The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-13

| United States who favor this bill. but have
had their minds poisoned BY statements IN
/ the daily wspapeFs-c9wSrdiy state
ts-iTresponsibIe ststemsnts-state-
ments which cannot be prsyen-as tG the
motives of men who are IN favor OF the
bill
Now the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
Clay said that the American Line would
receive S300,000 in profits fer each vessel
! per year,
= said nothing of the KIND said Mr..
Clay.
We'll, then. you said that the subsidy
would be that much. " rejozped Mr. Hanna
DO you challenge the statement made
by the Senator from Georgia." asked Mr..
Vest.
= do replied Mr.. Hanna.
Then you tell US what the-es4= Louis
would earn in the twenty years under Gais
BILL" said Mr. Vest
Il don't believe that she could earn
more than s2s9,Ge0 in subsidy per year. y
said Mr.. Hanna
..Mr clyde. whom the Senator quotes
as an authority said himself al the hear
ing that the exact figures would be s3e4,-
2Sg per year as subsidy for each vessel !"
said Mr. Clay
Wants No Figures Bu. His Own
Il am not hearing MIR. Clyde's figures. I
am hearing my own" snapped Mr.. Hanna.
The Commissioner Of Navigation has
figured this out, A." said Mr. Vest, .-and oddly
enough his figures are exactly s304, ,2S9 per
year"
y don't want his fgures,' interrupted
Mr.. Hanna. Il have figured this out my
self. Ne matter. The American Line would
not get as much as the British pay theis
lines There Is no profit 20 this line and
never win be until the subsidy is given.
DO l understand the Senator to say
that the American Line would not get as
much as the subsidy paid BY the British
10 their Iines?" asked Mr. Lindsay.
Il Gid. replied Mr. Hanna.
Then with higher wages and greater
cost to the American Line. OF what use
would the subsidy be as far as competition
went?' asked Mr.. Lindsay.
Il don't want to get to that yet Mr.
Hanna answered. Il win try and en-
tighten the Senator later. Now my only
idea in wanting this bill passed is to in
crease the shipbuiiding OF the country. If
we are too fearsome to pay a subsidy we
have no business on the high seas Dur
ing the Spanish war the people on the
coast were terroriZed until they learned
that the four vessels CT the American Line
were on guard There was no more fear
1t was confidence and safety. That was
worth more than all the subsidy In this
of your heads you would listen to the de-
mands of the people and go behind the
agents CT the foreign lines"
Mr.. Vest asked If the transports and
supply ships used by the War Department
and navy would be ciassed as "auxiiia-
ries 10 the naval power and receive a
subsidy Is there anything 10 prevent
these vessels from drawing subsidy be-
sides the pay from the Government % he
asked.
I don't so understand" said Mr. Han
na.
'4Then change the language of the bill, y
said Mr. Vest
I have noticed many newspaper cFiti-
cisms which say that this bill is IN the
interest of certain lines and people,, said
Mr. Hanna 7 deny this. and I 5eay II
absolutely. I speak for myself and the
committee. and I 1ery IL We are enti-
tied to as much credit for honesty Of pur-
pose as the people who cFitfcise ;he meas
ure
We are talking OF building the Nleara-
qua Canal Now, this SuhsiGF bill - Of
as much Importance as the canal MEASURE
They go hand IN hand OF what use Viii
the canal be without American vessels TO
use x? Il would be suicide to construct il
unless We passed tAIs bill and created some
vessels to use u waterway. The rejec-
tion of this bill would make the canal
practically useless and all men know it.
Mr. Hanna then took up the matter of
the increased employment to be given by
the passage Of the bill Mr. Hanna closed
with a mighty sweep Of his arms and the
exclamation: Z have doEe all I can. I
leave the verdict in your hands Mr..
Hanna concluded at 2:05, ard tie Serste
Immediately went into executive session.