The sun., 1900-12-14
HANNA on A SUBSIDY BILL.
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,-,,,,.,,,, pec % senator Hanna
.,1,a.,,d "a. senate to-day IN advooac
a.. shin Subsidy nil llr sad that ther"
.,s mn more important question before w"
,,re,ican rrnplr to-day than TINT oi bringing
L,ck American competition "n IN" hlEh
,co. Tho foreign commerce ~ ~" n't"d
states to-day vaa four times larger than "
had been IN isso and vet tho proportion oi
IN. foreign carrying trade vas less than one
third This wasa most Illuminating hec''he
ofs great national industry
,ncr contrasting the American foreign
carving trade of the earlier years oi th'
,,rt,,ry with that a.; TODAY. Mr. Hanna at.
trIhutcd tho success of the former p'r"d
tn m. fact that the United states possessed
,bc ndyantl gcs of cheaper construction oi
,hips and Of better built ships, which la'tcd
Hangar than those of rival nations. To their
suu,r,nr models. and to the activity of Ameri-
oon seain-n under which conditions American
vessels could make three voyages to the TWO
VOYAGES made by other vessels
Mr. Hanna quoted from a report OF MI
Nimmo. dated In the '70s. 70 snow that
the cost of an American iron steamer was
then one-thrd greater than that OF british
steamer of Ike tonnage. and that the cost OF
o,ers,ion was s3lsl2 year In the American
,hlp. to 90 GA in the British. Besides those
disparities. the state, county and city taxes
of a New York line of steamers, with capltai
Of 81. oo0. .ooO amounted 10 si5+,5oo year, as
against $4,000 taxation on British vessel
He admitted that the conditions had much
improved since that report was made. but he
osksd was IL any wonder that business cor
rorations would not invest in ships to be en-
gagged in the ocean-c carrying trade? To ex-
"A ha n N inSnlf
intelligence The obstacles seemed at times
insurm ountable. 90 that to-day the number
of Amcrican-owned ships engaged in the
foreign carrying trade might almost be
counted on the fingers OF both hands.
Mr. Hanna mentioned the announcement
given to ship building. through subsidies
and otherw ise. by the British Government.
until miles Of ships on the stocks could be seen
IN the shpyards Of Glasgow. and SAID that.
up to the present time. there had oeeh no
cessation Of that effort. He resented the
common ISLANDERS upon the American Line OF
steams hips and said that the contract offered
had been accepted ony 10 ,tn;io thai ''ne neirit T
The ships Of that line. he asserted. had never
earned a net dollar under that contract
Vcst and Clay as TO the amount OF subldy
which under the pending bill would be re-
ceived by, the American lnternatiohai Iihe.
own figures not those Of Mr. clyde. or OF
Mr. Chamber lain. the Commissioner OF Navl,
CATION. lie believed that there never would
be another dollar of Amarlcln capital invested
for years to come in ~ or ?2-knot ships.
As to the assertion, that a, large tGSe. part part
we're ", .T already in the business Of foreign
trade. he admitted that that was 80 but
he asked where else f1bd III re m afIeop'sn IooHad snr
than to those who had given their lifetime
to the study and operation OF tho business
He said that to his mind there never was a
fairer business proposition than the pending
bill; ltwoud bring into the merchant marine ma me
within the ne1 ,Cn o s9'n
would be OF American production and would
add TO the demand for la9oG " TINS country
in an Industry now comparatively unknown
The productive capacity oil the United states
was one.third 6eySnd is consumption, opa AND and
a foreign market for that surplus or we
WSss Sss Soe. that In tRe
ditions it would throw out OF employment
thousands and thousands OF our working
Referring TO ths Ro.iti2n Of the United tee
sam s Ss On that sse.ns 2s' that h'ns
business. When we see ,hls opportunity
OF the foreign market Tor more than our share.
because when the American people start In
1hsg nat T wna. Hes
of IL This question is broader than the
lines Of tho bill can write Il II will he wide
spread In It's benefits II IL not aimed to
benefit any particular interest It Is one Of
industry and every class In the length and
breadth o. the United states And when l
the interior Of the country are not Interested
IN this shipping question. and that the far
mers feel no interest in 1t. | say that that Is
not true, in fact -
In conclusion. Mr.. Hanna said: Il stand
here to-day in the presence OF the American
people and claim that this kind Of legislation
Il inspired by the best sentiment and widest
experience of those who are qualified to ad-
viso upon it. am standing here az the ex-
ponent Of that sentiment and am claiming
Tor every line in the bill that II is for the in
terest Of the whole peopleof the United states.
and particularly of those who look TO higher
and more experienced authority. than their
own to conduct the a1nirs Of the Govern
Inent in this respect. on that basis ] make
my appeal and leave II in your hands.
As MIR Hanna closed his three-hour speech,
most of Il spoken offhand. he was greeted
with applause from the galleries and was
congratulated by several Of his brother