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ai,x1,, N6. 19. Whole No. 556. '
NEW YORK," MAY 9, 1914.
1.-in-4 a
he! in.
mierlan mnllrr. rm. .. roan sl mrssi oases
.‘h .. midi: u.. an oruogrsoo -I Mad: ,. sir,
" PRICE FIVE CENTS.
The clehsie ove-
Jetll made.
was ihiit or Senator James
‘ere o en t
present.
riith the exception
ihiz
iioiu the rlnylllenl oi
as as rollov.
l':Lvdi'
1: Email, Eourne. Brl
Burlllziilti, Cairon. C
i-her. G Johnson.
to
slidnson, Thornton.
rams, Vorlis.
soil. Oliver, Penrane. Root,
A hill is
106:] t
reverse ltsel
su1l[laI't
iiosetl to the exemption
are and lritlencndenre. or
our srtlan an‘the
fhzll meet the rehplmsiblllt
nlifmntr us, ll vi
as b
j‘“'n y rihea her honor
ailoo ror his derease.
.4 ii-tsp zcoxulvrc
Uni
u
llontlhy and many uolalilr size
The grenrcst sneer-ii or all
‘ A. 0‘Gorman
“mt-)1 was delivered on Thu sila
connm c poin
as-i. t o Sena
whether it be long or short this
OI’ Cl'Gol‘lnan will hale
the champions at England up
The full text of the
the hill to repeal the
oil of the Pima
5;, ii a n)'0l'le who
had anytlling worth saying on the sub‘ to U“
it me rm exhaustive study
mint 0! Vlei
the Treaties
i dliestlun, all oi‘
saierlcna rights to Engl-ad.
V body knows how long the discus
2, ml! this vast undertaking the United states
speech has expended oi-er siilu.ooir,noo. its
to be c nstrilctlnn hv Ameri
t
SEllATllll l)'llllllMAllV'S SPEECH.
.‘lr president. on the 7th day or Au-
El , late or -H to ii. the
‘chute declared that vessels engaged in
he coastwise trade snail he exempted
oils nasslns
ilironga the Panama canal. The vote not exceed 31-5-2 per ion with ower
s:
of e'xeu1iztlan-rA:hlIl'$l.
stow. Bryan.
crawiorii. cuinmins, Dllllnzham. Flet-
alrn
ii .
Reed.
ilers. slilvely, slalaions. smith, Ar
sniiilz. Ga; snilt , 5 srnoot. Sta
"Townsend, Will-
to exeiilption-Braiiiiegec,
Burton. Crane, Fall. Gronna. Lodge, Nel-
Wetniore.
novl vending before us to
lie coastw-lse exemption out ths
t seem n
y CD
1. 501118
the repeal’ are or!‘
Senate last
stiles have
Till
si.illsld'ies" ]ng as
the
speech,
the Treaties
noted in it will be round oelow. -
san-
ll’Gl]lililAN'S GREAT AllliUlilENT TUB FREE TULLS.
yew Yarli Senator Makes Masterly Speech in Senate Against Repeal Of The
Provision In The Panama Canal Act Exeinpiing Coasiwiso Vessels-The
Law As It Stands]: Unassailable‘From The Point Of View Of Treaty
Obligations, American Maritime Laws And Econarrlically-Quuies ‘
All The Treaties With Great Britain ln Full And Demoll- 5
strates The Futility And Baselessness Of The English
Conieiiiion-Complete Staienleni0fAmerican Case.
soverelgniy. while the Canal
ms plated by the Trcaty was lo be
i n , h , the Hay-
Paunccioie Treaty is inapplicable.
contem-
1
2
.
ii he remembered
in 1903 the Republic of Panama
‘lzory 1 mile,
tending ror,.40 miles irom the Atlantic
Psi c 0r .
o , can ellterprlse on
American soil at the expense or t e Am
ericnn ineollle
age. i Llnssliianiy weoirer its advantages
to all the nations or the world. it is e
timated that wll cost the united
states not less than s;.orio.ooll annually
n or i e maintenance and operation or
the canal and upnard oMln,ooo.oon ror
its military deie so, which iostther
with ;i2,hntl,mln annual interest uizon
the original iamiioenr, will make An
annual charge or s21,iiiiil,mlo.
