The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19

cannon. Of Salt Lake.
AGAINST Subsidy Bill.
u,;lii,r, Y. Bates Of Denver then spoke
a, onposition to the ship subsidy bill,
gneiGing as follows:
.r5a average rate of compensation fig
mi, Sl8u per tom therefore, only
ss %, rons VIII consume the sum allowed.
" o,tb.na be deducted for speedtrial,
|-,tsyfDe-running for Il record lisht, in
1,.s. If loaaed-the size of marine would
ro more than 1886 tons. Needless
.av p marine of this size is only
,rm, TO the giant wanted. Ten, fifteen
rNen,v per cent. of Il marine will be
gsppointlng and scarcely pay for sub
.l.1ing II is said, however, that prorat-
.- .he nine millions viii increase the
.zs of the marine. How can this be de-
os7jed on? 1t is calculated thai the rate
# CONDENSATION in the bill is absolutely
necessary. Either this as true or false.
Either the prorate provision contem-
1r.,4a saallness. leanness and disappoint-
r3n- to the country or il contradicts the
Asorv of the rate compensation. Our
m,-i14 should carry so per cent. of our
commerce.. That would require 100000
ions gross, and at that point in
|myng pro rata, and compensation
would be only S1.S7-practically nothing
La ALL If the marine were half the size
Il should be . 400. go tons. the compensation
|FOull be only 1915 per ton. If it were
|0e-fourth the size-1,2 200, 900 tons-the com
|prsaiion would be only $50 per ton.
|Vbo will believe this 4 sufficient rate?
l. few figures will show that. for 100000
/ tons the ful annual compensation would
H. 3d. 732 go: for 10000 tons, $3l. 1854 go;
| for 100000 tons. $4O.106,0O0; and for the
.l..gl ~ n
II would be So .92S go. computed at the
eve that an outlay of 100000 can be
made 70 take the place of S63, 900, 900. Yet
some people are trying to make the coun-
|ty believe it, They viii not tell it to the
marines with muCn confidence, for they
cannot believe it themselves.
"MOral-Before you build castles in the
air OF on the mountain tops, count the
cost"
Our Foreign Trade.
Prof Warehouse of St. Louis said
|among other things:
The total foreign commerce of the
limited States is now more than s., 900, OO0,-
|m a year But even this aggregate,
|tough bewilderingly large, will increase.
Il growing population constantly swell
|hg the products of kline, field and work.
|'llp, viii furnish still Vaster freights for
| our merchant marine. Though the United
|Sates far surpasses Great Britain in
|S2ath, Yet England has always main
ansd its commercial supremacy. But this
asc ndency She will not much longer re-
an In 1893 the exports of domestic mer-
n1ndise from the United States
IAa the United Kingdom, were,
Etspecuvely 81. 253, 10000 and 1887 $40 900.
| he difference in favor of Great Britain
|as less than $4,000, O00 In a very few
Efars the United States will stand at the
ad Of the world not only in opulence,
~ also in trade. Even now, in many
ianenes Of production. there is a surplus
manufacturers. A broader development
4 cur mineral wealth, the increased yield
wider tillage, and the marvellous
ieney Of our Industrial machinery Will
E9d produce commodities that will for
A'eed the needs of domestic consumption.
Il extension Of our foreign markets will
"sA become commercial necessity"
The Negro Problem.
ha' d. Lucey of Arkansas spoke this
|tleInoon on Industrial Development of
H. south as Affected by the Negro Race"
II said in part:
me VAST negro population of the South,
-'eIy estimated AT 100000, is too much
special clement and TOO Intimately in
II "lheI with all our industrial work,
n IGNORED. We who are natives OF the
.'h who We're soldiers in the Confeder-
army ana who are Southern in sem
emu to the core of our hearts.
The ones best fitted to
'cuss This subject. Too long have we
4 D'"ed the stranger and the alien to d.
me negro in his relations with the
l.te race.
ne negro is here to stay. He is a
4 "l"hent part of our body polite, and
'S' "e iaken into consideration whenever
Industrial problem is to be discussed.
'"''ioiH mdSnnte wants to know
'ne negro can be employed and
""'l extent? The saw mill, cotton
.lo'V. and every other commercial in
~ 10 say nothing sneciallv OF farm