Show WRONG IN PRINCIPLE SAYS MINORITY IN ITS lIS REPORT ON SHIP SUBSIDY BILL I WASHINGTON X-WASHINGTON w ASHINGTON March IS Senator Senator Berry representing the minority of the Senate Committee on Commerce today presented presente the the in opposition apposition to the pending ship subsidy bill Most of the the- points have been covered In speeches in the Senate The minority deny the the accuracy of both the the predictions and th the facts in the majority report re re- re- re I port Ort They urge urge that the the bill bill Is wrong i I in principle and declare that It will ut utterly ut- ut I tery terly fall fail in the accomplishment of its professed objects They also alo ay say that while it is not so EO complicated ted as as the subsidy bill of the sixth Fifty Congress Congress Con Con- gress it is in some respects even more objectionable The Th Minority Contentions The minority continues The b bill l j p to ta the sole p to th tile extent extent of of several millions for tor or the benent bene- bene lit nt of ot one single industry Besides the statistics of the last two years eals prove that the ship ship- building shipbuilding building Industry does doe not need such such special special assistance bu but t Is rapidly Increasing under natural conditions con con- They criticise the feature of the bill which carries carries' t the subsidy for tor foreign malls mails and say The highest rate of subsidy Is given en to twenty knot v vessels while the fast ocean malls mails are ara r really carried in twenty three and twenty I knot four-knot vessels The mall mail compensation tion to the slow American American- vessels vessels al already already al- al I ready leady too high nigh is made Immensely higher by this bill We Ve pay more for tor fora tora or ora a weekly service than England pays for fora a s weekly semiweeklY service by much faster ships than ou ours ous s The Shipping Trust They further further urge u-ge that the bill makes no provide against a shipping trust and claim that It encourages B a a. combination combi combi- nation IC to such a a. trust The They I I air lio o say The lines might also merge With foreign fore lines to control freight and passenger f rates Thereby our subsidy subsidy sub sub- sidy sky would be aiding the foreign partners partners partners part part- ners of our subsidized vessels The report closes cloes by saying Ve We Know mow th that t there thelle are hundreds and thousands thousands' of industries s in our country dOp a losing business but we deny we-deny deny that Congress on ress for this reason can go into the public treasury and save them bankruptcy We sympathize with all men mer In the hard struggles of life but it Is not the duty of our Government Govern Govern- moat mert to int Interfere in the private affairs of the citizen We believe that all men should have an equal and fair chance In ip the race for wealth and happiness happiness- very citizen should bear his share of the the burdens burdens' of af the government one one class should never be the recipient of b benefits not given to others Absolute equality of rights is a doctrine we Should never abandon The bill is in principle unjust 1 vicious pure i class jasa legislation i |