New-York tribune., 1922-10-07

cifeallg contained therein. rart,eu.
LARRY should ii be avoided when the
resrlss Of granting the privilege "a
foreign ships would be to producs
manifestly unfair conditions Of com.
! petition fer eur own citizens and sfir.
"Tha court carefully considered this
whele question in the Walker and
Anchor Line casea and went SO far as
to hold that The Eighteenth Amend.
acnt and che national prohibition nc.
repealed prior existing treaty with
Great Britain.
"prior to the sweeping and eompre-
hensive construction placed upon the
prohibition law in those cases, f. might
possibly have been arguable whether
! Liquors forming a part of the ship
stoyes on Vessels within territorial
waters might be regarded aa an ita-
piled exception to the national prohi-
. hilton act Whatever douhts that naay
have previously existed have been
swept away by The language OF the ma
jo~sty opinion in those cases.
sThe sale of liquor on Shipping
Board ships will stop as soon as we re-
ceive the formal notice watch under
stand is being prepared to-day" Chair
man Lssker, of the Shipping Board,
aaid to-day. 'It will probably reach
us tomorrow. It may take some days
American ships,
Foreign injunction Predicted.
$50 far as the prevention of sale o.
liqcor on foreign ships is concerned
in spirit and in fact accept the de-
cisioa Of the Attorney General I'm
Gcubted,y, hoasver, when the Treasury
Department gets It's regulations for
5forbidding The sale Of liquor, so many
may take weeks to- prepare, during
ahich the American ships will DO At a
disadvantage. The foreign lines will
go into court and ask for an injunc-
ton.
1T is reasonable to suppose that the
courts will grant the injunction, with
the result that the foreign ships will
be permitted to sell iieuor despite the
Daugherty decision until the cage is
finally decided by the Supreme Court
During all this time the foreign ships
will have the advantage. II The Su-
pTeme Court should net sustain the
Attorney General then the foreign ships
will have the advantage permanently.
but suppose the Supreme Court does
sustain the Attorney General, then
what will be the disadvantages of the
American ships?
'Thc foreign ships even with this
ruling in force could still sell liquor
anu wines on their voyages to America.
They could calculate the quantity that
they would probably sell on each trip
with considerable accuracy, and If thev
mace 9 slight miscalculatien the small
amount Of liquor not sold could be
thrown overheard whom che three-mile
limit is reached. perhapa even more
important is the trade on tho Paciflc.
The future trade avenue of the world
runs to the Orient, and the govern
marine for the purpose Of developing
the trade of that part Of the world.
"lf the Supreme Court sustains the
Daughcrty decision 1t is true that ships
entering San Francisco could not touch
at the Philippines and Hawaii if they
wish to sell liquor on the voyage to
America, unless, Of course, they threw
tho liquor overheard before entering
Manila. But when it comes to Seattle
and Portland, hoth passengers and
freight business can he handled
through Vancouver, a Canadian port.
Vancouver is now the short route to
China and Japan. Freight coming by
that way destined for American cities
can be handled and is handled by
through cars through the Ogdensburg
gateway. Even to-day it Is admitted
that the foreign lines entering Van
couver have the drop or the lines
entering Portland and Seattle.
Coming to the South American
trade--and this is another direction in
which America has been trying to ex-
tend her foreign commerce-the same
idea of serving liquor on the trip to
America and then throwing overheard
at the thrse-mile limit any unsold sur.
plus would apply. Also there is moth
ing TO prevent these ships going to
Mentreal instead Of to New York and
Boston.
II am not an anti-prohibitioniss. I
am a neutral in this fight. My chief
interest is in the standing of the
American merchant marine and l look
st the facts as they are Drys in
Congress tell nae they won't vote for
the subsidy il the ships are wet.
Certainly we ought to pass the mer-
chant maine bill as soon as possible.
In the course Of time, with govern
rnent help, We can establish All Amer
lean merchant marine, and believe
there will be a lot OF people who have
enough patriotism to travel on Amer
lean ships just because our merchant.
marine is up against these hsndieaps.", y,