Show SHiP SUBSIDY BENEfiTS SEEN Sen Jones Thinks Farmers Would Gain Most From Measure WASHINGTON rob Feb 7 The The farmer farm farm- Carmer or er more than any other group t tIn In the country would benefit b the Immediate passage of the shipping bill now pending in congress Senator Jones of Washington who ha has charge of tho the bill In III the senate In Inao Inan lian ao an address read today the con con- convention eon of the National Merchant Marine Ma- Ma Marine Ja- Ja rine association Senator Jones as unable to appear and lila his prepared ad ad- ad address address dress we was read by Winthrop L lIlar ala Mari I sin In New Now York lee president ice president of ot the AmerIcan Steamship 0 Owners neTS atlon Senator Jones TonIs declared J that the shipping bill by equalizing the dir dir- difference ference In cot cost corf of American and for for- ship operation would mean for forthe rothe the farmer American transportation Instead of or foreign transportation The high shipping rates rate which the people had to ply before AmerIcan ships were sere built Senator f Jones staled stat stat- stated stated ed went largely to alien shIp ships or- or ored ed or controlled by great trusts 0 ocr o er lie e e hid hd no control It If we hall hail built a II merchant marine our and business men would haic hae bAen cd beisa saed sa hundreds of or millions of ot dollars that went into the coffers of these ship owners and would ha hae isa ha saed sa hundreds of millions of ta tax burdens We want a merchant marine Ihs lb farmer the business man and the la- la laborer borer agree In this and an 1 the measure we urge Is a concrete proposal to te establish what we all want |