Evening star., 1922-11-19

die western senator or representative
who votes for subsidy votes contrary
to the desires Of his constituency.-A.
F. Allen.
| Detroit News, There is no doubt of
the overwhelming sentiment In this
! subsidy bill as proposed. nor that the
sentiment has been opposed to all
| ship subsidies heretofore proposed.
II a bill were introduced forbidding
combinations of all kinds Of Amer
lean common carriers railroads and
ton. and making the American ships,
in consideration of the subsidy.
pledge themselves to meet any and all
foreign freight rate offers. sentiment
here might change.
Since the buyer pays the freight
and dictates the ship which Is to
carry the goods, 1t is apparent that
no legislation can force American ex-
port shipments into American ships
| unless that legislation compels real
competition in freight rates. But leg
islation which merely hands some
money from tie Treasury to certain
people to pay them for keeping some
/ ships flying the national colors. and
which legislation does not aim to
give a real, lasting and unmistakable
! trade, would be showed under by
large majority in this territory
George e. Miller.
! Grand Rapids (Mich.1 Press, There
is no crystallized sentiment out this
way on ship subsidy in general. our
and the rule applies on ship subsidy.
1t is my view that American citizens
! generally. with the exception of
those living near the seaboards. are
apathetic about problems of Amer
lean shipping and are opposed to ship
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selfish interest and feel already bur
dened with taxes. A nationwide
campaign Of education might change
| the attitude and cause us to vote for
a ship subsidy.-E. W. Booth.
st. Paul Pioneer Press, Outside
few in political circles little heed has
| been given the Harding plan for
ship subsidy. and those who have
| given the subject consideration are
practically unanimous against the
| proposition. Newspapers here have
given no editorial space to the topic,
| but editors personally express them
selves as opposed. Minnesota sentt-
| ment as expressed in the past has not
been favorable to subsidies.
Minneapolis Journals If ship subsi-
dies would, beyond a doubt, result in
| the re-establishment of an American
merchant marine, people OF the ma,
die northwest are national-m1nded
enough to acQuiesce in the proposal.
But a suspicion remains that the chief
result would be merely to put public
money in private pockets There are
other obstacles to overcome; such as
| and inhibitions on our foreign trade
caused by the new tariff and our alb
stention from foreign affairs. So far
as sentiment here has crystallized on
subsidies, it is unfaVoraole In the
| main.
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timent for ship subsidy is strongly
marked In this region. Duluth and
Superior have shipyards and the peo-
| ple of these cities believe that any
encouragement of the proposal for
giving the United States q great mer-
building interests all over the coun-
try. Duluth, with its hopes for the
! Great I.akes-St. Lawrence waterway.
| is probably second to no city in its
earnest desire for ship subsidy leg1s.
lation. It's people are confident that
the solid voting strength of Mime
! sofa and Wisconsin will be cast for
any measure that will be helpful to-
ward a merchant marine.-John w.
Nagle.
Louisville Courief-Journals With
out doubt the sentiment Of this terri
tory is strongly opposed to ship
subsidy-C. E. Heberhart.
| St. Louis Globe-Democrat. We are
unable to give you any accurate idea
of sentiment in our territory on ship
subsidy, as we have made no poll OF
conRressmen, public officials. political
leaders, etc. The e.,,1;sa Gieoe-Democrat
part Of the middle west have paid lit
| tie attention to ship subsidy. 1t has
not been a vital issue at this time.
In view of the prevalent feeling
against taxes. majority opinion un-
doubtedly would be against subsidy
should it be proposed by the admins
tration.
Milwaukee Journals There is no
| reason to doubt that Wisconsin is
strongly against any ship subsidy.
In the recent election no candidate
advocated it. while both candidates
all, candidates for the House de-
nounced 1t strongly.
Milwaukee Sentinel. While sentiment
in Wisconsin probably is less antag
onistic to ship subsidy than 1t was
ten years ago, direct vote on the
I issue at this time would probably
show an adverse majority. Com
| clined to oppose subsidy, largely due
to st. Lawrence waterway hopes.
| Waterway proponents realize the need
Of an efficient merchant marine.
Otherwise they feel the waterway will
have lessened value when it is finally
secured. The dominance Of La Fol
lette and his avowed opposition to
subsidy make it practically certain
that q popular vote would oppose aid
to ships. E.. A. BOURBEAU.
| Nebraska State Journal, The pre-
vailing sentiment in Nebraska, as we
interpret It: is not friendly to ship
subsidy.-Will Owen Jones.
Omaha Daily News, In my opinion
the sentiment of the people Of Ne
braska is against ship subsidy by a
large majority.-Joseph Polcar.
Topeka State Journal, If there is
any sentiment in this territory favor
Ing a ship subsidy 1t is not apparent.
l have failed to note any support for
/ the measure in the press Of the state,
and, SO far as I know, the subject
was not mentioned by speakers in the
campaign just closed. It has been
opposed steadily in the editorial col
, umns of the State Journal without
obtaining response from anybody.
Wichita (Kan.) Eagle. Kansans are
opposed to the ship subsidy. In the
eighth Kansas district. in which
issue was raised in the campaign
which closed recently. W. A. Ayers,
democrat, denounced the subsidy in
detail. featuring his opposition to it
in his speeches: Congressman Rich
ard Btard, republican. refused to dis
the only democratic Congressman go
ing up from this strongly republican
state. Kansas farmers argue that
they need a subsidy worse than the
ship owners need 1t and that their in
dustry is moro important than any
transportation industry.-Charles 3.
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