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Readers see for themselves that those in a position to pick and choose whether they are Royal Personages, popular celebrities, experienced doctors, nurses, athletes without exception unhesitatingly select Phoslerine as the one certain remedy for all nervous disorders. All these distinguished people positively attribute their increased energy, efficiency, or prowess, to the revitalising potency of Phosferine, and their opinion is again confirmed by the celebrated beauty, Mrs. Una de Louth, who finds the wonderful tonic imparts such a delightful feeling of youthful vigour, that she can relain her good looks without the least trouble. Mrs. Una, de Louth is deeply grateful for the inestimable service. Phosferine rendered her in completely curing, gouty head pains, and so effectually dispelling the nervous depression and lassitude which endangered her ceptional beauty, that she has kindly permitted us to publish her happy experience of Phosferine for the benefit of other readers.
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I always find Phosferine helps me and invigorates my system to a wonderful extent, and before acting of reciting have never known it to fail. It is in my opinion a tonic that has marvellous and lasting effect, and all who have tried it agree with me that I do not over-rate it in the least."-8, Lansdowne Square, Hove, Sussex.--November, 2, 1908.
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A. UNIVERSAL SHIPPING TRUST. THE TRAMP' OWNERS' AMBITION.
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Time was when the tramp" steamro preyed upon the liner. It clamoured for freights wherever it could snatal a profit. Trompa were abiguitons, omnivorous, and ever obliging. Sometimes they took away the regular busines [BY SPENCER BAGEHOT).
of liners and sometimes brziness which linor When Parliament re-assembles there wil gnoted. But to-day the great passenger bonts certainly be some debate on the recent revolution are less particular. Business is more difionit in shipping offected by the alteration of the to obtain, and they visit ports they pro- Plimsolfmark English shipping is now allow vicusly avoided in order to seek hot business. ed to lead up to the Continental standard, and They not only passengers, but they seize on this means as addition of 25 per cent. to existing tiden they formerly left for the tramp."
the "liders 4" must also be brought into the com- tonnage. This chango was not fully grasped by the public, and I know of several members of bine, and because of all these difficulties, it is prot Parliament who intended to raise the subjectty certain t assert that no vast combination of cargoboat owners will succeed. The great meet- during this year. woter
ing in Newcastle lust Monday week decided in favour of the "Trust," and received promises of support from several foreign countries. Before these promises can ho translated into a compact working combination, defensive and offensive, world wids, and covering over 30,00 0,000 tons of shipping, the world will be very many years
"LAST YEAR THE WORST FOR SHIPOWNERS.
Last year, as my readers know, was by far the worst that shipowners have Jown. First of all, trade was bid the world over; secondly, there was more termage competing for every cargo, with freights ont to losing point; for prices were quoted that only involved less exponse than would the laying up of vossole.
For the ordinary truder, 1909 was a happy He could pick and choose his ships and obtain freights as practically his own price. The Argentine ports were orstamod with ship ping anxious to got the corn, maize, and linseed harrests. Vessels were bidding against one an- other like Billingsgste. tishbrokera, and goods were carried at phenomenally low rates. In the Mediterranean. Overy-port hold ships waiting
irawber-1-ke for something to turn up.
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NEW TONNADE FLOODING THE MARKET. Everyone remembers the shipping enthusiasm of 1906, when order, wore given wholesale for new boats. Week by weak last year these vessels came upon the market only to find there was no work for them. If they secured cargoes it was only at unremunemtire figures and at the cost of older vessels laying up. At the end of 1908 our leading ports were crowded with idle shipping, and I am told that thera was not an accoupled mooring berth on the Tyne, while many vessels were laid up abroad because their owners found it cheaper than bringing them home Had it not been for heavy coal exporta, the position would have been worse; but such as it was shipowners were appalled by the frightfal experience, aud bý the ontlook for 1909.
A NEW TRUST" FORMING.
