New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
orrsN NAIL BILL ALIVE?
Friends Erpect Its Passage Nert
Sssaon-Galinger Talks.

Nav n-That the ocean mail hill,
Nas----s -ssss -be Senate on March %, without
VIZ 80 re.sr was sustained by the Senate in
Sc .,4soe spnropriation bill by vote OF Is TO
- Killed BY the action Of the House IN 1alI-
: -. ~. . on 2 narrow vote of 1s5 TO las. is
e e . E. conviction Of the friends Of the measure
u r-,ers that next December il will win by
4lts -o.so-i-, The exuitation which the tenn
s.+ss+ os this measure has aroused in Liv-
london and Hamburg. among the foreign
" ,s-s sn5 merchants. is hasty and prenna-
e. ~ .ai5 Senator Gallinger. in discussing the
,aeci. He conlnoeG'
=, ro-e On May % shows how quickly the
- -,s5i service and the merchant marine are
ng strength in ne HoqSe n6;cags q Seaqy
a. The Middle West, voted against a bill for
ra Ines 70 South America The other qSg onIE
s1.SesTs- from the Middle Aest. voted against
u .9r Eai INES s5 = A8sralasia A year ago % per
~ n The Republicans o. the House were op,
.Sss; this year only l6 per cent. ANA TINS secono
-sss n The yesr Of q Presidential election
-bs Middle West is still the centre OF opposliion,
a., -be- ornosition IS ming one Already there
trs-y much more support than hostlllty IN those
rzni states which have long been the special aeid
.,,r Fo- forr- years the agents and attorneys in
rs Country q foreign ship trusts; IKE that which
~ - WI snsir and sold them 10 the Spanish gov
.-rrne-r have been boasring that the whoie AldQie
l.7- for ar American ocean mail service and mer-
NIT marine. Nov. as matter OF tact. the IN
i--s s-sres between Ohio and the Rocky Mountains
- sirr-z-eieht Republican votes for the ocean
- ri n the House the other day. as compared
w. thi-fy-fye votes against it-a Middle western
-gs3nriry for this measure Of more than TO ].
-zye reason 10 believe that rnanv-probahly &
-s1ar.tr--sf the -hirty-ive Western representa-
fss who voted aga inst the ocean mail bill week
Ero pe-souzly favor legislation Of this kind but
.r thst Il is not ret properly understood by their
ronstruer5s There IS no question t1at JheTe 3
tnsrilirv in he Middle West 10 the idea OF sub
sty nut this ocean mail bill is no more OF SUD
tv than is our expen6it rural free delivery
G railway nal carving. II is simply honest pay
| m actual sz-vlce rendered
western misunderstanding Of the ocean mail leg
kE;.un wherever II exists. am convinced Is Que
= large paTr 10 The propaganda maintained for
-z-y wears hv the rich and powerful European
rsanshp mbnatiors-thIough their emigrant
tEszcts scattered al over the Western country.
-hsE fuelgn ship CoTpa MES are afraid OF a Wig
orcus C5Epeting American merchant marine. They
r5w ronopolize nine-1enths Of our ocean car
ryE, and receive for this upward OF sAo,WG,oSe a
| rtsE Because there are American ships these
.0-egl concerns are able TO force the United
sEies government 10 pay double transit rates for
he privilege Of sending our mails TO South Amer
ie va Europe and they Sche1ning uow to
erTe fss of the trade routes IN the Pacific
oresn
L Is these alien nonopolists who have the aSsur-
tact 70 ssss the ocean mail bill in the interest
q uonoooly" though the bill has more ear
ass champions than President Roosevelt and Sec
Issry Taft.