The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-04

One Of the most shocking crimes of 7
! Keller in New York Through the ARE
( Furlong. a boy of seventeen years, II
/ by Furlong to obtain the small sum
if a steam vessel and at least class A11a
If a sail vessel, as such classes axe now
! established by either the record of
American and foreign shipping or the
United States Standard Owners, Build
ers and Underwriters association, or
equivalent classification in any other
register of shipping OF at least equal
merit.
THAT all ordinary repair or over
hauling of said vessel shall be made
In the United States, except in cases
where dry docking is necessary and no
dry dock of sufficient capacity shall be
within a distance of five hundred miles
+ of the location of the ship when the re-
pairs shall be desired"
To obtain the subvention provided,
proportions of the crew must be en-
rolled as naval volunteers, as follows:
( After July 1, 1907, one-eighth; after
July /, 1911. One-sixth; after July 1, 1916,
one-fOurth."
The fourth section provides, that the
contracts provided for in section 8 shall
be for a period of one year, and shall
be renewed from time to time, but no
vessel shall receive a subventiOn under
the provisions of this act for a longer
period that ten years.
Sections 5 and authorize and direct
the postmaster general to enter into
contracts for not less than five nor
more than ten years, for the carrying
of mails in steamships built and reg
F istered in the United States, between
ports of the United States and foreign
ports, on the routes, at the rates Of
speed and for the amounts following:
From a port Of the Atlantic coast
to Brazil, on steamships of not less
than fourteen knots speed, for a
monthly service at a maximum COM
pensation not exceeding $150,0O0 a year;
for a fortnightly service at a compensa-
ton not exceeding $500. 900 a year.
Atlantic coast port to Uruguay and
Argentina, fourteen knots speed month
" service, 49,. 800; foEtniEhtly, 1915, O00
Atlantic coast port to South Africa,
twelve knots speed, monthly service,
$1s7, 800; fortnightly, $S75,000.
Gulf Of Mexico port to Brazil, twelve
knots speed, monthly service. $1S7500;
fortnightly, $275, 900.
Gulf port to Cuba, fourteen knots
speed, seni-weekly service, $4,000.
Gulf port to Central America, twelve
knots speed, weekly service. $4,000.
Gulf port to Mexico. twelve knots
speed, weekly service, $50, 600.
Pacific coast port, via Hawaii, to Jap
an, China and the Philippines, 16 knots
speed, monthly service 100000; fort
nightly $500, 900.
Pacific coast port to Japan, China
and the Philippines, IS knots speed,
monthly service s21o 600; fortnightly
Pacific coast port to Mexico Central
America and the Isthmus of Panama,
Il knots speed, fortnightly service $780,
900.
The same requirement, as to the en-
rOllment Of naval volunteers, is made
of steamships obtaining such mail con
tracts. as is exacted of vessels obtain
ing subvention.
The tonnage tax on foreign vessels
entered in United States ports is pro-
i'm nIr c
THAT a duty of eight cents per net
ton, not to exceed in the aggregate so
cents per net ton in any one year, is
hereby imposed a each entry by sea on
all vessels which shall be entered in
any port of the United States from any
foreign port or place in North America,
Central America, the West India is
lands. the Bahama islands, the Bermu-
da islands, the coast of South America.
bordering on the Caribbean sea, or
Newfoundland; and a duty of Is cents
per net ton not to exceed in the aggre-
gate $3.50 per net ton in any one ear,
is hereby imposed at each entry by sea
on all vessels which shall be entered in
any port of the United States from
any other foreign port or place, not
however. to include vessels in distress
or not engaged in trade"
Section nine relates to apprentices
and provides the following:
THAT on proof to the satisfaction of
the commissioner of navigation that n
foreign voyage carried boy or boys
a citizen or citizens Of the United
States. under q years of age, suitably
trained during that voyage in seaman
ship or engineering, In the proportion
of one for such vessel, and in addition
one for each thousand tons of her net
registered tonnage, there shall be paid
to the owner or owners of the vessel
out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, an allowance
equivalent to so per centum of the ton
mage duties paid in respect of the entry
in the United States of that vessel from
that voyage. Such payment shall not
be made after July first 1907 except in
respect of any boy who is enrolled in
the naval volunteers, or is an appren-
tice indentured in accordance with
| law
Section ten repeats all conflicting acts
and section eleven fixes July I, 1905, as
the time the proposed legislation shall
take effect
Leading up to the new legislation
proposed for the development of the
reviewed extensively the character of
its investigation. It's deduction Is that
immediate action by congress is neces-
sary 10 prevent complete paralysis of
American shipping interests. An ade-
quats American ocean fleet, the COM
mission says. would mean the saving
to this country of 500 900 900 a year
which now goes to build up the COM
mercial power and naval strength Of
Europe and Asia. Attention is called
to the fact that we have deepened our
harbors at an expense of many mil
lions OF dollars, almost exclusively for
the benefit OF foreign steamships.
The report deals at length with the
handicap upon American shipping Gre
ated by the subsidies and bounties be-
slowed upon most of the merchant
fleets of foreign governments, which is
placed IN the van Of the lower first cost