fnly thing which has protected these
wards is the monopoly our schlpplng en-
flows Of the coast trade not MY hions
the Atlantic and Pacific shores, out III
air ocean traffic around Cape Horn IRON
the Occident 10 the orient anlsslcap oo-
| main on land.
While we cannot dispute thea uthor's
assignment to a really great ScXtent OF
the reciprocity policy as the& cause OF
decline Of American shipping we thl INNS
he has been singularly Obvious OF an an
other scarcely less potential cause n me
existence and enforcement Of our oppres-s
sive protection policy. Until that pollcv:
h. modified or abandoned WEI may not
hone for a rehabilitation of oar marine
and the recovery Of the lost pffsEge y, VI
the Stars and Stripes in the Peg o. .iae
did world or Of the new outsids ouEa OWL
territorial domain. : -
THE GARDEN OF LIES. a romance oy
1,ist,,s Miles Fornlan, author OF cupid
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..The Garden Of Lies" very charmns
title and a very interesting story OF az
venture It is saving much Tor aallols '., "
adventure that follows so tar aeYI t:ie
list of others like it and just as good. that
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the heroes who conquered nrstzthetr' o own
tenpta tons, and then all other things:
Its heroine is just as beauntar, 1pse. as
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The plot can be easily nut-sfeted:. An
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younger prince Of a retsnlngesllatnnlts IN
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church after the ceremony, the bride is
thrown from the carriage and B!.t 81 stroke
on the head is deprived of memory She
remains unconscious Of her marriage, her
husband and other things I.the past
During her period OF forSetfuiness the
prince, her husband, by convenient. uneA-
pected deaths, is called to the. throne TO
attend to affairs of state he is zobliged to
remain long away from his princess. who,
in the charge of a French specialist, is
growing anxious to see the husband she
has been told about. State affaissa are too
pressing; still, the bride becomes: clamor-
Gus, and her nervous state demands the
appearance of her husband. Ia Our hero
appears as the temporary substitute for
the absent prince, unexpectedIyslov loves, and
is beloved by the princess. She is re-
stored to the miserable consciousness that
she loves one man and is married to an
other After the difficulties that make up
many interesting chapters. the prince dies
in Novodnia, as that little principally is
swallowed by Russia. and our hero and
princeSS-you didn't suspect 21I!Gat all
live happily ever afterwards. TIA
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NAPOLEON JACKSON: THEtGENTLE-
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