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Excerpt from Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage and the Decline of Navigation Interests: Being the Report of a Select Committee Made to the House of Representatives of the United States on the 17th February, 1870 The select committee appointed by resolution of the House of Representatives March 22, 1869, ´´to inquire into and report at the next session of Congress the causes of the great reduction of American tonnage engaged in the foreign carrying trade, and the great depression of the navigation interests of the country, and also to report what measures are necessary to increase our ocean tonnage, revive our navigation interests, and regain for our country the position it once held among the nations as a great maritime power,´´ have considered the subject referred to it, and agreed to the following report: Your committee, in prosecuting its inquiries, have, during the recess of Congress, held sessions at the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Portland, receiving the statements of merchants, ship-builders, ship owners, and insurance agents; gentlemen having practical knowledge and experience relating to the matter under investigation. The ship owners associations of New York, Philadelphia, and Maine, and the board of trade of Boston were represented at the sessions of the committee, and presented the views of these various associations. Like information and evidence have been received in the sessions of the committee held at the capitol during the present session of Congress. Circular letters have been addressed to gentlemen engaged in the various branches of business connected with the shipping interests, requesting a statement of their views on the subject under inquiry, and also to American consuls at the principal ports of foreign countries, asking them to furnish information in regard to the condition of the mercantile marine of those countries. The evidence elicited by these various modes of inquiry will be found under the head of testimony taken by the Special Committee on Navigation Interests, and appended to this report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Excerpt from Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage and the Decline of Navigation Interests: Being the Report of a Select Committee Made to the House of Representatives of the United States on the 17th February, 1870 The select committee appointed by resolution of the House of Representatives March 22, 1869, ´´to inquire into and report at the next session of Congress the causes of the great reduction of American tonnage engaged in the foreign carrying trade, and the great depression of the Buch > Sachbuch > Ratgeber > Nachschlagewerke, Forgotten Books<

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