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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 7

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UNITED.STATES MERCANTILE MARINE., .;.■'. ;',,!,,, Vr ., (By .Telegraph-Press-' AesopUticfeOopyHfeUU.: , :(Reo. September'26/.5.5'pV-)..,,.'.' ■i : ,Lontlon, Sepieiribe'r '2S.? r The San of v^Jfho,, Tiroes" reports that: a' dotermine4 ..dciaand" mayi'again to'.' pass ';th6 Ship Subsidy Bill' of l'f&Bff' such measurefor tho protection, of ■Atn'oricansnip*-' } :-:\ a,v;/.:.'■>..•,!''-:•;: Oakland Creck/Sau'Francisco/ is full of ships which ra'fy never put to'sea again. Thq 'Oceanic Steamship Company's steamers hava boori- lying idle for two years owing to iriability:.to compote■ withßritishAqijapaneso vessels: running 'between '• San. Fr^n'djsc'6 1 .a"h3 '-, •••'-. . ; :' : : ,-!'; ':.■ '.';!;■.---'■«- ■ The correspondent adds that there arconly. five American ships'now engaged ;ri tbetr'aiis-. Pacific;trade.... ....-.-.''_]'•''' '•.''*Vjjj-«'''V : , TOO COSTLY S Tho. American oorrespondentof-ft'e-"Sydney Morning Herald" recontlr'wrote:—' 1 Of tho very few Hrßt;olas6/stcamsniw<remaJriing: under tho -American, flogi in ' the. loreiga . trader ■ two. hayo. just /expatriated .ithemselvcs,'. .'ilthbugH' American-made from stem 1 to: sterrij-'arid now hail from Belgium.; This change.lias been,com-, pelled by •lawj,-' to: compote with'forcigh^TOals.'j, ?.An. American 6hlp niust.liavo anAjriiSncin'oitiwri. as captain, and ha dpstjs almost'-'tivice iip StTiiiiH as an equally compet«it-foreigfl«'r'fs'-\villljig.''to" .«rv« tor, nnd- foreigners'worbrig'iri- tlio crow wt twico as'much: wages 'ahdVfwioc as gcad 1 fare, tho good fare',-too,'.'coming-to ; thorn by rigid law, And at present there is no eonipensating advantage of any kind for a ship, owner iii', romaininß scntirncntafly loyal to his starry banner ;. for whilo/ioTcignVboniStrics in; minwontracts favour -pct^liricß;-rid mattei r '"how' Slow, godds-of ten ' arriving at - this,'port on craok ships a ' couple:of- days■ alieMfoff their inailed ' invoices, the Amerioan PostmasterQeneral gives the : mails'in' aUcasesV regardlessof nationality, to: the fastest average sailers. As presented to Congress,:-the difference in cost of running a Pacific.mail steamship with an American and ah Asiatic'crow is'as follows:— ' - . 'v,:' 'Vvorewj.'rjr/Vcrow;- ™ .: -■;-.- '-."-.■■•:',/ »oi., Doi:Wages ; '...'587,592 876,900 Fooa- ...,.„.•......„.,.. :'.■'• 90.418 Totals.; ............■..............,-"803,810< ; 367,316 Greater expense of American oroW; ■'.„;..' 436,493' And. .until l ' a make-weight • of; some sort : is agreed upori to fill up. this huge gap, a general revival of the Anwrioan, marine is not to bo.banea-f0r,.,.-;.. •:■■'.''■■; ■'■ •'■■> ■■■