The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-25


fore. It is important only to analyze its
prospects in the Seaate.
If it we're not that Senator Allison has
| promised the outspoksn opponents OF the
| measure to shunt the Senate. of from final
action at this session If they would so con-
snEae the time Until the holiday recess
/ that vote could not be forced. the pros
pectiye condition of the legislative calen-
/ daE IS 50 unfavorabie to the biz as to make
It's future very dark. For example. not
one Of the dozen or more appropriation
/ Bills has yet received the consideration OF
lie Senate and, in accordance with the
terms OF the original proposition. these
! BITS, which always have the right OF way
efeS everything else, could be 50 Tnaaipu-
/ lstea>Ior ehe remainder CT 3he session as
10 prevent NJ Hanna 5reaa getting vote
O. his Shipping bill.
Bat at least enc other necessary meas
'iEe--sle Army gecrgeslzation bills te
/ De Pait ahead Of Is. It IS conservatiVeiy
estimated that tHe-third OF the reEaia-
ms portion OF the session viii be devoted
4 by he Senate to the consideration Of the
Arny bin. Il there we're nothing else be-
sides this aleasure- and the appropriation
bills to be considered the entire tine Of
I the Senate from its reoPening. on Janu-
airy 3, 10 final adjournment, on March. /,
/ could be consumed, TO the complete IN
doing OF Mr.. Hanna's bin. The fact that
/ Senator Hanna insists that the Shipping
! biz VII get through at this session with
oui material modification is. it is general
/ y conceded, the most favorable sign Of
| its success It is still thought that 6Ir.
! FaRnais confidence is Inspired by kRGwI-
edge that President Mckinley has not yet
been convinced by It's opponents that the
bill is not in line with national welfare
1 and necessity. Senators Mcmillan,
Speoner, and Thurston are said recently
to have pleaded with the President to
speak the word that would put an end TO
the bill. but what effect their talk has
had on the judgment of the President is
not yet known.
Another factor Of great potency that is
generally supposed TO be now working
fer the bill is that the conflicting ship
ping interests have composed their differ
ences and are UHitedly exertiag their in
fuezce for the measure L is believed
that what eliscIy has brought them to-
gether was the award last week by the
Navy Department OF contracts for new
WaTshiDs aggrcgatiRg about $50, eco, 1oo
II Is explained that before these cen
tracts were awarded the shipping indus
try saw in the Subsidy tfll profit main
~ u the american Line, OF which Glenn
ent Griseem, OF Philadelphia, is ire
SiiTeetiR genius, but that the letting OF
50 much Government werk in block
has encouraged the hope aud qnicksaed
the energies OF the general stipbuiIding
/ industries so as to harmonic interests
which heretofore have been conflicting.
! This, Of course, carries with It the insiu-
ence OF the coal, irca, and steel interests,
and against such a Combination II is sub
mitted that it xii be hard for any oppo-
sition TO prevail. Fer this reason Sena-
tor Hanna and other supporters OF the
Shipping bill are willing to make coEces-
sion5 ID the matter Of amendments 10 tbs
original bill These amendments, II IS
understood, must be confined singly TO
the demands OF shipbuiIders who directly
| or Indirect SsaFe Interested in the recent
awards Of the Navy Department. The
concerns which are to build $50 ,06e, zoe
worth of new ships for the navy will have
to put in 2 considerable amount Of new
machinery, and this expense, il is ex-
planned, viii make q wide cut into their
profits frcm the Government contracts
unless while thay are working On the na-
val vessels they get orders for merchant
ships which they ran construct largely
with the increased operating forces en-
P3oyed TO work on the warships. The
conditions Of work On warships are such
that operat ioas necessarily are frequent
y suspend d for a considerable time.
/ During these suspensions work can be
done On private contracts. and thus waste
is reduced to the minimum
OF course. it IS the certainty that a
/ general revival in the shipping trade
would follow the passage Of the Subsidy
bill creating an Immediate demand for
more American made ships, upon which
{ reliance IS placed fer share in the beae-
fits OF that measure by shipbuildeTs and
owners who. as explained. have hereto
I fore opposed the Hanna bill because they
/ perceived that in its original terms too
much favor, either by design or accident.
was extended 10 the American Line