The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
SILENT ON SUBSIDY
Trans-MiSsiSsippi Congress
May Ignore Subject.
COMMITTEE REPORTS TO-DAY
shaw Makes Plea for En-
cOuraging steamship Lines, and
Speech of Nebraskan ArOuses En-
thusiasm Among the Delegates.

Kansas City. No, Nov. 22.-The COM
mittee on resolutions Of the Transmissis-
sippi Commercial Congress has finished
its work. and viii submit to the congress
tomorrow morning the result Of its
labors. The resolution. it is said, will
be silent on the question of ship subsidy
advocated by Secretaries Root anu Shaw.
Tc-day's sessions were, from a public
standpoint, the most interesting since the
congress convened. \ member Of the
Cabinet was the star attraction of the
afternoon, while the evening session was
given over TO the great commoner, -
who has twice made the race for Presl-
dent and whom many think will again
be the standard bearer for the Demo-
cratic party.
Speaks for ship Subsidy.
The speech Of Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary
Of the Treasury, on An American Mer-
chant Marine" took up most of the after
noon. Mr. Shaw is the second member of
President ROOsevelts Cabinet to address
the congress. In discussing the subject
assigned 10 him. Secretary Shaw said:
1T takes time to develop a market for
manufactured goods. \ few million ex-
ira bushels Of wheat. q couple million
tons Of meat beyond the usual, an extra
million or two bales OF cotton. will still
sell themselves. for the world will come
after them; but 20 dispose of surplus
manufactures will require international
merchants.
England Germany, and France con-
sumo approximately SC per cent OF their
output of manufactured goods. and they
search the world with ships flying their
own flags 10 find markets Tor - pc. cent
OF surplus. We manufacture as much as
these three countries combined. consume
approximately % per cent of it ali, and
invite the world 10 come after our sur
plus per cent. In the near future this
surplus viii be larger. and the world may
then fail 10 come after It.
Must Encourage transportation.
If this country ever develops interna-
tional merchants II viii accomplish it by
granting them encouragement, not alone
by dredging harbors and deepening chan
nels. but by insuriHg them a merchant
marine in which TO carry, under the most
favorable terms the products OF our
farms. our mines. our forest. and or
factories. And without international mer-
chants sustained by a merchant marine
We viii never put these products into the
ports of countries unable 10 maintain
merchant ships with which TO come after
them
"The outlay OF $50, 10000 in the purchase
OF the right of way. and S200000, 00O addi-
tional in the construction Of an isthmian
canal. s2900 100000 spent in the last decade
on rivers and harbors in aid OF shipping.
and $1,000 050 expended on the Revenue
Cutter Service. largely for the protection
Of shipping, are all wise appropriations A
fraction Of this amount would give us
what We once had-a merchant rine--
and insure us international merchants and
the products Of our eveT-incTeasing labor
would then be carried where the United
states as a commercial country is now
Mr. Bryan was the only speaser at the
night session. His remarks were ex-
tempOraneOus. He chose as his subject
Trusts" While the Nebraskan did not
advocate any doctrine that he has not
previously suggested as remedy for
curbing the power of trusts, his remarks
aroused immense enthusiasm