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Ee Reads the Riot Act to Those
Who Favor Sub
sides.
Declaring That Americas
Merchant Marine Is Liter
ally Straight-Jaeketed.
Sam Randall's Condition Rem
1ered Serious by Frequent
Hemorrhages.
Gen. Earle, Of Chippewa Falls,
Gives Agent Gregory a
Boost.
Special to the Globe.

Special 10 the lIlODe.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The house
passed the day in debating the mail
subsidy clause in the postoffice appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Blount, of Georgia,
presented the conference report on the
postoffice appropriation bill. An agree
ment had been reached on all amend
ments excepting the senate mail subsidy
amendment. The rate of postage on
seeds, bulbs and roots had been fixed at
l cent for each two ounces. The report
was agreed to. Mr.. Bingham then
moved to concur in the senate subsidy
amendment with an amendment
reducing the appropriation from
100000 to S450,000; authorizing
an increase of mail facilities
to China, Japan, the Sandwich Islands,
and Australia, as well as to Central
and South America. and providing that
American ships carrying mails shall be
allowed four times the present rate of
compensation. The question presented,
Mr.. Bingham said, was not one of
subsidy or bonus, bu ia REIMBURSEMENT
of compensation under the law of
1858. Postage was the basis of COM
penSation to steamships, and that
basis had been radically changed since
1858. Then the rate of postage to
Great Britain was "a cents, to France
SO cents, to Germany 80 cents: while
now the postage to these countries was
but cents, and it was not just to COM
penSate the steamship companies now
under the infieXible law of 1858. The
condition is very different to-day, and a
fair
REIMBURSEMENT OF COMPENSATION
should be made. Mr.. Biount opposed
the amendment and the subsidy sys-
TEN. England's subsidies as general
rule, he said, had gone to her colonies
and had been profitable, while the same
system adopted by France and Ger
many had resulted in bankruptcy to
country adopting any such policy. Mr..
Dingley, of Maine, thought the amend
ment proposed only fair and rea-
SOnable compensation and not a
subsidy, and unless something
was done to increase compensation
American steamship lines now running
to South and Central America and the
East would disappear entirely within
five years. Wise craftsmanship de-
manded an increase in our means of
postal and commercial intercourse with
the leading countries of South America.
Mr.. Holman opposed subsidies in gen.
eral and this in particular.
Mr.. Owens, of Indiana, favored the
amendment as means of advancing
the business interests of the country.
Mir. Nelson, of Minnesota, said that
the argument that the American ship
ping did not exist because of rebellion
which occurred twenty-five years ago
was to him all stuff and nonsense, all
fuss and feathers. The trouble was
that the government had put the mer-
chant marine in a
SORT OF STRAIGHT JACKET.
1t said to people wishing to engage
capital in navigation on the high seas,
''you cannot engage in this enterprise
unless you. buy American vessels
ina straightforward. Applause Oh the
Democratic side.l He referred to the
country of his birth-Norway-as a poor
country, with less than 100000 inhab-
itants. She was so poor that she could
not subsidiZe single ship for single
year, and yet with free trade and free
ships stood next to the United States in
tonnage and commerce. Applause on
the Democratic side. In every port of
the world could be found a Norwegian
ship, and the idea that in this country,
with all its wealth and all it's resources,
American shipping could not exist with
out subsidy to few steamship lines
was preposterous. The granting of boun-
ties to few steamship lines would not
stimulate commerce, but would simply
arm them with weapon to fight Off all
competition. Mr.. Bingham inquired
whether England and France and Ger
many, with free ships, had not been
forced to help their shipping by boun-
ties, or by system of generous gifts.
MIR. Nelson replied that France had
given subsidies, but was now feeling
the retroactive wave. and her shipping
interest was in more Sickly and dilap-
ldated condition than ever before, the
RESULT CT OVER-PROTECTION.
Applause Oh the Democratic side
England kept her system of sub
sides in order to connect her with
repeated his inquiry as to whether
these European countries had
not been forced to help their
marines by subsidies. Mr.. Nelson re.
piled that the subsidy system had been
followed temporarily, aud, as a result
except i'll the case of England). those
countries were feeling the evil effects OF
over-protection. England maintained
her system in order to bind herself tc
her colonies. Mr.. Bingham-England
knows othing but trade. Mr.. Nelson
Its pity we don't know something
about it. Laughter Mr.. FELTON,, OF
California, interrupted with the remark
that he thanked God he came from a
country that would avoid the cheap and
nasty as loug as possible. The necessa
rles OF his country were the luXurieS OF
other countries. Mr.. Nelson-Oh. You
have been hating the Chinese so long
you can't help hating all foreigners
Mr.. Felton-YOu cannot pay me 6
higher compliment than to say hate
the Chinese. Mr.. Nelson said that the
gentleman from California said that he
hated the cheap and nasty. The manu-
facturers of this country wanted
TIE CHEAP AND NASTY
In the shape of labor, and we had tt
pass labor laws to prevent them getting
the cheap and nasty. [Applause.l
Mr.DOckery, of Missouri, argued agains
subsidies and said the effect of thu
pending amendment, if it became
law, would be to discourage the build
ing of additional lines, and enable poo
men like Jay Gould and Russell Sage tt
prevent competition to the Pacific Mai
steamship company.
Pending further debate the house a
8 o'clock took Il recess until p. m.
The house at its evening session
passed t%enty-fOur private pension
bills, including one granting pension
to e-Wah-Keu-Gah" O.
John" and at 1880 adjourned.