Evening journal., 1922-05-31
SHIPPING Bill, Anso1dyrEI,y VITAL.

q A BsoJUTELY vital TO the success Of the Amer-
IA can ship owning and operating industry is the
prompt passage the great shipping bill proposed by
President Harding" declared Captain Eugene oDon-
nell in a address the Society Of Naval Archi-
tecs and Marine Engineers. everything
lost been done toward a permanent
ton of American shipping in overseas trade II that
falls the American people lose all hope OF realizing
anything on 50 investment in the ship
ping The national Importance
cannot be overestimated Our foreign competitors
anxiousy watching present legislative
effort in Washington. They know as we'll as we know
that this BILL once enacted, will make America great
commercial power the They dread the result
national aid applied shipping exactly It has
successfully applied in the past manufactur
ing. mining, and farming in America"
Captain oDonnell contributed what Deawareans
is an interesting to the merchant marine
gument when he said III American ships were every
where the majority trade the wage diff
ference might be heavy a handicap It is at
present the foreign ships that far nu-
and their managers and operators
trenched in position not In order de-
velop merchant marine take part Of
their present trade away from enterprsng
competitors need not point out that this is difficult
do with ships confined relatively types !
maintained substantially higher wages and
subsistence"
Comparing wages and subsistence on an American I
a British oil-burning ship $500 showed
a difference of nearly $1,000 in favor the British
ship while on 5000 coal burner the difference
ranged $4,000 $4,000 period of eleven
months
With respect to marine legislation Il reported that
administration plan the passage ship
bill calls favorable report the bill about June
passage by the House that month, by
the Senate while the conference the tariff is in
progress. This provided the Democratic hibuster
policy does upset things the it can oe
dealt with in summary fashion but the Senate rules
make it difficult to prevent the obsructionist =
tactics Of the Democratic bee trying
to talk the tariff bill to death
One action which calculated to expedite the pas ;
sage Of the ship aid bill is the elimination OF the sec
uon relating to immigration requiring so per cent .
OF all emgrants to book passage on American vessels
But this does not that purpose of the section
has been renquished. It be covered in separate
bill for action concurrenty with the shipping bill Tb,s
bill will be drawn by the immigration Committee IN
conference with the State Department
The section dealing with naval reserve 20 be made
up of serving in the merchant marine was strclar
Of the proposed shipping bill time ago because
of what promised to be fight this section by or !
ganzed which might have jeopardized the entire
BILL certainly have materially delayed its
passage President Harding is chiefly concerned with
guaranteeing expediting the bill its essential par
ticulars namely. put American in position
to compete successfully with foreign boats, and the
trimmings may be attended TO subsequently. There
be little doubt but that the shipping bill
will become