The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-15

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SEATTLE, Washington, September
3O.-Speaking before the largest audi
ence he has faced since his trip began
crowd overlooking the natural am
phitheater of the Alaskan Yukon Pacific
exposition, with its seating capacity of
nearly 20,O00-President Taft today
announced that he would urge in his
coming message to congress the enact
ment of n ship subsidy law. Taft de-
clared that the country was ready to
make such experiment and that some
thing must be done to build up an
American merchant marine. His utter
ances on the subject were received with
great acclaim.
Protection and Subsidy.
awe maintain protective tariff to
encourage our manufacturing, farming
and mining industries at home and
within our jurisdiction, said the Pres
ident, "but when we assume to enter
into competition upon the high seas IN
trade between international ports our
jurisdiction to control that trade, as
far as the vessels of other nations are
question which we have to meet is how,
with the greater wages that we pay,
with the more stringent laws that we
enact for the protection of our sailors
and with the protective system making
difference in the price between the
necessaries to be used in the mainte-
nance of a merchant marine, we shall
enable that merchant marine to com
pete wiz h the merchant marine of the
rest 0 the world.
Heavy Foreign Subsidies.
his is not the only question, either,
fs- it will be found ON an examination
of the methods pursued in other coun-
tries, with respect to their merchant
marine, that there is now extended by
way of subsidies by the various gov
ernments to their respective ships up
ward of $35, 000, 900, and this offers an.
other means by which in the competi-
tion the American merchant ship ~
utterly impossible to bid against its
foreign competitor.
"Not only this, but so inadequate is
the American merchant marine today
that in seeking auxiliary ships with
which TO make our navy an instrument
of offense and defense, or indeed in
sending it around the world as a fleet,
we have to call on vessels sailing under
foreign flag to carry the coal and to
supply the other needs of such a jour
ncy. We're we compelled to go into a
war today our merchant marine lacks
altogether n sufficient tonnage of aux
iliary unarmed ships absolutely neees
sary TO the proper operation of the
navy, and were n war TO come on we
should have TO purchase such vessels
from foreign countries, and this might,
under the law governing neutrals, be
most difficult.
"Tbe trade between the eastern ports
of the United States and South Amer
lea is n most valuable trade and now
equals something like $3.50 100000; but
European nations, approaching the
growing character of this trade, have
by subsidies and other means Of en-
enlargement so increased the sailings
of large and well equipped vessels from
Europe TO the ports of South America
as visibly to affect the proportion OF
trade which is coming to the United
States by the very limited service Of
direct character between New York
and South American ports.
Japan's Rapid Progress.
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guacy Of the American shipping marine
ON the Pacific Coast and the growing
power for commercial purposes in thu
regard Of the empire of Japan. JapaI
IL one Of the most active and generous
countries In the matter of subsidies e
its merchant marine that we have, anC
the effect IL only too visible in an eS
animation Of statistics.
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there Ii no subject 10 which congress
ean better devote It's attention in tn,
coming session than the passage Of
bill which shall encourage our mer
ahant marine in such way as TO 90
tabliEh American lines directly between
New York aud other eastern ports an,
South American ports, aud between on
PaeiAe Coast ports and Tho Orient an,
tho Philippines, We earn profit From
our foreign mails from 8B,0OOOOO /
sh,0O0,0O0 year The Application O
shat amount would be quite suiiicien
~ put On . satisfactory basis two q
three oriental lines and several line
from the aast 10 South America, q
course, We are familiar with tho arg
mHni that this would be euninbutlu
iD private companies uut ~ the tfnn
pry NJ tho United hiair5l bat Nr al
tiuf contributing 90 garloas Ways b
similar principles No ELECT BOTH ly l.
protective lafln law, bY our river ar
hanuf hllla and hy uul uelamaii,
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in tho poekels NJ rhp 0Wnrfs. hut N
go giving ihfm money NIih Whll
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