| Show I ON SA In oer nr host Year Nov annual ro port ot of time tile commissioner ot that on Juno 30 1902 1102 the docu mooted tonnage ot of the United States wM the largest In III our his hIstory lory com e or of gross tons Tile rho increase over last year Is III almost wholly I In n large steel steamers In Iii 10 years the number or of American BrItish anti German square rIgged yes has decreased 50 O per cent Amen Amerl can vessels ells 18 carried 88 per cent of our 1 sports and Imports with 82 2 per in 1901 1101 Tim ho outlook for or ship g In Iii tue States for the tho current fiscal cal year IlIr Is III hut so 10 promising as al was lout cars On July I 1 1901 1101 there were buIld lag or Contract In tile the United States tons ot of steel merchant vessels from tonnage taxes amount ti to or of which only was J paid II by AmerIcan vell vessels ls The report nt at length the ot Of tile merger melI its III neet or of over antI says The organization ot of 1 a great 1011 tinder Arne Is however the most mast Important lId to the ot of the elt at on the ocean which bai been sInce shIel through this the rebuild lag Ing or of the tho navy nuy shIp pIn welo In the United Jailed States The relatIons or at th the merge t the trade or nt the UnIted States will ho b exceptIonal the only the relations or of the two lines hillel to commerce ContInuing report says as Tim TIll of Is the tho only method at t the tIme IJ by which steamers with crews Comm 11 any ony considerable share Jt it foreign trude The fite repeal of compulsory on arm In time the cou coasting trade amid I till are The report shows I ant the tue foreIgn goIng ru In 1901 1001 at about 1000 and that gross receipts were about out ot of which ijO 50 In dividends and inter on bonds ero paid Wages to crews amounted to about |