(‘0.1lPL‘1'lTll).V or an: .c.a.x'.4L.
in our legislation two years ago Conr
gross oroi-lderi that the Tolls should
rate: for ships in ballast, and it ha:
been estimated that for some years in,-
00,000 tons I'll! annually pass through
the Canal at a n or
re; Joh .
Kenyon, Ksm, L, Fob the United stares, owner or the CAML
‘ 1.1’
000,000, which will
no, itins the roll rate at sizo no
at-2 canal
hy Great Briiain, the toll rates ror that
Canal at the present time being rim
r ton. it was not oosalole. tiiarerore.
to an a toll rate on o hours or securing
a reasonable return upon the cost or
us coristriucilon and maintenance.
legislation reierred to con-
provllie‘thal. merlcan coiidtwlse vu-
sela shall be exempt ironi the payment
is.
0OAS1‘iI'lSi.' RHIPPIXG Nor Ar-
D R!’ TREATIEE.
e g t io ni.-ilie this exeniivlkm
ss ac-en caiilieugeil hy the British i-.si-.
en an
<<
1
.
c
2
'3
.
tion 3
Thors will lie a suhseouent reierencs to
the details or this Treaty. For t
‘he Republic; its rniiuerice may be '9'“ present it is surnclont to stale that it is‘ i
‘E “'1' ‘“" urged on achalr or Great Britain that
l‘“‘“‘ ““ nder its terms vessel r all nations.
T“ "W "9 including American ress 1 mm-
3’ """"“ “W merce and at war
rorru our y
United States
and
se
and security ,m
PULIC 1'.
lcrrltorr orer which the
lcd siatct eiorclscs tlaa'power or
dlit
els
' are to .hs.lresied
alike with resneci Io Toll charges
lr we assume ihai this interpretation
or the l-lay-raunceroie Treaty is me cor-
rect olie,‘lt would ncverllleless rollow
that the exemption or “cons -ise vel-
"" is can not constitute a violation or
- or us provisloita. Under interns-
> the word “ieisela" naen
Brllnln and the ilpilt-d Slates, but has
been disiin-lly recognized by the u-
lireme Court or the United Stains.
L’)i.iLAXlJ‘:t‘ (‘(4h"l'WISE sHIPP!.u.'
I
in the Treaty or coninieri-e and Nnvlv
h
sation is via -rlrldllded lllh urui.
Frll n Jilly , I8 5. six men T-‘ll
ler the Treaty or cite t. it is provided
on irehair or Grout lirlisia inst-
o higher or ollirr duties or charges
shall he inipored in any part: or Brent
on vessels of tho United states
criiiailty ii the treatment or
Great Britain ror now rd or iii ,
aricr lhti adoption urine Treaty or isla
openly dlsirlnlinitlrtl in liver or her
toastwlhe sliipping. Great. priiaia
'5:
:2:
sir
1.‘-H
SENATOR JAMES A. UGORATAV,
jag
changed her pclliry nader'tas Treaty
m’ 1815 only In rrwnt years. when she
opened her coasrw-lac trade to the ves-
sels of other nallnn
The propriety uf lirrtil El'll24ln'i Drlifv
erentlai in-nnnent M llvr coaatwlse
questioned. we
fnllixe rrgnrdlng nilr roaslwlae Hilli-
ring. and our right in do so was ex-
pressly narrated by the decision or the
Supreme Court or the United states in
go.
-
r
a vessel entering the port or Gul-
veston pfotcsleii
Trent)’ D1 1315 Wlxlrli rlrovldcil in be-
halr or the United siutcs that "no high-
er or other ll
lmliohnd in my. lmlts
payable in the sanio ports hi
the United Slates." This case reached
couri. “YIll‘lI decided
against the contention that the discrim-
ination complained or constituted a vlo<
lation or the Treaty. and tho court in
an nninioa ll)‘ chier Justice while
an Al: .
