Speech #590021033

It receives from the United States a mail subvention. under the postal aid act of 1891. of $283.000 a year. or $16.659 a voyage. as compared with foreign lines to Australasia receiving in subsidy per voyage from $16.346 for the 13knot service of the British Peninsular and Oriental Company. carrying Lascar crews. to $41.604 to the 13 -knot service of the North German Lloyd. and $47.814 to the 14knot service of the Messageries Maritimes. There is the situation. A company that is required to run at 15 knots an hour receives substantially the same subvention that a British company doesfor a service that runs 13 knots an hour. while it receives only about onethird of what the French company receives. and the French company carries Asiatics and Lascars in Its crews. while this company carries white crews. The British line from British Columbia to Australasia. having only twelve voyages a year and a 14knot service. receives a subvention of $27.500 per voyage. as against $16.659 to the American Oceanic Line. These American steamships employ white men exclusively.