Show a i SHIP SUBSIDY Ii AGAIN AGITATED l Dinner Given Glen in Washington at att Which the Old Subject t l Is Resumed f tl i CANNON GUEST OF HONOR HONORI j I Washington June a Ship subsidy wb was j revived and a new form of or campaign In Inaugurated li at a dinner given by the Mer Ner Merchants chants chang Marine Marina league I a e at the New VII AVil f lard hotel tonight ht A new bill will win be Introduced f itt in th the house on Thursday Thur by hy Representative Humphrey Humphre of Washington t I and in the senate senal by bv some friend of the i l I ship Sh subsidy probably Senator Jailing Galling r Speaker Cannon was the guest of honor honorat at the dinner President Taft gave ve en ment to the e promoters bay ny hy drop dropping dropping dropping ping in about 9 II remaining for a short abort time He declared he would do all aJl allin allin in his power to rehabilitate the American merchant marine The avowed purpose of the dinner was to persuade President Pre Taft Speaker Cannon Can Cannon Cannon non and the Republican leaders that the new Humphrey bill should be made a part of or the Republican R legislative program next winter Scope of f the Bill BillAt BillAt BillAt At present Americans owning foreign built shops hops are not permitted to fly the American flag over ever them or have them admitted to American registry unless they are more mere than halt half rebuilt In American ship hip yard yards The bill Mil proposes MOI OC to admit to American registry foreign bunt built ships bI bIor of or gross tons or more wholly owned by Americans Americana These Th ships are to be re ft restricted restricted to foreign trade or trade of the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands and aDd are areto areto areto to be barred from the coastwise le trade and from an all 11 mall mail compensation under the act ae of 1891 1881 or the Humphrey act set The tonnage tonna taxes in waters of this tJ a hemisphere are arc to be reduced while ton tOll tonnage tonnage nage na e taxes In the transAtlantic trade and in the eastern trade are to be bf mate materially materially increased The reciprocal law re relating relating relating lating to the tonnage accounts a Is te re repealed repealed repealed pealed by the Mil bill This will mean n an I increase estimated at in tonnage tonna taxes to be paid by foreign n ship owners A rebate of oC 9 II l per cent will wi be allowed among ships which carry American boys or apprentices apprentice to be trained In seaman seamanship man ship The bill seeks kII to establish e new n mall mail lines in South and Central Centres America Japan China the Philippines and Aun Aue the compensation of or these 8 lines be being beIng beIng ing paid out of the mall receipts |