Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-02-13
aATAERgD Ar THE cARcAss.


The Philadelphia Telegraph, indepen-
dent Republican in politics, and one Of
the.fairest and best-edited newspapers in
the country says:
Where the carcass is there will be
found the birds Of prey; and where d
plethoric surplus and Congress are, there
will be found the subsid y-mougers.
Among the most persistent Of the latter
are always to be found at the national
capital, as often as Congress meets, the
members OF the American Shipping and
Industrial League. an organization
composed Of ship builders and the owners
Of ships They are as selfish and as hungry
an aggregation of patriots as ever be-
siegeo Washington to demand the re-.
storation tothe ocean OF ''the old flag and
an appropriation.
This association of subsidy mongers Is
represented here by shipbuilders who are
already &c rich that they do not need pen
sions from the government collected in
blood money from the people.
Is is not strange that the Telegraph
uses hard names in Characterization of this
shameless raid on the public treasury
1t is difficult TO maintain dignifed and
NOut NobAr 4NAltAAOAl W uNlcI ChAnl &nQ
studied phrases, when thief is going
through one pockets 1t is almost as
irksone To write of these public robbers
in Language which is accurate and at the
same time parliamentary The Telegraph
accomplishes this with reasonable de-
gree Of success. It continues:
But subsidies are not new thing
I'll o,1 . L.. III
fairly. experimental with, and they have
failed Their failure was dire II
could not have been worse. The history
Of subsidies is written in the records Of
Congress, in the accounts Of the Treasury
Department. Ia ii there may be found
mighty instructive reading Here are
some OF the items: subsidies granted
and paid to
The Collins Transatlantic Line. 1850
New York ana Brazil steamship $1,000
Company. 1893 to 1876 .... ........ l5OOON
Pacific Mail Line. 1867 to ISL. COCOON
Other SINAI Ter subsidies. ....s..- ..... 5000
Grand and instructive total .sn,slg.m
OF al the lines or ships now subsidize,
by the Government for the ostensibl,
purposes OF restoring the old flag to tn,
ocean, there is not now g single one ii
existence under its old ownership
Subsidies did not create new lines o
ships carrying the American flag they
did not even save those that existed
The only argument the subsidist
know, OF care to know. has been prove
to be fsisehood. They say that Englan
pays subsidies. It has been proved tim
and time again that England does not pa
subsidies. But proof has no influence o
the minds Of the gang Of vulgar an
persistent lobbyists who gather aroun
the surplus carcass. Still here is anothe
proof The News and Courier has pull
gished the following letter to the BIRTHS
Consul at Charleston
sBR1TTsH LEGATION. WASHINGTON
Feb. /. 1890.--Sua: In reply TO your LEI
ter Of the 2gth ultimo am directed b
Sir Julisn Pauncefote to inform you tina
as far as Ne il aware, Great Britain sui
sidlzes no ships engaged In its commerc'
Mail contracts are, of course. made wit
different lines OF steamships. but thei
cannot be called subsidies Yours faith
fully. M. b. HERBERT,
Second Secretary
IF J. Cridlsnd, "a. B. NJ Consu
Charleston, g. G.
That tells the story of British subs
dies Even for carrying the mails Eng
laGd Pays less than one pei cen OF As