The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-16


ect home Industry, and yet in this sec
ion the party about faces. turns IFS
ace 10 the east. subverts and changes
rs policy and stands for a direct dis
,rimination against the American who
lesres To build a ship. There are nc
ess than thirty ship building concerns
IN the United States. Why should
\ tbese concerns be given free raw ma
terial with which to construct ships
I for foreigners, and be compelled 10
/ GAY exorbitant duties upon their ma.
'erals used in building a ship for
American ownership. II the Repub-
lean party is the genuine friend OF the
armers Of the country. and which they
% loudly pretend as well as all the
lther consumers. tho question might
)e pertineptly asked while they are
living free raw material for the
manufacture OF ships for foreigners
Why not give to the manu-
'actures of this country free raw
material for the farmers binders. NOW
RS. rskes. wagons. buggies. wire and
fact, everything which he daily uses
md consumes? If discrimination is to
)e made at all for one, ] am In favor Of
Z radical discrimination in favor OF the
american producer and consumer, be
ne farmer, laboring man. professional
or otherwise. II stands 10 reason, be
cause il is true, that under the condi-
tions the foreigney can get his vessel
Dh ha arfa hrr .si
25 TO 40 pei cent. Some one must pay
this discre pancy: this conference must
be made up by some one. Who is go.
ing 10 do II. other than the
great mass OF American people
who in the last final analysis
discrimination will only be made up by
higher freight rates imposed upon tho
American. upon articles shipped and
transported by him upon the water
and in addition thereto, an increased
tax upon the necessaries of life You
cannot take advantage in this way and
thereby deplete the revenues OF the
government without this vacuum being
replaced by someone else In my iudg-
ment, the foreigner should be com
PEELED to make this up. by compelling
him to pay the full price OF this vessel
he has built in this country from high
ly protected articles. upon the same
principle that a farmer is compelled 10
pay for the increased price OF his ma.
chinery BY reason OF the fact OF IT'S
being built and constructed from high
ly protected materials
This. however. is but one OF the
many instances OF Legislation enacted
by the Republican party TO build up
special interests at the expense OF the |
many II IL this class Of legislation |
That the Democratic party has always
inpeighed against. and / trust IL or
some other party will continue so to do
untn all our people are treated alike |
80 far as hey can be. in the way OF
legislation.
The Republican party star ds for
ship subsidy, and a ship subsidy bill
was defeated in the closing days OF the
sixtisth Congress by only two votes.
which. II II had passed. would have
cost US not less than four million dol
lars per year from the beginning: and
this is hut the entering wedge to the
national treasury for countless mil
hons OF dollars TO be wrung from the
people by high protective tariff But
here is a provision which goes step
farther and offers to subsidize foreign
ships. or ships built for foreign owner
ship and trade. They propose to sub
sidize foreign ships by giving them
cheaper material over American
ships. and the people must ulti-
matsly pay this subsidy; and for
American ship owner they pro-
pose not only TO vote direct
subsidy for him but under paragraph
a. Of the bill they propose to give to
al American vessels engaged in for
sign trade a drawback on all foreign
coal which has been imported into the
United States equal 10 the amount OF
DUTY upon imported coal. which is 81
cents per ton. upon coal imported from
port duty on its coal. Which subsidy
h the worst the subsidy To foreign
ships In giving him free raw material
or the direct subsidy for the American
ship with free coal. free liquor. FREQ
cigars. free tobacco. free cigarettes.
free food stufs and all other supplies
for the ships OF any kind or nature as
shall show later on. Section 20 OF
the bill gives TO me manufacturers
nbsolutely free raw material for all
Of their export trade. II provides that
where manufactured goods are export
ed from imported materials that the
can draw back from the
government when he exports his man
nfsctured commodity the amount OF
duty which he originally paid upon his
imported material Or, IL he does
not desire 10 do II in this way
after importing his material and
paying duty thereon, he can then
use domestic material OF equal
quantity and productive manufac-
turing quality and value. manufac-
turing this into commodities and ex.
port II abroad. and upon this he will
be allowed drawback from the
treasury in an amount less per cent