Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 11 | Restore American Merchant Marine

w O AMERICAN 11 1 of 0 the t American mer merchant merI chant I I marine manse mad to is t n 1 to t t call cal for fo Im he 1 1 action a by the con conI con grabs rAI I I It Is lb discreditable to us u as a a aut aL L 1 t lU tur ut it mue U Sul should be D utterly insignificant ln In corn cm pa 1 SUIt son 1 to that of other ether nations n which wt overtop hi I other othe forms tors of oC business bin We should not nt longer Jonge submit to t condi conditions I lions under uner which only a trifling pot por portion pr tion ton of our great gr t commerce is carried cre I in our own ships ship To remedy remey this state of o things ting would not merely mee serve re to t II build up our or shipping interests but it would woud wok also a result in benefit to nfl all who wh are interested in the permanent establishment establishment of a 8 wider wier market maket for fo Amer American lean ican ien products and and would woul provide pride an auxiliary force fore for tor the navy nuy Ships Sip work for their own owa countries counte just as a railroads work for their terminal points pint Shipping lines if established to the te principal contIe countries with wih which we have dealings wouW woul be b cf ot political I as a well ell as a commercial benefit From every eve standpoint it i is unwise for the th United Unit States to continue to rely upon the th ships of competing nations naton for o the te distribution of our goods goo It I should ul be b made advantageous to carry cr Amer American Amr Amerlean lean ican ien goods gs in ln American Amr built buit ships ship At present p nt American shipping is t un under under under der certain great gret disadvantages e when put pu in competition with the t e shipping sipping of foreign countries Many of the t fast fat foreign steamships at a speed sJ of four fourteen fr fourteen teen ten knots knot or above abe are ar subsidized and alt all al ships sailing sing vessels vels and steam steamers steamers ers er alike alke cargo carriers carrr of slow speed ped and an mail mai carriers carer of high speed spee have to meet met the fact fac that the th original orn cost ct I of building American ships ship is i greater gater than t is i the th case c abroad abr that the wages waw I paid pid American officers ofer and seamen mn are very ver much higher than ta those th paid p the th officers and aDd seamen of foreign competing I lag ing in countries and that tat the standard of living on our ships Is 18 far fa superior to o hip spro the th standard anda of the th ships ship of I our commercial rivals or riv Our government should Il take such sh ac action I ties tion tn as u will wll remedy remey these t Inequalities The e American merchant mr nt marine should uld be restored to the ocean on I