Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-04-17
56.h CONGRESS
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the commercial traveller may teach
them the laws of trade, but they rec
ogniZed no virtue unless accompanied
by force and the American battlesh'p
anchored in the harbor Of Manila Will
do more than anything else to teach
them that liberty is not license, but
that true liberty is liberty under law,
respect for order and Difference for JUS
tice.
Foss said that as to armor for al
the ships, except the Maine, Wisconsin
and Missouri, the committee had con-
cluded to leave the whole question u
the House. The committee deemed u
unwisc to recommend the establish
mcnt Of a government armor plate fac-
tory. He quoted Admiral o'Nelll
opinion that such an establishment
would cost $4,S74000 ana said that he
did not believe the government should
manufacture its armor plate.
Underwood, Ala, asked if Foss would
permit the House to vote upon the di-
rect question of establishing an arlnor
plate factory.
Foss evaded n direct reply. Il shall
be moved largely" said he by the
considerations which arise when the
amendment is presented
THE gentleman realized" observed
Underwood, "that such an amendment
can be thrown cut on a point Of order"
FoSS sail the committee had been
largely moved in deciding against the
building Of ships in govrrnmc mt yards
by the opinion Of Secretary Long that
il would cost to build them in govern
ment yards twice as much as in pri-
Vatp wards
Cummings y. Y, the ranking minor
ity member Of the committee, followed
Foss. He delivered 4 glowing culogy
of the American navy. The navy. he
said, was vital to the United States as
to all other maritime nations. Til"
people in all sections in the country
recognized ii. And what was being
done, hr ask a. Three tattleships were
on the stocks without armor Three
were auth1rizrd with n string attached.
They We're not even to be contracted
for unless the armor could BE- procured
for 5000 ton. This bill recommended
two more Was a string to be attach
ed to that?
why buy rotten armor plate?" in
terruptrd EiIEeley, why not make
our own armor?"
Rotten armor plate" calculated
Cummings. "authorizc ships and then
instead Of building them, - to work In
build an armor plate factory. That
would delay the ships from five t.
eight years.
"Rut you said the armlr W. bought
was rotten"
Not the Krupp armor. The Krupp
armor has seven treatments and is
tested hy our own Cxpnrts If our own
experts 90 li',r ou'E we WI! nav
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cummings announced Ms personal
pcii'i IN Sheathei shlpS, although h"
WIS ready I" Stthu py the action 81
the committee. me committee. hr
S"l'i' il'd tdhch lh' "ofd OF Dewey re-
fal"inS p"li'eSiliPS ana Euhh"atS' b"t
= ""'l I'l"7'd ~ tdhc bcWcE WORD
i"'''7 9i"".h'u 9IiiP7' Lt"tS lldu
S'i" 'h't 'IIH'u Shil'S could not 50
~" years without uochirT' uhsheath"d
HhlpS '"ulu :" pul hihe months. re
ndu "''I I!pCttu tie loss OF th1 'haiI =
'"h ~ lhe Id'I tHdl Sile was NOT
Sntd'ilr". Hi''fIi'E p the puilaiig ol
ShlPS Ill S"NeIhiIlehI E"fuS. ne Said II
Shlps as Gooi rs the oregon, MlsSa-
ch'tSet'S of lhdlaha c"uld N hhIlt n
government yards under the S-hour
rate ne would laV"r building them
there. even II they We're TO cost $'oo.0oo
more each
Later, Cummings, referring to the
question OF armor plate sad: 1T was
demonstrated 7" the committee IN 2
way that cannot be revealed here that
in paying $"i3 for krupp armor we are
paying less than any nation in Europe