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gineers for the past year. The par- ticular feature of the contract that the national officers do not like is that which calls for co-operation in carry- ing out the plans of 'the Lake. Car riers' Association upon an open shop basis. The officers who were in Cleveland were Wm. F. Yates, jof New York, national president; A. L. Jones, of Detroit, national treasurer; W. D. Blaicher, of Buffalo, member of the..advrsory board, and W. PP. Tindall, of Detroit, lake business man- ager. Undoubtedly this form of con- tract will be discussed at a general" meeting of the lake lodges before the national meeting of the association is held in Washington next month. COMMERCE OF LAKE SUPERI- OR. The statement of lake commerce through the canals of Sault Ste. Marie for the season of 1908 has just been issued by Lieut. Col. C. McD. Townsend and for purposes of com- parison the commerce of 1907 is also given. The total commerce for 1908 was 44,087,974 tons against 58,217,214 tons for 1907, a decrease of 29 per TAE MARINE REVIEW celled by anything on the market. The catalog describes the blocks in detail, giving all information as to sizes and prices that any customer would like to know. It will be sent to any one interested upon request. CHICAGO GRAIN SHIPMENTS. George F. Stone, secretary of the board of trade of Chicago, has com- piled the shipment of flour and grain eastward by lake from Chicago for the season of 1908, as follows: 23 derbilt, have, it. was said; saved' con- siderable sums of money by order- ing their steam yachts from British yards, where the wages of skilled la- bor. are only about one-half as high as in the United States. | Judge Payson said the steel and wood materials for yacht construction do not differ much in price here and on the other side of the Atlantic, but the cost of the skilled workmanship is considerably greater here. More- over, not only the yachts themselves, LAKE SHIPMENTS OF FLOUR AND GRAIN FROM CHICAGO, SEASON .OF. 1908.. Ports to which consigned. Flour, bbl. Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. Oats, bu. Rye . Buffalo: i) cc. ceess oe 2,493,795. 6,733,246 13,939,757 3,108,025 ae eee Erie (ose 608,700... 190,000. =. ono 5 a Ogdensburg 35. i46- 0) 51,170... 259,006 3,398 079 * iigeng ee Port. Huron. ».sosvsecete 821,468 644,800 ....... oe Fairport (5.3.80 os 269,650 feu ee Other United States' potts...0.. 2-2... 3 465,998 $46,000 22.0265. Depot Harbors. 47,200 1,085,666 DO OISI0) oy as 5,000 Montreal 60,0. .0:0 iigee 51,800 Midland...) 63 1,000. Saeteg-! <810259° ae Collingwood 0.535.350.0553 2 S88 0L6 2 a Kingston 0 279,000 «= 566,813. Other "Canadian: ports: 0 540.7.51- 2... 1, 762,4090% Se ee Toe 3,471,515 10,405,787 23,714,875 4,415,425 101,820 202,000 DUTY ON FOREIGN-BUILT YACHTS. Judge L. E, Payson, counsel for the cent. Following is the table: Newport News Ship Building & Dry COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF SAULT 'STE. MARIE CANAL COMMERCE. Total Traffic Change---- ITEMS-- Season 1907. Season 1908. Amount. Per cent. Vessels-- Steamers, number =). 00.0 <o. ee ees 17,245 12:553 4,692 --27 Sailing. number <a pia wie ee Oe ee 2,303 15355 948 --41 Unregistered, number... ....05.0.56.5-.- 0-5 889 1,273 384 43 Total. "number s.64 0. pes ss sas eee ss 20,437 15,181 5,256 --26 HOCkAGeS. MNMDEL ose ee se we sees se wis ee 14,020 10,685 3,335 --24 Tonnage-- WRepistered, inet, 54s ce ts nes cree ie ela 44,087,974 31,091,730 12,996,244 --29 Hreight, neti is eis Gin rare. Mee ees op ee es §8,217,214 41,390,557 16,826,657 --29 Passengers, number 2... sss ee ei es es 62,758 53:287. 3. 9,471 --15 Coal-- Hard, net tons <i. 5 es oe ees ee 1,506,668 1,384,743 121,925 -- 8 Soft, met. tons 2355. 5 sees oes ee een 9,893,427 8,517,717 1,375,710 --14 Hloun battels 5 ce es oe ee were rer ngs 6,524,770 5,704,375 820,395 --13 Wheat "bushels: 225.0 ss es ee ee 98,135,775 106,041,873 7,906,098 8 Grain, « bushels 2 wicca coe cae wis ee wits ws ewe 43,463,338 43,458,583 4,755 ee Manufactured and pig irom, net tons..:........ 307,941 289,308 18,633 -- 6 Salt): barrels: os sSid. sas cc ees es nee eee mes 460,802 547,223 86,421 19 Copper, Tet tOMS Vas i ee cists tee oe 89,959 101,735 115770 13 Won Ore, net tOHe osc c hes ce ee eee cere 39,594,944 24,650,340 14,944,604 --38 Lumber,' M. ft. B. M.......2---cecesseeeceee 649,320 453,761 195,559 --30 Building "stone, net f0O0S.2 3.0. ee ws vce ee es 898 1,019 1L2t 13 General merchandisé, net tonS.......--e.sceceeree 1,022,654 842,901 179,753 --18 The United States canal was op- ened April 27, and closed Dec. 13, 1908; season, 231 days. The Canadian canal was opened April 21, and closed Dec. 15, 1908; season, 239 days. UPSON-WALTON BLOCK CATA- LOG. The fourth of a series of catalogs which the Upson-Walton Co. is now issuing has just come from the press. It is on tackle blocks and sheaves and follows the style maintained in the other catalogs. The Upson-Walton Co. have built up an enviable reputa- tion on its blocks. For the Cleve- land block it claims that it is unex- Dock Co., appeared before the com- mittee on ways and means last week and urged that the new tariff provide for a substantial duty on foreign-built yachts brought into this country by American citizens. Five years ago in a case brought by the collector of the port of New York against Fred- erick W. Vanderbilt, owner of the Conqueror, the supreme court decid- ed that. foreign-built ocean-going yachts were not dutiable as manufac- tures of iron, under the Dingley tar- iff. Since that time the art of build- ing ocean-going steam yachts of large size has been practically dead in America. Other wealthy Americans, following the example of Mr. Van- but their entire equipment and fur- nishing of rich cabinet work, uphol- stering, china and silverware, and even the uniforms of their officers and men, are brought in free of duty, although the same articles are dutiable at a high figure if purchased by the owner of an American-built vessel. These foreign-built yachts do not receive an American registry, but sail under a certificate of American ownership and fly the American yacht ensign, so that they appear to be, to all intents and purposes, vessels of the United States. They enjoy an actual advantage, Judge Payson said, over American-built yachts, in that they are not subject to the pilotage and inspection laws and are not required to carry licensed offi- cers. As a result, not one large sea- going steam -yacht of American con- struction has been added to the New York yacht fleet in several years. The Vanderbilt yacht North Star, George J. Gould's Atalanta and Joseph Pulitz- er's Liberty, Judge Payson asserted, are notable examp!es of the discrimi- nations enforced by American law against American ship building, for all of these craft are foreign built, and no fewer than six large yachts have been procured from British builders by New York men within the last year, at an aggregate cost of from $2,000,000 to $3,009,000. It was stated by Judge Payson that these loopholes in the tariff were depriving 5,000 or 10,000 American workingmen of em- ployment and that the government was losing a large revenue on what was a luxury. Judge Payson believes that the committee will report the leg- islation desired. nOeS