Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-10


peared in Washington dispatch:
president Taft's open support of a
Measure which iSladyQcates tfpk will
kuild up our merchant sfndriife seem
hgly has given the subsidy cause
Roadway enough 70, saFYft into, NJ
dhannel of passage. There VIII be
militant opposition from the Middle
West and from the South to subsidy
III whatever form the legislation shall
appear" -...............-
The militant opposition" from the
Middle West, West and South pre-
vented the passage of a ship subsidy
bin in President Rft's time 1pst ,as
i'll had psevented sit I'M fhS hn8es bf
other Presidents. This year the sub
silly advocates say they believe that
the West, to some extent, has. Aeen
wpn to the esofasLBsidy ahd that
,bill, along the lines recommended
by the shipping board and indorsed
by the President, is pretty .cegtah be
fore long to become the f6w bf the
land.
chairman Albert d. Lasker of the
shipping board has maintained that
'ip due course. national aid to private
shipping should result in the govern
mdnts retirement from operation, SO
that ultimately no increased drain on
the treasury would be involved, and
Though profitable private operation.
pesmanency would be insured in our
merchant marine, private initiative
anSi enterprise would be inspired, and
the government would find customers
fot its large fleet of ships"
Argument for the Farmer.
The subsidy advocates seem to be
cheerful today, but cheerfulness with
them is an old story, and 1t may be
that disappointment will meet them in
the future. as 1t has met them In the
past, but 1t can be said that there are
sohe indications that the representa-
tives In congress of the agricultural dis
trikts do not seem to be as determined
in their opposition To a ship subsidy. as
onee they were. 4 Hkkl Hed is ,aaiaH
that increased marketing opportuni-
ties will come if the government sub
sidEes shipping companies and that
the increase in the trade with new
markets and the profits therefrcm will
more than balance the taxation made
necessary by. the substituting of the
marine inAastry.
1t Tyson ,sthis assumed change of
mind If the mes 3te.A Middle and
Fari Wesk that tlie ADMINISTRATION Is
dependings for theS success iof its sub4
sidSl plansl iPriorSto' this time, how
ever, subsidy BIAS seemed To be on the
eve of success, only TO, find Nthats,tlses
morrow brought sfailure. 6n
years New England represeafs aV$hH
congIess. led by Senator IsViphh H,
Fryesof Maine, fought fprisubsidH HID
arguhents they used ARE tf4 hf ~;
mentt of today Once they @1 ~
prev4il. but now 10 Isl ibssibls
they may prevail. - .--'.,,.-'1
TIE Itniteas States wants tor Get, out
of Me. shipping businesss President
Harding Las let it be known directly
not Only that he is opposed to further
EXCURSIONS of the government into in
dust&al and copmercial fields In its
OWu IJCndiAf UuI lnuL AiAo uCSiAC ID W
put stop to 'ptesent' activities of the
govefnment in these fields, = :, 49,,
4eep-sea Waterway lngo!ysd. =.
SoSit is that congress is to be asked
to grant subsidies for shipping COM
panies that will enable them to take
overhsuch goSernment vessel; a as 81 are re
a-dpnditioneds 30 pay ethe -scafe of
wages demanded. by American ,mari,
timeglaw and to enter into new trading
relations with the porrs Ut 'fhe @64Ed'
Shipping msn,arglB. THAI the eoastry
will hot gain much by deep-sea wa
terwky from the lakes to the Atlantic
oceak unless subsidy legislation Is en-
acted. They say that foreign vessels
will get the trade -that- strvuid, go to
American vessels and r, that the In
creased prosperity which would come
othefwise will not be In evidence,
This lake-to-the-sea waterway argu.
ment is being used IN Washington to-
day. ~.
THE United States government fas
hundreds of ships lying idle. This
mucAfeverybody Knows = The shipping
board vision sees all these vessels
plying the sea, opening up new trade
posts, stimulating new 4anbfAc{urthe
and agricultural Industries III the Unit.
ed States, and doing other things con
genial to a misunderstanding cSllkrv
1t may be that If the <ztbaa3 bm \
passed the vision never will material
ize. and again 1t may. be that thers
viii be no subsidy \ egislat ien.tn give Al
ehanca to-nke stfip& fbrM or Sub
stance rs 40 9 IL sitae ~ In $50
MAY Adjgtrr Early. a 'sJuns!ssa
The, majority leader al rt1ag hbdds'
of representatives Frank w 1. Lon
deli Of wyoming, believes that con
gre& .&vtl1 get. through with Ifs aA5Sa