Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-03
subsidies

T&sns the yearly payment from the
f''''fsyp.h treasury for the encourage
:. s'sA.&t of shipping reachcd in 1896 an
: t%'eTsi-st Near. the great sum Of nearly
ssStsa:, 600 francs ($S,OOO,O 900 Now, let
LIZ .ssss ihe result According to the re
1sa11 so he United States consul at
es.Au"n scf Sept 6, 1890 the total in
-.rs@ais, of French mercantile tonnage
>n toe dive years from 1893, the year of
&.1s1 enactment of the new law, until
1>yeies was GG,961 TONS Tthe increase be-
-sNf iIfnitcd to vessels which receive no
nsa.ss7t from the bounty law Of 1893,
8a1aie the steam tonnage engaged in
:. 1snsta1ng competition actually showed a
~Htasraase''
After eighteen years Of bounty pay
Ez1~.ra1s committee of the French par
i:aA,,ant IN 1898 reported as follows:
&s'a 90 not hesitate to say without
3rr'cay of contradiction that our mer
&essgnT marine is in such state Of de-
3r2ss3s,lce that there is reason to be un-
s.ssEs7 about cur naval fleet"
ibis is taken from the report Of the
:Ts-ste department Of Sept g. 1909. which
M3ny other extracts may be quoted
..eoEAta yhe reports of various chambers
VI s.asamerce. from the speeches made
Sc Giae two houses of parliament and
sstgaa lectures delivered by experts In
.ss-=s1oTnlcs. oil lamenting the depressed
sssf4aa ~ ihe merchant navy OF France.
-k.e appears from the figures given
Jasswe, the French government pays
sssss1s1 subsidies premiums on the con-
xtE~ss~1ion Of French ships and premiums
xw 10Y ages made by French ships. The
xsgSact. of this policy Is thus described by
La SJnited States consul at Marseillrs
IT s1.se report to the state department Of
.gzt1sv 20, 1890:
the shipowners found the shipbuild
rAsx constantly increasing their prices
szugsl the point was reached where the
Awe. ssaecs We're accused of calculating
stne amount which proposed construc-
erssism would command and adding that
zsxaos1nt TO their own cost price. thus
Subscribing the premium for navigation
ixss,a the one for construction.
oS>nle consul concludes that 1.-The mer
-ARart marine Of France is in an unsat
gs%factory condition,
Sfle zhJ2naE government pays naNlSh
Esag subsidies and construction boun
hes bat the United States consul gen
.srssl al Nome in his report to the state
,ssa.sgrtreut Of July %. 1899. makes the
tsasyNisly comment:
&c yiev OF the efforts of the Italian
1eupernment TO encourage Italian snip
v,arg che long seaboard and the nec"s
.szSsy or shipping to the economical lire
nj. she country, the results are certainly
s.sr from satisfactory"
II s.e.nains for the American people
W. decide whether to adopt the artificial
.xpsd,a.lt of the subsidy system. which
ssssss- re ,no..tiNued Indefinitely at ever
sr,sy.a sing cost, or whether to approve
rsaa more logical principle announced ny
re- J J. HID In the New York Journal
1T Commerce of Nov. 10, who pins hi"
rxstn TO the natural advantages or me
1nssxs1rx and the WideaWake enterprise
MI IT'S people and not the paternal care
,x1r,d ,eoddling of the government Whlch
..wg hem one interest only at the ex~
-,.4y.sa CT others All that really live
s,;ae,ness men aSl, of the government ~
.sessf ri ssnal, got pet difficulties aud Oh
ssrn ctions in the way and shall atrofu
ssasf, protection of the laws as Will give
.t,s.sep q fair .ield for their energies.
vS7yysf >{hev cannot then succeed in tlieS
yra ovillipg to leave to others.