The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-21
WASHINGTON NEWS AND VIEWS.

is likely that considerable amount OF friction WI
veloped during the consideration OF the bill wh,ch mas
.i.,.od - 10Th houses of congress providing Tor the
amending OF the existing shipping laws so that snip
will be prevented from charging American eNPo''.' 81 ~,
ditional fee Of shilling and pence Tor sorting anu
freiobts at the London docks In the first place, senator
FRYE who is acknowledged to be as close 10 'he sp
as legislator could well get will make strong hght againS
the measure and number of the others VINO are y "
favor of it will seek to press It, Tor the reason ''
do believe its passage would relieve 'ne 0o"''''''
resulted in its being introduced -.
The dock charge in question payable only by merchants
of the United States aud Canada That is to say the '
chants of all other countries have their iregh
the London docks without extra cost to iheuseNee' "
for no reason apparent the tax is placed on tue
this side OF the water by the two countries
The discrimination thus practced has long been the cause OIL
widespread complaint and indignation but up to da'e @
portes have been unable do anything i'll the way oil see
Ing the needed relief The charge appears to have grown out
Of the old custom Of handling freight by lighters and barGes
from vessels lying in mdstream The bagemen who operate
along the Thames have appears become so powerful %
the present docks could not he erected except on cohuo
that the bargcmcn should have the handing ana care u az
goods which came the docks The ship owners VINO
have this service to nay for have in turned assessed II OH
merchants whom they act as carriers Ia" mas o
passed which restricts the right OF the ship owners 10 '"
such action but this law be evaded and is eVaded III inc
case of the United States and Canada by putting the dock
charge in the bill of fading as separate item 1t is from
this custom that the London clause springs The right
OF private contract involved in the matter is such that the
courts have refused interfere and things have gone IRON
bad increase in the fec OF nearly SO per cent
having been made in the last two decades
Those shippers who located ports receive their
swccd" bills ading direct from the steamship companies
Those i'm the interior receive the bills from the railroads TO
which their goods originally consigned These railroad
bills bind the conseor accept from the steamship oompa-
nv with which the railroad does whatever manner
bill of ading may be in force the time the goods arc
delivered at the ships side The London clause is invariably
included
4 . f- ,,i, -I,. 1ot ~,
which article it amounts to about cents barrel Hearings
A. one Of these Minneapolis miller testified that cents
hr was bor, the nro6t riIler bopcd ia make on -four
mr. that il, other words they would he happy If they could
.,.,,s he assured ,f such q profit
II i, conceded lust now that the hill prohibiting The IN
,, discrimination fa,1s vcrc moor show Of being favor
b, snorted Even II does receive favorable reps fl,
.,L ,r,,,co :, :. considered unlikely that If could
,,,i he o,s,,,d ,no Law, Senator lrvcs influence IS
b m means ircopsidersbc and AS before stated many Of
those VINO really favor the nil believe that would he use
less TO make 6qht for it. for the reason that even if II be-
o , Law, the carriers could find som. vav Of cvadno i
l co ,,i,,,. to ,,lo ho d;s.r;r,;,,t;,. cb,roe a,,i,s
goods exno-tcd bv American concerns.
So 81 = #
Present indications are TO the effect that it will be the
ornosc f tho enbcans i'm the senate 10 keen tc Dronoscd
concession o., imports from the Philippines down to about
ner cent f ,hc rates fixed nv the DnpIc, bill The nro
o.ed - nor cen, concession ro5cscd b, Scr7,or ForaL.-
ha, led TO the belief in some quarters that the difference will
no ni," and or,nrorr nj short -o nor cent ,areed 70
This belief however is not shared m the real leaders o the
senate who are continuing 10 declare that * pcr cent will he
about fine FIGURE eventually decided an The democrats will
present solid front on the proposition as they have since
the pbinn;ne discussion has been on in the senate t i
not spo5ren lust at this time how bcv will vote Il i he
licycd however that they ,i favor in the event an actual
vote is taken concession larger than that recor,rc5 b
the committee and perhaps as large as that suggested by
Senator Foraker r., doin, this they, would in c,;,
ay be getting as close as possible to free trade rncine
and would he doing the oppositioD all the harm nossbo
under the circumstances
Montague Lesscr who recently elected to congress
from the Seventh New York district ,o more vote, b,
been counted for him than for Perry Belmont has nrobb
made more bad breaks since coming TO Vabinotor ,b ANY,
other man in either house Viewed from the Galleries %
q lo- ..o,,tlss a., ilo,,. 80 ,r,. r. .,. ~
" '"'' mattel not a great
He recently asked secresry corcrou to invite oe 10 n