American Marine; the Shipping Question in History And Politics
The book American Marine; the Shipping Question in History And Politics was written by author Bates, William W. (William Wallace), 1827-1912 Here you can read free online of American Marine; the Shipping Question in History And Politics book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is American Marine; the Shipping Question in History And Politics a good or bad book?
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Now it was not a problem of shipbuilding, or of cheaper ships, that faced our country in what is called 164 AMERICAN MARINE. the "shipping question." If ships or steamers were given to American owners, they could not run them in fleets gainfully, against subsidized, bounty-paid, insurance-protected, cheaper- manned vessels of the European nations, except on equated footing or protection in getting employment. It was a great misfortune that the Lynch committee mistook its work, and so mistaught ...the country. To the present time, many among us believe that cheaper building, or trashy ships bought abroad, would solve our shipping and sailing problems. Cheapness cuts no figure in true shipping economy. It is emploT/ment that is wanted, and not a small investment. Cheapness is largely an index or expression of quality. Nobody prefers for employment a cheap ship. The chances for char- ter, as for insurance, are better for costly ships than for cheap ones. Here is the reason why protection, national, associa- tional, or adventitious, is better than cheapness, and at the present time indispensable for an active commerce.
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