Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Merchant marine |
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Page 58
... carriage of cargo . This discrimination , impudently justified by the false asser- tion that American vessels not built by Lloyds ' rules are not strong enough to carry the loads of British ships , is intended to subtract from the ...
... carriage of cargo . This discrimination , impudently justified by the false asser- tion that American vessels not built by Lloyds ' rules are not strong enough to carry the loads of British ships , is intended to subtract from the ...
Page 98
... carriage of coal from Sydney , in Australia , and from ports in Great Britain to San Francisco . This marked discrimination indicates the hand of Lloyds , in setting up advantages for British ships for getting cargoes to carry from ...
... carriage of coal from Sydney , in Australia , and from ports in Great Britain to San Francisco . This marked discrimination indicates the hand of Lloyds , in setting up advantages for British ships for getting cargoes to carry from ...
Page 99
... carriage of British cargoes , even out of our own ports , are especially turned aside , delayed , and as much as possible , excluded from the trade . This is effected by a studied bias of inspection and disparagement of materials and ...
... carriage of British cargoes , even out of our own ports , are especially turned aside , delayed , and as much as possible , excluded from the trade . This is effected by a studied bias of inspection and disparagement of materials and ...
Page 109
... CARRIAGE THEY EXCEL THE WORLD . In four parts - Part I. One of the strangest things in public opinion is the unnatural belief in American in- feriority in building and navigating ships . It is really surprising with what suppleness some ...
... CARRIAGE THEY EXCEL THE WORLD . In four parts - Part I. One of the strangest things in public opinion is the unnatural belief in American in- feriority in building and navigating ships . It is really surprising with what suppleness some ...
Page 114
... Carriage per ton . Effi- Num- ber . Speed ciency voyage . per ton Deliv- Laden . per day . ered . Centals . Centals . Days . Pounds . American wood American iron 418 32.0626 32.0762 125.5471 25.5492 5 33.9710 33.8711 124 27.3154 British ...
... Carriage per ton . Effi- Num- ber . Speed ciency voyage . per ton Deliv- Laden . per day . ered . Centals . Centals . Days . Pounds . American wood American iron 418 32.0626 32.0762 125.5471 25.5492 5 33.9710 33.8711 124 27.3154 British ...
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