Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-03 | Page 10 | American Merchant Marine

r I II I i I A Polio ol II In i i I Ii i Tho condition ot or tho mer merchant J r rI I i chant la l RUch as 11 to tl call cul fur Im Immediate mediate remedial action by ly the tho Con Can Congress gress It I Is discreditable to u IJ ito IH A I nation our met chant should utterly Insignificant In i r bo Ir I i to of ot other nations which we Wf over overtop I 4 top In other forms of ot business Wo Woi Yo i i should houll not to conditions Ii 1 under which only a n trilling portion of ot 1 our Brent commerce Is II In 11 our this of ot own ships To o Ion lly things not merely serve er ve to tu build huUd buildup i up our shipping but It would i 1 also result r In to nil ni who h arc nr In Interested u f t In thu establish h hII II ot n a wider market for tor l i I I and provide an nn 11 t I I IY force torce for tor the tho navy 1 Ships work for tor their own countries Just as I rail railroads rai roads tOlls work for tOI their terminal points I lines It established to 10 tho r principal countries with which vo WO WOI I I havo would woul be ho ot at political as I wel as no commercial benefit 1101 every ovey standpoint It I Is unwise for tor United I I Slates to 10 continue to 10 rely upon tho i ships of ot competing nations for Cor thu Iho dh dil f t of t our foods It I should be le lemn mn advantageous to carry American rootH In II ships AMERICAN N VANTAGE AT A DISADVANTAGE ISAD At present shipping Is un under ln der del certain great grent when put ut In competition with wih the Iho shipping nf nr countries Many ot at the tho fast I steamships nt u n speed slIced of ot oti i knots 1 or above arc nrc all nl our ships sailing sai nJ vessels A 19 ami alli t carriers of ot Blow I and mall tamers of or high speed 1 I havo hoo to meet the fact that tho original I COlt coat ot American h Is greater than H II tho cne abroad j that tha i I tho Mages paid American and ald aldI I I utO ery crr much than l paid tho to S ot oC foreign countries s ami anI thit the tho standard of ot on un our ships Is Islar lar nr superior to tu tho standard of or living I on al tho thu ships of at nur nul commercial U It Our government should tako such l h hnton I notion as IH will wi these theBe I ties tes Tho American merchant marine 1 should bo restored to 10 the tho