Mr. CHANDLER. es. sir, carrying our ministers; our ministers today are compelled, in order to reach their destination, to ride upon subsidized British ships because we have no relines. ow, sir, I am willing not only to use the l word “sole” in giving privileges to this line, but to pay a subSidy of $25,000 a year for 14 years to secure the benefits commercially that will accrue to this nation from the laying of this wire. We mustet over the narrow spirit that has controlled the action of the congress of the U.S. during the last 15 years in regard to our commercial relations. We must not be afraid that somebody will make a dollar or 2 by investin immense amounts of capital for the benefit of our commerce. If we propose to take our position among the commercial nations of the earth. we must use the same means that they employ to secure their commercial relations. It will not do for us to sit here and say that somebody may make a little money by this, when millions an tens of millions of dollars will be rolling annuall into our Treasury from the commerce we shul thus draw to our shores. During the last 15 ears it is well known that the man agement of our commercial relations has not been in the hands of pommercial men. They have been controlled by men who were opposed to the commerce of this nation. During the past 4 years, if I could get half an hour of the time of the Senate for the consideration and passage of any bill from the ComCommerce, I thanked God for it, because the Senfrom Maine with his financial bills, and the Senfrom Iowa with his Navy bills, and the Senfrom Massachusetts With his Army bills, crowded me out, and commerce was thrown aside. Now. I propose to crowd them out and have something to say about the commercial relations of this great nation. I propose now, as we are at peace with all the world, that we take care of our commerce and that we prepare to compete, not only with GreatBritain but with the rest of the world, for the commercial supremacy of the world. Mr. President, I be pe this bill will pass. It is so plain, so self evi entanecessity, the ben efits of it are so tremendous, that I cannot think there is a man in this body who will vote against it. I do not believe there is a man who will vote avainstit. lf the reiIs, wanttohear him so vote. That is all.