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carry Oriental crews aud wi'gh enjoy
n Government subsidy. These ships have
been sold to he operated ,rpon the At
lantic and are about to he permanently
withdrawn from the Pacific.
Resuit viii he Disastroas.
THE effect here will be disastrous.
Commodities produced In the islands
have already fallen in value because
of the fact that they canno be car
ried TO market. and the expense OF
warehousing and storing. always large.
will be greatly increased. The manu-
facturers Of the United States will not
le able to each this market as easily
as the manufacturers Of Europe, and the
trade between the United States and
the Philippine Islands. so l~aboriously
created. will lie largely destroyed In "a
day as the result OF this bill.
THE United states has a considerable
trade with China and other nearby coun-
tries. The m has arrived for a
great development Of this trade. Now,
when the merchant shipping of Europe
IL so largely crippled. is the time to
secure an unprecedented business with
these countries. HUI instead the trade
we already have must be largely sacri-
feed.
q the whole the situation created
10y this legislation Is SO serious that
II should enlist the active cooperation
OF MI patriotic Americans. whether di-
rectly engaged In business or not.
our wards. the Fillpinos. az who's,
door no fault can be- laid. must suffer
greatly because OF this untoward act.
cannot something be lone before all
Is lost" Cannot the eyes of Congress
be opened early In the next session?
cannot the Government give some assur-
ance of protection to the shipping inter
ests of the United States. 80 that Pacific
shipping may he r~eestablished? Cannot
the trade of the United states In the
Orient yet Ice saved? Cannot the inter-
ests of the 10000 . Filipinos be consid-
cred In other words. before all IL lost
cannot the prestige OF the United States
b. preserved in the Far Fast and advAn-
tage be taken ~ the uneNampled oppor-
tunity for commercial expansion
w appeal Ia YOU. with your vast in
nuence and knowledge of tho situation,
TO bring home To the people of tho United
States what has been done. II will be
and well nigh Is irreparable. Action
must be prompt. positive and intelli-
gent"
Meanwhile the India House committed
which spent the summer in u study OF
inc lIbbdbit effect ol lnt stilntI : law
on ocean transportation is preparing its
report for submission 20 the governors
ON October IS.
Members Of this committee decline Ia
say whether the report will go so far
as To recommend participation In 'he
campaign for the repeal Of the La Fol.
lette law at the opening session OF Con.
gress. which opens ia December. II /,
REGARDED as certain. however. that tn,
report will point out several features %
the act which are regarded as extremel,
inimical 10 American shipping interests
The measure contains twenty sections
three of which are opposed IN theii
entirety and II In part by business
men who have made a close study of tn,
subJect. The language test clause. r..
uulrinC 80 per cent. OF the men In eacl
department Of n crew to understand III.
Language of a vessels officers Is par.
ticularly objectionable. This provision
will weigh most heavily on ships havtns
American or European officers II orr
entail crews.
1t gives an enormous advantage TO ia