Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-11
SUBSIDY STEAL
 ID bE RUSHED
 THROUGH SOON
BELIEVED THAT THE FIVE MIL LION DOLLAR GRAFT WILL BE PUT THROUGH DURING NEXT FEW DAYs-lT WILL BENEFIT l. ONLY A FEW RICH MEN.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jar. l0.-Al- though some of the republican lead CTS realize that the Humphrey ship subsidy bill is almost as offensive to the people as was the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill before it's passage. the measure which will open the pork barrel" to private ship owners is to be damned through congress regard less of consequences.
 The railroads. the tariff trusts and all the other special interests that are represented in congress have add ed their O. K to subsidy legislation With President Taft using every source of leverage at his command to secure votes for the measure. the only hope for its defeat lies in coa- lition of democrats and insurgents. When it is considered that a ship Esubsidy is popularly viewed as class ! Legislation of the most vicious kind. and that it has been turned down by such representative commercial organizations as the New York Cham Der of Commerce as both un-American and impractical in theory it would seem that in forcing such a law upon the people the republican leaders are absolutely indifferent whether the next House is lost to the party now in power or not Either that. or else hope for republican success in the approaching congressional elections has been abandoned. and the Aldrich- Cannon men are out for all the 'pork" that is to be had in the comparative short time which remains before their forced retirement to private life.
 What is the real significance of the desperate attempt Of the republi- cans to pass ship subsidy bill at this time? From what viewpoint will the average citizen be likely to view the situation
 The plan now is to pass a ship sub sidy bin within the next few days. IIf this is done. it will mean that the Inrst important legislation to pass al this session was @ measure that will benefit only sw rich men. IL will mean that e6H@ D. deliberately turn led it's back u e legislation desired by The people 10 first serve the sue- ciaI interests. And as if to make more evident their contempt for pub lie sentiment. the republican leaders Ihave given the country 70 understand that while @ ship subsidy bin is 10 be passed. no attention is 60 be paid ,at this session lo postal banks or statehood fer Arizona and New .IeN- ico. which it will be recalled. were promised in the republican national lplatform in as clear-cut English as : could possibly have been employed
 Political blindness is the only e- precision l can think Of to describe : the action ol tne republican leaders in rersisting in their plan 10 pass a ship subsidy biii at this time" said . Representative Henry r Bainey Of Illinois. one Of the best posted men in the House oa shipping and navisa- tio1 laws The leaders in charge of the majority side Of the House are simply drunk with power They need only a little mere rope, and the job Twin bc complete.
 "if this ship subsidy biH is pass led said Afr Rdney. where win the ls5Oo0O0o that is lo be paid annually lto the ship ovhefs coming froa5e The
 subsidiSts aEsweg. Why it. is-spot planned to take m5aeg from the pub lie treasury. + ss :plauncd to pse. the lprofit Of tfe foreign mail branch ol lthe pOstoffice department, which is
 Approximately s5.0Co00a annually
 This is no answer to the question , however. The postoffice department Q is running at a loss of Sf7.50O. 900: , that was the deficit last year. If you ? take the s5.00O, 900 of profit derived 1 from the foreign mail service 10 give . to ship owners. it win simply meaI e the deficit will be increased by that & amount Any school boy can see that
 Now If we give S500O.OOO to thes' I shipowners, someone must foot th' 70 ibfl, And the government has nc
 . ytaxing the people.
 2 In a few words. therefore shi.
 subsidy legislation is law to fur 4 their exploit and oppress all the peo
 pie for the furtber enrichment C 2 multi-milIionaires.
 "The experience of France alon' . shows that the idea is wrong. He
 heavy subsidies. though draining ta'
 treasury. have utterly failed Co pro
 duce the result anticipated. whils th'
 commerce of Norway in proportion
 to it's wealth and inhabitants make'
 an exceptionally fine showing, with
 out any Subsidies whatever
 ~It is true that Germany pays sub
 sides, but Germany does not depsn' Iupon ship subsidies. The Hamburs
 American line. the largest steamship
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