The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-12
AMERICANS PROTEST
SHIP TAX BY ITALY
Call Deposit Of $40 for Each
Immigrant Plot to Favor
Their Own Lines.
MAY CANCEL SAILINGS

Representatives OF steamship lines Win
vessels plying between American and ral.
ian ports we're surprised recently to TO-.
ceive a notification from the italian Com
missioner Of Emigration at Rome SAVING
that "all steamships Of whatever nag i.
plying for special consular license mus.
hereafter give as a bond a minimum OF
81, 900 besides 500 for each immigran, ear.
RED"
Tho International Mercantile Marine
Company. controlling the American Linz,
conceived that this notification was equiv.
aient to "A tax on all other shipping eN...i
Italian TO boom the interests OF the Italian
lines. T. A. s. Franklin head OF the lu-
ternatlonal Mercantile Marine sent a pt..
test to Washington yesterday, In which ue
said that IL the new Italian regulation
was insisted upon the company wou'I
have to withdraw from service the Am,I.
lean steamship Finland, scheduled to sail
for Naples and other Mediterranean ports
on November 81.
Richard III. Farley, manager ~ m,
third class passenger business VI the I.-
ternational Mercantile Marine, said It
seemed to the company that the security
required OF other lines except Italian was
purely for the promotion of Italian shir.
ping interests TO the detriment OF Amr.-
lean and British. The German shpuiur
business having been driven from the s,t
by the war, IL lokoed To- him as If tho
Italians wanted to capture by "A stroke Of
Italian diplomacy the great steeraEc traf-
hc that the German lines had been forced
to give up.
1t was said 10 be not improbable. how.
ever, that Washington might take a hara
In the diplomatic game. At all events th.
line had registered a protest and expected
an answer in Il few days Inasmuch. Nj
Farley said. as the American Government
requires no bond from Italian ships bring
ms immigrants and third class passen-
gers to American ports he did not see
why American ships should bee taxed al
this end OF the voyage. He suggested that
a United States consular requirement /.
Italy similar to that of the Italian Gov
eminent here might open the eyes OF In,
Italian ship owners.
They want us to deposit $4,000 in cas-
In an italian bank here" Mr.. Farley said
las bond for the Finland and $50 f.r
edch Steerage passenger. Now. we expect
to carry about 1900 Italians east on the
ship, and as each one will cost Us $50 W.
VIII have to turn over to the Italian bank
designated $4,000. That is what We
might call discrimination against Amer
lean shipping. We do not require a bond
from italian vessels that land immigrants
here. That is why We have protested t.
Secretary Bryan"
Mr.. Farley recalled that the Cunarder
carpathia, which sailed In September for
Naples was held up and fined $50 for
each OF her 1900 steerage passenger.
II was said the case was adjusted later
ana the fine RENTED. The reason given
Nr. Farley said, for holding up the Car
'athia was that she was flying bellger-
mt nag and Italy feared that her subjects
aboard might be molestcd. The Car
Iathia's skipper pleaded ignorance of the
'ule, apparently newly adopted. requiring
ne putting UP OF money for third class
passengers bound for Italy