Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-13
No Cowardly Repeal of Our
New Shipping Policy! No Sur
render TO Foreign Threats!

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There must be no striking Of American merchant
flag repeal Of the per discrimination
provided by the tariff law favor Of American shipping
There Interpretation Of that c.ausathe most i'm
portant and about the only beneficial clause the tariff
bltha Will nufy the expressed intent Of Congress to be
gin the Of the American merchantmen al the
There be afrighted Washington
CAUSE THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED
TO DO NOTHING THAT MAY BE DISPLEASING TO GREAT
BRITAIN.
OF the foreign protests will They began coming
the instant foreign governments learned Of the Of
provision the earliest drafts Of the tariff bill Now they
being repeated and pressed The million dollars day that
America paying foreign shpOwners for carrying
worth protesting about 1t worth fighting by
every method Of intimidation by every sinister influence that
be brought bear American President and Congress
But is worth such struggle by foreign
worth greater struggle by America What
constitutional and honorable presdencs Washington
and Jefferson equally effective constitutional and honorable
to-day The policy that gave for sevenwo years the
ng Of 80 cent Of entire foreign will restore
the position Of dominant merchant power
all the The Pail Mall Gazette quoted above recog
nzes the potency Of the American challenge The
eign protests proves the power of the weapon
The fight that early began this section the ar-the
significant it. as the Tory Pail Mall Gazette so
frankly admits and therefore the profitable America
has already been waged bitterly the in
the bill then dropped again restored and the
maintained only the sturdy courage Chairman Under
wood and three other champions American
progress This newspaper allied newspapers have fought
necessarily and unfalterngy for the very life shipping
Only few days ago declared that the fight foreign gov
ernmen representing foreign shipping interests would be
tnud after the passage of the tariff law carrying this hope
ifa Ardt tho
y, and menacing.
The free ships which told have guaranteed by
than twenty treaties nearly all negotiated before 1850 long
became dead phrase owing gov.
which have made little to live up to the
spirit OF the agreements Great Britain subsidies
chant fleets many ways going far millions
the construction of Cunard monster vessels the
bic terms, Germany with its government railroads.
grants preferred these railroads all merchandise
export IN German ships japan substituting its Pacific
chant fleets only American ships
regularly in the trans Pacific trade.
But already within few days of the passage the bill
there talk of repeating THE BEST PART this talk
the Administration and the Department appear to lead
But understood the the State Depart
ment fully concurred in the settlements the
ferences. WHAT is THERE TO JUSTIFY so SUDDEN
AND COWARDLY SURRENDER?
IS IT THE LAIIENTABLE BUT OBVIOUS FACT THAT
OUR PRESENT ADMINISTRATION WILL DO NOTHING AT
ALL THAT is DISPLEAsING TO ENGLAND?
Is 1t that Germany has far declare that she will
Interpretation by United courts of
The Of this discriminating section OF tariff?
many Of whose steamship companies sold Spain during
he Spanish American number of
trading with America think that the United States rights
upon the seas? Has the mailed fist the influence
in Washington as it has in Pezin?
Or it that France paying her vessels navigation bounty
Of Is each hundred miles outward and home
ward bounty that drove many American ship off the Pa
ufc-has threatened to reta.ate9
Or, it be true that France and Brazil are the
only countries that will be especially hurt the
plain That begin by building up merchant
marine al the expense Of France and Russia and Brazil
perfectly legitimate commercial policy which this begin
ming will enable due time with England and Ger
many and the rest That ultimately existing be
amended abrogated that ship shall not rot
its dock
Or is this talk OF panioy due 10 The begrudgirg