Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-08-15 | Page 1 | No Canal Tolls for Coast Ships

NO CANAL TOLlS FOR COAST SHIPS Conferees Reach Agreement on Administration ion Amendments Washington 1 Aug Auff An H.-An agreement a on Oil the Panama canal administration bill bIH was reached b by the tho conference tee teo eo of ot the thc House and Senate tOda today by which free passage o Is Js denied to Amer ican lean owned ships engaged aged in foreign trade Foreign ship building materials are admitted free freo of oC tariff to th the t United States and tho the Interstate commerce commerce commerce com com- merce commission Is given power to break up any combination of competing rail and water lines which It finds are not for tor tho public good Two of the six Elx members of ot the con con- ference committee Senator and Representative St Ste ens of oC Minnesota Minne sota declined to sign sigh the report Those Thoo who all ched their names to tho the agreement agree meat ment were Senators Bristow and Simmons Simmons Sim Sire mons and arid Representatives es Adamson an and Sims As perfected In tho the conference committee tho the canal bill now provides Free passage p for American ships hIp engaged ns In coastwise trade registry for American American- owned foreign built ships engaged exclusively l cl In foreign n trade No tariff on foreign ship ing materials J for use In this coun coun- try Trust owned ships prohibited from the canal Railroads prohibited from owning ownIng ownIng own- own Ing competing waterway lines linos operating op op- crating through tho the canal or else olao- w Ii One Ono man government go for Cor Panama canal and canal zone The conference agreement will be bo re reported reported re- re ported to the thc house and ancl Senate tomorroW tomorroW tomorrow tomor tomor- row und and It Is believed belle It will iiI meet op opposition op- op position In Iii dropping the thc Senate amendment giving sl free Cree passage to American ships engaged In foreign trade the thc conference committee yielded to those who considered this clause a direct violation of or of the tho treaty wi with Great Britain The railroad section o of the thc bill is drastic and broad In the thc powers pO It confers con con- on- on fers on Oil the tho interstate commerce commission com corn mission j