The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-09
3ExtenSiOn of c. n. Bs: $f9;1 f. 81: $ R5 5 @
aesl C. Discontinue Marine Bushes.

duction somehow. If the steamship bears
it all. then it will have to run at loss
and soon 90 out of business. Freight
cannot be carried 5000 miles at COM
paratively low rate without spreading
that rate over the whole distance. But
if a portion Of it is allotted to the ran-
road end, then. first, there is great delay
before it can become effective; and, sec
ond, since this reduced rate is publlsheo
and under supervision, it cannot DO
raised for another 80 days; and, third, II
it is lower than the rate charged to the
same destination on trelgnJ conslgne0
to local merchants, the interstate COM
merce commission will be appealed TO,
and eventually the railroad will be or
dered to give local shippers the same
rate it has accepted to that point as lCs
share of the transportation charge on
export business. The minimum rate in
variably becomes the maximum rate. AND
then the railroad will go out OF business.
So the application Of domestic regulation
to export rates amounts to just this;
that one partner or the other must work
at a continuing loss Naturally OrienJal
business does not eXpend."
He Built No More Ships
Against the regulations laid down by
law for fixing rates, and against oCner
regulations which increased, from time
to time, the cost of operating ships, even
Mr. Hill could not contend successfully.
He could and did calculate the natural
elements of his problem. His solution
met their conditions to nicely. Against
the political element, against hamperlng
| legislation and the certainty that II
would grow rather than decrease in VOL
upne and stringency, no wisdom and no
preparation would avail. So Oriental
trade, as he had conceived, languished.
He built no more ships for trans-Pacl1lc
| service But in the conception and the
J scheme Just described, two elements were
united Mr.. Hill was the promoter and
| captain of commerce, eager to extend
her agencies and her services to every
| corner of the world; the traffic man
whose empire aimed to include sea as
well as land in it's imperial sweep. He
was also the sincere American whose
pride took the bit in its teeth when ne
saw the shameful decadence Of the ma
tions merchant marine. He had an am
bitiOn to restore it to the high state OF
those glorious days when our clipper
ships rode proudly in all the haroors OF
the world.
At the launching Of the Minnesota -
he used the following wOrds-nO idle
boast, coming from his lips: With that
great vessel out there riding at anchor,
I don't want to be told to drop any
bundle. Moreover, now give notice to all
cOmers that I will not drop it. once the
American merchant marine was the envy
OF the nations and with progression ano
Z liberal treatment at the hands Of the
government our flag shall again be su-
preme on the high seas" He would nO'
and did not drop the bundle" Tor any
competitor; but in all his undertaking.
the mandate Of his country, whether he
thought it wise or foolish, just or unjust
he never hesitated to obey.
And because of that, he was forced tt
withdraw from the Oriental trade which
had been a boyhOod dream and man
hood achievement.