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Question: "Resolved, That for the present system of subsidies to American vessels should be substituted a system of free registry of foreign-built ships by American owners...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Struggle against Boss Rule in Michigan, 1848-51. T. C. Smith. University...
Best general references: W. W. Bates, American Marine; Lippincott's Mag., XLV. p. 715; North Am. Rev. vols. 154, p. 56; 156, p. 398. H. Hall, American Navigation; Cong. Record 51 Cong. 2nd Sess., Vol. 22, Part...
...Subsidizing is advantageous for economic reasons.- (a) Subsidizing benefits our merchant marine.- (1) American vessels can compete with subsidized vessels of foreign nations: Bates, Am. Marine, 147; Hall, Am. Nav. 78; Lipp. Mag., 719.- (2) American marine will then be increased by many new vessels: Hall, Am. Nav., 79.- (b) A superior merchant marine benefits our general trade and commerce: Bates, 425.- (1) By offering superior transportation facilities: Hall, 81.- (2) By opening up trade with new nations and increasing already existing trade.- (c) Increased trade increases agriculture and the industrial products of the country: Hall, 80 seq.; Lipp...
...Brown '96, J. H. Peck, L. S., C. S. Thurston L.S. and C. D. Booth '96, captain. The players from Philadelphia were: C. W. Hill, W. H. Watson, B. H. Lowry, J. S. Neff, W. A. Hawley E. S. Edwards, captain. Mr. L. M. Bouve, of the American Whist Club was referee...