The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-06
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OPPOSES SUBSIDY ] !
Says Tariff Is Greatest 1l II p's,th-
tt1ent. to Cheaper Ships fl 555s
American Yards.
.FAvoRs DISCRIMINATING \ 9 DUTY \ D Y
Senator Martin Does Net st'boir
scribe to sviewss.,o-'f' Demo EN-,
cratic Minority.
y W ), D DISCRIMINATING Duly
yfByi 4 ssociated Press.)

IN
& sHtNGroN, D. CT. January 5. ~, no he
views Of the minority Of the Merchant talrl'
Marine Commission have been PREPARED
In 1.-The form o E. d report, VI ich morrow
will be made SinS the Senate by Senator
Mallory, Of Florida. and in the House
~ Representative spight Of Mississippi .l l pl
t,'he report Is signed tnsso by senta
tive Med ernott 4 Of N CIV jersey, se ma
TOT Martin, OF Virginia is tho Dem cratlo
member OF tho committee who has las not
subscribed to the minority Y Jews.
Il Representative spi ght Is the author Of
the minority report, tie principal feature
Of which s advocacy Of the discrtminaf.tt-E
sng duty Doll ICY as a. stlbst tn te for
government n aid 4 for Anne lean ship own
ters, as proposed by the bill presented
~ the commission. In this bill the minor
fity5 says cannot help but see the
ntrailsof the serpent that has been over
all other bills on this subj lee 7. s.
hating duty system had been the policy
81 the fathers OF the I2epu " lc, the minor
ity declares that shipping interests we're
maryelolsly developed In our early ~ IS
tory5 and that the same syst m w uld 4
bring like results In this age. t sis said /
that the fear 3 retal ia ton, oonse quent
upon the necessity OF abr eating trea tiles
with maritime countries IN order to carry
this system into operation, is y lot Y well \
founded on this subject the le'. minority
says Il: e E
our infancy: as a r alton we ,' not
only faced this danger coura geously. but 4
successfully. and our sh tipping indslstr ~
sprospered far sybeyo i anyt thing we llav
witnessed since we bound olirselve $: by e
treaties virtually to surrender our ~
ness on hi gh7 seas. 81 s5 f3t
Caused BY Tariff
Con, rnentinig Oil the Material Inference
fetween AZ he n cost { Of @ Estruction II: 1
American and foreI On shl yards I'd lhe!'
minority declares that the hea ngs con
Quoted 8by the commiss0 OH 9 h oW hiatt ne
greater cost Of Ia Dor In the american V n
yards Is largely; oyerco some by the greater
eflcicncy Of the A1nel,lcans art isan and !
tho use of Fimpro we'd tools h e greatest
imped itnent to cheaper ships 8 in American
va rds lis declared by; the minor ity to be
he s2unnecessar ny and ex orbi tant " ari q
Imposed on steel and iron pr ducts ss The
minority sa vs. further 81 J55
Ss..ItSh has been concl usv 81 IS own by tes-B
timony before this commission that mate Ite:.3
RAILS which into he e g, 2 ruct1on
OF ships arc sold by our factorie and
laid down d IN 4: foreign ship yards for ns
price Far below that charged ct the mills
Is our own pc orle-.a cofd ION th at could
not exist 2but for ! he unj Just proYi sions *
81 our tart # Ia VS. q ninorlt de-
clares the testimony ndicates$ that the
costo constructing n ship In g American
yards had. be fore the nd vent of Dingley-S
|sisn and Its brood of cormorant trusts
gotten down to about the cost o construct
Ling ships In fregr va rds. 4 N
|s&fWhilea the minority says the 4 arc bjec-G
lions to the entire bill agreed On BY the
con1m1 ssion9 opposit lons lis With eld by the
minority except as to the sect ions which
provide for direct subsidies. The report
says these are n. $50 sobn oxi Gus to Demo
cratic principles and ito the economic
sense Il OF the country hat we a re COM
pelled toSenterSo our arnest protest agatl1st2
their ena ctnlent into law Az