Evening star., 1914-08-08


posed law except those of the Standard
Oil Company and the United Fruit Com
pany which were willing to become
patriotic i'm times of war III the country
of their flag
Fights for a Concession.
Senator Chamberlain led fight by
Pacific coast senators to have the foreign
ships which register under the pending
bill given permission to haul lumber from
the Pacific to the Atlantic through the
canal Senator Weeks criticised their
course as selfish
Senator Weeks insisted that TINS
would be an entering wedge 70 get
foreign vessels into the coastwise trade
of the United States. nov ptohioited
By law.
Senator O'Gorman, who is in charge
Of the bill in the Senate. sald toaaS
that so far as he was concerned no
amendments to the bill as reported "
the Senate would be accepted peEohu
the Jones amendment and an aih"Ha
ment offered by senator Burton OF
Ohio providing that all vessels chart
cred by the American Red Cross ior
relief purposes should be admitted 10
American registry.
Hundred Vessels Available.
information as TO ships in the American
coastwise trade which would be avail
able for oversea traffic in the European
war emergency. Acting Secretary of Com
merce Sweet reported replies from Gus
toms collectors in various ports. These
indicate that about 100 vessels of various
tonnage capacities would be available az
this time.
hay of a : fOll1MS. SAN Erdn-
CISCO ten: Los Angeles. IoIs. bu--u-.. -
teen New York, th!rty-one. ~. d'noit.
twenty-siX, and Philadelphia, fourteen.
The Senate WAS again tooaed WITH telt-
grams bearing on the subject of providing
TRANSPORTATION. Washington t;uit gloN
ers declared the war would take the Ger
man and British ships out OF service lor
moving the export apple crop.
The American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company protested against the amend
ment proposed by Senator Jones TO ule
pending registry bill. which would permit
foreign ships of American trade 10 enter
the coastwlse service.
Notes the Probable Effect.
This. the company said. either would
put our fleet of twentv-siN ships out OF
business or force them under 4 foreign
flag" A telegram from the New Orleans
Board of Trade urged that the emergency
legislation provide that foreign-built ships
could ply between the Atlantic and
Pacific ports. The Fall River. Mass.
Chamber OF Commerce urged legislation
that would >hying permanent increase to
the merchant marine, declaring the pend
ing bill unsatisfactory and likely 10 in
volve the United States.
Senator Newlands' Amendment.
This amendment to the canal act pro-
vides for admitting to American regis
try foreign built ships less than tive
years old 1t was scheduled TO pass
yesterday, but some opposition devei-
oped Senators Simmons and Williams,
democrats, attacking the plan as dam
gerous and Inadequate TO meet the sit
uation.
Senator Newlands introduced an
to the bill renewing an ef-
fort made several years ago which
would authorize the government to
provide for construction in private or
government navy yards of thirty yes-
sells to be used as auxiliary ships to
the navy or for use in commercial or
navy mali lines, might hereafter
be provided.
The proposed ships would not cN-
ceed in aggregate cost s30.000,o00. and
not more than six ships to be built in
any one year, 81. 000. 900 to be expended
III the current year.