Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-12-30 | Page 5 | General Panama Canal Measures

8EKERJ1L PJUMIU WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 lioth Sen ator Flint, of Caliieirnla. chairman of the committee on interc"aiilc canals, and Representative .Mann, of Illinois, chairman of the hu.-e commit ee on lutirstate and fo.-eig i con.m rce. ex-j ex-j pect to introduce general Panama can I al bills. Thes? will Incorporate their i differing Ideas as to the needs of Ieg-j Ieg-j Islntlon for the waterway In the light of the White House conference last night, 'I his cemferenro developed substantial substan-tial harmony of opinion favorln.; fortl-ficatloi fortl-ficatloi of the canal; presidential discretion dis-cretion .16 to the exict amount of the tolls, and prescribed mai.lmum aad minimum limitations: government operation op-eration of the dry dock and repair shop facilities, and government sa'e of all the coal, oil and other ship supplies sup-plies at both ends rf the canal to the world trade passing through It and for the safeeuardmg Of the corupe.l-tion corupe.l-tion through the canal. The question as to whether foreign shipping and coastwise shipping wt.uld receive equal treatment in canal charges could not be reconciled, aud the problem still is unsolved Senator Flint's hill will provide either an unqualified passHgc of American ships or the collection of toll and subsequent rebate of the entire en-tire toll, which, from the rlewpolnl of some of those in the conference, merely mere-ly would operate as a matter of bookkeeping. book-keeping. His bill will fix a certnin maximum and minimum tolls on vessels ves-sels of other countries, probably from 50 or cents minimum to $l.2" or $1.50 maximum a net ton. leaving t.o exact chnrire to the discretion cf the President, so that It can be adjusted to changing commercial conditions. It will provide that the relate to coastwise vessels shall not he allowed to any vessels owned or controlled bv any railrood with which they are competitive, d'rectly or inllrecflv. If also wl'l provide that the governnv-ni , may take over to Its own uses, when public emergencies make It necessary, any vessels that avail themselves of the rebate, which would make nil coastwise craft eng-'gel in canal traffic traf-fic subject to naval uses on demand. The general reinsure that Mr. Mann propores nrohab'y will be pre-sented pre-sented to his collearpies on the Interstate Inter-state and foreign commerce committee commit-tee svm after the holiday recess.