The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-21
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Washington. Dec. 29-shorrly after
me reconyening Of congress the dem
ecratic mem1ers Of the aenato viii
aGain meet ia caucus for the purpose
eE discussing The party attributes to
Rard TIE new ship subsidy bin which
9as been pre- cd as tie result of the
ayeatigation Of The joint congress
commission app7iatcd AZ tha last sos-
A4on, That commission has held a
IpumbeF Of helr'fgs in diIercnt parts
81 the country aud the bill prepared
/ y tho majority members wiz he for
Sssasiy presentsd to Doth houses on the
sgst day OF session after the haldays
f1s provisions OF the measure have
u q general Ta. beea made knowa
| Il was at the instaone OF Senator
aastin. oe VII ia. one " tao mIno.
Fsy members that the democratic sena
tsr8 were called into caucus a few
eays ago. He desired th2t the proyls
ions OF the measure be made known
70 them with view 20 their determin.
.fsg their attitude toward 1t. Senator
Martin is one Of the democrats who
I believes something must be done to-.
ward tdo rehabilitation OF The mer.
ehaat marine, Other demo-. .ata feet
t4e same way Eut the party has
sqla So strongly On record against
snbaidy Of the kind presented in
lre'ious lils that they hesitate to
eiYa th2ir support to any mesaure
SIN eling Of a subsidy
arin nal featarss Of New Bnl.
And set they recognize shat any
ts9 psitien Maich can come IRON the
republican side must contain a sur
sidy feature of some klud whether
It shows on the face OF things Of does
not. and they are undecided gust what
POSITION they must take or what may
he called a yelled subsidy.
So far as can be learned. the prin-
cipal features Of the new bill win be
First Generous grants to vessels
carrying the American mails On pro-
posed now postal routes.
Second-A subyention with the OBJ
1ect Of creating a naval reserve force
Third -Liboral payments to vessels
engaged in Tho foreign carrying trade
ono respect in which the new bill
differs from what was known as the
Hanna Frye bill is that it will not con
toin the provisions for extra allow
ance tor speea That provision was
much objected to on the ground that
i would result in the greater portion
Of tho annual appropriation being alb
sorbed by the present companies oper-
citing fast mail steamers. whereas to
be Of real value a subsidy ill mus
give especial encouragement to the
building Of large cargo carrying YES.
sells which are necessarily slow 1t
is this latter class Of vessels. rath.
ei than tho fast ocean greyhound"
the most Of tine supporters OF the cub
sjdy favor.
New Mail Routes,
The new measure contains proYis
ions calculated to promote ship own.
ers putting In commission a number
of vessels for duty between north and
south Atlantic ports and the ports OF
south America. There are similar
PROVISIONS loozing to mail lines to the
raciic ports Of South America and
also to tho ports OF Asia. Ten new
postal routes in all are provided for
For instance tho sum of 100000 a
5ear win be pald to a line operating
between San Francisco and Asiatie
roints by way OF Hawaii and s350.000
year 60 3 route operating direct
from Pacific ports to japan and China
The naval reserves feature contem-
plates the establishment OF a corps
q American sailcrs to be Rpown as
lie reserve. Ie requires. so It
IS stated that certain proper
ton of this corps sahl De carried on
certain vessels engaged in the foreign
trade. Every superior officer Of this
reserve shah e paid from $50 to s1Ol
year. minor officers from $50 to $50
year and seamen s25 yeaF--thls.
OF course. in addition to their regular
salary or wages. These payments
ere to be restricted to men shipping
on vessels in tho foreign trade
The following rate Of bounty for
steam and sailing vessels IL carried
IN the bill.
Steam vossss. cents per ton per
year. and proportienately less for
Shorter service
Sailing vessels. cents per ton per