Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-16

people
The President respoalna the
of the American ships rom the tolls IS that by granting tree
American ships he be a monopoly
there this statement is proved by the
within the past fe"
months for the carriage of freight between the Eastern and western
after the of tho canal contain two rates one beng
providing tolls and the other rate tolls are
1Tge SECOND RATE is EXACTLY THE FIRST RATE PLUS
THE TOLLS, so THAT IT DOES MAKE ONE PARTICLE
DIFFERENCE TO THE SHIP WHETHER IT PAYS THE TOLLS
OR
But a merchant New York or
San Francisco and to the consumer in both places
Of course the real will out of the pocket OF the
consumer. 1t always does
There will be an advantage naturally enough to American
shipping in tolls American shipping will be built 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 from Los Angeles for
New York the interior proportion of the tolls will be
sssed The merchant who buys the must pay this He
will take it out of the
The will be true of canned goods of salmon of lum
ber of 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
their full all the tolls western bound manufactured
goods, which also necessities.
And do not forget 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 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 exaced for the the Canal by American
ships.
1t is important that this feature of the Canal controversy
should be thoroughly understood by the people
important that people should that if the
things they need be carried free of tolls they will be cheaper
and will be made bringing down the extoronate
of living.
By this time the people just how little the Wilson
tariff did toward that end They know that prices to be
reduced they must be reduced in other way.
There is possible fear of a ship monopoly in America.
There is very grave fear of ship monopoly by Great
Britain which will send what few ships engaged the
coastwise carrying trade to the boneyards.
With tolls for American ships the railroads will monopoze
the trade fixing their rates to suit themselves while English
ships paying starvation will the canal both ways
divert trade that should conducted between the
coasts to its ports
As for the South American business which of the
promises of the Canal that will placed beyond the
reach of American shipping
Already popular sentiment the toll subject flooding
the The arrogant attempt Great Britain to tell us
shall conduct Canal has been deeply by
Americans
this sentiment be emphatic before the
day when the say whether we must con
tribute out of pockets the further upbuidng
British ship monopoly and American railroad monopoly
while utterly destroy
The matter perfectly simple the printed at the
head of this column have proved
If tolls RENTED American shipping will be increased
although monopoly possible and a result larger
feet of American carriers prices will be brought down
If tolls moi RENTED the ships engaged the
ryng trade will simply shift that burden people the rail
roads will revise rates upward to 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 and your family As American Senator his duty
that you protected
Already in New Jersey and Massachusetts, election re
that the free tolls surrender program highly
unpopular
You will not have chance TO show what YOU think Of
the polls But you have got chance tell your Senator
you think to tell every member of the Senate what you think
And if you do clearly and toroefuy there will be
danger of the Senate rafyng the American surrender of
patronage tnghted House Of Representatives. -