The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-14
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Biggs, of California, bill was passed
for the investigation Of the mining
debris question in California.
Blount, of Georgia, submitted the
conference report on the postofice ap-
preparation bill. An agreement had
been arrived at on all the amen dments
except that known as the subsidy"
amendment. The rate of postage on
seeds. plants, bulbs, roots and scions
had been fixed at cent. for each two
ounces or fraction thereof. The report
was agreed to and then Bingham, of
| Pennsylvania, moved to concur in the
! Senate subsidy" amendment with an
amendment reducing the appropriation
| from $500, 900 to $3.50 900, authorizing the
| Poetmaster-Geneta TO i crease the
mail facilities not only between the
! United States and Central and South
America and the West Indies, but be-
tween the United States and China,
! Japan, Sandwich Islands and Australia,
and providing that American ships car
rying the mails shall be allowed four
times the rate of compensation they
now receive. A lopg debate ensued.
Blunt submitted a conference report
on the postof1ice appropriation bill. An
agreement had been arrived at on all
amendments except the subsidy
amendment" postage on seeds, plants,
bulbs, roots and scions, has been fixed
at one cent for each two ounces or
fraction thereof.
Bingham moved to consider the
"Senate subsidy" amendment, with the
amendment reducing the appropriation
from $S00,0 900 to $450,000, and authoriz-
ing the Postmaster General to increase
the mail facilities. not only between the
United Safes and Central and South
America and the West Indies, but be-
tween the United States and Canada,
Japan, Sandwich Islands and Aus
tralia, and providing that Ameri-
can ships carrying mails shall
the rate of compensation they now re-
ceive. Bingham said the question was
not one Of subsidy or bonus, but the
question as to readjustment Of COM
pensation under the law of 1858 as
applied to the sailing of American
steamships under the existing condi-
tons OF 1888 If the conditions to-day
were different from the conditions ex-
listing at the time of the law of 1853
was passed, fair read ustment of
compensation allowed the American
vessels for carrying the mails should
be made.
Biount opposed the motion, as the
line TO China and Australia now
received from fifty to 100 times as much
for mail transportation as it did for
freight transportation, and yet it was
proposed to give it four times as much
as it now received. He believing the
existing provisions for the service were
ample and that to-day the United
States has tins best mail service on the
earth.
Dingley supported the amendment.
Holman alta ?ked the principle of the
subsidy, referring TO Reads refolution
of inquiry, adopted in February 1876,
into the charges that may have
been issued to secure the passage
of the Pacific Mail subsidy. The House
had been dishonored by the result of
that inquiry, yet it was proposed that
this very steamship line should receive
another subsidy after having driven
honors BILE and prominent men into OBJ
security and dishonor,
FELTON,, of California, cited the case Of
the line plying between San Francisco,
a line receiving $50 Q00 subsidy from a
vice over this. line was not
part of the postal union
service and therefore the United
States government collected between
So 90 and $i7,00 annually as postage,
while it paid to the line 5000 coo. The
government was making twice as much
as it paid. Was not thst ignohle policy
and beneath the dignity of the nation
10 the United States for the purpose of
N king money from line sustained by
z foraign government. The New Zealand
government had become disguised
with the extremely conservative policy
OF this government, and would no
longer aid in maintaining the service
unless the United States would meet it
half way.
Owen, of Indiana, advocated the
amendment as means Of advancing
the business interests or the United
States in the great consuming countries
CT South America.
Nelson, OF Minnesota, referred to the
country of his birth Norway as too
poor to subsidiz9 a single ship for
a year, yet with free trade
and free ships it stood next to the
United States in tonnage and commerce. |
The granting Of a subsidy to a few |
ST. dElSUlp LILIES WOulu uOl SIlLu uldLe
but would arm it with a |
weapon to fight If competition. France |
had given subsidies, bat her shipping |
interests were now in diiapidated con-
result of oyer-protection.
kept her system of subsidies in
order to connect her with the outlying |
FELTON, thanked God be came from
country that would avoid the cheap and |
nasty as long as possible.
Nsls on-"You have been hating CHI
ne-e so lorg tia. you can: hep hating
I'll tol eigners."
F4!ton-"You can't pay me higher
than to say that hate tn
Chinese"
Nelson-"The gentleman from Cali
iornia hates the cheap and nasty man
1facturers. This country wanted the
cheap and nasty in the shape of l4bor
and we had to pass laws to prevent them
fr. m getting it.
FELTON, said he preventative labor
b lis, which had never been reported
from the committee.
Dockery argued against subsidies,
aud contended that the effect of the
would be to discourage the
building of additional lines, and enable
such poor men as Gould, Sage and
TO prevent connection TO !