Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-18
SUBSIDY BILL PASSED
Many Amendments Offered to
the Measure, But Few Are
Accented.
Allison Succeeds in Limiting
the Time OF Operation OF
the Bill.
Both the Iowa Senators Voted
Against It-.- Provisions OF
the Measure.

the Measure.
Washington, March 1S.-After pro
longed debate The senate passed the
ship subsidy bill, the final vote upor
4 the measure being 43 to 81 Senators
Allison and Dolliver, of Iowa, Spoonel
and Quarles, of Wisconsin. and Proc
tor and Dillingham;, of Vermont, re
/ publicans, voted against the final pass
age of the bill, and Senator McLaurin
of South Carolina, voted for it.
i Some amendments to the bill were
adopted, but they We're all agreeable
to those in charge of the measure, the
friends of the bill voting down all
other amendments.
| With the exception of amendments
offered by Mr.. Allison and accepted
( by Mr.. Frye limiting the time of the
operation of contracts made under the
provisions of the bill to July 1. 1920,
and providing that the amount of the
expenditures under the mail subsidy
paragraph should not at any time ex-
coed $S,o00.000 annually, none of the
amendments agreed to materially af-
feet the bill as 1t was reported from
the commerce committee.
The voting upon amendments began
at 8 o'clock, and such food of them
was offered that final vote upon the
bill as amended was not reachd I'M
til just before o'clock.
Amendments offered by Mr.. Vest, of
Missouri, providing for free ships
and for the application of the pro-
visions of the anti-trust law to the
shipping industry were rejected, as
was the amendment proposed by Mr..
Patterson. of Colorado, providing that
no Chinese persons should be mem
Der of the crew of subsidized vessel
Mr.. Petus, of Alabama, offered an
amendment providing that the total
expenditure under the bill should not
exceed s9,00o,0e0 in any one year. 1t
was adopted In committee of the
whole, but later in the senate was re-
jected by vote.
The senate agreed to an amendment
by Mr.. Spooner providing that con-
gress should have power TO amend or
contract made under its authority.
Mr.. Hanna, of Ohio, offered, and the
snate adopted, three amendments APP
plying directly to the acquisition of
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan and his as
sistants of the Leyland line of British
ships. They provide that no foreign
built ship shall participate in the pro-
posed subsidy: that nothing in the act
shall be construed to prevent Ameri-
can citizens or corporations from hold
ing or operating foreign ships in the !
ocean carrying trade; and that no for
eign-bu ship of any line thus ac
CURED by American citizens shall be
admitted hereafter to American reg
stry
The title of the bill passed by the
senate is: ITO provide for ocean mail
service between the United States and
foreign ports, to promote commerce and
TO encourage the deep sea fisheries"
The measure as passed deals with ocean
mail steamships and their subsidies. /
The postal subsidy act OF 1891 is so
amended as to direct the postmaster
general to enter into contracts for not I
less than five nor more than fifteen
of mails by American steam
ships to such foreign ports as will best
promote commercial mail and maritime I
interests of the United States, the mail /
service on such lines to be equitably |
among the Atlantic, MeXi- |
IAN Gulf and Pacific ports. and the con-
tracts TO be made with the lowest re- |
sponsible bidder. The vessels employed |
L. the mail service shall be American
built, and owned and differed by
American citizens. During the first two
years one-fourth of the crew must be /
American citizens; during the next
.hree years one-third must be Ameri-
AN citizens and during the remaining I
ife of the contract at least one-half I
must be American citizens The ships
must be screw steamships of iron or
steel, and divided into the following
,lassing according to speed: First
lass, twenty knots or over. second |
lass, nineteen knots: third class,
Eighteen knots: fourth class, seventeen
snots; fifth class, sixteen knots; sixth
lass, fifteen knots; seventh class four
cen lnots. All steamships of the first |
our classes shall be constructed with
'AAtASoAsA' ASiOiSAiSS " III oiIlpt CoIlNcl-
ZION into auxiliary naval cruisers and
'hall be of the highest rating known to
maritime commerce. The rate of com
for ocean mail service ito be
laid per gross registered ton for each
90 nautical miles sailed from the port
# clearance in the United States to the
,ort of entry in the United States, ac-
ording to the route required by the
,ostoffice department, shall not exceed
he following: Steamships of the first
lass, 27-10 cents: second class, 2 $40
ents; third class. $40 cents; fourth
lass. Ito cents; fifth class, 9-10
ents; sixth class, / 710 cents; seventh
lass. $40 cents. The rates of COM
to any vessel carrying mails
o foreign part in North America
hall not exceed 70 per cent of the max
mum rates established. Mail steamers
re requested to carry as appren-
ices one American born boy for each
ne thousand tons gross register He
hall be educated inseamanship and en-
ineering and rank as petty officer.
he bill provides for the general sub
Idly to be paid. 1t directs the secretary
f treasury to pay to the owners of any
essel in the United States, duly reg
stored and engaged in the foreign trade
the United States, q COMPENSATION