Show nEBA mm DEBATE IE on THE SHIP i Grosvenor Whose Term Ex Expires Expires Expires pires March 4 Champions the House Measure ARGUMENT OF LITTAUER POWERFUL LOBBY PRESENT PR SENT IN WASHINGTON I j Washington Feb 26 General debate on the ship subsidy bill was had today In the tho house Representative Grosvenor of oC Ohio discussion with t tT T brief tate ent as a to the merits of or the house substitute for Cor the senate bin bill In answer to a charge made yesterday by Mr Ur Hinshaw of Nebraska that there ther had not been a single ingle vessel essel added to our merchant marine since the passage of or the mall subvention act In 1891 and that the vessels getting a bonus from this country carry carry merchandise to no greater extent Sir Mr Grosvenor insisted that Mr Ir Hinshaw was wholly misinformed misinformed formed He declared deeland that tince since the of the mall mail subvention net act a t the 1 International company om pan had hall built ten ten vessel vessels many ninny of oC them with a speed of or twenty knots Hills Hilis Ships Shut Out Mr Ir Littauer of New Mew York argued in favor of the bill hearing MB his name He said J S J 1 Hill had not a ship that could come In under r the bill as the bill pro l a for ships and the Hill ships have 1 ne a n speed capacity of fourteen Courteen knots The Japanese he h said are subsidising dising their lines line and it in Is an absolute necessity that we do what we can enn to keep k ep our trade with the Orient op oJ our side of the ledger There Is no experiment of If any a ny kind connected conne ted with this bill Of the seven teven projects of this bill four apply to the countries south of us In the American continent with whom we have hae a vital political and commercial interest and 2nd three to the Orient The Monroe doc doe doctrine Wine trine impels us pa in the furtherance of or its Us highest purposes to cultivate relations of political 1 and commercial intimacy with the go ts of Central and an F South America h May Accept If f the Pacific Mail Harriman lines liness s hould accept the SU ld Mr said ali it would building of at kast ast one me and probably two sixteen ships together toge her with regular corn com communication e m between San Francisco Francsco urn ana the he Philippines Philippine Mr Ir Golden sew New ew York in opposition opposition tion to the bill said the th American ln Fed Federation Fedoration ration oration of or Labor was against the meas mea ur nrc re as was the National Grange Granite He Ht sad hack back in the congress therE lere had Imd been charges made of or the use usef of f a large amount of money mOnE for lobby lobbying lobbying ing ng purposes Oh h 1 q last laRt years birds nest Mr 11 Kahn California Mr Ir Goulden however declared that during the years he had been in eon con confess gress fess ho he h had recognized the of f a powerful lobby for tor ship subsidy |