The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-07-13

should be apportloned equally between
| the two countries,
Country Urged to Study the Subsidy.
The administration believes that
If the country will buckle down
to study of the proposed ship
subsidy legislation for period of
four or five weeks, congress VIII not
hesitate to pass subsidy BILL Mem
hers OF congress who favor the legisla-
| ton agree with the spokesman for the
administration, while senators and
representatives who are opposed to
the legislation believe that fun and
free discussion throughout the COun-
try viii result in congress refusing to
pass the administration subsidy bill
on any other subsidy bill ut this time.
On one thing everybody agrees and it
| is that nothing but good can come
from public discussion Of the bill
The decision of the administration
to LET the subsidy bill rest in the house
of representatives for at least a month
while the folks back home are con-
suited means, of course, that the legis-
latOrs have some serious misgivings
about the ACCESSIBILITY of rushing sub
sidy legislation through at this time,
Even if the house, after having sound
ed out public sentiment should pass
the administration bill there would
be no assurance that the senate
would accept it. There will be no OPP
pOrtunity for senators to 60 home in
order to sound out public sentiment;
they must stay around and deat with
the tariff and the bonus.
Must Consider It, Says President.
Congress is now fully informed as
to the Presidents desires in regard to
the subsidy legislation. He does not
intend to use a club to get the legisla-
tion through, but he is determined, and
has SO Informed the congressional
leaders, that this congress must deal
with the subject at this session. The
President has never said and appar-
entity has no thought Of saying that
he would call an extra session of
the present congress if it should fail
to enact subsidy legislation after hav-
ing considered the subject. What he
has said and what he continues to say
with some emphasis is that if con-
gress should adjourn without taking
up the subject he would call it back.
The members of the house are cud-
Ceiling their brains for the right thing
to say about subsidy when they get
back home. The subject has never
been particularly popular in the CEN
trail west and indeed outside of the
coast states has never appealed in a
large way to voters. 1t is brought
forward this year with some complica-
lions that have not accompanied it on
former appearances. 1t is impossible,
for instance, to consider 1t without
taking into account the pending tariff
legislation as well as the proposed
bonus legislation Representatives
realize that when they face their con
stituents and attempt to convince
them that ship subsidy would be a
good thing, they will be called on to
explain why congress seems deter
mined to enact tariff legislation that
would seemingly make the mainte-
nance of a large merchant marine I'M
necessary.
Representatives also realize that
their constituents are likely to ex-
press the view that if congress is to
authorize the payment of a large
bonus to the men who served in the
World war, that will be about enough
drain on the public treasury without
reaching in for some $4O,000,O00 or
$5O,OOO,OOO for the benefit of ship
owners.