The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-28
FOR SHIP SUBSIDY
PURPOSE OF MARITIME CONGRESS-
ANNOUNCED.
GOVERNOR GAMBLER BUNC0ED
DROBsToN WILL INTRODUCE THE
RESOLUTION.

The Governor being Urged 10 Come
to Brunswick to Lead the Fight
Against the Resolution-Believe
That Most of tho Delegates Are Am
Favor of a Ship-subsfdy BiiI--NIr.
Brobston Gives HIS Views on the
subject TO the Morning News Cor
respondent.
Brunswick. Ga. Jan. T.-Mr. Edwin
Brobston, a prominent member of the
Brunswick Board of Trade, informed the
Morning News correspondent tonight that
he will introduce a resolution favoring
ship-subsides at the session of the Ma
tional Maritime Congress, which convenes
here Wednesday morning next. This an
nouncement VIII pave the way for one
of The hardest fought battles on the con-
ventlon floor, and il is more than proba-
BILE that Gov. Gambler, who signed the
call for the congress, will be here in per-
son to lead the fight against the Bruins
wickian.
There is now every reason TO believe
that most of the visiting delegates will
favor ship-subsidy, and while Mr.. Brob-
ston's resolution will not mention any par
ticuar ship-subsidy plan, it will strongly
ihdorse the idea and contain all the pro-
visions Incorporated In the ship4subSidN
resolution, which he presented at the
Southern Industrial Convention, recently
held in New Orleans, and which was
passed after a hard fight.
Gov Gamblers friends have recently re-
ceived limitations from abroad that a
ship-subsidy resolution might be present.
ed to the Maritime Congress and they
have been working desperately to pro-
tect Gov. Gambler in che matter They
realize that the burden is upon them to
do this. as Gov. Gambler is greatly OPP
posed to ship-subsidies and would never
nave signed the call for the National
Congress had he dreamed that such a res
olution would be presented.
Gov. Gambler is now being urged TO
come 90 Brunswick and aid in the fight
on the floor of the convention and with
the positive announcement that the fight
will be opened by Brunswick man and
led by him it is more than proDa Bile that
the Governor viii come. In an exclusive
interview Tonight with the Morning News
correspondent Mr. Brobston said;
Il believe in ship-subsidy and believe
that the South viii soon be In line Oh
that proposition. The South, destined to
become the great manufa turing center
of the world, must have sAips to carry
our cargQes and these ships ought to lie
built on our South Atlantic and Gulf
shores where raw material is so abundant
and so very cheap. This nation has been
committed to the practice Of sub id zlng
the carrying trade by land for the past
fifty years and If the boards of trade
all over the South can recommend to
Congress to grant the railroads $3.50, GO
per year to run fast trains between N w
York and New Orleans in order to re-
ceive letters X houis earlier / do not
see why there should be su great pro-
test about Senator Mark Hannas ship
subsidy BILL
Mr.. Brobston is a Democrat and an
original free silver man. but he says the
Democratic party must quit fighting
everything the Republicans propose and
do some original proposing or 1t will soon
lose the solid South, and he believes that
a subsidy bill based on tonnage, instead
of speed. supplemented by liberal mail
contracts would prove a popular measure
with the Southern people.
Mr.. Brobsten will probably deliver the
aL1ress of welcome on behalf of the
Brunswick Board of Trade to the Mari
time Congress. He is a fair type of the
progressive young manhood of the South,
and while personally popular and taking
an interest in state politics, it is along
industrial lines, and he has always de-
clined to accept political office. In the
last Democratic State Convention he was
the member from the Eleventh Congress
sional District on the Platform Commit
tee, and but for the strong fight made
by Gov Gambler, through his friends on
that committee, he would have commit
ted the Democratic party Of Georgia TO
proposition to grant tax exemptions on
all new manufacturing enterprises.