The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-29

learned the primary doctrine of America for
the Americans Where sas hesxisted for
the last month during this appropriation de-
bate? ? Had he hi ard the iterateo assertions
quoted from statistical repoi is in the Senate
we venture the assertion he would not have
dared to place himself Oh record as an oppo-
tueney and his country The following
words should ring in his ears. "The United
States" said Mr.. Peters of Kansas, ''the
wealthiest nation under the sun, with $10,-
900, 000, 600, more of aggregate wealth than
England and all her possessions, the wealth.
lest nation in manufactures, yet, bowing
down and crouching in the dust of humilia
tion before British power and British inhu-
ence; yielding without struggle 1925, ,0O0,-
900 of the trade OF the South American
States which properly auu Naturally belong
10 us For one, will not assert to such a
surrender. / want to encourage American
steamship lines. want to say 20 these men
I care not who they are, care not how
much they come here and ask Congress to
assist them-I want to say to tt.sm that we
will take $500, 900 fiom the e., 1000 900 of
revenue derived from the foreig email sery-
ice and appropriate it ta-pay, urr1er the dis
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able compensation for carrying our foreign
mails, with the hope that it may open to us
new fields for the sale of our manufactured
goods; with the hope that it may increase
the consuming power of our people with
the hope that it may restore our mercantile
marine so that the flag of our country may
again float over our merchant vessels as it
did before the war.
Remember, workmen Of Wilmington, Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike, that this states
man Senator Gray proposes in a month or
two to come here amongst you IN Whining
ton to request your interest aud gotes in his
favor Dare you so stultify yourselves as
to tolerate his Establishments for one mo-
ment Should you do SO you we'll deserve
the misery and low pay, the siaekness in
trade, and business outlook you are threaten
ed With. Senator Gray is a fine orator and
accomplished gentleman, But his accom-
plishments do not serve you. They are use
less to you and impractcable also, though
highly ornamental to him.
Bat you have the man in your midst who
has the bolduess and independence of honest
convictions and the practcality of needed
emergency. He is at hand. He. also will
meet you, workingmen and employers of
Wilmington within "a few wcsss You will
see them both, the Hon. George Gray and
tile Hon. Chas. B. Lore. Buth will appear
before their constituencies to give an account
to the people Of Wilmington in regard to
the important charge and responsibilities
with which the citizens o. this manufacture
lpB cehlie u lhilhSI"h haNo thu uuSbeu
them
To talk the term Subsidy" in this eonnec-
lion is the most ariar nonsense imaginable.
Representative Hiscoct of New Yotk quoted
Representative Guenther OF Wisconsin as
stating iu this debate that it was no subsidy.
He said ''it is none measured by the price
we pay for the carrying our domestic mails
on our railroads, on our steam boats, ON our
stages, upon our horses. Measured by the
ra es paid by every single European power
we are paying Chat is subsidizing simultan-
eously for carrying United States maiD is
but small compensation indeed"
1t shond be added that Mr. Hlscock, almost
in tue same breath had shown that these
European powers are paying for their own
mail carrying so, 100, and 200 more per cent
than we propose to pay under this $500, 900
mail appropriation TO our American ships
And yet right here in Delaware, in the
midst If the livest ship-bulding centre Of
the United States, Wilmington, there exists
a journal that will bindly endorse. explain
away, and approve the unplogiessve, un-
American shortsighted action of Senator
Gray Did that journal do its duty to Will
mington and the interests Of the whole
country its editorial of this day week, instead
OF making futile attack upon Mr. Lore's
businesslike and patriotic course, would
have been a straight anmadversion upon
Senators Gray's reckless negligence of the
needs of Wilmington.
Is Senator Gray aware Of the fact-does
he not know it well tn It statistics show the
following figures. That in 1884 England
subsidized her postal service to the extent Of
$3 900, 600! And France still more, s5,000,-
OO0 Even Brazil expended for mail subsidy
So $40, 900
Where is the logic of Senator Gray's posi-
tion in front of these figures. The Senator
should know too that were this $500, 900
appreciation passed that that terrible man
rails snjet the Pacific Mail Company would
) not collect more than $40, sOO That line in
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