Show REVIVAL OE THE MERCHANT MARINE A lew few dayo ago the people of new york directly and the people of the rest irest ot of the country indirectly were privileged to enjoy the festivities attea attendant dant upon the un furling of the kotars and brilles from the mast of a first class modern steamship steam shio of course there ws was a tine when the united states had it mercantile navy whose proportions were at least respectable respect alf that at the launching or registering or of one american vessel more or less lees made pa little difference but the attending the naturalization or conversion or whatever we may call it if of the city ot of now new york proves that the event nowadays to is one worthy of V particular and ostentatious notice this being the case it is a pleasure to note that basit was done with the new york a week or so BO ago is about to be done if indeed at this writing it has not already been done with another for eign ign built ship one of the best afloat the city of paris tb 81 two steamers which are to fly the american flag fl ag and nd perhaps accept an american sub aldy are believed and hoped to be the ivance advance guard of a mighty marine 1 4 hat under diee cje and generous legislation will carry our ensign bravely on every sea that these two foreign 4 ailt vessels are permitted to come into the holois and that f been reserved refer ved to home Is due to a suspension of certain restrictive provisions which 41 leaving politico politic 3 butof cut of the question could only result disastrously to us not only have we by law discriminated against the imp importation of foreign hullt verbele ves vest bele els but we have also forbid tion ion the entrance of materials indispensable to the construction of at home it fa the removal of these restrictions in the case of foreign bottoms that furnishes furni sties us the cause for present icings it is certainly better to have as Ame americal the steamships f hips now new york and Pari Parl seven th ugh they were built at an english dock than lot to have them at all |