Panama Canal Tolls. Hearing Before a Subcommittee ... on H.R. 1399 ... January 24, 1935 |
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... proposed legislation would not only pro- duce further inequities in that connection , but we have asked for statistics that would indicate the extent of those inequities . In the hearings before the committee previously , I believe it ...
... proposed legislation would not only pro- duce further inequities in that connection , but we have asked for statistics that would indicate the extent of those inequities . In the hearings before the committee previously , I believe it ...
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... proposals that were made to him during the conferences in New York, but it seems to me — and I am sure others are similarly disposed — that it is manifestly unfair for the officials of the Government to take the position that this ...
... proposals that were made to him during the conferences in New York, but it seems to me — and I am sure others are similarly disposed — that it is manifestly unfair for the officials of the Government to take the position that this ...
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... proposed change does not represent any preconceived ideas as to what the tolls should be. The theory of this bill is that after it is passed, exhaustive hearings will be held at which all shipping interests will be given an opportunity ...
... proposed change does not represent any preconceived ideas as to what the tolls should be. The theory of this bill is that after it is passed, exhaustive hearings will be held at which all shipping interests will be given an opportunity ...
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... proposed legislation would not only pro- duce further inequities in that connection , but we have asked for statistics that would indicate the extent of those inequities . In the hearings before the committee previously , I believe it ...
... proposed legislation would not only pro- duce further inequities in that connection , but we have asked for statistics that would indicate the extent of those inequities . In the hearings before the committee previously , I believe it ...
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... proposals that were made to him during the conferences in New York , but it seems to me and I am sure others are similarly disposed - that it is manifestly unfair for the officials of the Government to take the position that this ...
... proposals that were made to him during the conferences in New York , but it seems to me and I am sure others are similarly disposed - that it is manifestly unfair for the officials of the Government to take the position that this ...
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ADAMS American ships ballast rates BARTLEY basis bill Bureau of Navigation Canal net tonnage Canal officials capital structure Captain Petersen cargo and passenger cargo carriers cargo ships cargo spaces exempted carried charges classification of poop committee Congress costs CROTHERS deck loads Department of Commerce earning capacity enacted equivalent tonnage EWERS exclusive of deck exempted under United FARLEY forecastle Government hearing increase inequities JAMES WOLFENDEN JANUARY 24 LUCKENBACH MCCARTHY measured under Panama measurement of vessels MONAGHAN MORRISON nations Number of transits operating Pacific coast paid in ballast Panama Canal authorities Panama Canal rules Panama Canal tolls Panama Canal tonnage PARKER CORNING percent PETTENGILL President Railroad Steamship Line revenue Secretary Secretary of War shelter deck shipowner South Jersey Port statement Suez Canal tankers tonnage exclusive Tons of cargo traffic transiting the Canal transits in ballast_ United States equivalent United States registry United States rules VIRGIL CHAPMAN WOLVERTON
Popular passages
Page 13 - The existence of dissimilar rules in different countries and at different canals for the measurement of vessels is illogical and results in unnecessary burdens upon shipping. Many vessels are now obliged to provide themselves with several tonnage certificates. A vessel launched in an American shipyard, for instance, will need to have, in addition to its tonnage certificate made out in accordance with the requirements of the statutes of the United States, a Panama tonnage certificate, a Suez certificate,...
Page 14 - The statistics of navigation would be rendered more simple, intelligible, and accurate. The merchant or shipowner would at once understand the size and capacity of the ships he employs or purchases ; he would also escape the annoyance and expense of remeasurement ; and, lastly, taxation, when imposed, would be rendered more simple and more just. Under these circumstances, there can be but one opinion as to the utility, if not the necessity, of some general system of measuring merchant shipping.
Page 13 - If one eyetem could be adopted by all maritime nations, so that the capacity of any given ehip, when once officially ascertained and denoted on her official papers, could be everywhere understood and recognized as valid, the advantages gained would be very great. The statistics of navigation would be rendered more simple, intelligible, and accurate. The merchant or shipowner would at once understand the size and capacity of the ships he employe or purchases; he would also escape the annoyance and...
Page 11 - In this connection. I would like to put in the record a reference to a letter from the Director of the Bureau of Navigation of th& Department of Commerce, which, if I may.