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Show OPPOSE SHIP SUBSIDY. Senator Berry Presents the Minority Report to Senate Washington Maih Ii emlor Herr), lepreentlng the minority of the Fenale Committee on Commerce today presented the report In opposition to the pending ship aubel I) bill Must ot the points hive been covered In speeches In the Senate The minority den) tho accurnc) of both the predlc tloni anl tho facta In the majorlt) re port The) urge that the hill I wrong In principle nnl declare that It will ut. terl) fall In the accomplishment of Itn professed objects The) alo si) that while It la not so comptloite I a the subildy bill nf tho 1 Ift) slvth Congress Con-gress It Ii In some respects even more objectionable The minorltv continue 'The bill proposes to tax the whole people to the extent of scvcril million fnr the benefit bene-fit nf nne single industty Hesldea the statistic of the last two )ears prove that the ship bull ling Inluslry doei not need such sreilal issIM ince but Is rapidly Increasing nuclei nituial conditions con-ditions ' They criticise tho feiture of the hill which carrle the subsld) for foreign malls and a) Thn highest rate of subild) I given tu twent) knot vessels while Ihe fast oreiin malls are re-ill) carrle I In twenty three ind twent) four knot vessels The mall lompensa-tlon lompensa-tlon to the slow American- vessel nl read) too high Is mode Immenrely higher hy Ihl bill W a 1 1) more for a weekl) service than I-nglind pa) a for a semi weekl) seivlco 1 much turner shlpa than ours The) further urge Hint the hill make no provision ngilnst a shipping trust and claim that It encourages a combination combi-nation leading to such i trut The) tlsn say The lines might nlso inrge wllh foreign line to control freight and passenger intra Thereby mil sub. sidy woull le nl ling the foreign pirt-nera pirt-nera nf nur sul l llred vesels The lepori close h sa)lng "We know that there nre hundred nnd thoii'nnd of Inlustrle In nur otintr) doing a losing limine but we den) that Congress for this reison can go Into thn puhllc treasur) nud sve them from banlmipte) Wo )inpithlze with nil men In the Inrd struggle of life but It Is nnt thi dill) of nut Onvern ment to Interfere In the pilvnte nffalrs of the cltljen We Iclleve tint all men should have an equal anl filr rhinee In the race for weillh nnl hippliiesa-ever) hippliiesa-ever) cltljen should hear hi share of the burden of Ihe j,ovomment nne clacs should never be the recipient nf benefit not given to others Absolute equallt) of rights Is a doctrine wo should never abandon Th" bill la wrong In principle unjust, vicious pure clasa legislation |
