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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
5
Local items report movers in Welsh property and Danville business deals, guests visiting in Lima and Williamsport, plus upcoming shows by Golmar Bros. & Shumans and a church reopening in M. E. Church. David Pearlman improves after Chicago operation. trustees Purnell and Harden families attend events. sales ads and a city booster note urge reader support.
The article explains why American shipping costs remain high compared with British and other rivals. It notes similar material costs for shipbuilding, but higher inner shipyard costs raise finished ship prices by about 20 to 25 percent. Operating costs, including wages and food, run about 33 percent higher, and foreign subsidies further tilt the field against U.S. ships.
In the 1900 annual report the commissioner of navigation notes that foreign governments pay over 20 million dollars annually in subsidies and bounties to their merchant fleets. This aid, the document argues, prevents American ships from competing profitably in moving the nation’s imports and exports.
Highly damaged text fragment mentions medical, military, and local names in a garbled report. Unable to confirm events, but hints at a fire or illness plus possible troop or armory references and names obscured by OCR errors.
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