The Brunswick news., 1922-11-25
Nor SUBSIDIES BUT CARGoEs

Nothing resembling debate or
The Lasker Ship Subsidy Bill is to
be permitted in the House of Repre-
sentatives. The Rules Committee
brought in resolution yesterday
providing for final vote on Nov. 20.
which means that SO far as the House
is concerned there is to be no ade-
quate discussion of the measure and
it issto be passed by legislative body
that has already been repudiated at
the polls.
Nothing throws a clearer light on
the character of the Administration
support in this subsidy undertaking
than the comments Gf Senators and
Representatives on the Presidents
message.
Senator Lodge indorsed everything
Mr. Harding said, and Senator Lodge,
who has just barely escaped defeat,
will probably lose The leadership of
the Senate unless the President can
intervene to save him, says the New
York World.
Senator Calder is for the subsidy,
yet. Senator Calder has been repudi-
ated by the people Of New York
Senator Poindexter is for it, and
Senator Poindexter has been repud-
lated BY the people of Washington.
Mr.. Mondell, the Republican leader
of the House lis for it, and Mr.. Mon
dell was defeated for the Senate III
Wyoming on Nov. Z.
Miss Robertson approves "every-
thing the President said," and Miss
Robertson was denied a reelection
by the voters of the Second District
of Oklahoma.
All the lame ducks and the near
lame ducks are waddling in behind
the President to quack in support of
, bill which would cost the country SO
many millions that its supporters
cannot agree among themselves cn
the ultimate amount.
1t is undog iotedly true, as the Pres
ident says, chat the Shipping Board
is in a BIZ way financially. For that
matter. most shipping concerns, nc
matter what flag they fly, are in a
bad way Hundreds of American
ships are tied up not because the
Government has refused to subsidize
them but because there are no car
goes. British slip-owners are suffer
ing from the effect of the same eco
nomic condition
To make matters still worse for
an Amerncan merchant marine, Con-
gress has enacted a tariff which was
admittedly designed to stifie the for
eign trade on which merchant mar
rine lives The Congress that passed
this tariff and was rebuked at the
polls is the CONGRESS on which the
, President relies to rush through his
slovenly Subsidy Bill.
So far as American passenger
ships are concerned, their business
! has been all but wrecked by the ap-
plication of the Volstead Prohibition
| Enforcement Law. No fiat of Con
gress can make people travel on dry
ships when wet ships are available
and no subsidy can overcome the
handicap Of the Volstead law. Con-
gress can pour the taxpayers money
into the Golfers of the ship owners
but it cannot fill a single stateroon.
What the American merchant mn
rine needs first Of all is not subsidy
but cargoes and passengers; and Con-
gress has done its best to deprive
them of both. Yet Mr. Harding fond
T ~ believes that a Congress- which has
| displayed so complete a lack of any
thing that resembles economic intel
! 1igence will be trusted by the coun-
try to dip it's hands recklessly int
i the Treasury to provide subsidies fol
la merchant marine that is now rust
1isg away ut its alssUr age.
/ I.i~ Gonh;fn; # Q American : !
/ ti,9aia;tnii f;ss ',.s ..nAotest III MI
1 standing of the provisions Of the BIZ.
! that the President is trying to drive
through Congress, and the other 99s
will receive little enlightenment from
oE epfegen tatives. 4 Opls
in Tile Senate vii There be dis
custom in keeping with the import
afce Of the subject, and for that tho
country viii be indebted not to thu
Administration but to recalcitrant
Republicans like Mr.. Borah and th'