SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.
"^•'V;'■■";, AMERICAN'BILL. ;•;,.•■: - ■ A POOR CHANCE, DESPITE TAITS ■'fi.-' '-'i-- ;,: ■:■ stjppoet:- ' ; ;■''■■ ■ : :' 'y^-'^ By Teleßraph—Press ■.';'' :V (Eec. February 22,;. a.m.). '■' '';'■' ■~'; ~.:■':' London,.February.'2i... The Washington correspondent', of :|tho "Morning, Post" reports'that there is, a general impression that .tbeShip Subsidy Bill will.be withdrawn. ;' ■■■••;■" / :■' 'Despite, President Taffs' support of "it, the Bill' has' aroused such '.criticism, that the Government is l.unlihely.' toyriski its defeat.' ■/.'■'. • ' '■■'". . : ~ '■. ' ; .' : :', : " .■■ \ : .' : ■'.. .'.'■'. . [The United States mercantile marine, owing to. .high wages and other : causes, finds it difficult to compete with other shipping, and has been ; agitating for subsidies: for years. ' -The Bill; however, is' persistently- opposed.: .When the Republican , "insurgents", met the. other:' day they endorsed the bigger part of.the Taft programme, but did not follow the President asregards\6hip subsidies and.federal' incorporation of: business enterprises.] ■' i , : ■' I
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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125SHIPPING SUBSIDIES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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