The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-27
FORTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS
HOUSE,.

the postoffice appropriation bill.
Townshend, Holman and Horr.
Cox New York;, from the com
mlttee on naval affairs, asked leave
to report the present consideration
of the Senate joint resolution grant
ing permission 70 Ensign Reynolds,
now on duty with the Greeley relief
expedition. to accept the decoration
OF the royal and imperial order of
Francis Joseph from the govern
ment OF Austria.
RobinFon New YorB) objected,
saying, however, he was willing to
extend the thanks of Congress to
this young man, an honor com pared
with which these ribbons were non
sense.
The House proceeded to consider
alton of the special order, the bill to
remove certain burdens on Ameri-
can merchant marine and encourage
the American foreign carrying
trade.
After reading the report S!ocum
spoke in support of the bill.
Cox IN. Y. } thought the measure
only a partial relief. It could not
rehsbilitate commerce. He trusted
the Democratic House, elected at
least on some principle of liberality,
might do what the last Demo-
cratic House did on one
occasion and repented of it the
next day, adopt two propo.
sitlons, one for free materials TO
help ship builders the other for
free ships to help the ship owners.
They would 60 hand in hand for en-
hanclng the maritime interest and
Tor the glory Of the flag.
The bill was then read by sections
for amendment.
Hewitt IN. ", moved to amend
the section which abolishes Consular
fees, and authorizes the Secretary of |
the Treasury TO low such consular |
officers as are paid in whole or In part |
by fees, such compensation for their
services as they wouI / have rex
ceived prior to the passage of this
act, By adfirg the words ssrot
to exceed the aggregate in any
fiscal year, OF amount of fees col
lected at each consulate for such
services for the fiscal year ended
une 30th. 1888. Agreed to.
Duon offered substitute for the
section which reduces the tonnsge
tax, but the substitute was re-
jected 26 to IS.
Adams (New York; moved to
amend section Is, which ab1lishss |
the marine hospital tax by applying
it's provisions as well to vessels
which engage in coastWise, as well
IS those engaged in foreign trade.
On motion Gaorge'e amendment
was adopted, providing that vessels
arrived at port of entry In United
States, laden with coal, salt, rail-
road iron, and other like materials
n bulk, may proceed to the place
within that collection district to be
specially designated by the secre-
-ary of the treasury, at the expense
If the person interested for the pur-
pose of unloading cargoes.
Cox, of New York, offered an
amendment providing that from and
after the passage of the act, 1t shall
% lawful for any citizens of the
United States to import iron or steel
,uilt steamships of not less than
900 tons Measurement free of duty,
md such ships shall be admitted to
American registry, provided the
aid ships shall be the exclusive
property of citizens or q citizen of
he United States, and provided
urther that such ships shall be ex-
ludet from the coast wise trade.
Dingley said the adoption of this
would sound the death
Ote TO the building of Americ an
essels, by American workmen, in
American yards.
Reed said the adoption of the
will be calculated 10
uin the bill.
Hammond thought to pass the bill
the amendments would be I
Ike feeding an elephant on goats
nix. In the name Of common
ense, If the House intended to en-
ourage the building of ships let it !
o something that looked like en-
ouraging it.
The amendment was agreed to,
cas- Ill, nays SO. Guenther, Hatch,
Mich.), Ochiltree, Strait and York, :
,epublicans, voted in the affirm
tive. and Collins, Converse, Ellie, '
innerty, Hunt, Robinson IN. ",
,osecrans, Slocum, Tillman and :,
Warner (Ohio), Democrats, in the 8
egative.
The amendment was adopted pro { {
iding that the expenses of main I
.ing the marine hospital service
lsll be betrayed out Of the receipts I
ON the tonnsge tax.
On motion OF Slocum, the thIr-
zenith section was amended to read 7
J follows: "Section 14.-That in &
ell of tax on tonnage, so cents ger =
N per annual heretofore imposed :
Y law, a duty Of 5 cents per ton, ]
OF to exceed in the aggregate Is l
snts per ton in any one year is ]
8reby imposed at each entry, on all c
essels which shall be entered in any Q
0rt of the United States from any r
reign port or place in North, Cen. R
al America, West India Isls n Is, 3
Bermuda, or Sandwich =
stands. or Newfoundland, and B
lty of &c. per ton, lot to exceed v