Word: roach
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Best general references: C. S. Hill's "Our Merchant Marine;" speech of John Roach, Boston, October 7, 1880. [Both...
...have lost our former prestige on the ocean by natural causes; that position cannot be restored by the artificial means of subsidies.- Roach's View in Lynch's Rep.; Kelly, Question of Ships; Every Saturday...
...American Shipping Interests," (pamphlet), pp. 6, 44, 48-51.- (2) Because, by so doing, we employ American labor, and use American materials: "American Shipping Interests," (pam.), p. 20.- (3) Because, in the long run, we can build as cheaply at home as we can buy or build abroad: John Roach, speech before Boston Board of Trade (pam); No. Am. Review, May, 1881, pp. 471, 473, 469; Letter to Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, by Roach, (pam.), pp. 1, 9-12, 17.- (4) Because such a policy is essential to national independence and prestige: John Roach, speech before Boston Board of Trade...
...verge of annihilation. In respect to trade our government is tyrannical. The lecturer then gave an historical view of trade. As far as we can discover, the Phoenicians and Tyrians had free trade. There is no hint that the Greeks or Romans were prevented by any John Roach of their day from purchasing their ships wherever they wished. During the Middle Ages the tariffs were levied on a sliding scale, i. e., the captain of a vessel was obliged to walk the plank. Charles V. was an inventive genius; he invented the slave trade and protective tariff. Protectionists want such...