The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-30
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ia American shipyards and the only way
10 regain and keep our commercial SUI
premacy is through American ships, car
rying to foreign lands the products Of
American factories and fields"
AIR. Williams did not think that the
government ought to go extensively in
the ship building business itself He said
hat Great Britain. which was the most
carefully and best financed nation on
earth, between the years 1885 and 1897,
had spent ssh .0o0GDO in the Improvement
Of its navy. OF this vast amount only
S34 10000 had been expended by the gov
ernment Itself, the remainder going TO
sniphu-ldng firms and corporations
throughout the British Isles In this
manner" said Mr. Williams, Great Brl-
tain makes private corpora tons co-labor-
ers with her in building up her navy
and expanding her merchant marine
This is a national question and il
ought to be discussed in a broad. caiho-
iic spi. it. a man who viii allow his pre-
judice to enter in. because of SOM. anti
quated sentiment. is not a tit man to
discuss it,"
Mr.. Williams discussed a some length
the natural advantages tho South offers
Abi Ait tSlaOiiSiluitHi 81 E0lONaTuS. liA
said tina, every essential Tor the success
tui building of ships was at the doors ii
every port on the Atlantic sea board tsy1
that If the Souui once embarked Ia the
business, she would beat the world
Mr.. Williams concluded his remarks By
saying that tn e S7Oo0,000, which the sutsi-
~ Dill proposed 20 distribute amounted
only to three -fourths of one, per cent of
zoe revenues of the government. Con
tr6Sted with the possible benefits to be
derived from the pan. Mr.. Williams
thought this amount insignificant There
X no argument against ship-subsidies.
he said; there is every argument in
favor Of the government doing somethinr
20 remedy existing conditions"
Subsidy or No SUBSIDY
Mr. Williams was followed bv Nessr.
c Wallace Howard. Capt. George T.,
Walker and Capt. NJ. z. Csina. Mr.
Howard thought that C, sstwise American
shippii was already fully protected ana
VS. a mast profitable enterprise. I,
didn't need any subsidy. All it needed
was local recognition.
capt. Wa ker was Of the opinion that
the American cosstwise shipping was |
generally well protected but that i, |
would be helped. instead of hurt. as NJ. |
Howard had feared. by the passage of |
a ship-subsidy bill. Such bill was do |
signed 10 ne the American carving |
trade between this and foreign countries |
ana capt Walker expressed entire CON |
currence wi'h Mr. williams views that
1t would accomplish its purpose.
Capt. Usna stated thet he wo,,1a A.
tend the Maritime Cong ess as a delegate
J. ON the Assoc alton of Masters OF s. an,
Pilot Vessels of the United States ana
that he was already pledged to summers
the Hanna bill iP0'S
At this juncture Capt. Purse resigned
the chalr 10 Mr.. a, B. Moore and made !
avbrief speech in favor of Vhe reso,,, -
inst ~nctirg the delegates of Inc poer loils
Trade to the congress at Brunswick IN /
support the ship ubsidy plan
capt Purse began by saving that ~
"ss impossible Q hope that any s5in-
SUBSIDY Bill that would be passed wonid
40 equal a. exact justice. 1t w ,uld rro-
s tect some tniT gs that do not need pr tee
ton and would fail to give help tn enter-
prises worthy to rec i've IT TIL iv IL
defect OF all political efforts "a remed,,
UNIV holesome conditions
capt Purse announced himself sousreI,.
IN FAVOR Of the plan. II no grant sinh.
sloles 10 American shipping would IN.
crease IL ana make it possible for Amer
,' "a. -hooucts TO be carried in American
bottoms, then he wanted to see if done
capt. Purse said that this section baa
~ acNcally foresworn the doctrine of free / !
baHe which he declared was A berse,.
""eh II sought TO have a duty imnose6 ,
Oh the lm2ortation of Egyptian cotton
"hleh mad come into injurious competi. ,
20" WIN sea island cotton. The principle :
OF ship-subsdies was merely that OF nr1-
lecuon, and it violated Democrats A.
TIME no more than would A tariff an
Egyptian cotton. ~ Oh 4
II Is pcssi' le," said Capt. Purse ",hat !,
snip-sui sides might decrease in some
pa. inc profits of some I,
lssi eSFes tbs shcu d not prevent our p
advocacy Of the plan, but we shouId lool, :
to che general advantage and the n I'm II
mon YEA. WhCn we seek TO advance ~ n
great cause of American commerctal Gu n
p tnlacy' We should not stop TO consider N
me damage that would be done or ths ~
Ut mat would accrue to a particu- :,
OF particular industry. We ~,
1t out upon the great bread
greatest good to the d
mar that" said the G.
lid reaso., smile That al
ciple Of tho aSt touch- ~
ties, number an ocratic fu
lker. with a tr umph~ IN
red to indicate he had at Oh
slid ground, rs good Dens>
trine"
lere were calls for the question
oh Cant Blum interrupted by saying
the reso ution scarcely expressed the obey
sides that the sp Genes made had ex- theS
ssed Capt Purse who is chairman OF eNll
delega zion. assured Capt. Blum that Dorm
resolutions were specific enough for we
J. and that If they were adopted he ne
id con slider that he went to Bruins new
k pledged to support ship-subsidies. ano
S seemed the genera, and definite I'M SoIl'
standirg g, and upon renewed calls for SGT
= - nIaced unon cir Message There prec
$ not single dissenting vote. Na'l
S the members OF the Board of Trade pect
d out Of the building Capt. Blum. wear WIFE
on aspect Of great good humor, halted slas
Morning News reporter. out
Well" he said, lit was as good Re the
brcan meeting as anyone could ask" j
r Oh was the expression OF the general
nion
...e members of the Board of Trade,
wever, 20 rot seem to favor the Han ME1
bill. which they think wi be more nw~
ely TO help lines OF ships now In oper-
on and paying hands me dividends
an II would be to encourage shipbu d. Y
z They favor subs dies. but not o. the M
act brand that S n tor Hanna aAvo- "