The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-18
WORK FOR
SUBSIDY
BUT BILL NOW IN SIGHT DOES
NOT HELP STEAMERS THIS
WAY.

The following is by the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News:
WASHINGTON, d. c., September 2S
"A ship subsidy bill will be launched
at the outset of the coming session of
congress and pushed to a conclusion
at once if possible. The present plans
of ship subsidy advocates, as now told
by themselves, are to accept the ship
subsidy bill as it is passed the last
house and make that a law. They
admit that this particular bill is to-
tally undesirable from their standpoint
except that it is an opening wedge to
future favorable ship subsidy legisla-
ton once the principle is accepted.
Missionary work which has been going
on throughout the country in favor Of
this legislation has revealed to the
ship subsidy men that they cannot
hope hope to do better than this
The substitute bill which will be
made the basls OF ship subsidy legis-
lation this winter passed the house
after an exciting struggle by a small
majority. 1t makes these provisions;
From some point on the Atlantic to
Brazil, S3SO,OOO a year for a monthly
service, or 100000 a year for fort
nightly service.
From port on the Gulf of Mexico to
Brazil, a monthly service at 5000, 900 a
year.
From a port on the Atlantic coast to
Argentine, 100000 for monthly SER
vice, or 100000 for a fortnightly ser
vice.
From a port on the Pacific to the
Isthmus of Panama, Peru and Chile,
100000 a year for a monthly service,
or 100000 for a fortnightly service.
The bill as it passed the house also
carried a provision for enrolling sea-
men of the merchant marine as mem
bers of the naval reserve.
No one who recalls the details of the
fight over subsidy legislation in the
last congress doubts that the attempt
of the friends of subsidy to put through
congress even the mild bill which final
ly got through the house will be vigor-
ously resisted
A good many persons will be sur
prised that an attempt is to be made
on the eve of a presidential election
to force subsidy legislation through
Many of the republican members OF
the house, who represent districts in
which subsidy legislation has few
friends, were greatly embarrassed by
being forced to vote on the subject
during the last session and with an
election coming on they will be in a
still more uncomfortable position at
the coming session.
In the long parliamentary fight over
the bill in the house last winter after
the leaders had been forced to sub
| stitute the Littauer bill for the amend
ed senate bill the highest majority re-
corded for the bill was u. On one
ballot the opponents of the Legislation
had a majority of 8. The real test OF
strength was on the first ballot, when
the opponents of the legislation scored
a victory by a vote of 1872 to 154.
The interests that are determined tC
force subsidy legislation are well or.
ganized. Their representatives hav,
during the last four months called OF
many Of the republican members o
the house who refused to support tn,
legislation at the last session and {
large amount of literature is now beinl
sent out in the interest of the legisla
ton. In their representations to mem
bers of congress the subsidy people sa!
that in the interest of harmony the!
are now willing to abandon the at
tempt to secure the enactment o
any such subsidy legislation as wa