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Show AMERICAN SHIPPING BILL UPHELD Criticism by England and Japan, directed nt Beetles 28 of tho Jones bhlpplng bill, and the threat of Tor clgn nations to turn tonnage from Pacific to Atlantic or gulf ports, 'unless the provisions of this section n'ro repealed. Is not a cause for ,alarm. sayo United States Senator SlcNary of Oregon. Thd purpose ot the section Is to Btimulate shipment of cargoes In American vessels slnco merchandise moving In American steamers would bt benefitted by the lowest preferential preferen-tial rati aite. If foreign Interests should attempt to divert tralllc from Pacific ports, protection would bo at hand. Senatoi McNary believes, through the Interstate Inter-state conunerco commission under the transportation net, Propaganda against certain provisions provi-sions of the shipping bill lms been urged by foreign Interests. Sena'or SlcNary avers. In an effort to deceive de-ceive shippers Into a belligerent at- tltude toward tho. bill, . ' The fact that Japan protests ngalsst It, that Great Drltaiu ir sore about II. and that other imultimo rivals condemn It. Is tho best evldenco that It Is performing tho function expressly ex-pressly designed for It, namely, to give America her place among tho carrying nations of tho world and to relieve her from thraldom to which she had for years been subjected by foreign shipping combinations. |