Show Commissioner Bates Report on Marine Insurance In-surance V ASIOTO S Dee 10Commissioner of Navigation Bates In his annual report dwells on marine insurance and says we are fast drifting into dependency foreign underwriting The manifest decadance of our underwriting power is a national concern con-cern It is as necessary t have marine underwriting of our own a commerce of our own or shipping of our own Marine insurance is a facility andpower for the command of trade needful In peace but essential in war The underwriting of our enemy is not to be thought of that of a rival should never ba depended on The commissioner recommends the abrogation of the treaty with Great Britain which prevents tho building of armed vessels on the lakes and the repeal of the act of 1S52 authorizing vessel the nationalization of foreign i |