Show I 1 THE SKIP SHIP WINDMILL I 1 after stat ir that thai from rom time immemorial tt tj natural operations of trade and il gation have been restricted strict eted ed by the rooted prejudices of 0 the iha philadelphia record aronds pr a VIS in this strain tor for more ILA a century ve a have main talked our iti gation laws laiva and in ilk spite of held thoi thol venturous und mid ot of clasma built up in the das woo ilon ships A flourishing mercantile irane hut but the iho civil war bar camo came on at the iho activity of tho the con re fedor dorAtO nio criers c practically drove our nag from chicas when the war mor ceased a new condon confronted our people tho the days daya ships belonged to the past I 1 tl future beloti ged to steam and iron na M remained however our tl 91 gallon gation laws more peal d and I 1 carrying trade pawed passed into foreign liun lie what whai were the iho conse conne quen ces A alim in he current aue ot of tho the united service agazine abys forty 3 ago aco america ank alca was our great riad i tho the ater malem but bin under tho ilia il luence ol of her effete ioda ot 01 passed pa ast in the interests of tho the arnsan and per petua terl ardless 0 of tho the unmistakable trend of arf atri tile united stairs america ameri I 1 L K tulo 0 great shildes in tho ilia inabu an 12 baci un r 0 of metals ii 0 probably nave to none of 0 hr her som lio no havo he v iU nurtured tho the navi ration lawi oui car lon lonsk su sit prenia cy liilie inha carrina world wo control pay merrt 0 ilian on ono halt of 0 tit total louico of mor t iho h a world or dyet in thays of wooden ships continues the tier above abo 0 quoted american M n vessels 0 Is I 1 from ua tin a KOOI half 0 of our ol 01 ir olf 0 r el tra 1 and were such puch pott PON catul ful TO t wo ma wort forcee to send to anil fid clippers pers to t beat them and no 1 that england gained by ami nu in ph PS and all a gi ell hv bv building all ling them now wion when we nel iron Iroll bh our laws pro our going abroad to buy thom them the 11 nover become american vc Ve pel cl ollir V net act of congress and oro are den dal tha bens fiti lt and irl bleg that bat apolo tato such aqel vp apsel sel in iho nature ot of t I 1 i tacio should bo be no ito morn restriction it in the buying of a ship titan than upon tile tho hief of A bate of goods ular our truo rue pollay a lot 11 our all shipping aner clianna buvina buve in any market thero hero ihly may him little and ever every reside they t alon oil its hi jans should b lin promptly jad with till not bo be I 1 lon beloro wo we could rin our share in 0 tho 1 cam ing trade oho ohe world worl I nor before oar our fing mould tit in appear on olt the most distant seas sea I 1 it I 1 it elina that a newspaper arar pul pulled ed lit in a great seaport city should it Jl out such as the alime it rue that prior to 1819 me had many 0 slurps built close by tile tl umber Ir in east and via 0 o tied had on ono line of st sty ships crossing the atlantic lail tic to 1819 Lh plu begun for the trade of 0 th the e orl to build clipper ships W walli ill the III A to Call california fornia there being plo 10 tit in that state to supply alth 1 fill gs the distance dIn tance by sea bea being behe 1 M ra re and the fact act that california we idling so much gold that tho the intriere pi care lewi about nhat gilces pi ices the aid tor for goods all combined to re ne the freights from rom new york to S rati cIsco something enormous en ano to pay for A ship in one or two vo and then it a great crest fleet wally swiftly aped ap cd on tile the seas the I 1 arst blow hecei rece was waa ahen the subsidy under nu mi was aaa taken from rom the colllns collins ste hip line that practically took tile the vine aig 0 ot he 0 in mails its from american is 9 great britain about the same bame increased her subsidies 0 in o the cu line that line was enabled to II 11 U larger and finer ships and has ha intal ned itself superbly lunning orl tish subsidies through T all th the ince it Is true that thi the drove our call ships out 6 h andl r our flar flae just ab a he time ot of the breaking out of 0 U vit war cleat britain adopted t tiron roll ship phlp and tho the compound VIA maj encino the result was waa that kilei war was over she had regular regula r hoc steamers to every important do r tall t 1 iiii I 1 tho a world she practically cl colled led the worlds ocean trade ati A cl cloat of tile the aar if our country countr anything in the nay of chippi jad to create it the i great can it trade of the world had 1 passed paced from under a ill 1 Is to steam vessels to build chipi or to buy ships and run them required the establish merit of 0 now new plants and it was clear from the art start that unless our sten steam in era could receive bar fair reward for or carrying carryl nic the malls mails and other freight of tho the government they could not aebly compete with tho the english sill tin palling into our potts ports A sullen u gly feeling ellner fc pro in n congress which wan wash never broken vaul until twelve years ago when mr cleveland first took ills ilia seat as an president ml and mr fr whitney became secretary of 0 tile tho navy avy and tto the coq k of 0 reconstructing m navy for this athla country bedim even arven then ho he was no doubtful doubt tul ot of american neill that ho he sent bent to eu ELL ropo tor for plans for the ships anil and fa or tho the heavy material in the construction of ships all that lus ilas been changed ch ned jiow now we build our own warsh lils find wo we would build our own merc merchant ilant ships it if there was wa any trade tor for them the tha final and complete answer to that hat the record va sais a Is that if 1 the writer in the record tied hod presented to him blyn today a fleet of live firs c lass t steamships in tho the port ot of philadelphia ho he could not run rua those ships unaided by the government in any trade in t tho world and pay cx pennes 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