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in 1873 did not remedy this situation. Therefore, B.J. Tideman of Delft
University and the Dutch navy got government orders to found a big shipyard and machine factory in Vlissingen. When Tideman learned of Arie's plans, he jumped at the opportunity, and the king went as far to personally ask Arie to
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shipyard. The heated debate that followed was in essence about
Fijenoord accusing De Schelde of being a foreign company, and De Schelde complaining about Fijenoord getting subsidized by government orders. Arie defended his opinion in the brochure: Open brief aan den Heer W.M. Visser schrijver van de
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shipyard. Visser had published a brochure "Proeve van een ontwerp voor een strijder onzer
Zeemacht", in which he berated Arie for doing a bad job as representative because he lacked oratory skills and did not check the reports of his speeches. In December 1887 Arie then gave a speech that heavily
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After Arie left the House of
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Arie was involved in founding the
Gorinchemse Bank. This had to do with Gorinchem's former mayor Cornelis van Andel being married to Arie's sister Pauline Jeanette. The Smit family were partners in the
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and abandoned in 1868. Arie then made plans for a small auxiliary shipyard there. However, the abandonement of the navy shipyard had ruined
Vlissingen. Harbor works and the opening of the
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Arie would become an enthusiastic sailor. He built several boats himself and even entered international events. Arie was also an avid hunter.
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Jan Smit did not want all of his five sons on his own shipyard. Arie was therefore sent away to manage one of the family's companies, the
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for four years. In 1860, the principal of the school advised his father to let Arie go to university, because he had scientific talent.
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