The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-29
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doSen rsafa ~ rapid growth of our Subsidized
stesm shipping. In thu heFceat competition
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pe,Rion that hal repeatedly cut freight fa'es
a~luatciy In tao. wlth enormous advantages
N onr exporters, tho auIsid ies we're suddenlv
Withdrawn and nuf iines vent 'o the wall
Colllus vas ruined. but ihe. .Cunqtd line.
which hna been steadily Subsidized lnr aiIiy.
s"vrn wears hy the british Uovefnment, whlch
ener sed from the contest with the Collins
line uuacathed. because IT, subsidies were
continued. has but recently entered into me
British Government II has ever annoyed
Democrats gave protection 20 and they
,Hcs :, iro gnrt our :hIppISsI, sI n G tS.S e. .sc GSs..i
foreign vessels from the rteht TO compete
With hv an act passed In 1917 and wltness the
enorm ons Increase o. our p%rohibltiveiy pro.
tectel coastwlse and dome.tlo shipping
OF recent, years the Democrats have co
they have seemingly abandoned, the free trade
theory Of free ships Their chance came TO
press press. a ,b tT'S sn i9lR Iim "S' dn IN Sse ,b Esi IS.t ioriy eve I've
years that they have controlled the Legislative
and, executive branches Of our Goyernpent.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Committee.
and II hung. Enacted on. through three sessions
Of that Congress. .AlthoMgh PRESIDENT Cleve,,
the Commissions OF Navigation frequently
!mportuned the. Speaker to set q day for the
Republicans have promised time and time
again to 80 leglsiats as to give us an American
merchant marine In the foreign trade. Those
Meanwhile our shipping in the foreign trade
has shrunk 20 a less tonnage than we bad In
$50. to only one.third the tonnage we had In
known az n Postal Subsidy act Of March 8,
1891. and still In force. II IL probable that our
tonnage In the foreign trade would To-Day
nineteenth century-as small az II viii be when
the subsidized Japanese exercise their option
for the purchase Of the cream OF our trans
When the high protective tariff policy was
adopted in 1890. and as 1t has been continued
nor has II vet been. extended to our shipping
in the foreign trade, Besides, by treaties Of
conn and n q y Snd a NTH prehs oana on all
ships engaged in our foreign trade in favor OF
and and o nninteTruptedly exereised the right to
discriminate against all other foreign products
entering, our ports 70 compete with onr own
discrimination has caused the building up
and the prosperous development OF many
great American industries; Being unable TO
favor Of our own, without, Ire abroeation OF
these treaties and that being regarded az an
to de' sss la altfSnls fna %Pt the tsai \ for FIRE tSs
protection Of our foTeiengoIne shipping has
been denied to our shiPsi .. Resort seS ho has here re-
which foreign nations protect and sustain their
merchant marines, in the legislation proposed
Ter nnd the g ,Spis Sa1So Of or OF p prcERes sie shiio oT ?
GOVERNMENTS annually expend no less a sum
than s2s 500, 900.
Of American shipping have discredited sub
sldies and b%ounties for our shipping. Re
anxious to redeem their prediction pledges
qpd give eom ms an an h% 'Sropsb T tse tarIn. m a. tbsy
did for tin plate. they would have done It long
ago; but they cannot. and so they do nothing
p"g de"celine@s' Our foreign rivals SUBJ
sldlze theirs. and II prospers:
It ls curious, and not 2 little slsnldoant.
and agents OF foreign ships In, the United
States as the remedy that we Should hSunid ad9ps
SnsP0T and British neyspapcrs. Tspeatedly
animated solely by a desire to see our T,er-
chant. marine, wax great again; but how
ridiculous y T. to urge a a FREE trsds policy
latlng. afraid precisely where our foreign
T6Ssls Ttsh h ns to to s'aRSa Build our and 'G maInssia;
foreign ships. those auXilIaries upon which
time OF need, while we, weak upon the sea
FOR the lack Of ships and. their trained men,
NAV paw a terrible penalty for our neglect
TO provide equally essential reserves of ships
and men OF our own,
President Roosevelt has ~valiantly. eg;
gresslvely. ,persisteItly, but se@gSciously tried
Congressional commission. passed the Senate
three months ago. but II is strangely halted
Committee which a year ago reported favora-
bly, a bill almost Identical with this.
ALEX. r. SMITH.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. May %.
Two Representative American Girls.