The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07
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ards ouartersj. here the men Hast Nv do.
'.,aon and keep their clothing. 1t mas oeen W
.,had as too large for a coffin and TOO sA''' '
. crave" II is unsantary dark ana uii''' v
Tho American sailor is compelled 10 sign ""a.
IN the foreign trade his right 10 part VI Wv do
s,o him AT ports of call Consular agents nc ,or
,a.oa tbis 70 he the most prolific cause Vi 'e5
tio,s from American ships. Inc ACT VI os
., 1898 gives the sailor rlgnt 10 nan w., add
tb.t NAV be due him at any port y. '"'. - tho
r,oss the contrary be expressly stipua'eu IL .his
contract" The shipoWners SEE " ~
stimulation is always made ,;ued
Tho sailor must compete win 'he " ~.
ord destitute of all nations aud races W.. ~.
low as to citizenship was repeaeu ia low ,s tho
oreration of maritime insurance na' , 80 m
standard of skill in seamen NO s'ahu"iu uor.
cheney has been supplied by law Inc sup ~.
NAV hire whom they please and as le" nen 80
insnectors will let them There is no s'"n a.
lido the ,nspectors And so the sailor huo' Nv
tho unskilled mans work at sea because 'no
has TO he done and there Is no one eise " w -
ot.on no must risk his life because the Vessei 10
vndarn,.nned and unskilfully manned because
- ,b,s competition with the foreigner MS "aee.
GRO as small as the wages OF the cheapes' pm -.
cal, of his vessel, and he cannot get ehouen
marry and live normal life AS 'esse's 81
larger his chances to earn decent hVehhooo ei'"
smaller. . va for tina
Rig Business conceives ships TO DC io' III.
nurpose of making money, not lot the pu, po'e
CARRYING goods from place to place; for the pur'
~ - ri,,nc nm dividends no matter at whose
xnense the dividends are piled up. no matter d.
what cost to the sailor to you ana he. l.
would take away cargo space to proVlde oeceh'
living quarters for sailors on shipboaro ana ie'7
c.rpo means less dividends. To load vessei -
as to minimize the danger from snli''hs 'al 81
means less cargo also. Better 1ooo' more -
and skilled men all cost more money, anu 'ne,
fore Big Business which is not compelled 10 .ah'
risks because it's property Is insured refuses 'hes
things In fine, it is much cheaper 10 run Ve's N.
With slaves: therefore Big Business employ
slaves. ~ ~
/ Not only is American commerce oeins co'
r drctea nv vessels flying foreign flags. but Amer
8 can oversee commerce in American ships Is peih
p handled by foreign seamen. The astounding TACT
r. true that not only has America FEWER saiols 'o
r any other nation on the face OF the gope Dut u
n great majority Of the men In the Ame'i' ""
it merchant marine are men OF other NATIONS al
n the majority of American seamen are salihs'
IS choice under the flags OF other nauons 'h'
I'd their own So when we trust our lives ano 0
H. goods on the high seas, we entrust them to fore
er seamen, slaves on undermined vessels iTi
or under conditions that have driven Americans ilt
Is. tho sea That Is what concerns u.s. And 1t c.
ID Germs us vitality.
er Statistics published by the United States &C
3D. missioner OF navigation show that out OF eV'
in hundred American seagoing steamers OF over
he hundred tons for the past seven years, an aver;
err of 224 have been lost each year, and that Cut
yer every hundred foreign seagoing steamers CT O
sci one hundred tons for the same period, an aver
mp of only SO have been lost Out OF every hund
by American seagoing vessels OF over nifty tons
~. the past seven years an average of 4.lS have b
EN- lost each year. and out Of the same number
ney foreign seagoing sail vessels of over fifty tons,
in loss has been only 2.97 year.
the On the Pacific ocean the situation is almos
tolerable. The United, States commissioner
to navigation in his report for 1S9S-99, page ~,
ID 2 clared 1.-The crews of our own steamships pl
(72 to China and Japan are almost wholly Chinese
re. Japanese shipped before American consu'
the foreign ports where the vessels enter and ell
ole" And this condition has grown worse instea
tew. better since that time.