The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-15
Senate Passes Shipping Bill
Which Creates Many New
Mail Lines.
FOUR OF THESE ROUTES
ARE ON THE PACIFIC
Measure Also Provides for a
Strong Naval Reserve on
Merchant Vessels.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14-At a few
minutes after 6 o clock today the Sepate
cast Its first ballot on the subsidy ship
ping bill. which was passed by d vote OF
3S to q. All the votes for the bill were
by Republican Senators, and i've Repub-
lican Senators voted with the Democrats
In opposition. They were Messrs, Pur-
kett Dolllver. Lafollette, Spoon=r ard
Warner.
The vote on the bill was preceded by
action on a number OF amendments, and
this by an entire day OF debate. Many
important amendments we're accepted.
but only In one case was modification
agreed to that was not in accordance
with the wishes or the managers Of the
bill The exception was on an amend
ment offered by Mr Spooner eliminating
the provision giving half pay to mem
bers of the naval reserve who have
served less than six months. AS passed
the bill establishes thirteen new con
tract mail lines and increases the sub
venton to the oceanic line running from
the Pacific coats 10 Australasia
New Mail Lines.
or the thirteen new lines three leave
Atlantic coast ports. one running TO Bra
zil, one TO Uruguay and Argentina, and
one TO South Africa. six from ports on
the Gulf OF Mexico, embracing cne 10
Brazil, one TO Cuba one to Mexico and
three TO Central America and the 18TH
ports. embracing two TO japan. China
and the Philippines direct. one 10 Japan.
China and the Philippines via Hawaii.
and one TO Mexico. Central America ind
the Isthmus OF Panama.
The bill also grants subventiop at the
rate Of So per gross ton per year 10 cargo
vessels engaged in the foreign trade OF
the United States, and at the rate OF
So per ton to vessels engaged In the
Philippine trade the Philippine coastwise
law being postponed until 1909.
Naval Reserve Force.
Another feature of the bill Is that Gre
atins naval reserve force of $1,000 Of
tsiners, after the British practice.
Vessels receiving subsidies are required
10 carry a certain proportion Of naval
reserve men among their crews, The
aggregate compensation for mail lires
Is about 5000 600 annually. No steam
vessel of less than 1000 tons 10 to receive
aid under the bill
Mr. SpooneT moved 10 strike out the
provision giving half pay to members or
tho naval reserve who have eerved for
less than six months. and the motion pre-
vailed. "a TO 30 This was the only amend
the wishes OF its supporters
Aid American Ships.
Mr.. Frye made general speech In
support OF the bill saying that the 500,
00o.Go paid annually TO foreign shippers
should be used in developing Amerl
of operating American vessels was almost
double that OF foreign vessels and that
the United States should give enough in
bounty to equalize the conditions.
Speeches also were made by Messrs.
Newlands Patterson, Clay, Fulton. Ba-
con, Scott and Perkins, and Mr., Gallinger
closed the debate with a brief reply to
the criticisms made by other speakers.
Promptly at o'clock the Senate began
voting on the various amendments. Many
important amendments were accepted by
. ba with these
included most OF those suggested yester-
day by Mr., Allison. The Important
changes made were the following:
Including seamcn engaged In the trade
of the great lakes and the coast In the
naval reserve; limiting the reserve TO 10
COO men: requiring annual instead OF
eidy to cargo vessels to steam vessels ot
more than 1000 tons; sailing vessels of
more than 800 tons. and fishing vessels OF
more than ~ tons
May Take Vessels for War.
American vessels engaged exclusively
benefits OF the bill. giving authority TO
the United States TO take immediate pos
session Of subsidized vessel for its own
use in case of emergency; increasing 10
cne-fourth after 1912, the number OF
American citizens required IN the crews
OF subsidized ships; increasing the sub
and the Pacific coast lines from three TO
four, and providing that they shall depart
from Puget sound and the Columbia
river.
Tho first aye and no vote was taken on
a motion by Mr.. Bacon to strike out the
provision fer naval reserve. IL was
lost-25 to 50
Mr Patterson then submitted his
amendment providing that no part OF the
subsidy should be paid TO ships employ
ing Chinese as q part OF their deck crews,
The amendment was lost-l7 TO II.
An amendment by Mr.. McLaurin pro-
yiddlng that no part of the subsidies pro-
vided for should be paid TO Senators
members of the House or other Federal
officials was voted down without division,
as was a motion by Mr.. Newlands TO re-
commit The vote was then taken on the
passage OF the bill. resulting in s. ayes