New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-12

.hps at the rate Of franc ~ centimes per sross
49,, ner 900 miles. with an annual decrease OF .
.u,,,n,es for wooden and centimes for iron or
,ssl ships; (2) TO steamers at the rate OF lrAhc
IN centines per gross ton per LIN" fhiies
,un decreasing annually by centimes per ION
.or wooden ships and by centimes for iron ana
zee, ships: go for steamships fitted ACCORDING
a. special plans approved by the Marine anu
NAV departments: % per cent is added TO the
.,ean bounties. The total payments Tor oou n-
,ss Of both classes range from fi32' '2o IN low
- s46OO 900 in 1896 In the event Of war al
rrencb- built ships can be brought into the ser
vice Of the State
The italian bounty law OF 1850 was reVlseu III
1896 for a term Of ten years. The constru0'o
bountes for Italian-but ships are 10 10 ~
,sr ton OF gross measurement for hulis maui ~
iron or steel. and las. for hulls mace OF "ooN
These bounties are reduced 10 per cent "'0'.
than one-fourth of the materials useo are VI
foreign manufacture. and an additional oec'e'97
y, IS per cent is made II the engines ana oo"e''
are made abroad. If the framework ne "hoiS
y, iron or steel. and the outer covering or WOOD
"a hounty is granted. The bounties for engines
.ra los per unit Of indicated horsepower ana
D. bo,lsrs 7s Cd per weight Of 212 pounds
There Is also a bounty on subsidiary marine ap-
naratus not connected with the engines
Tho navigation bounties average 80 centimes
H.. .varv thousand miles from Mediterranean
.o-,s through the Strait Of Gibraltar or the
suez Canal with reductions for every three
,so,s ~ service These bounties are paid to
steamships and sailing vessels lwo-thiios Oh
this bounty can be obtained by vessels naviga'-
ting the Mediterranean. the Black sea ana the
Sea OF Azof. and by steamships plying between
,,susn norris All vessels receiving bounties can
he reouisitione6 by the Government in time OF
war and the carriage Of mails is done gratui-
.ors,v The Government is also authorized to
increase the navigation bounties % per cent 10
steamships attaining speed OF sixteen miles an
hour. with full cargo. in a voyage OF twelve
hours.
Austria Hungary grants mail subventlons 20
various steamship lines, ranging from ~ 10 II
nence per nautical mile for lower rates OF speed
and 10 the Lloyd company much more favora-
ME terms. the total amount Of mileage bounty
,.,5 N u no. exceeding S1412.500 annually.
Germany has introduced a system Of mall sub
sides for the development Of Its colonial TRACE
and foreign trade. The act Of 1880 empowered
the imperial Government to organize and sun
sidize a postal steamship service with Eastern
Asia and Australia and a branch from trieste
70 Alexandria at annual expense or slloo'VV
for fifteen years. and subsequent contracts were
made for an East African service the SUD-
sjdized service now includes european iine "
Asia. an East Asatic line. an Australian inc
and an East African line to Zanzibar ano Deia
goa Bay. at a total annual cost OF sl'@t'''oo
The subsidy system will undoubtedly be ex-
tended 10 other centres Of German trade. since
the merchandise carried by these ships TO China
under this mail service. Until these contracts
we're made large ships for German firms were
ordered in England All the ships for transat-
lantic service are now built in German yards
THE ENGLISH EXAMPLE.
The shipping policies Of foreign nations may
easily he ascertained from the bluebooks. but
English methods are disclosed with more re-
serve The best steamships OF the Cunard
White Star Peninsular and Oriental and other
lines are reserved for naval use in emergencies
by the payment OF liberal subventions The
mail serY'ce is also ordered on liberal terms
The payments for foreign and colonial packet
service during the year 1S91'9S, as reported by
the Postmaster General. the Duke Of Norfolk
aggregate about So 397 060. the colonial con-
tracts between Vancouver and Australia and be
tween New Zealand and America not being in
Guided The Bombay and Shanghai service (via
BrindisD costs 81. 107 100 annually. and the
Adelaide service S710,655 The carriage OF
malls between the United Kingdom and New
York involves S53S.47O. While every effort is
made 10 avoid the appearance Of mail subsidies,
the Postmaster Generals Official table contains
practical evidence that Great Britain is not
neglecting the shipping interests. which are one
OF the chief sources Of its wealth and prosperity
This yolicy Of liberal payments for mail car
rage was adopted in England as long ago as
1895 or 1910, and has involved indirect support
Of steamship lines in all seas.
Whatever may be the means adopted, whether
bounties for construction and navigation, as in
France or Italy; mail subsidies, as In Aus
tr!a and Germany; or liberal mail payments
and naval subventons. as in Great Britain;
there can be no doubt that the great nations Of
maritime Europe consider their shipping IN
terests to be Of primary Importance in the de-
velopment OF their foreign trade. Free-uade
England. even with its free-ship policy, which
was only adopted when the supremacy Of its
shipbuilding interests was apparent. has never
relaxed its efforts for sustaining its CONNER
cia marine For a long period the United
States was almost alone among maritime ma
tons in its neglect Of shipping interests. Now
that the era Of commercial revival is dawning
II seems hardly credible that Americans VIII lis
ten 10 arguments so hollow ana artlhclal as
those Of THE Times" in favor or 1ree-ship-
ping policy, which would be rulnous 10 the snip
building interests in their growing EMERGENCY anu
Prosperity That has not been the secret or the
expansion Of British shipping and commerce
during the Victorian reign. The real cause has
been the intelligence with when 'he coiiiiiiei
cial marine has been watched ana sys'en'a''-
cslly aided whenever Government support was
needed for rs development. ~ =
TIE CHAuBERLAINS RETURNING houh'
Salem, Mass Oct ll-Joseph Chamberlain anu
Mrs. Chamberlain to-day left Danvers' where my
have been visiting Mrs Chamberlain parents MI