The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-25
OPPOSITION IS
STILL STRONG
RooseveIt's Advocacy of Ship
Subsidy Not Likely to
Force 1t Through.
MIDDLE WEST is OPPOSED
oo.cK or PARTY WHIP HAS NO
TERRoRs.

n a. Feb. 4.-One Of the
1T will enliven the closing
sliu7e ef This congress will be over meas
d'yS % - neral legislation upon when
ui' If the Roosevelt admlhlstra-
me Viz t,-..,,eelv centered. This bill IS
''o" -,-;1or than national interest; II
itiso % ,ationaI importance. ~, !. -
IS OF nv, .I - t1c "ship SUBSIDY OIL ts
" XII XIV "dd,escrintion indicates its trans =
~ ,v,ti. interest Its ttie = ,,osto y
-,ror5ote The national delyIifai Ame~ican
naval reserve. to e'ign markets and
ocean mail lines 10 ~
a. promote commerce .bo senate in one
70 ~. biIi las passed the Set.o. i -
-, buf has been repoIts'u.l. s,,t ti,-es in
-. al the house OF fepIO 80 -, 49,
mlllee +bar aifferent form ASt az VhV
an aItoss - .a.complish the same purpose
desisli 'S,us.,,3ad bill provides LOT Tour new
me ails American mail steamships
lines W,,si subsidies II also PROVIDES
vi ss,bsidies for three eNIstIllIg ii,.eS S
ssrosq the Pacific two 70 N. {ue s6ins s 60
- ~ Australia. All OF the sIlpS' saN :
utc ~ mai are TO run between some
the " y. .La Gulf of Mexico ana the istn-
~. - pauama at twelve khoIs sPeeu'
~ he Of sixteen knots speed. ATE, AileI
native provision Is Ihaue i'i
for fortnightly service
Nat Many Ships Required.
,,. u-onosed line from an Atlantic port
nc PsTtina will probably require I'VE
I,rs ami the proposed line TO BLaZll
Iii reorire four ships. II 1ortnlgntiy
',r,-ice Is rendered. The other new INT,
~, iron, Pacific ports to Panama, Peru
H chile will require five ships, II me
.ar,-ice is fortnightly. II Is probaDie tIial
~, new ships will be needed 10 meet 1lle
naad requirements On the me rum "a
~. cound 10 the Orient. There Is
- tbat the two Great Northern
siearnships Dakota and Minnesota may
~ t-sved up to attain the required speed
~ sixteen knots. although the ships are
rated at fourteen knots. -
ma line from san Francisco TO the
orient Will require at least one and pos
sibIv two additional ships TO perform
- f,,li service. and II is likely that the
line m Australia will be augmented by
one new shin. if the amended Dill passes
as il now stands. The new ships or SIX
,so1 Knots speed required will be. there
fore from twenty-five to twenty-three
besides two new ships OF fourteen Knots
Tor The new line to the isthmus OF Pan
ana from the Gulf of Mexico.
Must Be Built in United States.
An Of these new steamships TO earn the
mail subsidy for postal service must bt
buiN in the United States. on designs ap'
proved by the navy department with {
view 10 their use as auxiliary cruisers OF
transports by the government IN time o.
war OF their crews an increasing pro
aortion-one-half after five years-musi
be- American citizens, and they are re
quired TO carry a certain number ol
American bows as cadets.
The United States will require from
these ships all services which are rem
dered by British ocean mail steamers L
their government The proposed law
would award postal contracts to the low
est responsible bidder. as does the Brit
ish government Just as British steam
ITS must be built under admiralty inspec
tion and subject TO admiralty approval
50 the American steamships. before belnl
accepted must be tested and approved b.
board Of naval officers.
The provision in the bill for naval re
serves was framed by the general boar
q the navy of which Admiral Dewey
president The formation of such re
serve has been advocated by Presiden
Roosevelt. Rear Admiral Luce and CAP
tain Mahan. The design is to give to tn
United States a body Of men thorough
Injured 10 the seas. ready to step at ono
On ship board in case of war and fit 70
any cruise in am cline between the Arc
tic and the equator
Compensation Proposed
The compensation provided in the bi
FOR carrying ocean mail correspond
closely to the rates OF payment for sim
liar service by the British, the Germa
and the Frencn governments. The dura
u0n OF contracts proposed in this bill 1
ten years. The usual duration OF Euro
pean ocean mail contracts is from te
10 twenty years. For example. the neN
contract Of the Cunard company with tn
British government runs for twent
years
If this measure is enacted and the max
mum postal service required is rendered
there will follow maximum annua
payment TO these lines of s., 150. 600. Thi
VIII probably look TO foreign ship own
efs Ike large amount of money to ex
"end, under ten years contract, for n
more than thirty steamships. even of tn
speed specified The amended bill re
tuses to recognize the principle of sub
sldies TO cargo vessels This Is the chang
N the bill as IL passed the senate tina
mas hit most severely the shipping inter
ISIS mat have been advocating consp1c5l
eusly subsidy legislation. As it passe
the senate a year ago. the bill provide,
n9l Only Tor mail lines, of less speed an
more cargo capacity than the pending bi
Isgnres, but it also provided a flat sob
shy OF = per ton per annum for carg
in