The Washington herald., 1922-12-18
BILL MOTION
DECISION EXPECTED
Proposal to Set Aside Sub.
sidy Temporarily May Be
Settled Today.
BY Universal Service,

The issue between Administration
leaders and the Senate farm bloc
over displacement of the subsidy
bill in order to make considerable
Of farm credits legislation possible
~ expected to be settled in the
Senate today. Senator Norris will.
press his motion to set aside the
subsidy and take up his bill which
provides for the creation of an
500. 900, 900 cooperative marketing
agency.
Senator Jones. in charge of the
subsidy measure. will resist such
action. He announced early in the
debate that he would be willing
at any time to give way to real
credits measure. but is of the
opinion that the Norris bill is
only a subterfuge and does not
represent the wishes Of the farm
bloc in the way of farm credits
legislation. He wants the debate
on the subsidy bill to proceed un-
til there is general agreement
among the bloc members az to the
kind of legislation they desire. II
such an agreement Ia reached,
Senator Jones would be willing TO
give place to the credits bill. with
the understanding that the sub
sidy bill would be taken up again
after the farm bill passed.
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for a British ship. $3.50 for a Ger
man ship.
The American ship subsidy would
then work in the same way to pro-
tect American shipping as the tariff
subsidy works to protect American
industry.
COMPARED TO TARIFF.
The American factory paying 81
or S. wages could not exist today
il II had no tariff protection against
the German factory paying 50 cents
or 81 wages. So, in the long run.
the American ship can not operate
il, without the protection of sub
sidy, 1t has to pay out $500 day
in expenses against the German
ships $50.
That no great internal or external
Improvement. aided by the GOV.
ernment. can be made without
men, both rich and poor. getting
what they regard as profit and
profitable employment. Otherwise.
the work would not be done. could
not be done. On Government
irrigation project. would con-
tractor work without profit.
laborer without wages? What non.
sense, No government aid on earth
Is ever extended to enterprise save
for the purpose of enabling men
of all sorts to make money and
pass on the prosperity to their
fellow citizens In the nation.
BENEFITS TO COUNTRY.
That the benefits that would
come to this country from handling
it's freight at sea with its own
ships. from paying its 100000. 900
or s300.000,000 a year in ocean
freishts to its own people. AMI
from averting such terrific exac-
tions as foreigners imposed on us
in the Boer war would be national
benefits and bless the whole ma
tion. That the benefits from open
ing new markets, creating new de
mands for our exports. developing
more enterprises for capital AMI
more employment for labor would
be shared by all groups and classes,
as all groups and classes have
shared in <he welfare esta blished
nv our protective tariff and as
thew all have shared in the pros
perity brought to life by the ex
tension Of the transcontinental rail
roads under the fostering hand of
the United States Government.
There IL no such thing as COM
merciaI prosperity in corner.
when British commerce flourishes.
the English people as whole
flourish. When British commerce
suffers, the English people as a
whole suffer as they have suffered
in recent years. Nor does the
United States prosper In air-tight
compartments. here or there. any
J more than does Great Britain.