Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-31

per cent OF al American trade vas car
ried Il. American vessels"
Now President Wilder states:
We spent So 600 600 Geo Of the money
OF our citizens 70 build ships 20 support
our :. 900 coo soldiers e France. regard
less OF the cost or future usefulness Of
the e1o-r-SiTply 70 oucnatca the Ger
man submarines After the var. they
were buds and we should have strapped
most Of them, as We did our aulrlVct-
ton dumps and military stores u
France. They hare been useful for war
purposes, bu. we're SLOW ard waS-stul
for peace-iine compensation 9.
When the var started Ee carried
less than 9 Per cent % our imports and
exports IN American vessels. When ne
foreign nations. with the right 20 claim
these foreign Sims on which we had de-
pended. needed then, for wa-. they took
them. We fe!r their loss 20 tie ex.sn,
OF So 600 900 600. L represented
the cost o. 10. owning = merchant ia
rire.'
How came !. that our once supreme
nle-cAa2. marine had disappeared
Whe.. steam. vas first applied 20 ocean
vessels there vas 8 race between steam
e-s and sailing ships = which the wind
Often beat the steam. though i Vas Tot
reliable. Then n 1889 tie British gov
eminent granted subsidy % me Gu
CarC line o. steam. vessels starting with
S9So.ooo ard increased 20 $3.50 coo. A
Yankee packet by Ss--s1 crcs beat 8
Cunard steamship across the Atlantic.
or gradually The steam conquered. ard
Britannia ruled TIE wave" to- there
WAS a. GrSt no American SUBSIDY
In fSSS Ericsson r-s@a q --%at
Sc-ew-prope1eG ship - TIE Thames
River. 81. The English had 10 taS.a -
the screw. However. ST American naval
o-1ce-. Commodore Roos-E 2. S.sES.o-.
gave Ericsson g.. order to- 4 small screw
steamer, ard = 1855 induced ne IL
ve;1Eo- - Come - America with e In
1872 SIX E-icS>OI screw p-cpS-lsrS we're
built NJ Philadelphia so- eoaS: :-a5s.
A: that time TIE United States a25
Great Britain were ~, 8 parity II steam
vessels, but the British government coI-
uilus6 It's subsidy. while =. -Ae United
States there waS strong cccsS.-oa %
any subsidy for arr Gauss
IN TIE - years from lS4s % 1850 .hs
6esp-ses tonnage @ he United States
reached rs s>eak-gT,oSsty under Ss.,S.
Ltssre came the California sud rush II
TIE as. ard CSSsgrSN -e<cS-.l red cs<s
need o. Steam 20 carry IRE grasc thus
resulting between or E.sS. and IVES.
II 1884, cN:s.~ac: wa$ made Se:Exe-,
lie Government: and Edward X CS,,.-.S
o. New EoGS for asw t.Gs % S.ss-,-
ecS> sailing .wtcs = f:sc,s;h. from Ssg
YORK ~ Liverpool With he S3pcc<s -
\ MAJ subsidy o. ssS5, go = year. sc- 20
set'sc-tTSN pa>>SSeS The vsSSsas were
% o. ','oI 'sSs taaas. e,a.o sassS~ e<ss cse
company bull: esvcssS sAs cy>rr-s>.-sl-
r,cSE SO per cent excsSs-ahN,F 81,
scslS each. These sxce:ls5 .Ae cs.rs-ss-s
III $ES$G and Capacity. arS Ire sc.s--
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1lSastsT carrying Sowa he family :.
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me S1SVr~ow.t.I,S S,<.GG and rs. ,>,,,-
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toAsiES tS,.e> ug,Sss governments, as
were ewneI eass<sx IL Nsw ySsSiacS.
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astSeS me North MAS - &ac>asa re
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SssFffseE Ass ~ shipping. whether ~
North ~ South
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came &sse ,ssSealssS - ss>e WsSs. tAr>SsxS
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sctNssA 81 lssve IS A.. Sssr."
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hSNIs S<@st%SttSS IL SSStarssaS yassry>aSs
~ distribute tAs(e egcsN - the hs>s,>s
markets. ~ esr OWN ccs,assy sAaa sAev
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any seloNlSSS ~ ANY Governments AKA y,
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she es's e1eSS ~ tesS Wes&I War. As go,
8srI soeNe, MAS fSNe,ssSeS - revive =
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