The evening times., 1900-01-06

| come 70 the front in the Senate soon after
/ the disposition IN that branch of Congress
/ OF the Republican Currency bill The sub
sidy bill will provoke one Of the severe
| contests Of the session. Many representa-
| tives of large american shlpbuilders and
/ shipping firms are already at the Capitol
| in the interest Of the bill Senator Tianna
and Representative Payne have expressed
/ their confidence in it's passage.
In the House IL will be probably the first
! bill reported from the Committee on the
Merchant Marine and Fishe' les. TO which
it was referred on the opening day OF the
! present session.
The bill is Ito promote and increase the
/ foreign trade OF the United Sta'es and to
provide auxiliary cruisers. trans ports. and
seamen for Government use when neces-
| sary.
Under this bill the Secretary OF the
Treasury is authorized and directed to con-
tract with the owner Of any American YES
| sci engaged in foreign trade faF the pay
ment for period OF twenty years the sums
! following:
On each entry OF a sail or steam vessel.
/ not exceeding sixteen entries in any twelve
| consecutive months. I l-2 cents ner gross
| tOh for each one hundred nautical miles
not exceeding 500 nautical miles sailed
! outwara bound. and t-2 cents per gross
/ ton for each one hundred nautical miles
/ not exceeding 1900 nautical miles sailed
] homeward bound. and / cent per gross
ton for each additional one hundred nauti-
| cal miles sailed
| Steam vessels which may be suitable for
| carrying the mails OF the United States and
as auziliaries 20 the power of the United
] states In time OF war or other need II OF
| the following tounages and capable OF
/ maintaining the following rates OF speed.
| snail ia addition 10 the compensation
/ already provided, receive compensation
| per gross ton for each one hundred nauti-
| cal miles sailed, at the follow ug rates
| namely:
| Vessels over 1,50O gross tons Fourteen
! knots and less than fifteen knots l cent
per gross ten; fifteen knots and less than
! sixteen knots, l-lO cents per gross ton.
sixteen knots or over, 1910 cents per
/ gross ton.
Vessels over 5000 gross -ons-Seventeon
/ knots and less than eighteen knots. / 40
! cents per gross ton; eighteen knots and
less than nineteen knots. 6-10 cents per
gross ton nineteen knots or over. $40
cents per gross ton.
! Vessels over 1900 gross tons-Tweuty
knots and less than tweuty-one knots. >
! cents per gross ton: tWenty-one knots or
/ over $40 cents per gross ton.
Inc mileage upon which compensation
1 shall be paid shall be determined bv the
/ direct customary route from the last porf
| OF departure at which cargo. passengers. OF
| mails shall have been taken in the United
J States for and carried 20 a foreign port. or
J port belonging 10 the Uuited states al
! which cargo. passengers. or mails shall
! have been discharged or taken. ana sr1.n
such aforementioned port by the direct
! customary route 10 the first port OF arrival
! IN the United States at which cargo. pas
/ sengers. or mails shall have been dis
/ charged II during the voyage the vcsssl
| shall discharge or take cargo. passengers.
/ or mails az two or more foreign ports, or
/ ports belonging 10 the United States. the
! distance by the direct customary route be-
| tween such ports shall also be included in
| the mileage upon which compeuss ton
| shall be paid.
! An unusual feature of the bill is chat
] following it is an argument containing
! alleged reasons why 10 should le-ome a
1 law. Ii Is set forth that the fundamental
| and principal reason and purpose of the
/ United States aiding ard encouraging cur
| own shippinE-helping to create il when it
] does not exist 10 the extent neces Eary 10
! the defence and advancement Of our just
! IuterestS-and promoting; its capacity TO
! carry our surplus prodUcr.0rs Of ever Find
| 10 the countries and peoples that Esl,i or
| wish them. as We'll as 10 add 10 the st'2ugth
! of the nation iu times tOftaT coming sud
/ denly when our pOCcr aUi inn IeOiste
means of self-defence may b. ta~a 10 the
! utmost, are stated in the Dreambi Ct the
! bill.
| IF the preamble Is trle. n, Eecazsj.
I for legislation of this characts- = demon
! strdted. unless il be shown tEs G-r present
condition is due TO the fault - American
shipbuilders and shpOwTcl- or % the pay
/ ing OF TOO high wages by III Utal carCrs
/ and others employing the labor Of sur peO-
pie. II will scarcely be pr-tended that
either Of these alternatives exist Tie
| condition OF our commerce during n-ny
| years Is shown in the very inst rUctiva re-
/ ports Of the Commissioner Of y, vigatiOn
/ for 1897, 1898. and 1889. and Glso iG the re-
/ ports Of the Secretary of tie Treasury for
! 1898 and lS99"
The substance OF the Hanna -Pavle bill
is set forth as follows.
In order to obtain the earliest possible
action pursuant 10 the policy of the United
States. the bill provides for bringing un-
der our flag and the protection of our laws
the few fOrCign-bult ships now actually
owned and contracted for by American citi-
Zeus. and in which and in their trade
American capital has been and is actually
invested. These ships have been built and
their trade established under a foreign
flag, because the ships could not be built
and fitted out here and operated at a
cost that would enable them successfully to
compete with the ships and trade Ct for
eigners, aided as they have been. are and
will continue to be in various WAYS by
their own Governments.
The American registry of these foreign
built ships is conditioned upon their owners
building here and putting into our own
trade at the earliest practicable time new
vessels OF a tonnage fairly. prOpOrtiOnate
to that of the admitted ships.
None of these fOreign-bUi ships. or Of
the new ships so to be built here are per-
mitted TO engage in our COasting trade: but
they are permitted to engage in trade with
such other ports belonging to the United
States as ships under foreign flags are
permitted to trade with.
"Al the owners of American trading
ships now existing are required 10 under
take the construction of new tonnage fairly
proportoned to that of the ships claiming
the benefit Of this act.
"All these ships are required to carry
the mails OF the United States free Of
charge.
"All the new ships must be built so as
to be readily converted into cruisers or
other auxiliary aids to the military powar