The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-10
NEW SUBSIDY
BILL GOES IN
introduced in the Senate by Frye
of Maine.
PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE
DIFFERS FROM THE ONE CON-
SIDERED AT LAST SESSION.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Senator Frye
today introduced the new ship subsidy
bill. 1t differs in form from the sub
sidy bill Of the past two sessions. It is
divided into four titles and fifteen sec
tons. The sections under the title
ocean Mail Steamships" are devoted
TO amendments to the ocean mail act Of
1891. The postmaster general is re-
CURED to consider the national defense
and the maritime interests of the
United States, as well as postal inter-
ests, in providing for the transporta-
ton OF American mails.
The present limit Of ocean mail con-
tracts, ten years, is increased to if
teen years. The Frye bill provides sew
en- distinct classes with a rate of IS to
twenty-knot steamers, increasing from
5000 to 10000 tons the minimum size:
So Tor sixteen-knot steamers, provided
the size is increased from 5000, the
present minimum tonnage, to 5000 tons.
The proposed maximum mail rates per
gross ton per 100 nautical miles, are:
over 10000 tons, twenty knots, 81
cents; nineteen knots, % cents. Over
seventeen knots, 81 cents; sixteen
knots, 1.9 cents; fifteen knots. II cents.
over 1000 tons, fourteen knots, 1.5
cents.
Rates for mail steamers to the West
Indies, Central America and Mexico
cannot exceed 20 per cent Of the max
imum rates.
Subsidy for All Vessels.
The second title, General Subsidy"
contains the general subsidy for all
vessels, steam or sail, which are not
under mail contracts. This general
subsidy is uniform, 1 cent per gross
ton per 100 nautical miles for not ex-
ceeding sixteen entries in one year. To
promote the building Of new ocean YES
sells an additional allowance Of Ons-
fourth Of a cent per gross ton is made
for five years.
ANY vessel to receive the general sub
sidy must carry mails, If required, and
must train in seamanship or engineer
ing one American youth for each 1000
tons, the. vessel to be at the service Of
the government if required for defense.
Any vessel to receive subsidy must be
class Al and at least One-fourth of the
crew must be Americans.
The bill provides an annual bounty
Of 81 a ton for deep sea fishing vessels,
and of 81 a month for American Citi-
Gems when engaged in deep sea fish
cries; that d vessel shall receive only
one form Of subsidy and that a vessel
which has received a subsidy shall not
be sold to a foreigner except by con-
sent of the secretary Of the treasury.
The bill does not provide American
registry to foreign ships owned by
Americans.
Provision of Former Bill.
The last subsidy bill provided TX
cents per gross ton for each 100 nauti-
cal miles, not exceeding 1900 miles
sailed, and / cent per gross ton for
each additional 100 miles sailed; yes
sells to carry from United States ports
at least 50 per cent Of their capacity.
Steam vessels. suitable for carrying
the mails, Of over 1000 tons, were to
have the following compensation in ad-
dition to the above rates: Twelve
knots, five tenths Of 1 cent per ton;
fourteen knots. l cent per toni fifteen
knots, 1 lilo cents per tom twelve
knots and over. 1 2-10 cents per gross
tons. Vessels of over 4,0OC tons, seven
teen knots, l 4-10 cents per ton; eight
cen knots. ! $40 cents per ton; nine
teen knots, 1 $40 cents per ton. Yes
sells of over 10000 tons, twenty knots.
2 cents per ton; twenty-One knots,
? $40 cents per ton.
FOreign-buIlt vessels admitted to
American registry were entitled to 80
per cent Of the above rates. The total
compensation paid out in any one year
should not exceed IS, GOO, 900, deductions
to be made pro rata.
Provision was made for a certain
number of foreign vessels to secure
American registry. Contracts could be
entered into for the building Of vessels
in the United States of class Al type
to receive the subsidy. Provisions for
use Of vessels by the United States in
case of war and that portion Of the
crews should be American were similar
to the provisions Of the new bill.