The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-12
MALLORY ON SUBSIDY
FLORIDA SENATOR STRONGLY oP-
POSES THE BILL.
NO GOOD REASON FOR IT.
THE MEASURE BALD AND BOLD IN
CHARACTER.

1t simply Proposes to Take the
Money of the Taxpayers to Build
Up the Private Business of Indi-
viduaIs and CorporatiOns-The
Proposed Auxiliary Cruisers
Would BE VaIueIess in Modern
Warfare and the Subsidies 10
Great Carrying Vessels Would Be
of Little Aid to Commerce.
Washington. March 11.-For several
hours to-day the Senate had the ship
subsidy bill under consideration. MIR.
Mallory of Florida made an extended
speech in opposition to the measure.
He analysed the bill carefully and held
that there was no good reason for its
enactment into law, saying he believed
it would not accomplish the results
hoped for it by it's promoters. His OPP
position was based chiefly on the
ground that it would extend the ia
vor of the United States treasury to
private individuals and corporations
without a just return for the expendi-
ture.
Mr.. Mallory said in it's ultimate
measure to take the money of the tax
payers to build up the private bust
ness of individuals and corporations.
Referring to MIR. Frye's argument in
support of the establishment OF an
auxiliary navy for which the pending
bill provides. he did not believe there
was sufficient justification for the ex-
tran
the bill. In the event of a war be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, or
any other great maritime power, this
country would find itself in a very
different situation from that
which it was in during the
Spanish war. rNe proposed auxiliary
cruisers VIC lot be left to scour
the seas, &c it was the policy
of all the nations named now to build
war vessels which could easily over
take any one of the ships which by
the pending bill would become a part
of the naval auxiliary fleet
Mr. Mallory contended that the prop
osition to give subsidies to great car
ryfng vessels would accomplish little
in aid of commerce, because majority
of the ports of this country and in
South America were so shallow that
vessels of draft greater than % feet
could not enter them
After Analysing at length the pro-
visions of the measure, Mr.. Mallory
said
Congress never in its history passed
a measure of this character 1t has
passed MANY laws to advance private
gain under the pretense of public poll
icy. but never one so absolutely bald
and bold in it's advancement of private
purposes as this measure
He felt Inundated. he said, every
time he visited the water front of his
city in the fact that with the excep-
tion of schooners and coasting vessels.
the American flag is never seen upon
mast in that harbor. He would go
as far as any senator to put the Amer
lean merchant marine on a footing Of
equality with that of other nations,
but he could not indorse a measure
such as this which was so at variance
with every principle of right and jus
tice.
Mr.. Frye Submits Amendments
Mr.. Frye referred to the fact that it
had beer claimed that the clause in
section of the ship-subsidy bill which
directs payment to the owner or own
ers of any vessel of the United States,
duly registered by a citizen of the
United States" would place under the
provisions of the bill the four ships
that had been admitted to an American
register. He therefore submitted an
amendment which was adopted, max
ing the clause read hereafter built
and registered in the United States, or
now duly registered"