Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-20
THE SENATE PASSES
The SUBSIDY BILL
Senators Allison and Dolliver
of Iowa Vote Against
Measure.
THE VOTE WAS 40 TO 81
Several Importan. Amendments
Adopted Before the Final Vote
on the siII-Provisions Of
Measure.

! M9aoQf0.
Washington, March 19-After pro-
| longed debate the senate yesterday
! passed the. ship subsidy bill. the final
/ vote upon the measure being AZ to 81.
| Senators Allison and Doliver of Iowa,
/ Spooner and Quarles of Wisconsin and
! Proctor and Dillingham; of Vermont,
republicans. voted against final pas
cage of the bill, and Senator McLaurin.
democrat of South Carolina, voted
for It,
| Some amendments to the bill We're
adopted, but they We're all agreeable to
those in charge of the measure the
friends of the bill voting down all 9TH
er amendments with tine exception of
the amendment offered by Senator AL
! lison and adopted by Senator Frye
limiting the time of the operation of
contracts made under the provisions of
the bill to July /. 1902. and providing
that the amount of the expenditure un-
der the mail subsidy paragraph should
not at any time exceed $S0G0,0c0 an
nually, none of the amendments agreed
to materially affecting the bill as it was
reported from the commerce commit
tee.
The voting upon amendments began
at 3 O'Clock, and such {: flooI of them
was offered that a final vote upon the
bill as amended was not reached until
just before O'clock
The amendment offered by Senator
Vest of Missouri providing for free
ships and for the application of the
anti trust law to the shipping industry
was rejected, as was the amendment
proposed by Senator Patterson of Colo
RADIO providing that no Chinese person
should be a member Of the crew of the
subsidized vessels.
Senator Pettus, of Alabama offered
an amendment providing that the total
expenditure under the bin should not
exceed ss,CC0.o0o in any one year.
1T was adopted in committee of the
whole, but later when i'm senate was
rejected by a decisive Vote
The senate agreed to an amendment
offered by Senator spooner, providing
that congress should have power to
amend or repeal the act Without inn
pairing any contract made under it's
authority.
Senator Hoar. of Ohio, offered, and
applying directly to the acquisition by
j. Pierpont Morgan and his associates
of the Leyland line of British ships
They provide that no foreign built ship
shall participate i'm the proposed sub
sidy; that nothing in the act shall be
construed to prevent American citizens
or corporations from holding or operat-
Ing foreign ships in the ocean carrying
trade. and that no foreign built ship of
any line thus acquired by American
citizens shall be admitted hereafter to
American registry.
The title OF the bill passed by the
senate is: ITO Provide for Ocean Mail
Service Between the United States and
Foreign Ports, and the Common De-
to- pro nfc 4
Encourage the Deep Sea Fisheries"
Title ] of 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 con-
tracts for not less than fifteen years
With American citizens for the carry
Ing of mails of American steamships
to such foreign ports as will best pro-
mote the postal, commercial and mari
time interests of the United States;
the mail service on such lines to be
equitably distributed among the At
lantic, Mexican gulf and Pacific ports,
and the contracts to be made With the
lowest responsible bidders
The vessels employed in the mail SER
vice shall be American built, and
owned and Differed by American citi-
zens. During the first two years one
fourth of the crew must be American
citizens; during the next three years
ore-third must be American citizens,
and during the remaining life of the
contract at least one-half must be
American citizens. The ships must be
screw steamships of iron or steel and
divided into the following classes ac-
oording to speed:
First class, twenty knots or over; sec
ond class, nineteen knots; third class,
eighteen knots; fourth class, seventeen
knots; fifth class, sixteen knots, sixth
class, fifteen knots; seventh class four
teen knots.
All steamships of the first four
classes shall be constructed with par
tcular reference to prompt conversion
into auxiliary naval cruisers and shall
be of the highest rating known to mari
time commerce.
The rate of compensation for ocean
mail service TO be paid per gross regis
tered ton for each 100 nautical miles
sailed from the port of clearance i'm
the United States to any part OF entry
In the United States, according to the
route required by the postoffice depart
ment, shall not exceed the following:
Steamships of the first class, 81 cents;
second class, IS cents third class. 90
cents; fourth class, 81 cents; NTH
class, l3 cents sixth class, IL cents;
seventh class, 1.5 cents.
The rates of compensation to any
vessel carrying mails to a foreign port
In North America shall NOT exceed 40.
per cent of the maximum rates estab-
lished.
Mail steamships are required to carry
as apprentices one American born bov
Tor each 1000 tons gross register He
snail be educated in seamanship and
engineering and rank as q petty officer.
Title of the bill provides for the
general subsidy to be paid. 1T directs
the secretary of the treasury to paw TO
the owners OF any vessel in the United
States a compensation amounting to
cent per gross registered ton for each
100 nautical miles sailed not exceed
ing sixteen entries in any one wear.
and on each entry not exceeding six
teen in any one year, for a period of
five years from the date of registration
of a vessel of 1000 gross tons. which
shall be completed after the passage
OF this bill, a cent per gross ton for
each leo nautical miles sailed, in addi-
ton to the above mentioned considera-
ton. The bill specifies certain vessels
which shall not receive compensation
under it's provisions. among them be-
ing vessels engaged in the coastwise
trade exclusively.
Each subsidized vessel is required to
carry as & member of it's company one
American boy for each 900 gross tons,
who shall be taught steamship and en-
gineering. The owner OF the yesse,
must agree before receiving compensa-
ton that the ship in emergency may
be used by the United States for the