The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-17
BOUNTY AS AGAINST SUBSIDY
Farmers AIiiaace Man Before a. e.
Commerce Committee.


Washington Jan. 16.-Hearings were
continued today before the senate com
mittee and the house committee on
merchant marine on tho proposed ship
ping or subsidy bill. J. c. Hanley. us-
tioual organizer OF the Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial Uunion. spoke
against the bill before the house com
mittee. on the ground that II gave boun-
ties for speed and capacity. whereas. tho
FARMING organizations favored bounties
based on the products actually exported
He said the organizations ne represented
would favor bountics Of Siso9.oe0 annu-
ally on freight outward carried The
plan u subsidies based on speed and ca
pscity was opposed. eesa.d. because Il
would 20 largely 20 passenger and large
ships. whereas the producer were inter-
cstel oRy Ia having their products so
abroad.
Henry W Peabody % Boston. having
business connections in London. Mania.
Sidney and in the Orient. opposed the oilI
on the ground that any measure 20 extend
our commerce should have more general
application and not be confined 70 ships
Senator Frye submitted 20 the senate
committee a letter from Ex-senator Ed
muads which in part vas as follows.
Agreeable 10 your request. ] have ex-
amined all the treaties between tho
United States and other countries on the
subjects Of the ships OF other countries
being entitled ~ b0unties On expectations
II the Up.ted States should grant boun-
ties % It's own ships. etc. The list here
with contains me names Of countries
whlcn. by express provision of our trel-
ties. would be entitled 70 have their ships
receive the same bountfss for the exp1r-
tation of goods from the Uaitsd States
that the United States may grant 10 its
own saipas Argentine Republic. Aus-
tria. Belgium Bolivia. Brazil. Colombia.
Gotta Rica Denmark. Great Britain.
Greece, Hsyu Hanseatie Republic, Hon
duras. Italy Japan. Hecnenburg-
scawe-ln. Mexico. Netheriand Nicar-
aqua. Paraguay. Pera. Prussia. ssrvia.
Sweden and Norway
Mr Edmgnds says that under these
treaties 'it s. imDossgble for The United
States 80 zrant Export D0untisa % thsir
own sbir9 slaaout bringing into the bene-
Hts u the bounty TIE ships OF nearly al
tine commercial ard maritime competitor
~ the Dnl'e5 States ~. aEse. by sbrcEa-
tfoa = quite or nearly ali the 'resfiea
above referred To-. SIR Edmun5s fuT-
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