Show ame I 1 WOR 11 yolly U II 11 U ITS II 11 DEMENT sart hi I 1 uz u z I farmere Far FT merd will benefit buth both directly and indirectly by tile the extension of foreign commerce carried in ill american bottom continued sell ator gallinger Galling cr ju ili a way any 0 benefits one benefits all the east may possibly benefit more i tilt alinn soule some other sections laiton but oil itlie theother other senators did not ta alve their support to i irrigation and cn because they seemed to 50 u of benefit inal mainly tily to the west N c reali realize that we ave have to be broader than that this coain country try with its diversified interests could not get le legislation 0 at all if we uc took ground that only such legisla tion should be enacted as would benefit all elises caa cs But butwid Buto Jur foreign trade really y loes foes benefit all jnive if ave cui increase inci easo that trade wc e open oen new ili markets for or the products 0 t f our ir mills our shops ali and d oil ferros if sonio sections section 3 lecul to benefit directly less than others other they U benefit indirect indirectly iv busier I 1 j mean a larger consumption of farm produce e and better as well as mare stable pi ices moreover as wo we adopt better methods of agriculture our surplus products ar are 0 likely to increase if wo we have lave good tion facilities it will become easier to find a profitable market to h ah b such surplus th itaho faria ing interests this liia is indicated I 1 think by tw llvy ai position shown toxie 4 4 if f our foreign trade by giving reasonable pay for carrying ocean mails this question was wai a live issue us aa far back as 1845 when members member of congress froni from southern states arg ur ed government appropriation 3 ty ta pay for carr carrying ving inniss to encourage foreign trade As a result three american steamship stean iship 1 mes were established establish ell to E europa orope several 40 A the west indies and the isthan isthmus uz and from the isthmus California to and the competition W these steamships reduced alis 14 e freight rate to europe from about 35 to 20 and the united states hada 1300 tons of ocean steamers ste amera as compared with great Dri britian tian a ton tons honshe she othe steamers being newer si swifter birider more power tul and especially aimed 0 for war r purposes this prosperos pros condition of the american berch ant 11 larine drine continued until the chiv it war when the mail subventions were discontinued |