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Show oo BRITISH SHIPS WILL CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS London, Dec. 22. British ship owners own-ers apparently are not disturbed at President- Taft's suggestion, contained contain-ed in the message ho sent to congress con-gress yesterday, that preference should be given o American ships in connection with tolls to be charged for passing through tho Panama canal. ca-nal. They arguo that outside of tho coastal trade, from which thoy are alread vbnrrcd, British ships will continue con-tinue to do tho carrying trade of thc United States oven if American ships arc allowod to use the canal free of tolls. , , Thc reason for their optimism is. they explain, that it costs GO to ,70 per cent moro to bulla ships In Amor- ica. and 40 por cent more to operate ,i them than in the United States. |