e Clyde. Labor on
the Delaware.

Carpenters, per day, 10 hours, $1 40 $2 36
Joiners, " " 1 45 2 48
Blacksmiths, " " 1 30 2 18
Platers, " " 1 30 2 25
Rivetters, " " 1 15 2 07
Laborers, " " 75 1 31
Angle iron-smiths, " " 1 25 1 89
Riggers, " " 1 35 2 03
Hammer-men " " 85 1 91
Holders up " " 85 1 51

_Engine and Boiler Works._

Smiters, per day, 10 hours, $1 32 $1 35
Hammer-men, " " 85 1 91
Angle iron-smiths, " " 1 30 1 91
Boiler-platers, " " 1 41 2 25
Riveters and caulkers, " " 1 25 2 07
Holders up, " " 94 1 51
Iron turners, " " 1 29 2 25
Iron Finishers, " " 1 20 2 48
Engine fitters and erectors, " " 1 23 2 47
Planing machinists " " 1 13 2 25
Shaping " " " 1 03 2 25
Slotting " " " 1 06 2 25
Pattern makers, " " 1 51 2 70
Carpenters, " " 1 40 2 36
Joiners, " " 1 10 2 70
Engine drivers, " " 91 2 25
Laborers, " " 80 1 31

There are two horns to the dilemma, either of which Mr. Roach may lay
hold of, but he cannot swing on a pivot between them. If he accepts
these figures, or anything approaching them,--and the fact that the
ocean is covered by foreign built ships to the exclusion of his own is
proof of their correctness,--he may go on asking for a bounty on every
ton he builds equivalent to the difference in cost. Will he get it? No!

If, on the contrary, he chooses to repeat his assertion that his ships
cost less than those built in