s[‘I>‘TAl.VEll R)’ rllllzr .lL'sTICE
- - iiHI1t:', -
"Nor is there niilrlt to ion cooteatlon
easel ll‘ rlliesllon “Is
tar as the
ritlah vessel -nrilili r m s rurelgn
port, the s laws concerning pilot
Slalear Providing Ihll ‘no hlglier or
other duril-s or rhlrgu shrill be imposed
in and ports or the Eillleil slates o
those payable in
the snma rlnru byet'euel.s of the United
slate lxciilier the exemption
wise steam
suiting troni the law of
states nor any law-riil exam
coastwlsa vessels created by the state
our concerns vessels in the ioreign
trade, and thereiore any such exempt
Ia lziioiage rcxulacioan, eren slihough
such regulations Iilillya without dis-
crlminatlrlri. to all i-easel: cagnged in
such rorclgn trade. whether domestic or
‘vi a."
Great Erll.alri‘s uuirorai practice un-
der the Treaty or iii; a her BO-
auiesccnre in the intarpretailonplaceil
iiprin that Treaty or the unreme couri
e
contention that roasiwlse ics e
(All wllhln tho conlenlplatldn DI Treaty
I do not '
obllgalion iinila rurtlier suirlmrt ln the
British noic til July 8, 19 which
rains the rim. ahieclio nude hy Great
Britain and whit-ll zerrrl la haie been
induced by the icnr that ull Anti-rlr-an
vessels, lrirluillng chose ensiizrd la ror-
eign trade, were to h mm rrorn tile
in tho
the Hrltllh Government slated:
ENGLAAD RI:mu.iIlED THE
II‘
"lithe trade hllould he no regulated
as to make it certain iiist only hun-
, cl.-mrulon, it lnly be
that no ciilecrlno main ho islien"
ll. lllllldrd to the poI=lllle dlmvuliy
Iurh vcsii-is lo hlrliily
. h t it dir-llnrillt rorog.
aim the prlni-Iplol (av which the Am.
zrlun iiovrrnrllont cont-nii-d. and till!
a
i
s
arc a withdrawn
Try the Hrlllslu uovcrumcat. only.Am-
e eng
<
5
s
=
Q
Q.
2
a
re not, in-rmluod to com-
pr-II with American rcsrwln In this trade
it can not he clairnrd that tho exemp-
tlon or coasiwlrio lllc worlis a do
t lily l.n=tI‘ei-l'l
There is a maulrest dis-
ia oi comm-rcs
' anon’: Law
3 .
Dictionary. s Brlllrll authority. dc-ilncs
coinmsrc-e as:
"The intercourse or nations In each
oihrr'n produio and niarlufxrluren in
which the illtwrllllillrp or one
ror tho e. o anoi er and an the reu-
change wlih other nations rorniuiual
nrllrm bzlvriwi-i
e rormer re-
TMFS to Our dP.’Ilin(5 lllll Torelgn I'll‘
iions, rolnillr.-I. elc.: the latter to ma-
lual dealings at horne."
a the Enr)'r.lalledl.l iii-iianalca and
the international Enryclolleiila comr
Isi
s
a
=-
n no scnerll act-cpt-
nnoe a term denoting lalcrnationultrob
no in goods or what constitutes the (or-
elgn trade d all co ntries I distin-
guished rrorn dorm-rile trade.
A "vessel or r-ommcrr ' ls lherelore a
vessel engaged In llilcrnailomal trade.
vessels rcrerrcd lo Inillil aeicssarily ex-
clu e vessels rc nclihc-r Volacls
or comm on or '5t=lI or war. A ii
ror no liidliaisd the Trcair
wish or domestic trade. Tllvl)'.ure not
tessels or cuililricrce within the authori-
ties tltcd. .
A l‘Alr'UIi’ABLE EVGLIISMIIETI’.
i follrzvrn, tlicrerore. that the criti-
clsni or congress ror oxciilvllng coast-
wiss vessels in not won
that the law as enacted in suiiporic-d liy
reason and precedcnt, The iustlce cr
sltion la reiognired air that por-
tion or ths English irnollc that is not
hllndea hy preindlcc and rllilldlly. The
Guardian on inrluenilal new-soaper.au
lished at .laorhesi>r. England, express-
ed ilseii as rolls-s:
“'l‘-he srnrntlmcnt limiting the cream
tlon rroni Tolls lo cosriwlse. iramc is
important ror this rcssoa: as the am-
erican navigation laws (In hy all navi-
gallon laws) coastwise irarric is reserv-
ed to American registered Illlm. As
none hue Aaierlcaa rhlps can llllke a
voyage. say, hetween saa Francisco an
York. there can he no question or
discrimination against other ships. This
coastw-lss trciiic was an American nio -
olloly herore the i-lay-raunecrnle Treaty,
monopoly lt remains. ior no one
has‘ alleged that the Treaty suspends
America re
ulna the monoriol,-x we rail to see how
any question or dllrrimlnlllon cm
arlsc against a second nsrir ho does
no rar As coasiwlss trnmc ll
K
1
' oi cl.
