President Wilson. of the Dollar Line. The wages paid an ablebodied seaman on the California are $43.80 a month. while the American ship of the Dollar Line pays $10.97 a month. and why? Because the seamen are Chinese coolie labor. That is the great attraction for Chinese labor. It seems to nie that if we are here providing ways under direct subsidy and assistance to American shipping. if we are providing an enormous fund to make loans under favorable conditions. if we are assisting shipping in all these ways. it is only fair to insist that threequarters of the crew. including the stewards department. should be taken from American citizens.