The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-02
AMERICAN SHIPS =
 WILL JET TRADE
Bill Passes Senate Regulating
 Transportation of Supplies
MUST CHARGE SAME RATES
Teller Claims the Measure Grants Monopoly to a Certain Class Of the Shipping
 Trade.

Washington, March 1.-The senate to- day passed the bill requiring the use of American vessels in transport of the gov ernment supplies, and took up the bill prohibiting the use of other than Ameri- can vessels in shipping merchandise to the Philippines. and relieving the inter-island trade of the Philippines from the exac- tions of the coastwise laws of the United States.
 The Aforementioned requirement of the latter bi1 Is already in force, in effect. but this measure enacts 1t in different form. The bill now pending provides that 1t shall go into effect July 1 next but the democrats fought to have the time de- ferred Their suggestions were not ac- cepted, but MT. Lodge in charge of the measure indicated a willingness to post pone the time for year. The senate ad- journed. however. without acting on either the bill or the amendment.
 Grants Monopoly.
 At the opeaing of. the session MT. Teller spoke in opposition to the bill providing for the Transportation of government sup plies in American vessels. He charged that the measure granted monopoly to a certain class of trade.
 MT. Daniel also spoke in opposition to the bill.
 MT Carmack offered several amend ments. all of which were tabled, as also was. one offered by MT. Newiands.
 MT. Carmack attacked the bill as unjust and inopportune. He said that it was in tended to permit a lot of burglar ship owners to break into the treasury Of the United States and to take away all they could carry.'
 After an amendment by Mir Mallory had been tabled the bill was passed. S5 to II. a strict party vote.
 The text of the bill as passed is as fol- lows:
 Text of the Bill.
 "rhat vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States, and no others, shall be employed In the transpor- tation by steam of sail provisions, fodder or supplies of any description purchased pursuant to law, for the use of the army and navy, unless the President shall find that the rates of freight charged by said vessels are excessive and unfea- sonable, in which case contracts snail be made under the law as 1t now ex- jsts; provided that no greater charges be made by such vessels for transporta- ton of articles for the use of said army and navy than are made by such vessels for transportation on like goods for pri- vate parties or companies. This act shall take effect sixty days after it's passage. The senate then passed the bill legaliz- ing the water works bond election of the city of Geary, Oklahoma.
 Bill for Philippine Trade. At the request of MT. Lodge the senate took up the bill requiring the use of American vessels in transporting mer- chandise between the United States and the Philippines, and relieving vessels en- gagged in the inter-island trade of the Philippines from the requirements of the laws governing coastwise vessels in the United States.
 MT. Mccormack moved to amend by fix ing July 1, 1909 as the time when the act shall take effect instead of 1904, as fixed by the bill, but the amendment was voted down, 13 to 33.
 The democratic senators made an effoft to secure as extension of the time when the bill shall go into effect, but MT. Lodge resisted it. He did, however, accept an amendment by MT. Allison deferring the time until July 1, 1905, saying that this extension was in accordance with the wishes of Secretary Taft.
 The amendment was not acted upon.
 At 4:23 D. m. the senate went into execu- tive session and at 5:17 p. m. adjourned.