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Show NEW SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. Humphrey of Washington Presents New Measure to Congress. Washington. The first active step toward ship subsidy legislation in the Sixty-first, congress was taken Thursday, Thurs-day, when Representative Humphrey of Washington introduced iu the house hie ocean mail subsidy bill. It is patterned after the bill which, was considered by the last congress but contains several new features ap proved by the Merchant Marine leagne, whose banquet Wednesday! night in the Interest of a greater mer-j chaivt marine was attended by President Presi-dent Tnt'i. The original bill provided that the pay for ocean mall service on vessels of the second class on routes to South America, to the Philippines, Phil-ippines, to Jay&n. to China and to Aus-tralasia Aus-tralasia should hereafter be the pay now accoided vessels of the first class. In addition, the new bill provides pro-vides for "free ships." American ships are to be permitted to purchase vessels in any country they may choose, and run them under their own Hag in the foreign trade or trade with the Philippines. |