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THE MARINE RECORD. ghe$Iarine§ecord> PnMUlitd Kvery Tlmradoy ot 144 Superior Street, (Leader Building.] i.A. POMEROY. Eflitor ani Proprietor. TKIIM8 OF SUIIHCniFTlONl 12.00 1.00 One jear, pontago paid ^ . .. Sll mgnlln, postago paid Inwrlibljr in adr ante. * ThaMAljlM IlECOlil) can bo found for aale at the following placu . O F Bowman, corner ol l'otrl and Dotroll Me., Oloja- land, Ohio ; Joaipta Gray, No O-Wiit ltandolph atreet, Clileago " C. Hohmer, Michigan street Bwlng- Bridge, Buffalo, Now York C P Jolinaon, 117 W est Superior atroot, Dulutb Minn D McMuterf * Co , Sarnlo Ontario Wra (Indley, I wapabn, Michigan J f. Somcrtlllt, Mauiiteo Michigan Article*, li tiara and quorioa on all aubjecta are aollcl. ted_____________________________________ ApVUItTISINO RATES. Tencantapcr lino notrpareil mcaaurement, or 81 20 par Incb, eacb IneerUon lour weolia St 00, with n liberal discount oo ordora amounting to $40 00 or over Entered al tin Toat Olftco at Cleroland aa second- clan mall matter. FREE SniPS. borne ol the arguments uuvanced by our free trade biellirentor the admission of for elgn built ships to American registry free of duty are curious, to any the least. It Is no wonder, considering the Vulnorableand un¬ stable character of the questions they find tbemsolvcB called upon to unBwer, that the) should advance nothing but platitudes, wh'ch souud well until they are pricked with logic, for It I* utterly impossible to ad¬ vance sound arguments tinder existing cir¬ cumstances. One of them coolly remarks that those who ask for the protection of Iron can not iiave followed the discussion of the question very cIoboIv, or they would have learned from Mr. John. Roach that 00 per cent of the cost of a Bhtp Is labor and only 10 per cent material Well, what does thnt provo' That we should throw oveTboard the duty on material because the duty on material is only 10 per cent of the ship's cost? We stand for protet tlon, not only on that 10 per cent but on tho,othei 00 per cent, which is laboi. We would protect the llrst by a dutv on mutt rial and the second by a duty on ships constructed abroad. Is this following thewicstlon closely enough tor our contemporary i Does It Bee haw tills protection Idea works so as to protect not only the 10 per cont. but the whole hun¬ dred r Our capitalists will not go abroad to buy or build ships as long as the} have to pay a duty to procure them American entry. 'Jhat is exactly what we want Our con¬ temporary asks a Jlfferont thing, however; the removal of till restrictions, so that Amer¬ ican capitalists can build and leglstor where they please. '1 hat Is political ccono'my on the broad basis of free trade. Unfortunately it does not coincide with American ccouomj, which, us evoiyone knows, Is constiutlod upon protection principles As long as even thing else lb protet ted whj should not material and laboi in ships be also' There in no relevance In the statement that for }ears our capitalists have been w Irjidruwlng Iron) the shipbuilding interest. If the duty on ships were thrown oil' we should lose them altogether. If we can not compete with England with a duty, Iioav coukl wo dolt without ono I Atdiflercnt period* In England's history, when her maritime lu¬ te rests have fallen away, she has piohiblted her nubjects frotrcejthcr buying or building ships abroad. In our own case the tree- ship advocates ask for a different course, thnt of doing away with all restrictions. Another free ship paper echoes the ory that is so common that it Is getting to bo like the burden of a familiar song. •'What right Iiub the shipbuilder over and above the man who produces com'" It then goes on buinilng upon that foundation until it hub a formidable arch with that fal¬ lacy as the keystone. These people do not see that prnicotlon of manufacturers of ship's, machines of all kinds, and the Innumeiable commodities which consume our raw ma¬ terials, also protects at the same time the producers of corn. They keep up the wages ol labor and the wages ol labor keep up the prlco of corn. Lower the price