The great shipowners of the North of Eng- land are preparing a great combination, and I fear it will prove another example of the folly of man in believing that the eternal lawg of nattire
The cardinal Con be defied, condition of this combine is to lay-up every vessel Included in the agreement for two months in each year. Thus, it is claimed, the world's tonnage will be reduced by one-sirth, and this is, so far an England is concerned, about equal to the tonnage now lying idle. Of course, the foreigner must join, and I hear that the leading lipowners abroad are anxious to join the ring. Mr. Leonard Macarthy, the head of the Claphazi Steamship Company, is the moving spirit of this plan of reduction, and he enjoys a fine reputation for energy, and skill in making ships pay even in bad times,
At the preliminary meating held in Newcastle, Sir Walter Bunciman, who controls a great fleet of steamera, was in the elmir, and his patronage of the scheme is a guarantee that things are really bad, and that esperafs remedies are needed.
THE SCHEME DOONED ALREADY.
How can anch heroic plans succeed? The seven seas are so vast, and the interests 80. *tal multifarious that' énoces is impossible. Why. it will be the biggest "trust" in the world, and the Atlantic combine is a rashlight compared to it. The Tassels in the "Trust" would be perpetually lighting against privateers quoting freights a shade lower: and in a short time the combine would fall to piecos from competition alone. Will the bulk of English owners join? I don't think they will, but even if only a few stood out, their opposition would destroy any hope of monopoly, and traders would, of course, favour the blanklaga in order to break down
Trust" pričos, ka
The foreigner will be the difficulty. According to" Lloyds Register Book" the world's tonnage of steamer and sailing vessels combined is 40,922,842, of which the United Kingdom owns 13,318,351, he less than half. The situation presents to many temptations to the man who is not in the ring and who sees a prospect of scissoring off large slices of his competitor's trade. But the fatal raising of the Plimsoll mark by adding 25 per cent, to existing tonnage will give rivals greater anxiety and greater inducement to keep outside the ring. If 1908 was bad, with existing tonnage, what will it be now that the figure is so enormously increased 2
WHAT ARE THE PRESENT PROSPECTS. There is some hope. The signs of general trade roviral are visible. Mr. Churchill can see them. Nebody is building ships now; and althongh 1,800,000 tons were built during 1908- the loss was 800,000 tous, so that the net in crosss was bare million. Shipbuilders, and all the trade dependent upon themi, engineers, iron and steel makers, carpenters, painters, and others, will have a bad time; but shipowners will be gaining ground. The world's harvests are bound to increase, mining developments, trade increase, and universal exploitation are certain to go ahead mere rapidly each year, and shipping must gain by. movements.
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Half the shipping of the world is in English hands, and if the present condition. .of affairs bitterly folt in England, it is because under a system of Free Trade we have become the corriers of the world. The shipbuilding returns ara a rough index of the state of commerce in sach country; and if there be considered we shall find that in spite of tariffs, and bounties other countries have felt the depression as acutely, as ourselves.
FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING.
Next to ourselves America holds the highest place as shipbuilders, but the United States, with an output of 304,000 tons, launched less by 170.000 tona than in 1907. Germany, whose vessels are bounty-fed, bad an output of 204,000 tona. The cass of Gerasny is, indeed, vory well worthy of study. In 1906, at the height of the shipbuilding boom, 318,000 tons went aflat from its yards. Last year the total was only 207,000 tona, and 19,700 tons were bought from English builders. In 1906 the amount thus acquired on Gorman account was 104,000 tone, and in 1907, 44,780 tons. Germany has, in fact, been our best customer for new ships during those three years, although the demand. from Norway has been almost as great nad. more steady.
France, after a long depression in shipbuild- ing. is showing some signs of improvement. Japan recorded some decrease last year; Holland and Norway also had less activity, but neither: of the last named aufered in anything like the same proportion as the United States or Germany
TRAMPS VERSUS LINERS.
These figures indicato some of the difficulties which lie before. the promoters of the new "Trust. But the combination needs universal' support to be affective, for as the depression has extended everywhere, the combination must sweep in countries with large mercantile marines. In their portsare ships waiting for whatever. freight may be offered Then the cargo-carrying lines have
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