Show FRYES SUBSIDY BILL BILLS S ATOR STATEMENT STATE of oC 1 the character r of his ship subsidy bill tails fails to shed any favorable light lighton l t ton on that hat unmitigated grab The sena senator Sena senator tor tol talks earnestly In favor of using l American ships for tor American malls pointing oat out the fact that t we are now iw paying British steamship companies IM a year ye r for tor carrying them The deficit resulting from the ocean service is It s now 17 a year ear but bat even Senator Frye admits that if his measure is passed it will cost coat 0 more per pel annum for our mall mail to be transported in hi ships owned l hy by y Ameri Amen Americans American cans can canTh Tile The Th glorious privilege of oC sending our letters to England and other countries ia in United States boats is 16 In the judEr jud ment of senator Frye brye wen welt worm worth jw u MO a y oar But this Is merely an esti estimate estimate estimate mate from an interested party It might cost many times a year but it If It ft only costa cORta a tenth t nth as much we fail fan to sec see where here this thu country would gain gab by the operation The money surely surl y wo go so into the hands hands of poor men mon owners of single vessels It i would woud go o into the strong boxes of cor corporations already rich corporations which are not sot entitled to the gift Inclusive of or the mail mall subsidies Sen atm Frye estimates e that gifts to own owners owners ers era of bf f steam and sailing vessels of the merchant class chase would aggregate 1 oz annually He declares there is no danger of all tide tiis money going Into the hands of trusts trust for fo any American who desires can go into the shIpbuilding ing business f Such sophistry as this should be beneath the dignity of the senator from Maine Main One would gath gathor gather gathor or er from his bla talk that he considers it about as easy US to start a ship yard as asto asto asto to open a street corner comer peanut stand standS As S a n matter of fact immense Immen cap capital capItal capItal ital is required for the successful maintenance of ot shipbuilding opera operations Great yards expensive machin inachin machinery machinery ery cry enormous payrolls are items which are beyond the reach of the average nver se citizen So it is clearly cleanly ab absurd surd sur to co talk tolk of independent enterprises of ot this character springing up all alon the Atlantic and Pacific coasts Business or of building snips amps ig i y to today o day confined to practically a dozen corporations rations Individuals cannot hope to compete with them and would get no part Dart of the subsidy The Th hullabaloo about markets for our manufactures and other products is simply for the purpose of ot covering the steal As The Herald Jerald has fre Ire pointed out ont su o long lon as the markets can be fund found just so 80 long longwill longi longwill i will the ships to cary ca ry the merchandise e I be found Und t This hat liss ba always been true it will III continue can nue to be true |