Show COMMISSION MODIFIES ITS ORDER REGARDING CANAL ZONE SHIPMENTS Would Have c Delayed d Completion of Big DIJ Ditch n a Year It to Stand Shand Washington ton Nov o 21 With With a n delay of ot perhaps a lL year car in the completion of oC tho the Panama canal In prospect unless foreign vessels are allowed to continue continuo earl carrying ln material and supplies to tho the canal zone the Interstate commerce commission to today a decided to modify Its recent administrative ruling that shipments ship ments destined from points In fn tho the United States to Porto Porte Rico the tho canal zono ono or tho the Philippine Islands are coastwise shipments Tho The precise terms of oC tho the modified I or order or are arc not yet et available but tho they will amount practically to a a. withdrawal of oC the thin or order r Tho original ruling of ot tIme thc commission was recognized Instantly instant Instant- ly hr of vital Importance to vessel owners throughout the thc world Under tho time statUtes stat stat- utes of ot this country coastwise shipping ma may bo be carried only In American yes ves sels The Tho commerce between tho the United States an and tho the canal zone Porto Rico and tho tue Philippines now no noIs Is carried largely b by vessels flying foreign foreign for for- cl eign n flags D B By tho the torms terms of or time tho commissions commission's S ruling shipments to the tho territories named could be carried only In Amor- Amor Ican lean ships Tho ruling was waR hailed halIe jo Joyously joyously Joy joy- oust b by American shipbuilders one of or whom Informed tho the commission yesterday yes yes- that It would mean menn tho doubling of ot tho capacity of oC his shipyard The Tho government O Itself however ho an and I particularly tho the Isthmian canal commIssion commission com coin mission was waH thrown Into a n. commotion by tile the ruling Till The matter was wits presented pre Immediately Immediate to tho the commission with tho the statement that the tho ruling If It should stand would bo be a n heavy blow to tho tIme construction of the Panama canal delaying Its completion probably probably probably ably a year eal |