c-oncer ed al grievance against
the mi in its amende or not
co
cluiiel llractical y all A
pins. n A
K I
Dlir T-‘rirelgu Ollvci
I l .- aunceiote
real)‘. allou H foreseen lhls prur-
tlcll iillllcull Ind ll tuuld then viltll
(CD1! illlurd rm Paid
Gll.MllllE PREVARIEATES ABl]UT CANAL ACT
Brockiori Congressman Tells Meeting Of His Constituents Thai The Coast-
wisa Shipping Is Almost Wholly Ow
ned By The Transcontinental Rail-
roads And Says, “ These Boats Will Still Gil Through The Canal,
ln Spite 04 Any Statements To T
he Contrary "-The Canal Act,
Which Was Quilted On March 3l. Gives Him The U6
Direct, But He Voted To Re
To Keap Up The
The lotion or coogrrssnien in connec-
lion Viilll lhe BIT] Iii
I
Tolls llrnllslon or e P n
Plssair l.liscrict,or New Jersey sonic at
ills mills when the election a a sac.
ecsror to R4-yyrehentiillve Hrenlntr re-
sulted In an ovbrwh!'l!lIlII[ di-rent ior
rresld.-at Wilson’:
Wllnlll there III N!
rt-plidlntr-A the Pr!-rild-'nl'x
try and giving him a lilg msloriiy. The
slate or Alahama cailorscd Oscar ii
l7nI1PI‘Wl)0d6 p rl o i-‘ri-c Tails h)‘
giving him a II-rrplnk nniorily in the
S1-nilnrlnl prlmar
The discussion or the suhioi-t us
siarietl the -w-it or last in the
iwelrth District or Pent-lsyii-uila hy an
alilrk lay a lllln namei tiuirisn un licl>
rcs-aiatlve Robert. E. It-. ror doing his
his 4-aiintr) a -i -reading by
scnuiiite
trii-t or lilasswchuscita, who dream is
part)’ in and vuuld ror England'-
inching raise sisiemrnis
meeting ln wgard lo the aituai text of
the Pnlnnih Cami Acl. ' .
Elinor liir. Gllmoio has read the Flu-
anis canal Act and linen that till
slaienieni w-as raise. or M is isnpmii
or its provisions and I! d In exhibi-
iica or at int his Titllnviw
shows him-
celr Io he nnrlr Ia sit in congress. The
Plnamn canal Act rorhids the passage
sstwise vessels
roads, and set M I
citizens or Brnckmn that the coasiw-ise
VEHSBTB Ihlrh are uclllrltcd from Toll
are "almost wholly controlled by i
great lransconilncnial '
s
e
that is. the ships onncli hy the trans
conilnenlul lImaiIsvr“to go through
the canal iree we would he coriirlhnilng
rrom the lnitcd siair-a Treasury to the
rollers or those great rorwrallvlln willi-
oul giving any h-ncriin lo the coinnirin
people. Thou‘ bunll nirr Illll go through
MW canal. in rpm ol any srorrmcurr io
inc coiiiinru.“ This ntaicincnt surely
load all" or I monurnenul character
and IBMIIIICJ that his hcsrcrs sore ignor-
nt. or the ccntcnta or the rain Ind orihc
isct ihsi it is the truissnntlnentsl rlllr
roads that are righting ror Repeal. along
with the English owned e uantel-it-c
railroad hecuuso Frro oils would in-
jlire lhrlr hunlness or compelling them
to reduce freight rltrw.
