The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-18
new SUBSIDY
IDEAS
Fresh Theories Put Forward In
he erOsvenor Bin.
MUST BIZ PuKIHkR MonIFlBl.

PresIdent and Seeretary TAR Decide
DA.eI.aEEsa negro soIaisrs may ne
en1ssa ~ They FIRST Prove InDo-
ctse< yV1tho0t 1E1uI.
BY caARLEs W. AIs1HuR
Washington, Dec. 81 SpecisR.l-U
usdh. Interest Il rseIng manifested 10
the compromise SEE. subsidy blu which
is new being cOrs;Sepec by the house
/ eoln.4zIltee on NEE nSnt mnrinS and
I fisheries. OF whIci. Representative
i Charlea H CSrUsvsnor Of Ohio is chair
man. Some ten days ago the element
which has b,ocked the 0Dacsnent Of
sabstdy law heretofore agreed to
compromise. and tbs delicate work Of
i redr7lrrfliS The new bili was intrusted
/ 70 Chairman G=Gsvenor While the re-
+ draft IS radically dIneTsnt from the
( old measure ana contains an entirely
i.ew principle, there does not appear to
he any Glance Of It's friends securing
favorable committee report on It IN
lrss they modify 1t further
For Mai: Ships Only
| The new principle spoken Of IS the
substituting OF mail carrying ships only.
The Grosvepor bill gives the pOstmas-
ter general authority to expend the
money sought to be appropriated In the
making OF contracts for che carrying OF
the EEails for periods Of not less than
nve years nor more than ten years. or
course the subsidized lines would carry
rarRuess ano passengers. and thus the
object of the original bill would he got
1T Indirectly Those who have opposed
tue ,ssd bill all along are not willing to-
20 march further than vote n subsidy
for lines to South America. as. suggest
e.l ;,.- Secretary OF State loot in his
WESTERN speeches not iOug agrL They
are Impressed, as the whole country
seeIns TO be now with the Importance
,of securing the share Of South Ameri-
can trade which properly belongs to
the Quilted Suites and are willing to
appropriate rather literally to. achieve
that purpose. but they Oppose the idea
of substituting; q number of small lines
which give S;asiL promise OF bringing
about an appreciabis Increase in com
nerce-
Eleven Lines Proposed.
Tbs Grosvenor BiII Provides subsidies
for eleven. lines and several of these
will have to he cut. ont II the support
OF those who opposed the old bin is to
be secured. Particular objection is
made TO the proposaI.to Givs'a subsidy
to line from 4. gulf port presunably
New Orleans or GRIveston-to. some
port: on. the lower Mexican coast No.
such line could compete with. the rail
ways IN the carrying of the mails, it
is contended. and. any money apprO-
priatcd for 1t would not bring the prop
er returns Suggestions for. two or
three lines to Cuba are not fSvoTnbly
received either It is only ninety
miles from railroad ports In Florida to
CUBS, whereas the proposed; mail
steamship lines would cover a. much
longer distance. and mails sent by
them would reach their destination
much later sAau II sent overland to-
southern FloVfla and thence by boat.
One Of Mr.. GrosvenoI's proposals is
for a line from gulf port To Rio, de
.Ianeiro. and that Is objected to. on the
ground that she length of such. n route
- much greater than rhe disrauce from
Sew York ru Rio. Ii is thought TINT
~ final G,s.Ion will be taken by the
committee prior to the beginning of
the Christmas holidays. and the
chances orr that II a favorable repcEt
IS made after thaS It win be on a
measure 40 framed as to insect at least
some of che objections outlined here
Negroes May Re.e1Iist.
The president and Seeretury. Taft
hive decided TO permit the re-eniist-
ment or those members of Companies
r. C and u of the Twenty fifth tnfnnr
try who produce satisfactory proof
tIIat they neither had anHthing. to- do
with the rioting at Brownsville Tex.
Inst summer nor withhRld from the Off
GERS who mace the several iIveStign
tinus OF the occurrence any Informs
ton which wouId have tended 10 estRb-
fish the Ide0tity OF the guilty ones
This action has been brought about
largely throAlgh the representation OF
EHo or three OF the discharged negro
soldiers who came, to. washIngton and
Rrged that they be perNitteti to re
eullst because they not only did not
participate in the Brownsville trouble.
but knew nothing whatever about e
To Relieve Car shartaaa-
subject which is receiving serious
consideration from administration otit-
cials is the shortage Of freight cars I'M
many parts OF the country. Some
states have laws which compel the de-
livery of cars within u certain period
after application Is 6led by the ship
per under penalty OF heavy fines, hut
the argument Is now made that jas
tIce can only be done shippers general
", and especially shippers of cattle In
the southwest. by tile enactment OF a
law providing Interstate control OF the
supply and use OF cars.
Remedy For Another Evil.
Chairman Hepburn of tue house com
mIttee on interstate and foreign COM
merce has announced that a bill is to