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

Here an from very interesting letter received by
Senator German Of the Senate leaders in the fight
to make the Panama benefit to the American
people:
reaposunq the
exemption the tolls that by granting free
How little ra merit there in
fact that all contracts which have been made wn the D
months for the carriage freight between the Eastern and Western
the canal contain two rates being
providing tolls the other rate # tolls are
THE SECOND RATE IS EXACTLY THE FIRST RATE PLUS
THE TOLLS so THAT IT DOE PARTICLE
OF DIFFERENCE SHIP WHETHER IT PAYS TIE TOLLS
But it the merchant New York or
San Francisco and to the consumer in both places.
who really will have to the tolls
OF course the real cost will come out pocket of the
consumer always does
will be advantage naturally enough to American
shipping tolls American shipping will be built up by
the added traffic that will 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 of oranges Los Angeles for
York the interior proportion of the tolls will be
The merchant who buys the must pay this He
will take it of the
The same will goods of salmon of um-
ber of everything that from the Pacific Coast And
every Pacific product necessity the Eastern Coast
and in the interior.
Vice versa California and Western people will be taxed
their full all the tolls bound manufactured
goods, which also necessities
forget the railroads. whose freight charges
fixed absolutely by water transportation will raise their
dollar for every dollar of tolls and that the merchants
who pay these rates will force the people pay them
So whether you get your fruit your wheat your lumber
your petroleum products by you will pay for
them if tolls exacted for the of the Canal by American
ships
important that feature the Canal controversy
should be thoroughly understood by the people.
It is important that the people should that if the
things they free they cheaper
and will be made bringing down the exortonate
of living
BY this time the people just Wilson
tariff did toward that end They know that prices be
reduced they must be reduced in other way.
There is possible fear of a ship monopoly in America
There very grave fear of ship monopoly by
Britain which will send what ships engaged the
coastw1se carrying trade to the boneyards
With tolls for American ships the railroads will monopoze
the trade fixing their to suit themselves while English
ships paying wages will the canal both ways
that should American
coasts to its ports
American business which was one of the
promises of the Canal that will be placed forever beyond the
reach of American shipping.
Already popular on the subject is flooding
the Senate The arrogant attempt of Great Britain tell
how shall conduct Canal has been deeply resented by
Americans.
But this sentiment not be made too emphatic before the
DAY when the shall say whether must con
tribute of pockets the further upbudng of
British ship monopoly and American railroad monopoly
while utterly destroy
The matter perfectly simple the printed the
head of this column have proved.
If tolls RENTED American shipping will be increased
although monopoly possible and result larger
feet of American prices will brought down
If tolls RENTED the ships engaged in the car
ryng trade will simply shift that burden the people the rail
roads will rates upward bring an added
profit and the necessities Of life viii advance
MAKE YOUR SENATOR UNDERSTAND THAT BE
SURE THAT HE HEARS FROM YOU.
As American citizen you interested protecting
yourself and your family As American his duty
to see that you protected
Already in New Jersey and election re-
suits have shown that the free tolls surrender program highly
unpopular
You will not have chance show what you think of il at
the polls But you have got chance tell your Senator
you thinkto tell every member OF the Senate what you think
And you do so clearly and forCetuy there will be no
niger of the Senate ratyng American surrender of
aRnage irghted House Of Representative