Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
AMERICAN SHIPPING

Consistency IS quaty which sometimes has been greatly rated It Q relative md he who to the world h consistency unconsousy adl rses the fact that he incapable o learning from that great experience Yet Inconsistency be carried far When enters into controversy should keep constantly nnd the points of the argument and strive to reinforce those points with additional argument instead o attempting W apply hphazar every incident that crops during the course of discussion Thus streneh will be gwen the position of tic oontroversost and his utteroces will carry greater weight
 These remarks called forth by the attitude of American ship ping interests to and pending legislation For months the periodical and daily press the country has been filled with the walls of the big steamship coDane because the enactment of the La Toilette seancn law We have been repeatedly and voceGouy told that unless this law be repealed W has not yet completely efec American shipping will be driven from the and the poor American aor for who benefit enacted will be without ob Indeed prominent American shipping firm winch operated the Pacific already has gone of business, laying the blame there for the La Toilette law He fact that the sale of its vessels cesaed through other circumstances and that such action had been announced fully before the La Toilette bill for does prevent the Pacific Mail Company from placing the blame upon the seamen law.
 But here where the inconsistency of the shipping men comes in If the business unproAa they clam would seem that they would have any great objection Uncle Sam taking the interest of the whole people, There he present tme demand for shipping Every hryard the country working paciy and the needs of the business be For this announced officially from Washington that the administration will the present of entodrce the sp purchase bill The bill will be made part of general defense scheme which the gov will present for the consideration of hc Soons Briefly out lined the shipping bill oo generally along the lines that presented by Secretary of the Treasury NAdoo when speaking recently at Indianapolis Tn appropriation of $50C0OOO0 will be asked for; board w be appointed to the ownership of the ships for sale American and he board so will have control of the establishment of needed shipping lines As having bearing upon the above a recent New York d spatcb says:
 the reh in the history f hl:ing space almost impossible to secure that the various shipping companies which are the administrations shipping bill Already have been hell by bill practically admitted that will the introduction of the bill rern d the rules winch vii" destroy al hEfCterns the
 With conditions above outlined how these American shipping consistently appear before congress with appeal for action that will enable them the old practices which al lowed them American sailors hae and feed and house them like upon the plea that such conditions necessary ther continuance in business?
 Why this persistent end>vor hoodn the American people? The La Toilette seaen law aimed project the lives of American citizens and all those who journey by well the American sailor his status and citizen.