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Show H Just so long as the great Euro- H pean maratime powers expend H twenty million of dollars every B year in building up and sustaining H their merchant marine upon the H sea, and this nation does nothing H for American ships whereby they H can compete with the aided for- H eign ships, just so long we shall H- remain weak upon the tea just K so long we shall be at the mercy fl of our foreign rivals. So long H as subsidies arc paid by other H governments, and wtthout abate- B ment indeed, they are increasing H year by year so long we must M do likewise, or we shall possess , neither seagoing ships nor sea- m goiug seamen. AnJ, if only for B naval recruitment purposes, we M need 'both merchant ships and B merchant seamen a-plenty. |
