New-York tribune., 1886-05-19
THE FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.
DEMOCRATS RAISE THE SUBSIDY CRY.
SUPPORTING Mr.. vILAs's POLICY IN TIRE HoUsN'-
UNWILLING TO AID AMERICAN SHIPPING.
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WASHINGTON. May 1S.-The debate in the
House to-day on tho Senate amendment TO tho ROSY
Office bill providing for the transportation OF the uneu
States mails In American vessels in"icae '"'e
the House will adhere the American policy adopted
,v NJ Villas and defended by tho leaders OF
his Marty iu the House. The false cry OF "subsdy
raised and reiterated by Chairman Blount anu o'hor
Democratic leaders Is relied upon to Keep the party III
line and to influence Republican votes s'i' thero
are indications that Democrats. manly from 'ho
South. arc getting their eyes open at last ana IL Is
nrohable that Democratic vote IN favor OF hmeric"
ships will be somewhat larger than when the Dill
first passed the House. Democratic opponent OF tue
Senate amendment who is In position TO kho" tho "'
OF the Postmaster General said: 1T docs not make
mich difference whether the amendment IA adopted or
not 1t il no manlOtory In terms than the proN'
s,or IN tho law of last year. nnd the Postmaster Gen
cral will treat It in the manner. He viii
decline TO expend the money ia accordance with
its terms"
When Mr. Blount. OF Georgia. from the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads. reported back the bill the
House at once went into Committee Of the Whole for
the purpose OF con sdcring the Senate amendments.
Mr. Blount opposed tho $500 900 amendment. contend
Ing that It would any advantage In the way
OF obtaining additional mail trips. bat wonid hlccd
have contrary effect Under tho clause. the Postmas'
ter-General would be required TO contract, II he
contracted at all. for not less than three nor more
absolute Inhibition upon any other company
than the one holding the contract attempting to
traverse the same line. The the number OF
lines would stopped. and while the contract was IN
Increase Il" the foreign postal service woud De
prevented. lie quote from statistics 10 show
difference IN pay which the steamship companies re-
that which they would receive u the proposed egi.ia-
enacted into law; and "a an instance OF the
evils which maintained would follow such AN enact
ment he stated that the mails now crrei by ,ne oIl
entail and Occidental line at cost OF 5000 wond have
In np rrl he a
lie denied the OF the declaration that he
decline Of American commerce was due TO fact that
the United States refused subsidies To- Its steam
ship companies and asserted that the decline was at
trhuta able to the narrow minded policy which forblds
An,.r,can ciizens from purchasing ships abroad
Mr. Burrows. OF Michigan. In supporting the amend
vice. to m" coastwise comramies and that allowed
foreign mai companies and instnncrd tho fact tha st
Tampa and Rev West $4,000 wnle II p!id only S2'7
for the service between Key West ani Havana. me
Senate amendment only authorized tne .nihs,ruen r
erai to with The foreign service exactly what ne di
star Route ana c0astwise service, anh All tls
talk abont subsidy wa@ simply an aprrai 10 pluee'
instead of an appeal Ia the reason OF rea onanle man
The United States pad more for mail service ne ween
Tampa ana hey Wc-t than was pam 10 an ne Anihro"
lines engaged in trans Atlantic commeIe or ia coinneee
II paid more for the service between san Francisco
and than paid to American lines iron
San Francisco To Hong Kong ana TO fanail. ana 10
Mexico ana 1t paid SO for the service from
Tacoma to Port Townsend than WAS paid to the whole
sderaiion of the necessity Of extending commercial re-
ations with the of Mexico, and Central and south
rs for mail transportation would nave "A tendency 10
extend trade with those states To-day there were nut
| ica-the :" Red ID" line 10 Venezuela and iine
10 Brazil. 10 these lines for carryinngo the %
| mails the Government paid the of No.GO3 oS.
In hry-wo years Great Britain hal paid 22.5o0,ooo
fnr mail service o South and Central America while
the same time the United states hsd paid for the same
service only $350O0D lie then ran over ist OF thc
mpOrtatOns of manufactured articles by the states of
South America to show that the trade was almost com
pletely mOnOpOzed by Great Britain whlle tho ptrcen
age OF thc United States WAS insignificant OF
| OF
Chill the Unifed States furnished only per c-nt Ihs
attributable to the fact that the United states nan
no communication with Chill. and the moment an ap
propriaton ca ne in which wonld permit an extension o
steamship lines that country, up went the cry or
"subsdy." lie would not permit England TO hod this
market the thresAod of this country. IT, by paying
liberal for carrying the mall tfe Cnltod
States could this trade from her, lie hoped tha
the Senate amendment would be adopted. with All
amendment which ne proposr 10 OIL, au ,ho
Postmaster General TO oxprnd SiOOOuO OF the hppro
prlatlOn on existing SAOO'VOV
Mr. Riggs. of Illinois. opposed the foreign mail service
amendment. ami ended that the figures cited ny Mr.
Burrows. instead OF showing that too little was paid Tor
foreign service showed that too much was pad for the
coastwise service II gcntemen wished to Dnlld up
American commerce by granting Subsidies et the trhn-
action be called by It's rsnt put e %
a fair compensation for the transportation OF the mt
MI WaEeheld, OF Minnesota. earnestly opposed the
amendment. and regret ed that his wrknown oppos-
tion to the ub-dy clause bad subjected MN 70
less attacks. A Washington dispatch to The ST. ram
Pioneer Press had declared that The opposition SHOWN oy
Mr. Guenther and himself TO the clause had been insti
by Captain Goldman as the representative OF the
English steamship companies. This he said was an ln-
tcular AID false In general Until he read that dispatch
he had never heard Of CAPTAIN Co man He htd never
solicited addressed By any living soul 10 oppose
the amendment On the Otner hand. lac nal been
frequently perssteny and earnestly urged to support
the leading OF some OF the corpora
lions o whose benent II would innre.
Mr. Guenthcr Of Wisconsin, said that the approprla-
did the dignity Of subsidy II was neither
hsh. flesh nor fowl. |, gift pure and simple. II
was 4 charity the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
a corporation which Congress should not touch with
tenOot pole We're members OF Congress- really so YER
dan AS 10 he dcluded and deceived by shallow pre-
e.
uonsl We're they really what were callei suckers "
ILaughter) The Republicans had been turned out OF
power because CHARGES had been made. and believed.
that the Republican party had been too remiss Ia vot
ing the peoples money to corporatlons That party
should any longer let the Shyocks or the Pacinc
Mail Steamship Company make 1t draw the chestnuts
out Of the h.c. lie also denied tho newspaper state
his opposition to the subsidy was instigaed
by Captain Goldman. lie did not know Captain Coiman
from Adam Moses, and no one had ever approached
hm for The purpose of inducing him to vote against the
subsidy.
Mr.. Milliken OF Maine, asked why 1t that Ger
many shuuIi upon a subsidy policy II she
ceedng well without subsidy.
Mr. Gucnther supposed twas because she was making
n fool OF herself.
After further discussion the committee roso, and
the House at A. 40 adjourned.
DENIED