Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-12-21
WASEIINGTON LETTER.
CANAL AND SHIPPING stLLs HOLD
THz ATTENTION or LEGISLATORS
DisrpPofrtci - er. aad How
They Get Eva by @@-taS Long
speeehe.--Dhy tie 5. aate Needs
Cloture Rule.

ESPec-aI Corrsspcn1e1oel
WAsHTSS1oS. Dee -1--ICcerest con
tinue5 TO center at the capital In spite
Of The holiday recess aud the thought
of Santa Claus AID hrist mas glfts
and the festivities OF tie season PEG
pie are bordering over the great meas
ures peadlng IL congress. There are
diversions III Tie direction OF prepare
tons for tie relEau- uTatiol Of Presi-
dent Mckinley and the social season
which viii follow the reas Sembling Of
congress the first week in the new
yea Eut the anxiety OF the people 10
I have placed in law two or three great
measures under discussion and which
/ the predominant party promised 10
/ have enacted constitutes the all con-
Stunning theme of discussion
-.
/ II is yet believed that the Nicaragua
1 canal treaty viii in some satisfactory
/ form be ratified. and then viii follow
/ the adoption OF the Nicaragua canal
/ bill. 1t is a question whether there
will be in the bill finally adopted an
| outright appropriation providing for
! the complete construction or whether
there will be pledge for the eonstruc-
! lGE Oh Tue tnIt<AA --A4eA a SAAA.hAA
alton for the requirement OF all the
/ rights and the completion of the sur
vey and the appointment of a commits
| sion and the making ready of every
| thing for the final contract when con-
gress meets again next December.
1t is generally felt that some provi-
sion must be made for the marketing
on the high seas to or new market
/ 81, T,-s- of
country The unexaupled growth Of
our export markets must be not only
maintained, but continued IL the
merchant marine bin is passed and
provision made for the construction Of
the Nicaragua canal. a new impetus
will be given to the growth of our ex-
port markets. and it will not be neees-
sary to wait until each of these &C
complishments has been perfected TO
make very perceptIbIe impress upon
the expansion of our markets and the
frightening of the prices for our prod
ucts. The opposition that pertained in
some quarters to the adoption Of the
merchant marine bill on account of the
odious name subsidy is disappearing
In some quarters there was hesitation
on account Of the proposition to admit
to American registry foreign built
ships because of a disposition to con-
fine the construction of all ships that
would profit under the proposed law to
those constructed In American ship
yards But now that II is understood
that the only object to be attained by
the bill is the establishment of ships
under the control of American laws to
carry American products into foreign
markets and create the greatest posi-
bic amount Of rivalry. thus assuring
the lowest possible freight rates, this
prejudice and hesitation are disappear
ing. 1t is proposed that the foreign
built ships shall only profit to the ex-
tent of one-half OF the amount of the
ships built within the United States,
but the foreign built ships are required
to furnish the same means of tran SI.or-
tation and enter fully as much into he
rivalry for the reducing or fretsae
rates, So that the producer Is only In
terested In getting good markets and
low freight rates. while American ship
builders and the producers OF artic> y
which will enter into the construction
of ships are fully satisfied 10 know that
they are given double the advantage.
while only 80 per cent OF the bounty
goes to the ships built ahroa /, but reg
tstered under American laws and sub
fect to American discipline.
1t has Just tawned upon mary Of
those " no have adversely criticised thu,
| shipping bill that bat very small p<,f>
| centase OF our goods are not marketed
III American ships; that plore than
| nlne-tenths of our produce goes abroad
| in ships owned and controlled BY for
| eigners, ana should any rivalry or teal