of labor by removing the duties on manufactures and would not the price of corn come down? The shipbuilder lias no advantage over the producer of cbrn. They are each affected alike. Tho theory of tbo protectionist In volves this equality. They say, keep up to a high standard tlnY price or manufactures: labor, wheat. The_Ihcory of the free trader involves equality oh another plane. They say remove duties on manufactures, lot labor and the prlco of wlieat coma down ami all things be equal between all countries. Be¬ tween these tho reader must take his choice. But the frco ship man is a borflO of another color. He Is (roe trado only so far iib free ships go. Ho would knock a big" hole In a single ono of our protected Industries and let It sink. Perhaps America could compete with Europe with unrestricted free trade, but that Is purely speculative. That we could not compete In the matter of froe ships alone Is a self evident certainty. VAXAL '10LLS. Canadians interested In the carrying trade on the St. Lawrence are seeking to rind means by which It can bo made to compete successfully with the Eric canal. Tho for¬ warder do not like the proposition of the government to reduce the canal tolls for this purpose, for the very good reason, if the for¬ warders are correct In their estimates, that a reduction merely, even should It be with their own reuuetion to meet It, a decrease of one cent per bushel, would not meet the require¬ ments. The forwaiders think the tolls should be abolished entirely, for one year aa an ex¬ periment merely, but not permanently. They feel sure that this would be niet with a like re duclion by the curriers and that In con¬ sequence the St. Lawreuce would receive a fair share of the grain trade, To make tills possible, it 1b thought that the government should also step In to establish towing rates Were this done a reduction In towing rates of B0 per cent would possibly result, leaving still a handsome profit to tho tugs. In short our Canadian friends are prying into every corner In the hope of bringing rates down to an equality. As one man expressed It, "If one route could carry grain even one eighth of a cent cheaper than tho other It would receive the pntronage, so that It would not do for the Erie to have that advantage over the St. Lawrence route." In tho meantime the New York people ate reaping the benefits of fiee passage through tho Erie canal. We hope the House and Senate conference committee on the Ulngley shipping hilt will lop off atl the fiee ship or other tariff barnacles that it has gathered In lis passage through the House und recommend the bill In Its original form. It contains many meusuroB of relief and benefit to American ship owners, which they are fully entitled to, while there can be no possible objection to It In Its original Bhape The duty of Congress Is planlu this matter Tiiohk of our readers who missed from OLr columns the Frankfort letter from our esteemed concspondeut, Charles Burmclster, will perhaps be pleased to learn that he has taken a lift consort, Miss Iluttie Plcnlng, Thcj were ninrrled at Manitowoc oi| the 28th of May, and will resldo at Frankfort Captain Burmeister a«d his oliarmlug mate lime our heart} wish for a peaceful ciulso 'HIE tll'Y OF HOME, 'i he schoonor Redwing has been added to the tow of the atctimer City of Rome 'J ho bteainei IK U Colllnberry, which fonnerly towed the Redwing, will In future tow tho schoonei II. R Nowcomb The City of Rome, which has rccentl) been inspected at Chicago mid hull and muiihlnery found in good condition, and whose official number is 135,914, la a screw steamer ot 1,00810 100 new tonnage, with nominal horVo power 700, class Al*, und was built at Cleveland lay Quayle, In 1881, and Isownod by Wlnslow; port of hall, Buflalo, N. Y. The schooner Redwing Is 723 now tonnage)"was built ut Tonawiinda by Jones In 1878, Is owned by Smith & Davis, of Buffalo, and is claimed AS. The II. I). ColHnborry is 700 new tonnage, nominal horse power 700, was bullr 11111881 Saginaw by Arnold, In 1874, Is owned by Smith & Davis, of Buffalo, and Is classed A3. The Colllnberry's ton, tho