Mr. Gilmore volt-d to restore to the
railroad owned thin the prlrllcges
which the Canal Aci denies Ilwm
hy so doing he did all he rillild to keep
up rrelglit rated and to maintain the
high cost or llring ior the American
worhlngnian. g l .
MR. GrL.lrak5's srdrEuL'.V‘l'.
in order that there msrhe no posslhllity
or a charge or unralrness. ihe report or
M
n
a.
w nunt, ut
sibla ror matters pertaining to roi-eiga
lniinnl. and there are many dlplnmltic
questions iiirit must he kept secret. i
ror one relt that he had a good reason
ror not malrlag that unlcnce clearer.
--lserore rrcalrient ii-ilsoa called it to
our aticaiioa r ravorcd Free Tolls., On
the surrscs it looked good to me. our
hlivlns it called to my attention in s
dliiereat light. i made Ilsludrof the
quest on. and win rsrirntd that my ilrst
i r was wrong.
‘We made that Truly with Great
E iisin ourselves. and while there are
I
peal The Prohibition Arid
Cost Of Living.
man)‘ in this uzuniry who inirroret it
to moon that Alilerliau ehlrl were not
included in the .lau-e Illnl. hbliu or all
nations slloultl lie riearcu Ilikz as In
‘oils no one in an the Euroilean
aailaris sees it that way.
:As to the ercnatilir ride or Lhe use.
our toarllirlso trade in the Atlantic is
wholly ioatrciilc-d l.ly the great
rilllrunda, I! I! ll-
hroush 2
tree we would ho conirillutills
am the Ynlted stares treasuries to
the corms or Illuso gm-at corporations,
without giving any llvilvllls lo the com-
mon lreope linnlri will still so
rhmugh the Canal. in hilllv or any stale-
nicnu to the (‘0l'IIl'1ll’.‘.
niinimii [wr year to
maintain the Canal, and arlolhc mil-
on - year to (orilly it. so why should
we l-liaise A tree slit in those big mon-
opollcs?
"Another thing‘ ilh,r should no dis-
criiuinsie llt-I-l:l cine American and
shoulii American shirts
Now
York to San i-‘rarii-is--o Liv. exempt from
Toll, while American ships carrying Ani-
erlran goods rrorn New York to Hang
K0 g u the ports on the lesion: coast
n. r
or south America have to pay ‘roll.
22 Tells oil Arrierican toast.-
Illia slllllh TJQW 236)‘ it would 2 or
Gcrmnn or English
"with
prevent an Ensllsblrlsu from investing
in Arnerlcnn t‘4.'lastI‘lMi U and It
goose thrre are plenty or
American: who would invest for him.
more agreements with us lr ihey think
lhlll IQ put our own col-lstrurllrln on
them.
"The Free Tolls rciiow-s don't want to
arlilirste. ow they would he
beaten at the sun. Roosevelt ihlaiis
3?
a
Is not an international question,
niiide the lur. why can't we take it
back if we want to?
v nceusn Wilson 0! ‘lnIi‘klhi;.'
. r 'TiPnu'Pr he sug-
gesls anything nnselilsh.
"l have no lll-will against anyone
who may dliler Ilth me.
Dr-mat-Varlc illrilinrm r can xv‘!
aside my party nlotiona ,-or the inirr.
cm at my country I was elected as a
Democrat. hut to serve the whole poo
D
At ihe conclusion or sir. clirnorsn
statement the i:riierpr.c.- gives the fox‘
loilng report. of the proceed
"illriilel Mann Iskcd as ltlrru rr
land woud ’btn mg by
[hill [TIP Canadian PZICTHC
railroad. lsrgcir owocd.l>y the sriusa
Go ruineat, was ins strongest appon.
eat or Free Tolls.
"Mr. uilaiors rcolird that as did not
ulwr. lir. iiorsri replied that his did
not coahns his reading to one nawsria.
one or his authorities was
3.
Mr. Gilmore said that tas matter as
stated hy Mr. lilorsa had aerer been put
heiore say legislative body at Wasillng.
t n.
"Joseph ii‘. Kclley asked it it would
not be iesslols ror the united states to
In th e trade. The eiily
us ‘Ii. would be reasihla ror the United
states to do a thing It wanted to
do.”
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ll‘im!Tnlt. on P117? 5.)