Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-06
AMENDED SHIPPING BILL.
Republican Members Of the House
Committee on Merchant Marine
Report a Measure.
OBJECT IS TO EXTEND OUR TRADE.
Proposed Saving OF sioo.OoO.Oo0 Yearly
In Transportation-Ame ships for
American Goods, Built and Manned by
Americans, IL the Object of the Meas
ure-Compeiition Open for All.

Washington, April 3.-Representa-
tive Grosvenor, of Ohio, chairman of
the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, presented to the
house the amended shipping bin and
the report in its support by the ma
jority of the committee constituting
all the republican members. After
giving the statistics on the extent OF
tonnage the world over, the cost Of
subsequent building, wages, etc, Mr..
Grosvenor's report sums up the scar
dinal purposes" of the bill as fol-
lows:
First-To aid in n practical way-and
no doubt under existing conditions, the
only possible way-in bringing to the
greatest extent possible our own foreign
trade back into our own hands and thus
saving to our country annually which
now goes to increase the wealth of other
nations more than $l00.000.0O0.
Second-To greatly increase the expor-
tation and sale, of all kinds of our su-
perabundant productions and especially
in the vast regions of Asia, evidently very
soon to be opened to the trade of the
world. This is trade that the nation
best prepared TO engage in will neces-
.Sarily get the greater proportion of by
its own ships under its own flag and
with its own postal facilities and its own
commercial establishments for the dis
posal of its productions.
Third-To bring into existence at the
earliest possible time a great American
fleet of American vessels. built in our
own country. with our own material and
by our own labor as a most necessary
means of national aid and national safe
ty in times of international war or other
1s-g. .n-sas - -.
unhappily not small, even now.
Fourth-To increase the number of citi-
Gems who will be educated in seafaring
work and who will thus have the skill
and be better able to defend the honor
and integrity of our country on the seas,
however suddenly the occasion may hap
pen.
Fffth-The BILL we think. will, II the
proposed compensation is large enough.
accomplish these great and important
purposes 1t will. of course, take a con-
siderable time to reach the desired end.
but the sooner the policy Is entered upon
the sooner ana easier will be its accom-
plishment.
The means proposed are lopen to the
capital. the enterprise and the skill of
our citizens alike. and on equal terms.
There Is no ground for the form of
monopoly. There is absolute safety to
the treasury in the fact that :no payment
can be made until in each and for each
voyage the work is actually performed.
As We have before stated, 1t Is certain
that no vessel. great or small. fast OF
slow. In the list can afford to make a
single voyage without also having a large
commercial business income from the
same voyage. and in doing which COM
mercial business she is fulfilling the
great purpose of the bill.
Senate Opposes Reduction
Washington, April 3.-No DISPOSE
ton is manifested in the senate to
disturb the war revenue taxes during
the present session of congress. Re
publican members of the senate on
finance who are in the city agree in
expressing the opinion that the ses-
sion is too far advanced to Justify any
effort in that direction at the present