The Portland daily press., 1900-03-29

United States dssumsntsd and sngeged
in deep.ssa fisheries for tires months or
more durina twelve oenGeoutire months
shall receive bounty from any money
In the Treafury net etheFwiss appro-
priatsc. Of ore dollar per month during
the time necessarily employed In the
veyagss Of such vessel
"sEC. O. That no compensation shall
Be allowed in respect OF any Of the fol-
lowing named vessels;
"(s) A vvssri not engaged In trade.
"(b) A fotsign-buift vessel hereafter
admitted 70 American registry pursuant
to the provisions Of sscii5n forty -ons
hundred and thirty-six Of the Revised
Statutes Of tie United States.
"(o) A vessel employed In ths-coastins
trade: . vessel on voyage during any
part Of which she shall have carried pas
ssngers or cargo which under the laws
Of the United States could not lawfully
have bssn carried By . foreign vessel or
. vessel eng ,ysd In the fisheries; excsps
90 provided In ssotions one, six, nine,
and t,n OF this Aot.
"(d) A vessel on voyage carrying any
passengers or cargo destined for any
port or place on the Pacific coast Of the
United states from any port on the At
lantic orGult coast OF ih ~ nited Ststsa to
any port or place on the Isthmus Of
Darien or any port or place In Central
America or Mex iooi and q vessel on
voyage oarryi ing any pas engers or cargo
destined for any port or place on the
Atlantic or Gulf coast Of the United
States frcm any pert on the Pacific coast
OF the United States to any port or place
on the Isthmus CT Darien or any port or
place In Central America or Mexico.
"(e) A vessel owned By q citizen Of the
United States which shall BOT be entitled
under the provisicns OF section forty
hundred and thirty-ons Of the Revised
Statutes Of the United states, or any
amendments or supplements thereto. or
under this Act. to the benefits and prlvi-
lsses Of vessel OF the United States.
"U) A vessel on q voyage exending
only to foreign port less than one hun
dred and nifty nautical miles from her
last port Of departure In the United
States ct which cargo, passengers, o.
mails shall have been taken, or from q
foreign pert less than ons hundred and
ffty nautical miles from her first port Of
arrival In the Unisad States at which
cargo, passengers, or mails shall ehave
bean discharged.
"(g) A vessel on a.voyags less than
ons-hah OF the whole length of which,
on her outward and homeward voyages,
respectively, shall have tesn on the sec,
between port of the United States and
q foreign port"
To this the House bill adds the follow
ing, including the new section (h):
"This shall not be held TO exclude
cornpsnation for ocean voyages without
breaking bulk Of cargo from ports on the
Great Lakes to ports on the Atlantic
O,ean outside OF the Dominion Of
Canada.
"(h) vesssls peculiarly constructed for
and used In transportation. for the major
part, Of mineral oils or other liquid car
gosa."
ISeotions 10 to 13 provide the conditions
under which foreign vessels may be Ad-
mittsd to Amerioan rsaistsr.
Section IL and succsedins ssstions pro-
vide that the subsidize1 vessels shall
carry the mails free; that they may be
taken BY the government In time Of war,
fair compensation bs:ng paid therefor;
that each ships company may bs re-
quired to contain one American boy whs
shall be taught seamanship,
The House bill In addition has provis-
ion for the disoourAgsment OF monopoly
OF terminal facilities, ami Vt trusts that
might control shipping.
1t 10 impossible to predict when either
the Hous, or Senate bill will be oonsid-
cred, or whether either will bs passed
this congress-.