'Six months' imprisonment with' deportation to follow was the reward meted out in Victoria to Chu New Shipping Policy Suggested Of interest to all shipping men fs the announcement of the plan of the special committee of the Pacific American Steamship Association, headed by Captain Robert Dollar, for a new shipping policy in the Gnited States. The plan inclu the transferring of all Government shipping activities to a new department of marine with a seat in the (Cabinet. A shipping man would be at the head of the department which would take over the matters now being handled by the department of commerce and labour and other branches of the government.
Removal is urged of all legislative restrictions on American shipping, leaving it free and open as in the case of foreign nations. American owners would thus be free Tong-gang for illegally entering Canada, Chu's brother, Chu Tong-mow, returned from Canada this year and died on the day of arrival. Chu, according to evidence, took passage on the steamer Achilles, taking the name of his late brother and in possession of the latter's card. On arrival here he went be fore an immigration board. might have got through all right but for one omission. Chu Tong-mow limped badly in the right leg. Chu Tong-gang possesses two perfect limbs. Asked to walk across the room before the examining board, he walked in an upright and soldierly manner. It was his! undoing and Jater he told the whole story to S. N. Reid, Com-troller of Chinese Immigration. to buy-foreign flag tonnage for American registry or to sell ships to foreign owners. This would hot apply to coastwise trade, 'This change would remove the 150 per cent. tax imposed on all ship repair work done in foreign yards and would cancel the provisions of the La Follette Act in regard to employment of ships' crews 80 that American shipping would not have any unfair handicap in meet-Jing foreign competition. No. subsidy or other form of government aid is called for in the plan, as it is the belief of Captain Dollar that] American owners and operators can meet foreign competition on. a basis of equality. "If we cannot do s0 we might as well let foreigners handle our foreign trade! for us," he said.
For this year to the end of October Vancouver has exported 4,742,818 bushels of grain, a quantity considerably more than double the amount shipped in the same period last year. Bookings for future delivery to date total 8:055,- 000 bushels, giving a total of fe rain booked and shipped so far this, season of 12,797,315 bushels. Bookings include, to the Orient, 122,500 tons for November and 5,000 tons for December.
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