New-York tribune., 1910-02-04
SUBSIDY BILL OUT
FAVORABLE REPORT
To Meet Strong Opposition
Clash an Committee.
rFrom Tbs Tribune Bureau


Washington, Feb. S.-The hurnplies
subsidy bill. en1bodying many OF tne
-,oinistration-s ideas on TINS iesiSieSioA
ceived = favorable report -Ioii 'l.
,u;ttee on Merchant Marine aho
ro-day The vote was lo 10 d
1en,,bIicans with the exception Of Repre-
sentatIves Wilson. OF ILLINOIS, ano -.
~ Maine voted for the measure. while thes
Der,ocrsts voted solidly against it Rep-
ressntatjves Maynard end Hohson. peiiio-
,ra,s were absent, but their presence
,yo,,5d have had no bearing on the result
a. Nr Hohson favors the measure Whiio
Mr MAYNARD is opposed to IL
That there will not be q general oeieO
lion in the Democratic ranks Wneh 'io
measure comes TO a vote in the House was
indicated by the position OF Represell'a'l,
Frank Clark, Of Florida VINO Foteu as -
the bill. He has frequently Foueo WIN
nenuh}icans and had been couilleu %
assist in the passage OF the neas
fsefore ,b.. committee went into e'ecutl.e
session there were several passages
rms between members and witnesses VIM
,,,osa5 = favora BILE report Representative
humphrey announced that h eNpecteu q
vote OH the bill to-day. >Sepreseii'a'i'o
Wilson took exception to Ibis s'a'ei,ielr'' ..,.
and deciar.i that he objested TO 'ns I'm
being ''railroa ded-''
We have given two Gays 10 'ne oPe
iicn.- replied Mr.. Humphrey ana l "d
ojEer matters pending "hioh
immediate attention.
You have not gwen anything repheu
Mr. Wilson. and lou have nothing 10 give.
1x-a r.a,,+ a +,,1I. hearing on this measure
The chairman raped for order, and MT.
t5,,n,,,,,r.,. v-as allowed TO proceed With his
argument in f.vor Of the bill
- ssr,eudr4ent was suggested by j.
zI,,,r,aen D,uehertv, on behalf of the Mer-
,hanrs' Association, providing that when a
5orafrn bYiIt ship is admitted TO registry
rho cecreary Of the Trea sury shall require
= stjr7,Istion that such vessel shall not be
.7nrf-1Af to or receive at any time any
subsidr-
Mr. Humphrey declared that the amend
inert was absurd, and that the bill as
drawn was sufficiently restrictive. Mr.
Ioousherty declared that Mr.. Humphrey
Was not in earnest N his desire to enact
real ship subsidy legislation. saying: We
have been appearing against ship subsidy
r,ills for many years because no bill has
zst been drawn that closes the doors to
foreign built ships
George s Duval, OF New York, was the
first witness heard. He advocated more
drastic provision as TO foreign ships.
L is prcha bic that the bill will be taken
Id early next week, but the exact date has
ret been set There is strong opposition to
1t and its leading advocates admit that the
7.ote will be extremely close Before the
bill was voted on an amendment was
adopted striking out the clause granting
subsidies TO vessels Of the third class and
nf not more than fourteen knots speed As
1he bill now stands, subsidies will he
granted only TO vessels having minimum
speed OF sixteen knots an hour. The pro
visions Of the measure have already been
gwen IN these dispatches.
The minority members Of the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries tonight
made z public statement relating 10 the
protest Of NJ Alexander, of Missouri.
against haste in taking action on the
Humphrey bill Nr. Alexander was Joined
II Messrs- Spight, OF Mississippi; Goulden,
e New York: Clark. OF Florida; Hardy, OF
Texas. and Wilson, OF Illinois. They say
that only a few facts were brought out
~ the hearings on the bill. the most sig
gagged in the foreign trade is in excess Of
The needs Of the service and that the pas
sage Of the Humphrey bill would not lower
the rates or give shippers any better facili-
ties They add that il would be farce to
Sav the bill was considered by the commit
tee and that the whole controversy will be
transferred TO the floor Of the House and
tf7raSfnsj ont there