 | Naval art and science - 1836 - 872 pages
...seamen of the United States are considered to be more carefully selected, and to be more efficient ; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New...port, both as to freight and to rate of insurance ; and, higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state of perfection,... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1836 - 446 pages
...seamen of the United States are considered to be more Carefully selected, and to be more efficient ; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New...port, both as to freight and to rate of insurance ; and, higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state of perfection,... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - Economics - 1837 - 1158 pages
...seamen of the United States are considered to be more carefully selected, and to be more efficient. American ships sailing from Liverpool to New York,...vessels sailing to the same port, both as to freight and the rate of insurance ; and the wages being higher, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher... | |
 | John Randolph Spears - Merchant marine - 1915 - 416 pages
...carefully selected and more efficient; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New York, have preference over English vessels sailing to the same...port, both as to freight and to rate of insurance; and higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state of perfection,... | |
 | John Randolph Spears - Clipper ships - 1922 - 294 pages
...seamen of the United States are considered to be more carefully selected and to be more efficient; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New...vessels sailing to the same port, both as to freight and rate of insurance; and, higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state... | |
 | William Shepherd Benson - Merchant marine - 1924 - 208 pages
...carefully selected and more efficient; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New York have preference over English vessels sailing to the same...port, both as to freight and to rate of insurance ; and higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state of perfection,... | |
 | JOSEPH BOGERSON - 1837 - 524 pages
...teamen of the United States are considered to be more carefully selected, and to be more efficient; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New...port, both as to freight and to rate of insurance; and higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state of perfection,... | |
 | WM. OGDEN NILES - 1837 - 438 pages
...committee in August last made a long dered to be more carefully selected, and to be more efficient; that American ships sailing from Liverpool to New...vessels sailing to the same port, both as to freight and rate of insurance; and higher wages being given, their whole equipment is maintained in a higher state... | |
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... competent as seamen and navigators, and more uniformly persons of education than the commanders and officers of British ships of a similar size and class trading from England to America; while the seamen of the United States are considered to be more... 