I doubt very much whether. when we have complied with all the provisions of this bill and when we have paid a bounty and when we have secured ships. which we may secure in part. the American producer or the American consumer will be any better off. I doubt whether goods will be carried in American ships as cheaply then as in foreign ships. The tramp ship will outbid us both going and coming. and unless we can change the system of labor upon the European "ships that come here. or conclude to change our system by letting Asiatics take the place of American sailors. I do not believe we can compete with Europe in the shipping busrness.
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