Arizona republican., 1906-12-31
Af ftR-HOlIDAY EFfRI FOR SHIP SUBSu BILL
The President Has a Msase for Congress Intended to ense the Western Mind.

Washington, D. C., Dec.i, Especial
 Correspondence to The Pubiican)-
 Friends of the shipping biprediet that
 the special message wh' fresident
 Roosevelt will send to coress on the
 subject of legislation foIne encour- agement of the Americ merchant
 marine. will have much Feet on the
 members of congress fire the Middle West whose opposition tship subsidy
 Legislation, coupled as itas been with that of the members fTn the south.
 has hitherto prevented -vorable con sideration for shippingneasures lt is understood the mesge will deal with the effect which foign Steamship combinations have hafon our trade.
 especially between the. tlantlc coasts
 of South America a, the United
 States and between q Pacific coast and Europe. Data hi been Ia Id be-
 fore the president, de ing wlth 'hessl
 two combinations. Ce of them has headouarters in Liverol, and control2 our business with Brill. Uruguay an
 Argentina. The oth, composed oI
 British, French alderman steamshl
 owners. with headqlrters Tn Lonooi
 controls the carryif or gram IfoiF
 Washington. Oregoi and CalifOrnia around cane Horn f Great Britain an,
 Europe. The president has been sur
 piled with a copy f the rules or LII
 combination. dated from Leadenhaf Buildings. London which shows thi. the inflated rates bf freight are ma9 to anplv only on American cargOes gf ing to Europe, Eubpean goods shlppt. outward to the Pfcific coast pelhg
 empted by the fles.
 The other conDnation, whlch mon polizes the steamship traffic tet"efi New York and south America, Is aHl of an international character DeiId composed principally of German aId British shipowners. There Is nt az American ship in either cofnnation- Reports of our ministers ar consuls in South America and stataents Of merchants and travellers. sho that this Combination employs all th familiar machinery of rebates and iscrimina- tions. and that they delioHteiy keep rates high on American l1us while lowering them on E.urOpel goods fin order to favor our competurs In Eu- rope at our expense. .corolng to the commercial press of-razil It IS largely due to the malice % eNtortion of this European steam j. ring that eur exports of breadsttc, machinery aAd provisions to Brazil creased from $15900 GOO in 1895 to SllJO.1oe in 1904. The m mschinations Of his European "comblnes are also rQonsi1ie for the fact that Secretary yDt saw The stars and Stripes only o1e in his entire journey around SSi AiHerica- Not a single American 7er fnd only a few small sail Yaif AliiE iae liner ican flag appear 'n 9cr i.ade with Argentina and BSSii ln The hfst SIX months of 1906 fhen tnese facts are made know" said member of the house of rpresentatiyes, who is prombps -v s1 ltifed with the ship P"iS oiii, T shi be greatly interested Ill seeing wheher these Western men on the commfee and in the house who nave hesitaed about encouraging Aherican seanship lines will not chahge thT attitude. It is largely lirouSh eSorfing high freight rates on prVuuct rissd and exported by West erh tarnsrs that these foreign mono poies tirive. The honor of our flag as well as the commercial progress of me naion is involved in the efforts ,i theie European combinations to Aioteb American trade"