Speech #670330661

The Japanese finally became the carriers of our Pacific coast commerce. Count their ships by the score. Take a map and trace out their routes. and then tell me that the difference ii upkeep and cost of maintenance has nothing to do with the situation. when the"Japanese coolie sailor gets his $12 a month and three messes of rice a day. while our American sailor. thank God. is the bestfed and the bestberthed man that floats on the ocean. Yes. let us bring back to the position It once held the commerce of the United States of America as carried in American bottoms. and when one of the speakers a short time ago said it never can be done I was reminded of the fact that Presl-