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oe up of new, markets through direct and swift channels of communication which do not now exist. And herein is no ap- peal to sentiment; no waving of the flag; no harsh criticisms or reflections: on foreign interests; nothing but cold, hard facts. It is not claimed that steamers are going to carry our bulk cargoes; that they are going to drive the foreign ships out of our ports, but that they will mark and assist the begin- these mail ning of new methods, the opening of new markets, the transportation of the lighter and immensely more valuable manufactured products which the tramp does not handle, and the latter will come of itself. But if the Ocean Mail Act did none of these things, I claim 'that the production of those 40 ships in itself is worth the cost to our coun- try over and over again. The United States spent in 1898 and 1899 over $9,000,000 for a fleet of 16 second-hand steamers for army transports, some of them over 25 years old when we bought them, and every last one of them built abroad, because there did not exist then, and does not today, a fleet. of American ships on which ar army can be moved. Those ships -are inactive now and the money spent for them then and for their maintenance since is that much drawn from the channels of pro- ductive business, which if spent in building ships which could be utilized when needed and left to mercantile pur- suits in times of peace would be con- tinually adding to our national wealth. Cleveland is the home of the Mer- chant Marine League, here it was born, and its efforts have been felt in every state in the Union. They have been ably seconded by representative com- mercial, professional, social and labor organizations the country over. It has been frequently .charged that Cleveland is active in this matter because it is prominent as a center of steel produc- tion and ship building, and that it is the steel makers and the ship builders who are behind this movement for the restoration of the merchant marine. Well, it is to be hoped they are with it. Their help is desired and their knowledge of the real conditions cannot but be helpful, but as a matter of fact the steelmakers, as such, are not even languidly interested. I am informed by a ship builder that the average weight of steel in these 40 ships would prob- ably be about 5,000 tons as a maximum, or 209,000 tons in all. There were made in 1907, our banner year, in the United States, a little under 22,500,000 tons of steel, so that all the steel involved in the construction of these 40 ships even if they could be built in one year, an arch THE MARINE REVIEW impossible thing, would be Jess than 8/10 of I per cent of the steel out- Gentlemen of put of the country. Cleveland, I am ashamed of you! To think that you are so infinitesimal. When that little 8/10 of 1 per cent is divided up among the steel makers the profits on each share must be stagger- ing indeed. Just how Cleveland ship builders are to be gainers I would like to learn. Perhaps they have evolved some method by which such ships can be got from the great Jakes to the sea. But if Cleveland steel makers and Cleveland ship builders are behind this _move- ment, let us all be glad, for they have. nothing to gain except in common with all other. citizens, and their support is worth much. CORRECTION. In the list of accidents published in the January issue of THe Marine Re- VIEW it was inadvertently stated that the package freighter Clarion of the Anchor line which burned off South- east Shoal was a wooden steamer. The Clarion was an iron steamer. The. license of . Capt: William: H: Plumb, master of the steamer Rutland, was suspended for four months by Lo- cal Inspectors Pope and Nolan, of Buf- falo, who held him responsible for the damage to his boat while going into