New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20

Norway and other scandinavian countries is aue
to their very large maritime population. which
renders It necessary for the governments Oh '"09o
countries to encourage the purchase OF VeSseis |
built In Great Britain in order to anord eihpioS
ment for their seamen. Even then the 'oh"aee
under the Norwegian flag is insufficient TO furnish
employment for Norwegian sailors. VINO constr
tue large part of the crews Of British vessgiSS
and of American vessels. both in the coasung ana
paid to 5Sd on B s4iEFs
are much lower even than Inose P cost OF opera-
ing vessels under the Tsss do1d ag rs ens Of
Which Obtain in the United States; have rend;
cred the adoption Of the free snip orRStIoys in
;ermany In so far as the cost of operating vessels
is Concerned analogous to those IN Ne sSam
ships G u under the German flag built in Germany s
The development Of German snPSaFqst adyo
Gated frst by Prince Bismarck. through which
heavy subsidy vas granted to She N owns ali but
four fast steamships under the Gefsh fe
ana 10 me re Carried on the Government rail-
roads at low rates of freight The proposltion a 10
subsidies Is only a partial solution OF the ques,
ton While the need Of at least TWO fas1 eri e
is indsputable the establishment OF such III lines
would not suffice TO put American navigation ana
shipbulding on a satisfactory OASIS
SENATOR FRYEs BILL CONSIDERED.
The report in the main is devoted to a considera-
FRYE at the last session substitute for the bills
introduced by Senator Hanna and Representative
PAYNE 1t is pointed out that the maximum eX-
penditure under that bill for any one year Is nxed
at 100000 from which. however. should be oe-
Quoted 500 Co., the present cost OF carrying ocean
mails on American vessels, which will continue.
whatever the fate Of the bill may be. The actual
maximum annual expenditure proposed by the Dill
is thus, in effect. nxed at T50Ogo Assuming that
all American vessels registered 1or lorelSh uaue
were fully occupied throughout the year, at the
present time the new expenditure undep tne pll
maximum is reached the capacity OF American
shipyards must De IN The foreen trade
multiplied several fold , Ill,
wards and in the tonnage In foreign trade will show
ability the part Of the United states to compete
! The pro rata reductions in compensation PROVIDED
| for when the maximum expenditure OF 10000 Is
| reached will thus coincide with the iessened need
of Government assistance During the decade emu
ing 1898 the shpyards of this country produced luce;
in the same period German yards turned Out s92gO
difference In the Of construction and operation
of American and British vessels Is considered IN IN
steamships of ia knots or now in existence in
the world 50 per cent are receiving In one form
another assistance from the goyernnehI s o 20
which they belong. aggregating upward of 100000
This Is deemed justification for the proposition IN
steamships of u knots or upward:
soeen raes under the bill with the eight principal
British ocean mail contracts ana II Is shown that
| while
essgned S Ss an Offset to the British payments for
American df Sff flag Would be $4,000 The bill would be
inadequate If it were proposed to parallel British
American lines which will be established under the
not not be compelled TO pay suez Canal tolls, and the
compensation proposed will thus be adequate. Com
German Lloyd subsidy Of $3.50 600 and it is shown
that corresponding American steamships under this
building and operating the German steamships is
much lower than the corresponding cost OF Ameri-
| can vessels.
WAGES OF SEAMEN
Full official tables OF the wages of American and
| British vessels printed. and to elucidate the
| conditions the monthly payroll of five steamships.
OF about 25G0 gross tons, Is printed in full.
the American Cherokees roll being $685. the Brit
/ ish Critic ss52, the German Sonnenburg s6i6, the
Dutch Teutonia s55i and the Norwegian Fortuna
s5ll
The report also recommends moderate increase in
e sGfs the
of bills applying the laws Of the United States
,aens to 20 H9wa and Porto Rico. thus bringing
islands under the coasting laws Of the United
States Ii Is recommended that vessels owned by
Cubans be placed by law on an equality with yes
beqngg to the b ms been 70
tonnage tax Of 8 per gross t9nLPracticaliy pro,
Under the so-caed White bill for the protection
degree '' Of personal liberty than ever before and
| much more than the seamen Of any other nation
| that law radically changing the nature of the sea.
| mans agreement Reports from shipping commits
sioners show that the allotment sections have beer
| Of decided benefit seamen and that efforts &c
| break down these sections during the spring and
early summer have failed; and the law Is In the
to the menace to nayigation resulting from Ions
lows OF coal barges along the Atlantic Coast.
| cIaly at New-York Boston and other important
, | harbors and Of the large timber RATS on the Pa
| cifc Coast Besides the usual tables the report
contains list Of the worlds fast steamships and
| Of American steamships registered for foreign
. | trrade at the end OF the fiscal year. and tables
showing the distances between the seaports OF the
United States and the principal sea ports OF the
| | rat ~ he world