The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
SUBSIDY BILL | PASSES SENATE Six Republicans Voted { Against It. FINAL. VOTE UPON MEASURE McLaurin of South Carolina
 for Passage. He Was Only Demcrat to Go With Majority-All Amendments Kill ed With Exception of Four
 Total Expenditure.
FINAL. VOTE UPON MEASURE

Washington, March 1L-After prolonged 'ebate the Senate today passed the ship mbsidy bill. the final vote upon the measure being 42 to 3l. Senators Ali son and Deliver of Iowa, Spooner and Quarles of Wisconsin and Proctor and Dillingham; of Vermont, Republicans. voted against final passage of the bill and eSnator McLaurin of South Carolina voted for it, Some ameudments to the bill were adopted, but they were all agreeable to those in charge of the measure. the friends. of the bill voting l down all other amendments. With the exceptions of amendments offered by Mir. l Allison and accepted by Mir. frye. limit | ing the time of the operation of contracts made under the provisions of the bill to July l, 1920. and providing that the amount of the expenditure under the mail subsidy paragraph should not at any time exceed $S,0O0,0OO annually none of the amendments agreed to materially affected the bill The voting upon amendments began at o'clock and such a flood of them was offered that final vote upon the bill as amended was not reached until just before o'clock. Amendments off, fered by MT. Vest of Missouri providing for free ships and for the application of the provisions of the antitrust law to the shipping industry were rejected as was the amendment proposed by MT. Patterson of Colorado, providing that no Chinese person should be a member of tta of cd tus of Alabama offered an amendment providing that the total expenditures under the bill should not exceed $9, .0O0 in any year. It was adopted in Commit- tee of the Whole. but later in the Senate was rejected.
 <. An amendment offered by Mir. Spo6ner was adopted providing that Congress should have power to amend or repeal the act without Aimparfng any contract made under its authority. ~4.,, ..l.
 Three amendments by MT. Hanna were accepted, applying to the acquisition by Mir. J. Pierpont Morgan and his asso- ciates of the Leyland line of British ships. They provided that no foreign built ship shall participate in the proposed subsidy: that nothing in the act shall be construed to prevent American citizens or corporations from holding or operating foreign ships in the ocean carrying trade and that no foreign built of any line thus acquired by American citizens shall be admitted hereafter to American registry.
 The title of the bill passed by the eSnate is: ITO provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports. and the common defence; to promote commerce and to encourage the deep sea fisheries" Title one of the measure passed deals with ocean mall steamships and their subsidies. The postal subsidy act of 1891 Is so amended ss 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 steamships to such foreign points as will best promote the postal, commercial and maritime interests of the United States; the mail service on such line to be equirably distributed among Atlantic. Mexican Gulf and Pacific ports, and the contracts to be made with the lowest responsible bidder.
 The vessels employed in the mail ser vice shall be American-built and owned and oficered by American citizens. Dur ing the first two years one-fourth or the crew must be American citizens; during the next three years one-third must be American citizens and during the remain ing life of the contract at least one-half must be American citizens. The ship must be screw ships of iron or steel and divided into the following classes, accord ing to speed:
 First. twenty knots or over; second ie knots: third, IS knots; fourth. F knots; fifth, 16 knots; sixth, 10 knots. seventh, l4 knots.
 All steamships of the first four classes shall be constructed with particular refer ence to prompt conversation into auxilia- ry naval cruisers and shall be Of the highest rating known to maritime com merce.
 The rate of compensation for ocean mail service. "to be paid per gross registered ton. for each one hundred nautical miles sailed from the port of clearances in the Tinted States to the port of entry in the Tinted States according to the route re- orired by the Postoffice Department, shall not exceed the following: Steamships of the first class, 2,7 cents; second, 2.5c; .hird, 2.3c: fourth, 2.1c; fifth, SC; sixth .7c: seventh, 1.5c The rates of compen- sation to any vessel carrying mail to foreign port in North America shall not exceed 70 per cent of the maximum rates established.
 Mail steamships are required to carry as annrentices one American born boy for each 1000 tons gross register. He shall he educated in seamanship and engineer ing, and rank as a petty officer. Title 2 of the bill provides for the general sub
 
 sidv to be paid. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the owners of any vessel in the United States duly registered and engaged in the foreign trade of the United States a compensation amounting to 1c per gross registered ton for each loo nautical miles sailed, not ex- ceedine sixteen entries in any one year: and on each entry, not exceeding sixteen in any one year, for a period of five years from the date of registration of a vessel of one thousand gross tons, which shall be completed after the passage of this hill. one-fourth of one cent per gross ton for each 100 nautical miles sailed, in ad- dition to to the above mentioned com nansation. The bill specifics certain yes sels which shall not receive compensa- tion under it's provisions amnne "- being vessels engaged n
 trade exclusively.
 Each subsidlzed vessel