Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-15

Here is from very interesting letter received by
Senator who of the Senate leaders in the fight
make the Panama Canal of benefit to the American
people
THE President respean the
exemption of free
to Arec he will be building monopoly
this proved by the
fact that al have made within the past few
freight between the Eastern and Western
the contain two rates one being
there tolls and the other rate tolls are
TIE SECOND RATE IS EXACTLY I4e FIRST RATE e!vs
THE TOLLS, THAT DOES NOT MAKE ONE PARTICLE
DIFFERENCE TO THE SHIP WHETHER IT PAYS THE TOLLS
OR
san Francisco and to the consumer in both places .
These the who realty will have to pay the tolls
course the real cost will out of the pocket OF the
1t always does
There will be advantage naturally enough to American
shipping in free tolls shipping will be built by
the added traffic that will to it through the canal
you may depend that if tolls charged it will be the
people not the shipowners who will pay them
On every box oranges from Los Angeles for
New York the interior proportion of the tolls will be as
sessed who buys the oranges pay this He
will take it out of the
The same will be canned goods of salmon, of um
ber everything that from the Pacific Coast And
every Pacific Coast product necessity the Eastern Coast
and in the interior
Vice California and Western people will be taxed
full share of all the tolls bound manufactured
goods which also necessities.
And do forget that the railroads. whose freight charges
are fixed absolutely by transportation, will their
dollar for every dollar of tolls and that the merchants
who pay these will force the people pay them.
So whether you get your fruit your wheat your lumber
your petroleum products by land you will pay for
them tolls exacted for the of the Canal by American
ships.
important of the controversy
should be thoroughly understood by the people.
1t is important that the people should know that if the
things they need be carried free of tolls they will be cheaper
and start will be made bringing down the extOrOnate cost
of living.
By this time the people know just how little the Wilson
tariff did toward that end They know that if prices be
reduced they must be reduced in some other way.
There possible fear of ship monopoly in America
There is a very grave fear of ship monopoly by Great
Britain which will send what few ships engaged in the
coaswise carrying trade to the boneyards,
With tolls for American ships the railroads will monopoze
the trade fixing their rates suit themselves while English
ships paying starvation wages will the canal both ways
divert trade that should be conducted between the American
coasts to its ports
As the South American business of the
promises of the Canal that will be placed forever beyond the
reach of American shipping.
Already popular sentiment toll subject is flooding
Senate The arrogant attempt to tell us
how shall conduct Canal has been deeply resented by
Americans.
But this sentiment be emphatic before the
DAY when the Senate shall say whether
tribute of pockets the further upbuildng
British ship monopoly and American railroad monopoly
while utterly destroy
The matter is perfectly simple the extracts printed at the
head of this column have proved.
If tolls RENTED American shipping will be increased
although monopoly possble-and a result larger
feet of American carriers prices will be brought down
If tolls not RENTED the ships engaged the
ryng trade will simply shift that burden to the people the rail
roads will revise rates upward bring themselves added
profit and the necessities of life will advance.
MAKE YOUR SENATOR UNDERSTAND THAT. BE
SURE THAT HE HEARS FROM YOU
As American citizen you interested protecting
yourself your family AS American his duty
TO see that you protected
Already New Jersey and election re
suits have shown program highly
unpopular.
You will not have chance to show what you think Of
the polls But you have got chance to tell your