Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-02-13

menL AimObt all OF the SUBSIDIES arc
granted under the insidious guise Of pay
ment for carrying the mails. Now, so far as
these payments are for services actually rem
dered nobody would object No patriotic
citizen in the land would object TO any
scheme on the part of the Government in
aiding, by liberal bounties, the rc-establish-
ment of our commercial marine and raise it
once more to the proud position II occupied
before the war. The great trouble is how to
do It, How TO discriminate in favor of our
own ship-builders against those Of Europe.
If 1t cost more, as is alleged, TO build ships
in this country than it does in England, why,
may II be asked, are these steamship projects
90 splendidly endowed by the Government
How is II possible 10 successfully contend
against the adverse condition OF things.
The "open sesame" Of the lobbyist, at
whose magic sound the doors Of the Treas
ury fly open and the public treasure flows
out like water Is as patent in the halls Of
legislation as when uttered by the captain
OF the forty thieves" Like everything
else, government subsidies, the steamships
and railroads languish, while the lobbyist,
with fair-round belly with good capon lined
hourishes like a green bay tree. If Con-
gress had the courage 70 deal with these lob
byists as the captain Of the " forty thieves :"
did with his gang and quarter them and
hang them up in the rotunda of the Capitol
whenever they failed in the performance of
an undertaking aided by Government bonn
ty,, it would serve as an effectual warning to
sll other INSCRIPTIONS adventurous These
Infamous schemes for personal aRgrandize-
ment are as notorious as they are frequent
in occurrence. These are startling facts and
vitality affect the welfare and prosperity Of
the country. Our representatives in Con-
gress, as those in the Legislature, should zeal-
onsly guard tho interests of the peoples
sacred trust confded TO their keeping
against this growing, stupendous evil. They
should put in practical operation the COM
pendious idea of Caligula and lop of the
mock Of the hydra-headed monster at one
-skiilfuf stroke. What our country needs
now to build up an enduring prosperity Ia 8
maritime population-6eets springing into
existence, covering the seas with their white
sails, bearing on their wings the rich trib-
utes Of our agricultural, mining, and manu-
featuring industries. Commercial enterprise
will then need no artificial stimulus to stand
British competition. A new era will have
set in and the United States will take her
stand smong the great commercial nationa
q the earth. Her navy will no longer bs
a thing for aneers and jeers.' No other
race OF people on earth surpsss ours in ma.
val aptitudes, and our training schools are
the finest In the world. Here our young
men can acquire all the advantages and &C.
complishments 70 tit them for 3 .nauticsl
life. tits true England, under her monarch.
q! form of government with its union
a church and state, is landed sristocrscy
has literally subsidized, but soon found it
20 b. mistaken policy. lie, all duties
placed on ship-building be removed At once
in order 70 allow ship builders to compete
With other industries at home and with their
own abroad. Every practicable encourage
ment should DO given BY the Government 10
pay ships for carrying the nails Tho le.
CLIMATE profits which would inevitably fol.
low restoration Of our commercial marine
would be Infinitely moro satisfactory, abid-
ing In perdSsnent good. than subsidisiug
policy. For after all such policy is limited
10 Its sphere, fertile in abuses, artificial In re-
cults, and injurious In the extreme TO other
interests. Whilo on the other hand pros.
perity, born OF unebackled trade, setting 10 on
oil rides, rckiudlins the waning ires OF the
furnace. giving fresh impetus to the hum Of
countless spindles, evoking from mother
Garth the treasures of her bosom, this, II
slow, is healthy and permanent in its gains
and universal in its benefits.
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