The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-03-18
SUBSIDY BILLPASSED
Senate Stood AZ to 81 In Fla
vor Of Measure,
FLOOD OF AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN
No Foreign Built Ship Can Partici-
pate In the BOunty or he Given
American Rcsistry-Pro-
visions Of the Act,

NSi'u HSdllSl Ill)dl JWSSagp OF inc Dill
and Senator McI.auIin -. e., voted f0i
it. Some amendments 10 the hill were
adopted. but they were all agreeable tG
those in charge Of the measure. the
friends of The bin voting down all other
amendments. ~
| The voting upon amendments began
at ) O'Clock. and S,lcl !, flood Of them
was offered that Il final vote on the bill
MS amended was not reached until Just
before 6 O'Clock.
The senate agreed 80 an amendment
offered by Mr., Spoonrr providing that
congress should have power to amend
or repeal the act. without impairing
any contract made under its authority.
Mr.. Hanna of Ohio offered and the
senate adopted three amendments an
plying directly TO the acquisition by J.
Picrpont Morgan and his associates Of
the Leyland line of British ships. They
provide that no foreign built ship shall
participate in the proposed subsidy
that nothing in the act shall be con.
strucd to prevent American citizens or
corporations from holding or operating
foreign ships in the ocean carrying
trade and that no foreign built ship of
| any line thus acquired by American cit
liens shall be admitted hereafter to
| American registry.
The title of tho bill pissed by the.
senate il, '"ro provide for ocean mail
service between the United States and
foreign ports and the common defense,
to promote commerce aud to encourage
the deep sea fisheries" Title 1 of the
measure. rs 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
less than five nor more than fifteen
years with American citizens for the
carrying OF mails ON American steam
ships to such foreign points rs will |
best promote the postal, commercial |
and maritime interests of the United F.!
States, the mail service on such lines |
10 be cqui,ably distributed among the
Atlantic. mexican. Gulf and Pacific
ports and the contracts to be made
with The lowest responsible bidder.
The vessels in the mail service shall
be American built and owned and
Differed by American citizens. Dur
ing the first two years one-fourth of
The crew must be American citizens,
during the next three years Onc-third
must be American citizens and during
the remaining life Of the contract at
least onehalf must he American ct-
Zens. The ships must be screw steam
ships of iron or steel and divided into
the following classes. according to
speed: First class, 20 knots or over:
second class, 10 knots: third class, Is
knots; fourth class, II knots: fifth
class. 16 knots: sixth class, Is knots;
seventh class. n knots.
All steamships of the first four class
es shall be constructed with particular
reference TO prompt conversion into
auxiliary naval cruisers and shall be
of the highest rating known to m,ri-
time commerce.
The rate Of compensation for ocean
mail service, to he paid per gross regis
tered ton for each 100 nautical miles
sailed from the port of clearance in the .
United States to the port of entry in
the United States, according to the '
cute required by the postotiice depart
mcnt. shall not exceed the following: {
Steamships of the first class ~ 9
'cnts: second class, 81 cents; third ,
lass, % cents: fourth class, 81 cents: !
fifth class. 10 cents: sixth class, IL i
'ents: seventh class. 3 cents.
The rates of compensation to any {
'essel carrying mails to Il foreign port e
II North America shall not exceed 10 f
'er cent of The maximum rates estalJ- !,
ished. a
Mall steamships are required to carry !,
S apprentices one American born boy q
or each 1000 tons gross register. He N
hall he educated in seamahship and T.
ngncering and rank as a petty Off y
er. C,
Title of the bill provides for the :
eneral subsidy to be paid 1t directs pi
he secretary of the treasury to pay to cci|
he owners of any vessel in the United 9
tates duly registered and engaged in So 81,
he foreign trade of the United States vi
compensation amounting to cent ri ri
pr gross registered ton for each 100 GU
lutical miles sailed not exceeding six ae
cn entries in any one year and on ~
'ch entry not exceeding sixteen in al
~ one year for period of five years re
ON the date of registration of a YES "a,
i Of 1000 gross tons which shall be
'mpleted after the passage of this
II. one-fourth of cent per gross ton
l. each 100 nautical miles sailed in
ldition to the above mentioned COM SIT
nsation. The bill specifies certain
ssels which shall not receive COM the
nsation under its provisions, among lor
en- being vessels engaged in the c ep.'
astWise trade exclusively. Hr,
'ided vote on party lines decided to v W.,
port the resolution of Representative en-,
umpacker undD for Il special COM and and
ttee Of thirteen members to nyesti- goo
te and report OIL the alleged disfran- az az
isement of voters in some of the W.
ties. Two Democratic members of -
, committee. Representatives Rich
lson fTcnn.) and Underwood (Ala,1.
'tested against reporting the resolu. II
n. sell
yer
JOIN