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10 promote business Whatever has been
said in favor of the subsidy for steam
ships can be Wore forcefully said OF air
ships.
My plan is to establish a great arship
building industry In Seattle and run regu-
lar passenger and freight lines TO the
orient and South America, provided the
government Is willing TO encourage my
infant industry by proper cash recogni-
tion in such quantity as will prove an abb
solute guarantee against loss.
The idea which these maritime patriots
have of fair and just subsidy bill is u
measure that will enable them to grab
about 90 per cent OF the swag-I mean
subventon--for their own obsolete vessels.
object to this, | appeal TO congress to
give all ships an equal showing.
AS ] understand It, about 3.500,OO0 OF
the hard earned dollars of the taxpayers
of the United States are to be openly do
mated TO the shipping industry
As the Morgans and the Griscoms on
the Atlantic coast and the Hills, the IIar-
rimans and the Spreckelses. on the Pacific
coast own the steamship lines, naturally
they will get all the subsidy.
But / submit TO all fair minded men,
they don't need the money. l do.
In asking for an airshlp subsidy under
the prctext that II Is needed to encourage
our trade with South America and the
orient II would be a reflection upon my
intelligence II did not admit that II
would do nothing Of the kind. but Il Is not
necessary to tell that to the farmers
They know too much now
But the subsidy would encourage me I'm
establishing my Aero Commercial Naviga-
tion company, a $iOO,OOOOOO stock issue OF
which | shall have ready TO unload upon
the public as soon as the subsidy bill
passes
Under these circumstances you will per-
ceive that Il will be impossible to make
the subsidy too large to suit me, i'll get
my share OF Il. Otherwise | shall feel II
my duty TO show It up as an obnoxious
graft upon the public treasury.
Airship lines are OF vital Importance.
The commercial possibilities OF the Pacific
are unlimited. and for reasons OF Japa-
nese impcrtlnence at present II IA imper
atlve that we should have direct alrship
communication with the Philippines and
with Hawaii
Unless the airship builder and airship
owner gets sufficient aid to give him an
| enormous and fair profit upon the biisi-
ness he cannot afford TO furnish such lines
and %ill not do So
Even In France where the tandem CYL
| inder petroleum motor airshlp has reach
| ed the highest state OF perfection, there
| Is no profit In merely making IT,
Congress can't expect genuine infant
| Industry to make money unless the gov
ernment Is willing to furnish the funds.
| 1t has been said that the government
| cannot afford to subsidize American air
] ships. think this is dead wrong. but IL
/ II isn't I suggest that we take enough
! from tho tariff taxes upon other ancient
| honorable and badhcaded Industries for a
| sum sufficient to subsidize my nirship
| building plant and my cloud ship packet
line to South America and to the orient.
This country must have airships. IT
| cant got along without them, and can't
/ huiId fhpO1 without thp guhgi1V
That makes our interests mutual
| The freight airship Is necessary to for
eign trade and Is the backbone OF the
profitable commerce Of the future, and ]
| betray no secret In saying that unless the
| government comes TO the front with This
| subsidy II may be years before the air
| ship carrying trade with foreign countries
can reach n profitable basis,
with the wireless telegraph lines work.
| Ing, II won't do to cry down the airship
industry.
The airshIp is a necessity not only to
commerce, but to the navy OF the future.
IL the subsidy is large enough, ! may
take contracts for warships, but, of
course, would give preference to the de-
mands of trade.
As long as the tariff lasts the subsidy
should last for the American airshlps and
the Williams Aero Navigation company.
IL the Importance of this subsidy ap-
peals TO congress, how can any one doubt
that It appeals to me?
With the public treasury overhowlng,
what Is to be done with the money II II
is not distributed among deserving insti-
tutions? Among whom / am one OF
which
With the assurance OF my most dstin.
guished consideration and thanks In pros
portion to my share OF the subventon.
beg TO subscribe myself
CHARLES ALE WILLIAMS,
President and General Manager and All
Round Pooh Bah of the Williams Aero
| Commercial Navigation Company OF
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