The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-11-29

cuiei announcement would be a mce-
sagc from the Administration up.
holding the Monroe Doctrine IN con.
trndiction 10 the remarks recently
made by Professor burgess IA Ber.
lin. He did this, hut the chief trend
OF his speech was toward the need
OF a ship subsidy
Secretary Root began with a pie
ture Of American conditions from
the early period OF both continents.
showing that up to n recent date
the United States had been n debtor
nation and occupied chiefly with a
d 'velOpment Of It's own Internal ~
sources. polluted uui n ,v Itmrs
. lHiue. aluuSt a genrt,ti, "a
ahead Ui his time In statesmaushIp,
had fOreseen the commercial devel-
Opment OF both North aud south
America, which would call for closer
trade relations. He admitted that
Blaine was too early, but he snid
that now the time had come aud he
showed how, In the absence Of d.
rect steamship communication be-
tween North and south AIderica, IL
was nov cheaper and quicker for
mail and passenger traffic destined
for any LoInt south OF Rio Janeiro
70 20 By way OF Europe.
Being Just back himself from "a
trip around the whole coast line OF
South America. MIR. Rsot said that
he had seen the American flag afi0ut
but Once ON any merchant vessel
during his entire trip. He said that
South American merchants found
that they could get quicker service
and better freight rates 10y placing
their orders In Europe than Ia the
United States. He said that this
was due, first to the fact that for
lelgn merchant vessels paid less
wages and could be run cheaper
than vessels under the American
iiig. He said TINT 30 addition 10
l -
tt l,upUTi auC, q - "a u
trade, were heavily substituting the
direct steamship lines from their
own country to South America. He
estimated the amount OF subsidy
thus paid at twenty-eight million
dollars a year.
Secretary Root showed the Inn
mense o Of sparseiy settled
Country with lie millions of dollars
OF actual and potential eummerre
nov awaiting the call OF the United
States He said that the whole OF
Brazil was less thickly populated
than the state at Missouri wus fifty
years ago. Yet. he said, the trade
OF Brazil and the other South Amer.
icnn republics amounted to more IN
the curse Of a year than the whole
az our Oriental trade. Tie said that
we did only twelve per cent OF the
total business with South American
countries, and added that we never
would do more until there was
better system OF communication and
transportation between the United
States aud the republics on our
South.
Mr. Root pointed out that we had
tried the plan Of tonnage dues with
a view to building mp the American
Merchant Marine. and had failed
The scheme Of free ships. built aud
bought abroad. would, he said. only
accentuate our handicap and XIII
the industry Of ship building IN this
country. The oulv thing that re.
malued, was the subsidy, an artih.
cial stlmulant 10 meet artiAcially
created conditions. He said that II
was expensive but thHe II was the
only remaining remedy open 90 us.
Ills statement may very we'll be tn
ken NJ the view ot the administers
ton. and II this T. the cate, a Ship
Subsidy Bul will In all probability
be one Of the measures passed at the
next session Of Congress.
A remarkable condition has been
created 10y the proposal uf Secretary
Taft TO suspend the Presidents or.
der calling for the discharge OF thrct
companies OF the 18th Infantry ow,
Ing 60 their participation In the
recent race riot az Brownsville, Tex.
The President issued this order on
the eve Of his departure for Panama
and since then he has been almost
continuously ahOat and out OF a.
rect communication with the United
States. There has been "A great deal
OF harsh comment In many quarters
over this order for preemptOry dis
charge. Much Of IL has been with d
political bias and intended merely "a
stir up partisan feeling. using the In.
cident as the basis. The Secretary
OF War was alarmed 1T the seeming