Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-07
TRUST RULES
ALL TRADE
DECLARES HUMPHREY
OF WASHINGTON
He Scores Herr BALM as Head Of
Trust and Associated Press Rep.
resentative for Being in Its En-.
ploy.

phrey of Washington, the author of
the administration ship subsidy bill
in the House on June l6, sprang II
sensation when he said that the for
eign trade of the United States was
fixed until 1t is absolutely at the
mercy Of foreign ships and foreign
competitors.
Mr.. Humphrey gave as his author
ity n report by the Royal Commission
on Shipping Rings" appointed by ord
er King Edward VII. and declared
that he could not explain why the
Information had not been spread
throughout the United States.
At the same time the Washington
member called attention to the en-
/ ployment of Mr.. Jerome J. Wilbur, of
the Washington stan of the Associated
/ Press, by Herr Ballin, the head Of a
world wide foreign shipping trust"
MIR. Wilbur has admitted this before
the special committee of the House
that has been investigating the ship
subsidy lobby. lie resigned from the
Associated Press today when request
ed to do so, after an investigation by
the authorities of the association.
Mr.. Humphrey said that all foreign
ships running between this country
and Europe, South America, South Az
rica and the Orient. are farmed into
"di6erent combinations, conferences
or POOLS" He asserted that these
pools make rates and eliminate COM
petition, having an agreement to de-
stroy any company that attempts to
compete with them. One of these con-
ferences he called the Continental"
which he said included the French
line, Holland-America line, Hamburg
America line, North German Lloyd
Steamship Company, Scandinavian
American Company and the Russian
American Company.
"The head Of this worldwide trust"
he continued, lis Herr Ballin, by COM
mon consent the most influential man
in Germany. excepting orly the En-
peror himself. Herr Balm today sits
in Germany and absolutely 'flxes' the
price that the American merchant. the
American manufacturer and the Amer
lean farmer must pay on every pound
Of freight he sends to Europe or to
South America. He absolutely die
tates the amount OF money that any
American citizen must pay to visit
Europe or 10 visit South America
Herr BALM and Herr Boas, the
general manager Of this company In
this country, have frequently, through
the American newspapers denounced
the efforts made by the American Con-
gress to do something to assist in
building up our merchant marine
Herr Ballin came to this country a
few years ago and made u speech in
New York city to American business
men, insisting that America should
permit Germany to carry her COM
merce on the seas.
THE hired representative of Herr
Balm and his interests is here in
Washington today on the staff Of the
Associated Press, the greatest news
gathering agent in the world. This
gentleman's name Is Mr.. Jerome J.
Wilbur. and when you remember how
close to the German merchant marine
is to the Germany navy It is at least
suggestive that this representative OF
this great foreign steamship trust
should also be the representative of
the Associated Press assigned to our
State, War and Navy Departments.
This is the Herr Ballin whose COM
pany voluntarily withdrew two OF its
fastest and best ships and sold them
to Spain to sink, burn and destroy
American commerce
This is the man and this is the
company that today absolutely die
tates how and on what terms this
great nation shall transport its COM
merce. All this is done without COM
plant and without protest on our
part, and this while the whole country
is filled with the sound and fury of
the verbal battle to exterminate COM
paratively small trusts and combines
at home"
In a statement announcing Mr.. Will
bur's resignation. the Associated Press
said: ~.
This termination of his long, use
full and honorable service does not
justify any assumption that he has
been consciously guilty of any mis-
conduct, nor that In the work he has
performed for the steamship COM
panies he has done anything which |
one not connected with the A. P.l
might not have done with perfect pro-
priety."
The British freighter Alden is