burgo II. R. New comb is 804 new tonnago, was built at East Saginaw by Arnold In 1870, and Is owned b) Smith it Davis, of Buflalo. [Detroit—Continued from lit Page,) The schooners A. Boody and Swallow -have boon chartered to take coal from To> ledo, tho former to Green Buy City, the lat¬ ter to Hancock, Lako Superior. "~ A. line pnlntlng of the tug Gladiator, exe¬ cuted by V. D.NIckorson, ot Cleveland, has been recolved by the owners here. It Is a work of ar^. The steartrbaTge (J. E. Potts, dlrnblod on Lako Superior, will be towed to this city for ropalrs. Tho schoonor R. Doud arrived here on Friday for a new foremast. The schooner Boncdlcr, reported lns[ week stranded In Gcoiglan Bay, has not btmf re¬ leased. The tug Portei has taken the job and Is at the sceno of operation. It Is fifty1 miles from'where tho vessel lies to the near¬ est Inhabitant. The schooner Throe Brothers strandod a few days since on Porcupine Island, Lake Superior. She Is 840 tons burden and was built at Black River, Ohio, in 1878. She has three masts, and her valuation is $12,000, or thereabout Musters of vessels passing through the Straits are somewhat mystified by'the a'p- p'oranceof a stake recently located ono quar¬ ter of a mllp west of Waugoschance. It marks a seventeen foot shoal. The steambargo Monitor stranded a day or two since on Nortji Manltoti, Luke Mich¬ igan, and is In bad shape. She Is 105 tons, was built at Detroit In 1870, and for it time was employed exclusely In wrecking. The propeller Argyle has comploted her repairs at the Detroit drydock, and on Fri¬ day left for Port Arthur to try her luck again In those waters. The schoonei Josephine, laden with cedar posts, ran orl Fighting Inland, Detroit river, and was lightered oft. It It surprising, the number which come Into contactjvith this place, where the river Is wide enough'for any craft to pass day or night, and a light not fur distant. The steambarge Missouri broke her crank and w as brought heje for repairs A little scare took place on the liver Fri day by the dlscoveiy of Are on the steam yacht Mayflower out on the river, caused by some life, pfeseners on the upper deck tak¬ ing file, which was easily put out with no daqiage. / Tho propeller Oceaii/en<-route to Lake Su¬ perior, called here on Friday to go into the Detroit drydock for repairs. The tug Wlnslow went to Ashtabultftn tow the Bchooner Ll//le A. Law to Lake Huron. The Bchooner Tellowcraft was chattered Saturday for coal from Toledo to Owon Sound at 05 per ton, thence lies from St. Josephs Island to Point Edwards at 7c each. The tug Wlnslow has rone to Lake Su perlor to release the schooner Three Broth¬ ers stranded on Porcupine shoals. Chartors—Schooners Unadllla and Min¬ eral State, coal, Toledo to Milwaukee, 75c, G Worthlngton, stave*, Detroit to Buffalo, $4, $8, and $8, I ion Age and David Down, coal, Buflalo to Dultith, 35o, Consuolo, ee- dar posts, Rogers City to Buffalo, 7o each, Jessie, telegiaph poles, iSoulhumpton to Mpnroe at 2i>c and 37c, respectively, accord lug to length John Leonard U the oldest lako engineer, note verging on eighty years, He was en¬ gineer of the first Bteamer that exploded on fresh waters, tho Win. Peacock, In 1830. Dean £ Co., who can build a yacht In first-class stylo in sou'ii days, have jtistcom pleted a steam yacht, to bo used ut Owen Lake, 40 feet long and 0 feet wide. This jaolit was built in twelve days, which Is said to be the quickest time on record. Mr. Dean hut several other boats under "way. Commodore Hart's new sa|l yacht at De¬ troit, received Iter finishing touches Satur¬ day afternoon, and left lor the St. Clair Flats In the ovoning Tho yacht 1b 08 feet over all, 20 feet 8 tnehes |ieam, und 6 feet 0 Inches hold. Sho has it cabin 80x15 feet, finished In cherry. There are three state rooms large onough to accommodate ton or cleiumnersons. J. W. H. Tin Hieaincr Manitoba, belonging to the NorlrVJesjfcrn Transportation Company, of Sanfy, was pulled offllantry Island Friday morning, where sho went hard on in the big gale last fall, by the tug Charleston* of Mm- phy'» line. She lsnow at the wharf |R