Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-01-28 | Page 10 | Looks like a Beginning.

LOOKS LIKE A BEGINNING An An n oc ocean an bill for American steamers was I s talked to death at the last 5 session of congress congress by Senator Carmack Now a special to the Chicago Tribune from the Tribune Washington correspondent correspond correspond- ent it rit says an oe ocean an mail bill carry ear J ing inga g a bounty of per annum for lines lines' of mail steamers to both shores snores of South America Australia China and will Japan crystallize into t a aa law a during the session present of or congress He explains ex ex- pl plains ins that the last C Republican platform promised n a restoration of the American merchant marine marinc am and and that the party in congress is determined to redeem the pledges He cites the fact that in h his Jis s late report the postmaster general explained the thc need of help hell for earr carrying ing American ocean mails and told how as at t present arranged it is necessary ary to send mails s destined for Brazil and and Argentina Argentin to those countries via ViR Europe The voyage now covers miles first to the northeast and then miles to the southwest f On tho the parallel to carry carrr our mils mails from New v York to Rio Janeiro the ships make a asail asail sail equivalent to 1000 miles north and then 1000 miles south before get getting ling in the same latitude as New York ork Our country must be in n the handling of her ocean mails a th me of perpetual merriment to and governments go of Great Britain France and Germany Ve hope tho the Tribune correspondent corre corre- may not be hc mistaken that at last the Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans in congress ss will assert themselves and md see sec that the ocean mail bill to continue at least fifteen fifteen teen years years will will become a law during the present session Session that before very long all classes of people in our country will vill accept it as a a. rule that American Ameri Ameri- can products that go abroad ma may go in ill American ships and that never again will HI foreign ships have to be engaged for colliers to supply American warships war war- ships with coal We Ye hope that within a a. few years Americans s visiting foreign ports will not be humiliated h by se see seeing se ing jug the thc flags of all other countries in full evidence out but never lle gaining a glimpse of Old Glory