The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-01-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., Jan. %, 10
PUSHING THE SHIP BILL

PUSHING THE SHIP BILL
The action of the Democrats I'D
the Senate a few days ago, III
pledgipg themselves unanimously
TO the support of the Bill for the
purchase Of Ships has elected the
overwhelming approval of the
country
Since August LIST, when more
than half of the world became In
volved in war, ships bearing an
aggregate of five million tons,
have been Withdrawn from com
merce. Our great Cotton crop of
1914 which is literally weeping for
the opportunity of getting into
the European markets, would be
greatly beue flied if Uncle Sam
possessed an adequate merchant
Marine. There is a great demand
in Europe for our lumber, grain,
and other farm products, but not
nearly enough ships with which to
export them. Aud so if we had
| an adequate number of ocean car
rying ships with which to handle
the vast manufacturing and agrl
cultural output of this country
business would be fiourishing to
an unusual degree, in every state
in the Union. The Bill provides
for an issue Of thirty million dol
lars (s3O,O00,000 Government
Bonds, with which to purchase
and to build Merchant Marine
With which to meet this problem
The Bill is broad 10 its provision
and the Government can if II
| wishes turn this enterprise over to
private individuals after 1t is once
organized If it sees fit to do so.
THE POLITICAL CONSPIRACY.
As was pointed out by your
w AshiDgton Correspondent re
Gently there IL an organized effort
on foet to side track President
Nilsoa in 1916.
! Governor Ferris of Michigan re-
Gently created sensation before
1.-The State Central Democratic
lCommittse of Michigan by stating
that q plot has been formed all
over the country with the idea OF
nominating some ether man in
19l6 than President Wilson.
That "ether man" 10 no other
than Champ CLARK and the chief
william or Ploter and Financial
Backer of the movement or plot is
! no other than William K. Hearst.
Though it Hearst learns later
that he would be better able to
oppose the denomination of Will
son by backing some other candi.
date than Champ CLARK he would
not hesitate to do 50.
} Every Democrat of any expert.
ence knows that the name OF
Woodrow Wilson Is the greatest
: asset that the Democratic Party
possesses today and if the Demo
J cracy should be foolish enough to
even consider any other man 1t
would simply be throw q sure
victory away and inviting certain
1 defeat. 1t was the power OF
President Wilson's name that
enable the Democratic party to re-
tain its control of the House OF
Representatives in the election
last fall and to increase its major
~ in the Senate from 10 to 10.
Every Democratic candidate fOl
the Senate and House appealed te
1.-The voters to, "send me to Wash
Iingtien to seaport President Viii
son" in his wire, stdtesmanliks
and patriotic measures. However
nj there is no likelihood that the Dem
party will be caught nap
ming ana allow the Heart OlaI
ploters or aEy otthhef set of Williams
to prevent the denomination o.
President Wilson, which mean
his overwhelming reelection II
1916.
There 10 bat one valid charg'
against the administration o
president Wilson, and that is, b.
has failed to turn the Republican
out and to turn the Democrats IL
4 al fast a. he should have done
bnt it il believed that he is goinI
to speed up in this work fron
l. now on.
COTTON STILL RISING.
The rise of cotton last week t
nearly ten cents q pound was YER
% gratifyicg to the business men Q
q the whole country. If the c0tto
i planters will continue to borro'
!. on their cotton instead of selliD
!. lit, the price of cotton will cont
! nue. to rise aud then when the ID
) partment of Agriculture al
:. n0unces after the planting seaso
1 i is over that only one half Gro
:. vas planted then the prices vi
= no doubt 60 up TO eleven cents
# pound.