The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
THE SHIPPING BILL.


HE bill encourage American shipping and promote the
building American merchant marine has passed the Sen
is committee Whether will sleep
the session action not known at present 1t IS
opposed by the great foreign shipping interests built up by the
profits Of carrying trade which they have enjoyed at the same
subsidies bountes and ubventions from their
governments The London Shipping Gazette notes, with
little the Disappearance of the American
quaegged ship In 1894 there were o3 squaregged ships o.
954 under flag Ten later there ships
OF 3557 The Gazette The Americans see pros
Pect OF the rapid extinction OF their squaregged eet and are pc
ginning wonder how they going to train the masters and
officers of the future"
is of interest know that maritime rivals the strong
shipping companies of Europe that have made millions carrying
deep trade build and maintain squargged ships Tor
the OF training masters ocers and able seame e "a
does fear policy the American sp-owners
loI says ere IS no american sIeaisnp nset d @ pe SUI @
heny large TO encourage the outlay required to MAINTAIN uch
school ships That there no use in training men Tor
The Cunard line is Just finishing two immense
Atlantic trade between this country and
Europe These ships the Lusiania and Mauritania, will draw
subsidy SooOOo Tor twenty years from the British Gov
We discussing ability give $Ioooooo year
total a subsidy to revive American shipping
The maritime countries of Europe differently situated in
respect the familiarity of their population with their coasts from
France Germany Italy their territory
sight sound of the novelty their people
fetch and carry their trade But this country mil
lions people who the They have clear idea
OF its relation their fortunes They their grain and hogs
and cattle loaded railroad and taken away, and their
in their products when the train of sight
the they feel hurt and regard the money thrown
away. When subsidy build American ships,
make possible keep them afoat why that to the inland mind
outrage that be bombarded with resolutions and by
letters to the local Congressman.
All OF that is understood by the astue representatives of the
foreign shipping companies and they have piled the rural and
thinks that helping ships the
Of all vilanies inland opposition the
which inland interests will be favored than
other The great of the country its surplus products
These find foreign market and seek The
surplus and find ship to take it to the far
If find American bottoms sufficient carry the money
paid for freight home employ labor and pay
enlarge the home market for the inland products
the surplus finds carry market The
producer pays the freight His product brings him price that
the value left after paying freight and insurance brokerage and all
other charges necessary the from producer
The American producers, mainly nlanders this
SooOooooo year freight foreign ships for carrying their
ery market This practically noncompetive price for
there American ships with
foreign Every foreign ship that its share of that
hundred millions subsidized paid bounty by its
deep tonnage flying the American flag
o8 Great Britain has I3eoo2I8 tons Germany
has 2SoS6o and little Norway has oI7248 nearly much
Spain has than half and
have Italy and Japan At apans rate of increase in deep
tonnage she will and take her place with the
great maritime nations of Europe.
While lag behind ships pass the time pleasantly brag
gng the Pacific Ocean American lake This boast will
soon alongside of the that the of lake will
the flag of Japan and will be rarely
the serpent