Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-23
SENATOR STONE CONSIDERED
PANAMA TOLLS EXEMPTIONS
6oUNTIEs TO MoNoPoLIEs.
SUPPORTED REPEAL BILL
Asserts American Rights Under Canal
Treaties, but Strongly Opposes
Substituting American Coast
wise Vessels.

Washington, d. C.-In the contest over
the repeal Of the canal tolls exemption
act, just concluded, Senator William J.
Stone Of Missouri was one OF the Presl-
dents supporters in advocating the repeal
bill. In setting forth his reasons for his
position, Senator S,une said:
I'm 1912, Congress passed what is
known as the Panama Canal Administra
ton Act The general purpose Of lhls
act was to regulate the OPERATION OF thi Is
International waterway. The act con-
tanned a provision cXCmptlng American
COuStwiSe vessels lIOn the payment ut
tolls for passing through the canal.
While this mcdSUr" Was pending before
Congress IN 1872, the government OF
Great Britain protested to our state De-
IHItmeut that the exemption Of Ameri-
can ships from The payment Of toli,
while charging tolls against the vessels
of other nations. would be viOlative Of
om treaty Obligations. Great Brit liu
COntended that under the so-calIed Hay
PduncclulC treaty contracted between
the United states and Great Britain, iiE7
government could moi grant prcfeItntiil
OF discriminatory rates to American ships
without violating our international dSres-
meut. Tha question was then very thor
OuEhly debated in Congress, some hold
ing that the British contention was well
founded, while others malhjaIucu tlal
the United States had clear lEht under
TIT treaty to grant lowe lUiS 10 Amell-
can Vessels than might be required ut
other Vessels. or to enln t4y exempt
American vessels rom the payment OF
any tolls Whu tSpcyer. A decided MAORI
" in both Houses adopted the latter
View, ant according!y enacted the law If
l1l2, containing the provision cNemptlns
our co9stWi~c Shipping uQ.n the pay
gent WS?n o 5y faand GT1 s the i f t@
exemption clause of the act of l?4-
should be repealed. lie based his COHten-
tion on TWO grounds. 'irst, mat aI.rr ma
urr reflection and Thorough study Of ihe
iGn Thai the cvenl Jiou was yioIatjye of
on tr"9ty WItn 81 1T rrit|in. and. sec
o,G. INT the eXemI.tI. n Was in itself a
wTS.E economic poll y and l.. coutravun-
,5r me gr3,r9I T. h ~, : cnIlntiy
win rrsurrt 10 .grwutiu- subsidies to III.
IY"I',IN"t marine, TIis s.Gio,t provo &c /
"a Ior,, mi s6mevJh.if hon n discuss -,
IN ,,oI,yress. On the tariff and currency
niuy tn. Democrats in both Houses VIZ.
Thited nut on t4e IONS I1eso0 Ml,, me
the Repahlicans and Prus.ussiyes woIe
divided. IL fact, i WAS H., iegtM"t ui
treated as l"riy gu sd u \ majority
in 10th HoUs. S tied, to f,rtu the 50
called trcc u..S PROVISION u me law put
those who voted Iar repeal were mot All
influenced ~. tine same c9nSiderHtlons,
Some voted for repeal solely because
they believed l6"t the exemption law was
Nlolative Of our solemn international
agreement ma not because they We're
opposed to ,he idea Of granting ship sub
sides out 81 tha pubic treasury; OtnerS
voted for repeal solely because they We're
opposed to allowing coast wise shipping
absolute freedom from al. charges for
"' "' 10 ST."
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l. .. ''''r1
the NE 'at tagt 30 N,nl"t-
e. a. t:.at&. ad 80. re-. '.l& : o..
t'n0p L. I.i."y. Pc. 49, : lid 4 hc
liu\c Z. "igl Il on" 'iin Clu.5.
Britain ~ es, p..t .'l''cNn SIils fr"3'
c.'.. 'r BE- " c.tW 3D. t." be.iCi.
tina, % ..... 81. fr0~' ..' rnT,Acnt
&C O.. A." ". cot, 1t II col
lrct. .. .u. ,.an I't ..~ the tolls; or,
in other words, ta.t ,.. os nption from
tolls was nothing more nor less than
subsidy granted at the public expense.
| have always opposed sUbSidizing the
merchant marine or amy NGt Of it, and
that has long been he consistent anG
cratic party. 1t has been 80 declared in
various national platforms.
"Tnosn who voted oaai,sr r.,.oI,ng tno
frea tniS nr"(.isiHT Of tbn law anintSin 1!
Viii "i. u (ipHt and nsfn ~ tb
eH n IA tEat IL d ~ o T"t
riii, e,,b Ss the 6oS,orra t Si't't
nouncSd HIS Vas not part w oIIa t!ttE pG in
IL ~ ~ wa, r1 Ifr 20 C 81 o"ti uaG'S e
etnT ana %3SrI%nr aI 5t Js5 ea ~
Inc lines and Voted in accoTd3H"e XIX ~ parry s
ot,Nn clrI.ict jH1G -ot.i - +L ~ Ut ne ~
SoIS IT, u,ont L1ri ,Tofn,t -, - 80, g. % VI
~ "NC'.t 49, "5nIit"t my hIliH IUI
coastwise vessels from , the e aSyme S1 oo of
emDtion rs nothing Sborf Of an S IiIs .
smbsi6v To- mar EaTt Of our ca .,1arcIo ne
LiI ,,"rt re,rSS " ',t D}tStalens anu
vi o n,tbiic ia "a rt i1Sst ~
men th%ueh1 b LEI E ains5 N vi
tSouebt tbat ~ tbn %@,,e,,,, ISNV NV tES
Ne inciined "a gro me sm snp9
n0iinv that ~ nor S,26 ~ an
dies 6ad' Eatter he granteS 70 Sh ~
Ine u, ,I nan TO vessels en-.
n66eT o,,r tInyrieo m,iS tiH m pSGause
can coastwise Vessels enjoy am We nbsnImfs