The result is. however. that with this condition it is said our merchant marine is swept from the seas. That is very largely true. so far as the merchant marine is concerned. We have. however. a few ships on the Atlantic coast and in our European trade. But if I recollect aright. in our commerce from here to Europe there are less than 20 per cent of Anerican:born seamen upon our ships. The balance are foreign born. most of them foreign subjects. On the Pacific coast. as my colleague . who is better informed than I am tells me. the percentage of American seamen on American ships is almost nil. Now. what is the proposition?
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