New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-03

as the Farquhar bill. it having been drawn ana re,
norted to the House Of Representatives by the Bunao
Congressman of that name, now the chairman Vi o'o
House committee on the Merchant Marine anu flsoi
IL provides briefly, for the payment Oh Il Dou"'' VI
IS cents on every gross ton for every ooo i'ics "o
nv any vessel of than 500 tons gross rceSVoi'
built and owned the United States Inc iur,ner
restriction is added that for the first Two years IN "no
the act shall be force onesixth OF the crew on e'eS
such shin shall be American citizens during the next
three wears one third. and for the rest OF the tHe
AT least onehalf All the officers must be citizens
of the United states. The bill may DC Nrlheu so"'
orally a tonnage-b bounty bill
The other measure provides for subsidies Tor ocean
mail service and is intended to put fast lines OF
American steamers on all the main routes oi ud'0i
across the seas II divides the ships to be constructed
under the benefits Of the act into four classes the hS
to he OF the grade of the present Atlantic hnes' anu
proposes to allow compensation TO each class for carry
ing the mails at much a milc-the sums varying
from So for frstclass ships to IL for iourthciaSS.
All these steamships arc also to belong TO the United
states Naval Reserve.
Mr. FRYE in "A speech of an hour and half, ex-
planned in a lucid and entertaining manner Just what
the two bills proposed and then made vigorous and
convincing argument for their adoption lie pOlneo
ont that while every other maritime country was
exerting itself to the utmost, and sparng neither
energy nor money to build up lines Of steamships when
were reach out for the commerce OF the woriu inc
United States was carelessy allowing the last OF
feet of ships which once carried Its nag AROUND
the globe to disappear year by year from the seas
The two bills that offered he said, would restore
the decaying and almost extinct American merchant
marine and their passage demanded by every
consideration Of patriotism and of enlightened com
mercial policy.
Mr. Vest followed SIr Frye with old fashioned
anti subsidy argument, in which he denounced this
scheme to advance American maritime Interests as
only another phase Of the monstrous idea OF protec'
ton to American labor and American enterprise Mr.
Vest will continue his speech tomorrow, and after 1t
is Mr.. Frye hopes TO get vote on the two Bills
As to the cost Of the Tonnage bill, Mr.. Frye SAID
that the Commissioners OF Navigation estimated us
cost for the first year about s3,000000, and It's
cost in three four years at IS 100000 or S6,OOooOO
He Mr.. Frye, would be much disappointed If IN four
or five years the would not rise TO 100000 or
- 900 600. As to the Postal subsidy bill, Mr.. Frye
said he had no doubt NAT II the bill became law
there would be in three four years line between
New York and Liverpool. What would that line cost
under the bill ; Four ships Of the first class would
cost $780, 900 year. Tie fOurhclass vessels would
receive 81 in bounty where the hrstclass vessels
would receive S6, and yet the dollar bounty would
be better pay 10 the fourth-cass ship than the ~
bounty would be to Tie hrstclass ship. 1t would not
be as much GIcat Britain had paid IN establish the
Cunard Line nor much a. the United states Gov
eminent had paid 10 establish the Collins Line. The
Grsclass vessel was to be less than 5000 tons
measurement. capable Of maintaining speed OF twenty
knots hour. The second class Of vessels was TO be
capable Of sixteen knots an hour and 10 be rstcass
In every particular. He had no doubt that there
would be lines Of that kind between New York and
the River Platte. and between Francisco. Tacoma,
seattle and Puget sound, to Australia, Japan and
China. The third class was 10 consist OF vessels Of
1900 and the fourth class If the ordinary run Of
steamers either wood stcen OF 900 tons-such a
tN,f ham nd
Of Mexico. All these vessels were TO be taken AS
Naval cruisers whenever necessary.
He had recently read the report OF tho Produce
Exchange Of Ncw-York, and found that there had
been last year 1896 cleaances from the port Of
New York Carrying American grain and orcadstufs
-Four Of the vessels American and carried 3O'oOo
bushels IF wheat $40 of them British and
carried 100000 bushels. lie found from the same
report that In the month Of April 1890 the value Of
importatons into that port was s7l 100000 and
that ships not carrying the American flag brought
sj5 900 900 Of those iinportations Tie found tlat
for the same month thc exports %eac a. %
and Mat vessels not carrying me american mas LdI
ried s54 500 900 of them lie found mat IN tlat
month the United states had Pad Ia no t'
carving rs import, and export IL had nerh esE'
mated That the uitcd satcs pad every year fl1V,
600 OO1 - foreign ships for carrying lis imports ana
export. Including passenselr mat was an unueL1,
estimate. aud 1t would be found that the nro
state, paid over slGooooo0o last year 10 to'eS1
passenger That settled ono thin. II showed
that the American carrying trade was aDsoHWS urtI
q, far As foreign commerce was cOuccFncd inc
United states lad only four or i've lines oi steamer
left Tulcss Congress did something ind alG II Sou
,hcrc ,tnuld sooI not be "A single steamship limo
travcrsuc the oceans carrying the American h"s
not -, -. ,.o,,,
Of protc,tion II wa the only great American
Industry 81 which the could be said. lie coast
r,sc arriving trade was protected. and the result
wns that the coastwise feet Of the United state, va
,-boL world and that frcichts were lower IN that
trade than anywhere else That was what protcc,son
hed done for the coastwise trade ana the condtlo'
~ the foreign carving trade showed what want Of
protection had done for II