. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. alled its mer-chant marine. The ves-sels engaged are amongthe common carriers ofthe ocean. The seas are the greathighways of internationaltrade, and those nationswhich possess large num-bers of caiTying vessels^ are the richest and mostpowerful. The UnitedStates may appear to be an exception to thisgeneral rule; its merchant marine has beennegligible for over sixty j^ears, yet it hasprospered in its foreign commerce by beingable to enga
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. alled its mer-chant marine. The ves-sels engaged are amongthe common carriers ofthe ocean. The seas are the greathighways of internationaltrade, and those nationswhich possess large num-bers of caiTying vessels^ are the richest and mostpowerful. The UnitedStates may appear to be an exception to thisgeneral rule; its merchant marine has beennegligible for over sixty j^ears, yet it hasprospered in its foreign commerce by beingable to engage shi^Ds from other nations tocarry its products. Before the E evolutionary War the Ameri-can ports of Boston, New York and Phila-delphia were the homes of more sailing ves-sels than were owned in Liverpool, Londonand Glasgow. In 1800 Englands tonnagewas twice that of the young American repub-lic, and it increased rapidly until Great Brit-ain owned the worlds greatest merchant ma-rine. This was natural, and the conditionwas essential, for Britains possessions encir-cle the globe, and there must be facilities foruninteiTupted trade relations between the. IIERCHANT MARINE 2304 MERCURY mother country and its dependencies. Britishships are found in every port in the world,while the American flag for many years hasbeen seldom seen in foreign waters. Before the World War (1914-1919) Ger-many possessed the second largest merchantmarine that sailed the seas, the result ofgrowth of scarcely more than thirty years,yet Germany declared that one of the reasonsfor the war was to secure a place in thesun and the proper expansion of its tradeof which its grasping English neighbor wouldrob it. Before the war ended all people knewthe truth. During the last decade Germantrade had prospered enormously; the WorldWar branded the countrj with such disgiacethat the enoimous prestige the nation hadgained was practically destroyed. The United States. There is referenceabove to the strength of the coun
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