Buffalo harbor on Nov. 16 last. The Rutland struck on Waverley shoal and was badly damaged. An appeal to Capt. James Stone, supervising in- Spector, was taken but he has declined to interfere with the ruling of the lo- cal inspectors. The Pittsburg Steamship Co. has given an order to the American Ship Building Co. for rebuilding a number of its vessels. The steamers Van Hise and Bunsen will be rebuilt and changed to arch construction, The Rockefeller will also be changed to construction and her hatches widened, The hatches of the steamer Ericsson and the barge Holley will also 'be widened. The steamer John B. Cowle, build- ing for the United States Transporta- tion Co., will be launched from the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. on Feb. 26. The two package freighters buil Iding for the Rutland. Pransit Co. at. the Wyandotte yard of the American Ship Building Co. will be named Arlington and Brandon. February, 1910 | WINTER MOORING LIST OF Sch. Str. Str Str. Tug Bge. Tug Bge. Str. Str. Str. Tug" Bge. Bge. Sch. Str. Str. Bge. Bge. Str Str. Str. Str. Sir. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str: Str. Bge. Sch. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str. Str: Sch. St. Str. Str. Sts: Str: Str: Ser: Str. Str: Str. Sch. Str: Str. Str: Bge, Str. Str. Bge, Str. Str. Str. te, Str. Tug Str. Str. Str: Str: Str. Str: Sch. Bge. Sch. Str. Str. Str. Str, Hayward, A. D. Str. Crete. Morrow, Joe S. LAKE VESSELS. ALGONAC, MICH. Arenac Sch. McWilliams, Ea. ' Stafford, W. R. Langell, Simon Str. Starke, e H. ALPENA, MICH. Carter, W. J. Str. Mall, S.-C. Cooper. Str. Saginaw. Flint, Sam. AMHERSTBURG, ONT. Pallister. ASHLAND, WIS. . Tug Ashland. ASHTABULA, O. Constitution. Str. Presque Isle. Ste: Sierra: Sch. Thompson, A.W. Normania. BAY CITY, MICH. Breymann, G.H. Str. Donaldson, J. Pp, Buckhout, B. B. Str. Holland, Robert, Dayton. Pge, Wright, A. W. BENTON HARBOR, MICH. Rouse, Simmons. Str. City of Traverse. City of Benton Str. Holland. [Harbors Str. Puritan. City of Chicago. BLACK ROCK, N.Y. Aloha. Str. Mohegan, Mingoe. Bge. Wilson, Annabell. BROCKVILLE, ONT. Bermuda. Str. Marshall, Samuel. BUFFALO, N. Y. Admiral, Bge. Miztec. Alaska. Str. Mohawk. Alva. Str. Moll, Clifford F. Americana. Str. Neptune. Andrews, Matthew. Str. Northern King. Arizona. Str. Northern Queen. Aztec. Str. North Land. Bartows jo: ses Str, North Sea. Binghamton. Str. North West. Bixby. W. ¢ K: Str. Nottingham, Wm. Bope, H. P. Dge. No. 1. Bourke, Mary N. Drill Boat No. 3. Boyce, Geo. J. Str. Osborne, F, M.. Brower, A; G. Str. Owego. Brown, jet: Be Str Owen, John: Brown, W. L. Str. Panay. Buffalo. Str. Penobscot, Chemung, Str Pope. Cc. © Chicago. Str. Rhodes, Wm. Codorus. [Castle. Colonel. Str. Rochester. Commodore. Str. Russel, Geo, H. Commodore. Str. 7ot. Paul: Corrigan, J. Str. Saranac. Craig, George L. Str.. Schoolcraft. Cranage, Thomas. Bge. Scotia. Davock, Wm. B. Str. Scranton, Walter. De Gran, be S:-° Str. Senator. Donnacona. Str. Shaughnessy, Sir Durston, 0) Bs [ Thomas. essett: 0. < St Str. Smith, B. Lyman, Gilchrist. Str: Smith, Lyman C. Gratwick, W. H. Str. Smith, Monroe C, Blackley. ©. Hu. °Str Smith, Wilbert L. Hanna, Howard Str, Sonora. [M., Jr. Str. Stadacona. Hart, <i. oW. Str. Steel King. Hebard, Chas. S. Str. Sultana. Holland, N.C. Str. Superior. Huron, Str. Syracuse. : Iron King. Str. Thompson, Smith Iron Queen. Der Lioga: Lehigh. Str. Tionesta. Leonard, Geo. B. Str.. Tomlinson, G, A Louisiana. pty. "Eroy: Mahoning. Str. Truesdate, Wm. H. McIntosh, H. P. Str. Tuscarora, McNaughton, P. B. Str. Uranus, Mack, Wm, S. Str. Utica. Mauch Chunk. Str, Viking. Miller, P.7 P. Str. Walker, P. G. Milwaukee. Str: Watson, €. W: Minch, Anna C. Str. Weeks, J. L. Minch, Philip. Str. Winnipeg. Minerva. Str.. Yale. BYNG INLET ONT. 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