The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-15
Foreign Ships Not
Expected TO Engage
In Coasfwise Trade
Alexander Says He Does Not
Believe Board Will Iniure
American interests


The following. Authoritative CORE
spondencc from Washington on th,
shipping bill, dated August 30. give.
the details Of the house acceptance OF
the senate amendments and rcitPrate,
what air ndv has been published here
that only foreign built vessels admit
red to American registry through gov
'rnment ownership can engage IN the
coast wise trade.
The statement by Representative Al
cxander, chairman of the house mer.
chant marine committee, that ne did
not believe foreign built vessels would
be used in the cOastwise trade. is OF
particular interest.
Separate Roll Calls on Two
The correspondence follows:
In the house yesterday morning
Judge Alexander moved to take the
shipping bill from the speakers table
and concur in the, senate amendment
thereto. On this motion Mr. Greene
Of Massach usetts made the point of no
quorum. On the roll-call 235 members
answered present, so the house pro
ceeded to consider the amendments to
the bill.
It was agreed that all amendments
except those contained in Section Q
(rcgnrding foreign ships in the coast
wise trade) and the new Section 80
(Which is termed the blacklist srctiou)
should be voted on as n unit aud that
separate roll-calls should be had on the
other two amendments.
The various provisions Of the bin
were debated in the house all Nestcr-
day afternoon and the objections to
permitting foreign ships engaging in
The cOastwise trade were elucidoted by
Representatives Greene Of Massachu
sCtts, Parker of New Jersey, Bennett
Of New York, Fordney of Michigan,
and others, while Representatives. Har-
dy and Alexander defended the bill.
Judge Alexander took the position
that the amendments made by the sen
ate in manner improved the bill to
the extent that under the house provi-
1iOns lin the event the shipping board
lid not consider an existing service
adequate) the foreign.built vessels
registered under the Act of August Is,
vI4, could have engaged in partial
cOastwise trade, while under the
amendments made by the senate to
Section y none Of these vessels ore eli
gible to the cOastwise trade, and only
those which are obtained by or through
Me shipping board can enter such
rrvicP.
Judge Alexander stated that he had
consistently opposed the admission Of
foreign built vessels to the cOastwise
TO, 4 Lnk 1 / l. Il
'h'"' ing board would permit such in
cursions of the coastwise trade by for
eign built vessels as would do the
,n,,s, injury; he doubted whether
any at all would enter that service, be-
ause he was under the impression that
he board would be composed OF sensi,
lie men and that they would find a way
# administering the law so az not to
10 injury to any legitimate interest;
hat the prime effort would be to build
Up the foreign trade of this country
md not interfere with the domestic
service except in such instances as
night suggest glaring need for add
Ionul service or the corrections of
ractises which were couclusiveIy
shown not to be beneficial to the whole
N'i'N' IL ulNp ~ pl'SSVh NhC DCllCl
hat all vessels would be built in this
country.
All Are Accepted
Late yesterday afternoon all the
amendments except those contained in
Sections . and 50 were agreed to on a
division of the house by vote of
fOrtyfour yeas and twenty-nine nays.
No roll call was demanded on those
amendments
This morning at eleven O'Clock the
house convened and Judge Alexander
roNrd to proceed with Sections and
Is. Mr. Greene of Massac Iusetts
gain raised IL point Of no quorum. On
/ call Of the house it was found a sufi
"nt number of members was present
md the bill was taken up. Mr.. Ben
"'tt Of New York, Mr.. Towner of
Iowa. Mr.. Greene and Mr.. Alexander
consumed most Of the time this morn
ny IN connection with these two sec.
u"ns, and on yea and nay vote to
"nrur in srnat" amendments to See
non q there were LOO for and eighty,
three against.
ON the motion to adopt Section So
which was entirely new to the house
NIll and known as the blu~ kEst sec.
ION the vote was l52 to ninety two
TN" above action has the fleet ot
rc house having cOncurred in all of
rr senate amendments to the D!ll, ana
will b" now engro.sed for the sigma.
n" ~ the speaker OF the house and
ur president of the senate, after which
goes to the White House for the
uUruVul of the President