Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
Do Not Foreign Nations Favor
Their Own Shipping?
There Any Difference Between SUBSIDIES for European Steam
ships and Free Use of OUR OWN CANAL for our Shipp

nd Free Use o for our Shipsp
people United States built the Panama Canal and
spent hundreds of millions building it.
They bought paid land They opened new
door from the Atlantic the Pacific They have created quick
passageway from the west to the east coast.
This possibility of sending warshps the
other would be the greatest to the United States IF WE
DID NOT ABSOLUTELY CONTROL AND FoRT1FY THE
CANAL
England and other countries object fortfyng
canal
They might as well say man who builds new door to his
house: you must not put lock that door. may
get In without your consent"
The canal FORTIFIED and controlled by the United States
is protection doubling the value of our fighting fleet
The canal, UNPROTECTED would be great to this
country enabling enemy quickly
one coast to the other
There is constant danger of with Japan Every ntelh
gent citizen knows it.
And England does always would do if she
appreciated our gentle character.
England the us; Japan the England
and Japan have each powerful fleets.
AND ENGLAND AND JAPAN ARE ALLIES.
treaty compes go
of the other in of
would be very comfortable for England and Japan they
SHOULD trouble with the United States AND THE PAN
ANA CANAL WERE NOT FORTIFIED
England would send her fleets attack from the east and
Japan would send her fleets attack from the west And they
could join and minge very happily via the Panama Canal
That why the canal is fortified AND WHY 1T WILL STAY
FORTIFIED
The citizens who object fertilization of the canal also OBJ
jec very reasonable rule that American coawse ships
shall the canal free Some statesmen who have been made
into angomanac declare that disgrace charge for
eign ships and let American ships go free.
AS matter of fact only those American ships engaged in
C0ASTWISE trade will pay tolls And NO foreign ship
under law allowed engage coastwse trade obec
ton to freeing ships from taxation preporou
For to-day ask Senators and the President United
States this question When the United States permits its
coasw vessels through the Panama Canal without pay
ing for the privilege that anything than slight SUB
sIDY?
Do not all European nations subsdze THEIR ships when
they choose?
England subsidies ships may have them for
transports time of She the subsidy in order to
courage the building of ships.
Germany pays very liberal subsidies to her mercantile
rne The German people taxed millions for this sub
sidy
Whether give cash in the form of subsidy to steam
ship company whether permit steamships avoid the pay
ment of certain tolls, what is the difference?
No foreign government could possibly object to the United
States substituting its coastwise vessels.
If it ridiculous and if unwise for the
United States give rights and declare itself the wrong
when it actually ACTING JUSTLY Panama situation
could be solved easily
We could say shipping The Brit
h the Germans and angomanac snObs at home object
free tolls for your ships We be friendly and satisfy the
DIRECTORS.
Therefore coaswse ships not free through the
Panama Canal, although American money built it.
You must pay your tolls like the British and other ships,
when you go through that canal
United States has decided to establish subsidy
all coastwse ships passing from the Atlantic the Pacific Ocean
through the canal
And that subsidy will amount to EXACTLY THE
AMOUNT OF THE TOLL THAT 1T COSTS TO GO THROUGH
THE CANAL
In other words to obige England must make you pay
go through the American canal beat the devil
around the stump we give you subsidy exactly equal the
tax that you pay
Will any man In the Senate declare that England or anv