THE CANAL BILL.
A POINT CONCEDED. FREE PASSAGE PROVISION RESTRICTED. NO TOLLS FOR COASTERS. By TelecraDb-Press AGSociation-Coryriekt (lice. August 15, 11.30 p.m.) Washington, August 15, A joint conference between the. House of Representatives and the Sonata has cancelled the Senate's provision which gave free passage through the- Panama Canal to American ships engaged in foreign trade.
An amendment embracing the Senate's general principle was adopted, covering railroad-owned ships and the relations between railroads and «teamship lines,
The prohibition of passago for trustowned ships remains, and also tho right of free passage for American coasting vessels.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1520, 16 August 1912, Page 5
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95THE CANAL BILL. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1520, 16 August 1912, Page 5
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