FIGHTING THE CANAL TOLLS BILL.
A HOSTILE SENATE, By Teloiraph— Preie Association—Oanyrlirhl "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Servlct*. Washington, April 13. Two more- Democratic Senators have deserted the President in his fight for tho repeal of tho Panama tol's exemption clause. There is renewed talk of a compromise measure. The Administration is straining every nervo to counteract tho hostile campaigu. (Rec. April 14, *i,55 p.m.) Washington, April 14. The State Canals Committee- has considered tho Canal Bill from tho economic view-point. The Federal Commissioner of Navigation, Mr. Chamberlain, declared that the United States would, be wrong to exempt any of its shipping unless the Government itself met tho cost of tho passago of tho exempted ships through the Canal. Exemption, he added, ought not to add any burdens to foreign shipping. Mr. Chamberlain favoured the payment of subsidies to American shipping instead of. tolls exemptions.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19140415.2.45
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2123, 15 April 1914, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
144FIGHTING THE CANAL TOLLS BILL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2123, 15 April 1914, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in