To the Editor of the Norru-Cmiva Dairy News.
Sm,—I wish to enter my emphatic protest against the unfavourable comments in your issue of ti concerning the conduct of British-born seamen as compared with their foreign rival Sailors in a ship's foreesstle don't grow plaster saints" any more than ing's Te " but all the same I uch superior in their ways and conduct to men on shore in their own rank of That one ug company, however Range, does not employ British seamen, be admitted to prove that any we is better than the home-born lo, otherwise, why are the latter exelusiraly everied on the Atlantic and other lines 'The best crews in the world are to be got in Britain, and to obtain them requires only a little care in selection and decent treatment and discipline After nearly 30 yeres' of sea which have been spent in command of both sail and steam vessels, Lam firmly convinced that the much ned "British Tack" is still the superior of any foreigner whether in conduct or ability.
Tam, ete., K. Mclstosn, S'S. Benlomond. 20th May.
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