Evening journal., 1890-07-03
ONE GENT.
sussIpIEs FoR sAIps.
The Frye Bin and the Ocean Mail Sers
ice BIN in the Sennfe.


full owners. lie said that there were
250o00 land patents accumulated in the
general land Office for which those entitled
to them had not applied; that thrifty lsrm
OF Washington attorneys had been permit
ted to have lists made Of them; that they
had then communicated with persons en-
titled TO them, notifying them that they
could get their patents for them on the
payment Of fee. This was an act Of coll
lusion between the assistant commissioner
twho was then assistant secretary of the
interior acting as a commissioner and the
law firm, and the bill was designated to
frustrate that job.
II directs the secretary Of the interior to
send TO the recorder OF deeds tn each coun-
~ In which lands SO patented lie lists of
the lands patented ia that county which
have been III the land Office uncalled for
for twelve months
The senate chen receded from it's amend
ments 20 the legislative appropriation bill.
The senate then proceeded to the consld-
Grafton of tile Two senate bills reported
from the committee on commerce to place
the American merchant marine engaged
IN foreign trade upon an equality with
that Of other nations. and to provide f0r
ocean mail service between the United
states and foreigns ports and to promote
commerce, Mr. Frye spoke as TO both
bills, explaining the first as bounty on
tonnage for all ships, sail or steam, wood,
iron or steel of a certain class and that
class being a very perfect requirement.
II was the bill agreed upon by the Ship
ping League association OF the United
States and had been very largely and
warmly endorsed Mr. Frye said that the
commissioners Of navigation estimated its
cost for the first year at about S9 1000 900
and its cost for three or four years at 81, ,1OU.-
0oO or sB0O0,000, but Mr. Frye Thought the
cost in five or six years would be 81 ,00O, 900
or ss,000,000
The other bill was postal subsidy bill,
and authorized the postmaster general to
make contracts, after advertisement, with
the lowest bidder, for the carrying Of
United States mails on American vessels
II provides for four classes of American
vessels. The first class was to be Of not less
than 5000 tons measurement, capable Of
maintaining "A speed Of twenty knots an
hour No contract was to made for carry
ing the mails between the United states
aud Great Britain except on that class Of
vessels,
The English ships, he said, were 40, 80
well built as the American ships He had
no doubt that If the bill became law
there would be ia three years u line be-
tween New York and Liverpool. A line
OF four ships under the bill would cost
100000 a year a fourth class ship would
receive 81 in bounty where a first class
ship would receive 50, and yet the 81
bounty would be better pay for the fourth
class ship than the 90 for the first class.
II would be less than Great Britain paid
the Cunard line, or the United States had
paid the Collins line The second class
vessels were 70 have "a speed Of twelve
knots, and TO be first class ia every partic-
ular- The third class would be Of 5000
tons, and the fourth class Of the ordinary
run OF steamers leither wood or steel) oF
| 1000 tons, such as would be used TO cross
the Caribbean sea and the Gulf Of Mexico.
All these vessels were 70 be taken as cruis-
ers whenever necessary
He then analysed the carrying trade OF
the United States and found that the
United States paid over sldO, 100000 last
year 10 foreign vessels Cor carrying Ameri-
can imports, exports and passengers. This
showed that the American carrying trade
was dead, so far as foreign commerce was
concerned. There were only four or five
lines Of steamers One Of these was to
Brazil and was kept up by mail pay from
the Brazilian government.
The Pacific Mail could not compete with
the subsidized line Of the Canadian Pacific
and would have 70 disappear Unless con-
gress did something soon there would nob
be line on the ocean carrying the Ameri-
can Gag. The American carrying trade, he
said, was dead for the want Of protection.
Il was the only great American industry
Of which this could be said Our constwise
trade was protected with the result that
our coastwise freight was larger than the
coastwise fleets Of the whole world and our
freights were the lowest.
A calculation which he had made as to
the difference in cost Of operation between
the steamship Alliance of the Brazilian
line and other ships Of the same size in the
same trade, showed that with the subsidy
the Spanish vessel had an advantage over
the American Of Sl0,T4s a month; the
Italian, $1,000 a month: the French, S9094.
the German, SS,024, and the British ship,
N,lO0 Was there any remedy for thisa
In his opinion there was but one-protec-
tion by bounties or subsidies to American
ships ia the foreign carrying trade.
Mr. Vest spoke in opposition to the bill
lie was opposed 10 subsidies Speaking
rather contemptuously Of the recent Pan
American conference, Mr. Vest quoted an
interview with the delegate from the Ar
gentine confederation to show that under
the high tariff system of the United States
there could be no large trade between the
two countries
The leaders Of the Republican party had
advocated the necessity of doing away with
foreign commerce aud making the United
States isolated from the nations Of the
world. a marvellous change had come
over that party Foreign trade was now g
necessity.
Speaking Of subsidies by foreign govern
ments Mr. Vest said that less than per
cent Of the steamships of Great Britain
were subsidized, aud he asked how that
kept up the balance OF the shipping trade
in the United Kingdom. When the gov
ernment found that Great Britain was
building ships superior to ours it should
have said to the people: $50 and buy ships
in England and bring them here
1t should have built up repair shops and
have constructed ships But with blind
fatuity it had said TO the people that they
should not buy where they could buy
cheaper, and John Roach at that time,
and Cramp and Thurber now haunted the
lobbies of congress crying: "Give, give"
Mr.. Frye denied that any steamship man
or shipowner had been around the senate
at this session. except two gentlemen who
had assisted him in drafting the postal
subsidy bill. Mr.. Frye gave notice that he
would ask vote today, as he intended to
call up the river and harbor bill Monday.
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