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Show Senator Stnoot j Leads in Debate For Free Tolls I Ji Declares Demand for Repeal of I , Panama Canal Charge Exemp j I tlon Is Unworthy of Sons it of Revolutionary f' f Fathers I ' f j Washington, May 13. Declaring ' III,' tho administration demand for repeal , of Uio Panama toll cxomptlon was r "unworthy of sons of tho revolution- V jl i nry fathers," Seuator Smoot of Utah i, If today argued vigorously ngamst the I J repeal hill In tho senate. 1 ! Tho senator held tho attontlon of j I his colleagues for two hours dealing i "1 ' particularly with tho economic phase " 1 of tho subject and In convincing frra ' I proved tho wisdom of allowing United J Stntcs Bhlps In coaBtwlso trndo to j fj pass through tho canal frco of charge I Jl nnd nt tho samo time ho repudiated ' I tho Idea that tho nation would violate I Its treaty obligations by so doing. 1 "Tho attempts that aro bisl'ig made T In our country nnd by our eltlzom lo I convlnco tho American people that J tho U. S. Is violating Its treaty obllga I tlons and Is being looked on by oilier I nations as lacking In additional honf, I 1 repudiate.' snld Sonator Smont. "Tho I : constitution confers on Congress tho I power to rcgulato our domestic com- j, morco, and In doing so wo tiro not f Bubjcct to tho charge of violating our treaty obligations. Senntors hhvo you HI stopped to think that tho nBsaults on fl our national honor enmo from wlth'n I and not from without? ' "I want the Unltod States to enjoy I tho respect of all nations of tho earth, I to live In peace nnd to malnt.ilu a do- alro to accord equal Justlco to nil. U wo must purchnso foreign friendship tho prlco enacted must not Involve us In national dishonor. Would England Yield? "What do you think will bo our pos Itlon In tho eyes of foreign nat'ono," Senator Smoot continued, if the .let of tho former administration li tepudlnt-ed tepudlnt-ed by tho present one, b.isi-d upon 'he request that It ought to be dono whether right or wrontft If our position posi-tion wero rovcrsed Is thero n,iy sen ator who believes that England would yield an interest of vital Importance to our dictation? "No Mr. President, a thuussi.d times, no, and I would commend her for her loyalty to her own. I now toy without fear of contradiction It we submit to tho request and ylold our constitutional rights, It will be but the beginning of further demund made upon us by other nation-. I c.ir.uot ngreo to accept tho demands of England, Eng-land, whether right or wronn. "This Is a strango and modern coc-trine, coc-trine, a weak hnd defenseless position posi-tion for any American to tako and Is not worthy of tho sons of tho purlot fathers of tho revolution who won for us by blood and sacrifice inu blessing of liberty. "Wo should encourago our own merchant mer-chant mtirine, built on American roll and by American workmen, manned by American sapors nnd flying soldi)' tho American flag." "Mr. President, this Is tho most extraordinary ex-traordinary bill over seriously considered consid-ered by tho United States Congress for It affects tho soveelgnt- of out nation. Our forefathers fought long years for their independence, ml the right to manage their own ntfalrs. "But wo aro asked In this mensum to surrender control of our toa'to'y and management of our own canal and relinquish most important mca'is of defense in'case of attack by a foreign for-eign country. Tho President now r pudlatcs his party platform nnd hsVs us all to ropudlato our platform on the subject. "If tho Presidents contention at the present time is correct, tho cnnhl will not help us In any wiy to lyi'l 1 u,i our shipping. "If your coastwise saipplin? has to pay tolls such vessels wnl suffer bo-cause bo-cause they cannot compoto with tho subsidized ships of Canada owed by railroad corporations. Result of Managemnt "Other nations an now phying $IG, 000,000 yearly as subsidies. Our coast wiso shipping Ims been increasing to an enormous extent, so that it Is much greater than that of any other nation In the world, and the rat's charged havo declined more than half "Shipping of our nation In the foreign for-eign trade, which Is subject to foreign competition, has declined o a still greater extent. , "It your coastwise trade is submitted submitt-ed to the samo competition as our foreign for-eign trade, tho same result will follow and in a comparatively short time we will have to do our coastwise shipping on Japanese hnd other foreig i vessels or on those employing Chinese and Hindoo seamen. Catering to British "Now while wc "lake the tolln lower low-er on the Panama r.ivnal than those charged on the Kuot canal, while we do not impost ofe penny ot Kr.'sii shipping because ot t..3 exemption of our coastwlso trnde, yet the ntu'rli government jays, wttho'it pa rcasor. that wo must not k1o our coastw.ro shipping any such ndvtintagu "The Ilrltls'a note of proiast ten-tains ten-tains this stutumen'.: "Now that t'aa Hal ed Sinus has become the practical '.over-elgn '.over-elgn of tho cnnr.l lib mujesty'3 government gov-ernment docs not question Its title to oxerclso beltgcrcnt rights for Its protection. "If wo can exercise belligerent rights then wo can exempt our coast-wiso coast-wiso shipping from tolls. Thero Is no provision, according to tho British construction of tho treaty, for our cxcrclso of belligerent rights, nnd this Is merely a concession ot Great Brltlan's p&rt to Induce us to give up freedom for our domestic traffic through bur own canal. "It is ridiculous to assume that tho United States can only use the chnal by observing Its own rules. "Tho canal Is a part of our own coastwlso system and many ot tho best legal authorities of tho world can be quoted In support of our claim as fixed In the law already passed and as practically upheld by our supremo su-premo court : i |