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Show SHI F $7,500,000,000 1.017 IN FREIGHT hh " i ' i s,nco 1883 nnd I call spec'nl at- HJ 1 1 i tentlon to tills foreign ships have HJr l 111! carried over $50,000,000,000 of our HJ I' I jj foreign commerco Estimating tho H i ' freight at IS per cent, wo havo paid HJ ' j them over $7,500,000,000, for getting HJ ' ' our products to their markets and sup- H J j I plying our own. Of what benefit Is a H I j balance of trade In our favor If wo H ''it l10'11 ()Ut moat ot " for freight? HJj ! 1 j ( This statement by Senator Jones HJl) j ' It brings homo the humiliating position HjH I I ' I ln which this country Is placed by HJ: I tho failure of a freo trade congress Hh i 1 u l t0 cntict a clause ln tho tariff bill HJ- i j . ; which would encourage not only IB-"l I , American registry but American ship j I building. The 5 per cent blunder, hh (lS oven w'tnout tho proviso that noth- J 't ', inR m tuis subsection shall ho so con- fl k j : strued as to abrogate or ln nhy man- BBJ! ' ner Impair or affect tho provisions of BBJ1 ! any treaty, was weak and Ineffective HH; 1 1 to aid tho American Merchant Marine. V , In their timidity Congressmen wero HH j untruo to their party pledges nnd dls- HJH I j regarded tho historical fact that a H i! t ! discriminatory rato as n discount has HJ " I never worked out satisfactorily. When B j a 10 per cent additional duty was en- BBJ ! forced on Imports In vessels not or BBJ i ' j tho United States, tho Industry ot B ' i ' I Ehlpbuldlng thrived. The demand for BBJ American vessels would quickly re- HBJ I j storo tho (lag to a placo In tho com- BBJ ' I " merco of tho world that would com- H mand respect. |