Southampton and wlTTbo put In drydock tor repairs as toon ns possible. ■ t, MILWaUKEK. S/Kial lo IU MaHnt Ittcori. The schooner Three Brothers, of Lorain on the ruck oil the Porot pines twenty-five mlloe west of "Ontonagon, Like Superior,- has a cargo of between 000 and-709 tons of stone from Bass Island, consigned to,Cook & Hjdo, of this port. It Is valued at $4,000 and Insured in the St. Paul Fire and Marine for $3,000. The Three Bros, was built ut Lorain, O., by H. D. Boot In 1873, towned by Porter Bros, of that, place,, Is 349 new ton. nage, And classed Al, with approximate value of 10,000. The three pumps placed on the wrecked schoonei Guiding Star lallcd'to lower the water in her, and the Leviathan abandoned tho wreck and returned here this, afternoon. Tho Guiding Stnr was built at Oswego by Goble In 1800, wns owned by Cummlngsof Oswego, and Is 324 tons burden and was re¬ cently purchased hy Wolf &,Davidson. Tlio wreck will be stripped of whatever gear re¬ mains on board, and abandoned tor the present Some of her cargo of coal may yet bo saved. Later In the season, an attempt may be made to lalse her with scows, should she hold together. * flchooher G. G Houghton, chartered, 2,200 bushels of wheat to Kingston at 4 cents. The steambarge Lewis Pahjow, which came here light from Chicago, was dooked at the Milwaukee shipyard Monday, for re¬ pairs to her stern bearings. She will also re celve n new crank. The bteamer City of Milwaukee is to make Sunday excursions out of this pott during the Bummer months. On her arrival bete the steambarge Jim Sheriffs wltl he docked for tt new wheel. The five-masted schooner David Dows is loading coal at Buffalo for this port. This will be her first trip to Milwaukee. The propeller F & P. M. No. 1 was docked at the Milwaukee xhipynril, and teceived a new sherifl wheel to replace the one broken at ManlBtee. The schooner Pulaski is the last of the fleet, w lilch wintered here, to getaway. She denied foi Escanaba. During the spring she teceived a rebuild, including Hew ends, fenterbourd box, new plnnksheer, rail, stanchfpjis, etc, at a cost of $4,200. The work was done at the Milwaukee shipyard. Woll & pavldson have tne scow J. H Hill on tlieit boxes. She will get new sail, stanchions, planksheer, deck frames deck, cabin and forecastle and calking all over, a new foremast. The schooner H. Rund was In drydock and got a leak stopped. The steambarge Nalmnt arrived on Friday from Duluth v, 1th a load of wheat fofKcarm it Son, millers. James Sheriffs, the well known propeller wheel and marine engine manufacturer, is building u high pressure engine 30x24 for the new steambargo building by the Mil¬ waukee shipyard company. Ho Is very busy, having received In two days lust week Orders for 0 ptopeller wheels, which were to bo put on the follow lug boats. F. abdP.M No 1 G C. Markham, J. Shorlfls, J. L. Hurd, Henry Marshall, Elmer E. Wbod, M. Wood and two boats at Now Orleans. Wolf & Davidson, shipbuilders are hurr> lug on tho completion of the new schooner building at tlieit yttid and Intend launching her on tho 4th of July. Her dimensions arc us follotfB-^Lfeiigth of keel 104 fijpt, beam 33 keel, dopW of hold 12 feet; she has a raised floor, kelsons running fore and aft two and a half loot apart, 10 inches doep, extia floor timbers und futtocks bringing the frames very close together In the bottom, planked Inside and out with four Inch plank 4 Inch shell pieces, beams 10x12, and extra strong deolf frames. She Is Iron strapped, one strap 6 Indies by % of sn Inolr running four and aft; the diagonal straps 4 Indies by one half an Inch four feet apart run. under tho bilge and fasten at the head of the fl°°r timbers; hor lramcB wore soaked In » vat of hot brine to prevent thorn from rotting; »>10 will Imve hor cabin on deok and will carry threo masts. Sho will trade between Chicago Colllngwood- and Midland, oarrylng do» n grain and bringing baok cedar ties. Ou account of her extra width of beam she l» expected td carry 15,000 cedar ties, 23,00ttN bushels of wheut, nine hundred tons of Im" ^ ore or 500,009 feet of lumber. Finney Broth- ^