One aspect of our foreign trade so well is not understood, how it should be

One aspect of our foreign trade so well is not understood, how it should be. Our foreign trade is continued substantially in foreign courts. The reason - that to any vessel do not allow to be registered as an accessory to the owner of the United States, if it is not constructed in the United States, and consequently it seems, as though our ship builders could not compete (in the price) in a building of a steel and iron courts to that of the Great Britain and Germany. Before, when wooden vessels were used, our foreign trade has been continued in our own courts, and ours 'clipper', crossing under a court sail, has broken the world. In 1859 seventy percent. In value of our foreign trade rushed in the American courts. Since then the proportion has decreased steadily, to in 1896-97 it there were only eleven percent., and for 1897-98 it were even less than it. Within these five years 1881-85 it averaged only twenty percent. Considering the tonnage only the proportion changes now from twenty five to thirty percent., showing, that the American vessels are used to bear cheaper kinds of the goods. The cumulative burden of the tonnage of the courts belonging to the United States, was registered as involved in foreign trade which 1896 was for 792 870 tons. Within the same year aggre [209] collars
The burden of the tonnage of the courts belonging to the Great Britain, occupied in foreign trade, was much more than ten times that quantity. From our export trade to Europe vessels of the United States bear only five and one half of percent., and our export trade to Africa only four and one half of percent. But our export trade to Asia and Ocenia our own vessels bear twenty six and one half of percent., while from our export trade to other countries on the American continent our own vessels bear almost forty percent. But as our Atlantic trade makes seventy six percent. From whole and as our trade in other place than on Atlantic is more than one third which is born by sailing vessels, it is obvious, as substantially to our transport business of ocean of a steamship have allowed to fall in hands of foreigners. The seven tenth parts of our full export trade, and almost two thirds of our full foreign trade, both export and import, bear in the British courts. Following greatest couriers of our foreign trade - first, Germans, then it is direct, then Norwegians then Dutches then Frenchmen then Belgians.
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