Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-08-25 | Page 6 | Says Jones Bill Hits Japan Trade

SAYS JONES JUES BILLS BilL s S HITS JAPAN TRADE Auff AuS' 25 there thore Is considerable Indignation and consternation consternation consternation conster conster- nation In shipping circles hero noro as a n. result rosult of the tho passage at Washington o othe of the Jones merchant marine bill a aleast at least some Japanese are able ablo to see sea Japan span is 13 s not In position to object with any great degree of ot Justice aa ns long longas as she sho herself h has s on her statute hooks laws which opera operate to against foreign foreiGn- ers Already there thero have bee na number of protests sent to tho the government by various organizations of shipping and am business men but no hint has ye yet been given as to what form the the- cabInets cabInet's cabinets cabinet's cabinets cabinet's cab cab- inet's protest will take In memorials forwarded to the tho government government gov gov- ov- ov tho provisions of tho bill bUl that arc are most objectionable to Japanese In Interests Interests In- In are ro 1 Prohibition of or foreign ships from Crom entering American harbors harbors har har- arbors ar- ar bors where they engage In competition tion lion with watt American ships by means moons of rebates etc 2 Inclusion of the tho Philippines with tho scope of ot tho the coastwise shipping law thus preventing prevent prevent- ing foreign bottoms from engaging In trade trado between tho the Philippines am and tho United States Stales 3 abolition of special overland freight rates and 4 4 imposition of ot customs dues against foreign shipping Various predictions have been made mado madoas as to tho the effect of ot tho the operation oo of the bill will m be on Japanese o ship ping pins Thus It has been claimed that It t will wUl affect 80 SO per cent of the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese merchant marino marine and that as asa asa asa a consequence tho the big Nippon and Osaka liners may be he withdrawn from North NorthAm Am American trade being placed on the South American run Instead In tho the hope of ot developing this Business which showed considerable growth during durin war years but which has since then been dwindling