Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-01-31
Especial Correspondence

bill more frequently than to any other
pending measure, not even excepting
the army reorganization bill, that is
Flooding its weary way through the in
tricacies of filibustering tactics on the
part of the populistic element of inn
pacables. who, at the earnest and em-
phatic solicitation of their constitu-
ents, will retire from the public gaze
and disappear from the public thought
in another six weeks. 1t is amazing the
extent to which sentiment has UNDER
gore a change regarding the shipping
bill during the past ten, days, especial
Iy since its active opponents seem to be
entirely confined to the trio who will
soon attach the blessed "eX'' TO their
present titles.
The shipping bill was promptly side
tracked when the senate resumed its
<ittings after the holiday recess, in or
der that the decks should be cleared
for the uninterrupted consideration of
the army bill. Despite this, and not
withstanding the delay in the final con-
sideration of the latter, which is under
public discussion, it actually receives
little if any more space in the press of
the country than is accorded to the
shipping bill. 1t is the persistence of
the discussion of the latter, all over the
country, that is attracting the serious
attention of men bers. They seem to
have passed the point or summarily re-
jecting it, or saying that its passage lis
impossible" and to have reached
the stage of the most careful consid-
g. Al, H.,
encouragement to the friends of the
bill who have all along insisted that all
st needs is intelligent consideration to
Insure its passage with large ma jorities
in each branch.
point seems to have been reached,
now, when no reputable leader in
either branch of congress can be in
duced to say that the shipping bill will
not be passed at the present session.
while by far majority of those who
consent to be in nterviewed freely pre-
dict its ultimate passage.
Two notable contributions TO the
subject, during the past week, are the
Interviews published in the New York
Mail and Express in which some of the
leading merchants of the city are quot
ed as strongly in favor of the, bills
passage. The effect of the distribution
of that strong expression upon the con-
gressional mind was decidedly marked
The other contribution was that of the
Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore
which is concededly the most progress
sive trade paper published in the
south. 1t contained several pages of
in 10 l.,
ness men in which they warmly urged
the passage of the Nicaragua canal and
ship subsidy bills. This symposium of
expressions has also been widely circu-
lated among members, and il begins to
be seen that southern representatives
fail TO represent up-todate opinions
and desires.
Apropos of this, and just to show
the drift of sentiment in the south,
1t is worth recording that toward the
close of the present month a mari
time congress- is to be held in Geor-
gia, call" for which has been for
mally issued by Gov. Gambler of that
state. Its deliberations may result
in denunciation of subsidies for any
industries, but if they do it will be
the first, as a long series of strong
resolutions have already been adopt
ed formally urging congress to pass
the ship subsidy bill, such representa-
tive business organizations as the
Richmond chamber of commerce, the |
Norfolk Business Mems association.
the Cotton Spinners' association, the !
Southern Industrial association, and
IF nth hnp oil 1f Ia
joining most heartily in favor of the
early passage of the ship subsidy bill |
and calling upon southern senators
and representatives to support it.
A typical southerner, who passed |
through this city the other day, and |
who positively refused to permit the
use of his name, discussed the ship
ping bill from new point of view.
SAID he: Il have been asking some of |
my southern business friends what
we would do if our rice were not pro-
1ected, or, if you choose, 'subsidized.' |
by a protective tariff; and have put |
1he same question to them regarding |
sugar. They have not yet answered |
me" j have asked others to tell me |
the difference between subsidiZine
last mail trains, such as pass through
our southern country daily, and the
Substituting of fast steamships, and
they seem lost for reply. I've asked
a number of others why they so
readily fall into the habit of subsidiz-
ing cotton factories, in the wav of
granting them free sites. exemption
f-2m taxation, and other special
fayOrS' or as if seems to mo sod c4roiob4
bounties.' whereby the many are
taxed for the benefit OF a few Il do
not expect said my friend. whose
name is well known all over the
south, and whose identity will be
clear when these questions are read,
shat my southern business friends