The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-18

AMENDMENT rs MADE.
Those That Were Adopted Nere Agree.
aspss 10 These in tharge " the
Measure NeT.aurin Only Ds:a-
serat vasiug for isiIl.

washington. Marc5 tx AfteT pro-
ionged debate the sena.a -pnday PISS
ell the ship subsidy taf. the ilnaI vote
upon the measure being AZ to 81 Sen.
ators AIIison and Deliver of Inw@.
Spooner and Quarhs Of Wisconsin and
Proctor and Dillingham; of Vermont
Republicans, voted against final pass
age of the bill and Senator McI4aurin
of South Carolina. voted for It. Some
amendments to the bill were adopted
| but they were all agreeable to those
| In charge of the measures the friends
of the bill voting down all other amend
| ments offered by Mr. Allison and ac-
cepted by Mr. Frye, limiting the time
of the operation Of contracts made IN
| der the provision of the bill tn Jnly
| l. 1909. and providing that the amount
| q the expenditure under the mall sub
! gldy paragraph shonld not at sny time
exceed sS.o00,0 GOO annually none of the
amendments agreed to materially az
| fected the bin az 1t was reported from
/ the commerce committee
| The voting upon amendments he
gan AT 2 O'Clock and such flood Of
them were offered that fnai vote up-
on the bin as Amended was not reach
e5i uB;il just before o'clock
Amendments offered by Mr. Vest o.
Missouri. providing for free ships"
and for the application u 'h> provi
sionB OF the antitrust law 10 the ship
pima industry were rejected. as was
the amendment pforoaea hy Mf Pat
'eysan Of Colorado providing hat no
Chinese person should he a men Ter
Of the crew Of a su6s}dizag vessel
Mr. Patu3s If Ala3ama. offered an
amendment proHdjpg that the total
expenditure under the bil should not
exceed s. G34 900 in any one year II
was adopted in comm ttee, bat later in
the senate was rejesie sl bg decisive
vote
An amendment offered By Mr Spoon.
ar vas adopted providing that congress
should have power 70 amend or re-
peal the act without impairine airy con
tract made under its authority
Three amendments by MI Hanna
were excepted applying Ia the acquisi-
tion by PieFpont Morgan and fis
associates ~ the I.cyland Lane OF Br t.
fish ships They provide that no for.
oign hsiilt ship shall participate i'm the
proposed subsidy that nothing In the
act shall he construed 10 prevent Am
erican citizens or corporations from
boIdine or operating foreign ships in
the ocean carrFfuE trade. and that no
foreign huiit shin of any linp thus nc
quired hy American citizens shalt he
admitted hereafter 80 American regis
Try.
The tHlc Of the bin pissed by the
seuafc ls
To brovide for aeNau mail service
}'etaeen che United s5aiea and fnrnirn
ports and the comuou defense, To pro
{ mote commerce and 10 encourage the
deen sen fisheries
Title ri the measure deals with
ceean mail steamships and their sub
sidies The postal subsidy act Of 1891
Is so amended as 10 direct the pnst-
master general to enter into contracts
for not less than FIVE. nor more than
fifteen years with American citizens
for the carrying of mails an American
steamships te such foreign points as
viii best promote the postal. cons
mercial and maritime interests of the
United States: the mail service on
such lines 10 be equitabIy distributed
among the Atlantic, Mexican Gulf and
Pacific ports and the contracts to be
made with the lowest responsible bid
der
The vessels employed in the mail ser.
vice shall be American built and own.
ed and differed by American citizens
During the first few years one-fourth
OF the crew must be American eiti
zens. during the next three years. one
third must be American citizens and
during the demaining life of the con
tract al least one-haif must be Ameri
can citizens. The ships must be screw
ships OF iron or steel and divided I'm
TO the following classes. according Il
speed:
First, 20 knots or over: second is
knots; third. Is knots. fourth. II
. Knots nth. tG knots sixth Is knots
seventh ID knots
All ships Of the flrst four classes
I St1ail bE S0lSlt uNAth win paf tS0aui
reference to prompt conversion int
auxiliary naval cruisers. and shall h
Of the highest rating known To mari
time commerce.
The rate Of compensation for oceal
mail service ito Ia paid per gross reg
istered ton for each Too nautical mile
sailed from the port Of clearance in tn
United States 10 the port ~ entry II
the United States. according requires
by the postofiice department, shall no
exceed the following
Steamships OF the first class, two AM
! keyen-tenths cents: second. two ant
l five-tenths cents third two and three
Z tenths cents: fourth. two and one
1 tenth cents; nth. one and nineteenth
\ cents; sixth. one and seventeenth
! cents; seventh. one and five-tenth
! cents.
The rates of compensation to an,
! | vessel carrying malls to a foreign por
In North America shall not exceed 7
y per cent or the maximum rates estab
. lished.
Mail steamships are requirde to carr