The age-herald., 1900-12-05
Says This Great Maritime Ma
 ton is HumiIiated
ONE SHIP TO DRAW $3O4, ,OOO
Senator Frye Argued That American Vessels Were Operated Under Cost of Twice That Required in
 Other Countries.

Washington, December 4-What is popu- larly known as the ship subsidy bill was made the unfinished business of the Senate today instead of the Spooner Philippine measure, and the discussion of 1t was op- ened by MT. Frye of Maine, chairman of the committee on commerce, from which tine measure was reported. He addressed the Senate for more than an hour and a half Recognized by his colleagues as an author ity upon the subject he was accorded close attention. He had not concluded when the Senate adjourned.
 Senator Deliver of Iowa was sworn in.
 Bills on the calendar were passed as fol- lows:
 "To authorize the use of depositions be- fore naval courts in certain cases with a view of restricting its operations to deposi- tions taken at the instance of the accused; to authorize Captain N M. Brook, super intendent of foreign mails, to accept the decoration of the Red Eagle of the third class from the Emperor of Germany; to au- thorize Hon. George D. Meikeljohn to &C., cept a decoration of chevalier of the first class from the government of Sweden and Norway; to encourage the holding of an in- terstate and West Indian exposition in Charleston. S. C., in 1901. The measure ap- propriates $250O00 and admits exhibits free of duty.
 When the unfinished business-known as the Spooner Philippine bill, was laid before the Senate at 2 o'clock, Mr. Frye having previously yielded the gavel to Senator Gal finger, moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill "to promote the ba ion ,1.a of the United States, and to provide auxiliary cruisers, transports and seamen for gov ernment use when necessary" better known as the ship subsidy bill. The effect of the motion was to make the subsidy measure the unfinished business.
 Vote Was 38 to 20.
 MT. Jones (Ark.), demanded the yea and nay vote The motion prevailed, 3S to 20 as follows:
 Yeas-Aldrich Allison. Baker, Bard, Rev. eride, Carter, Clark, Cullom, Deliver, FL kins, Foraker, Frye, Gallagher Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kean, Lodge, McComas, McCumber, McMi1lan, Mason, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt Comp Quarles, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore Wolcott-3S
 Nays-Bacon, Berry, Butler, Clay, Cock rell Culberson, Harris, Heitfeld Jones (Ark.), Kenny, Lindsay, Morgan, Petit grew, Pettus, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, Vest, Wellington-2O.
 MT. Frye, the sponsor for the bill, ad- dressed the Senate in explanation of it. He said this great maritime nation was placed in position humiliating beyond ex- pression by the present condition of our merchant marine.
 With a boundless seacoast, unparalleled and unapproachable natural resources, shipbuilders the equal of any in the world, the greatest exports in the world and every other argument In our favor, the United States had permitted its commercial ri- vals to seize the pathways of commerce and hold them practically to the exclusion of this country.
 Only Nine Per Cent
 Last year only nine per cent. of the ex- ports and imports of the United States were carried in American bottoms and the United States paid to foreign nations ((prncpally Great Britain and Germany $500000 a day for doing carrying trade work for this country. He pointed out that dur ing the war with Spain the United States was forced to search the> seas over for auxiliary cruisers and transports because we had sacrificed our carrying ships.
 "The world" MT Frye declared, "has en- tered upon fierce commercial war, and 1t is to be long and strenuous conflict Most Of the foreign nations are looking for com mercial advantage in the East Russia, France Great Britain, Italy and Germany are paying n aggregate of 5000,0OO per year in subsidies for the carrying ships of the Eastern trade"
 MT. Frye discussed at some length,~-the