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Highland Park Press (1912), 4 Mar 1920, p. 10

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The witness then before the commit- i tee. a shipping man from New York, echoed the thought in somewhat more modern language by replying: “Go to it while the going is good." i It being agreed in principle that the eblpe shall be sold by the government i â€"the House of Representative. has al- i ready passed tavornbly on the proposi- ' tion now before the senate by a vote of 240 to 8â€"â€"the main questions are the price at which they shall be sold and the conditions under which they can be operated by their buyers. Vlewe oi' Shipp‘ing Men. The senators have heard the views : of a wide variety of witnesses incl-ud . ing bankers. farmers, manufacturers: lawyers insurance men and other: | The substance of the testimony sub- "In the llnmgo of holy writ, ‘Now In tho tempted thudâ€"to sell the Ihlpc." The main bnaineee before the sena- tors ie to provide meana for selling' the lovernment-owned tonnage of the vaet new merchant ileet to American bui- neee men. and to pass legislation un- der which the ehlpe can overcome the competition of England and other En. ropean nation. thet are straining every nerve to drive the new American coin- Ieree ileete from the ocean. “New Ie the Accepted Time.” The view of the eenatore on the pro- posal to eell the 1th was very well expressed the other day by Senator Knnte Nelson of linueeota, who at the end of a long eeeeion on the eubject o! the sale remarked: lee-tore Wreetie With Problem. Nineteen eenetore on the Commerce Committee are wreetling with the proh- ieln of whet to do with theee ehipe. In- cluded in the nineteen ere five from Kiddle Weetern eteteeâ€"eteteemen who nnderetend the need: both of the pro- ducere e! the (met min end menu- hcturin‘ etetee. end eleo the princi- piee on which ehipe Inn-t be mneged if they ere to ehow 1 pro!" end keep the eeu in competition with the vee- eele of other nations. Thou mldweot senator: on Show nun of Illinois, Nelson of Minnesota. Reed of Ill-loud. finding of Ohio, Ind boom: of Wisconsin. The grnveet question before these unnton ll how to get the government out of the busineee of nun-ging these ships Into which It got during the wnr. [t 1. taken for granted by Congress that the government ehonld now get out of the nhlpplng business. just as It In getting out of the rnllroed bul- neen. now that pence In here. Then are now afloat 1M0! 1.200 or man. chips, .11 of steel, wt ”u «trying upndty of 8.000.000 tog of wheat. mumctured goods or 0 or products of the United sates. When the veuell to be completed under the building pron-um no in commission. in the neu- mtnre. there will be ulilnble for sale I tottl fleet of lbout 1.500 vessels. with n tote] eer- ryiu capacity of 10.500.000 tons It one lam-Non for tho disposal And opera- tion of the nut that of urgeâ€"cumin; Ihlpl that has come out under our (In In a result of tho Ihlpbulldih; pron-m upon which the country entered‘ to help win the war. hum-ruumupn-uou Mctmhunmon-norchut unnowucyfoercou-tn.mbo- mmutonmmum “In these times our manufacturers mac! profitably do business with the rest of the world without ship: under the Anoricun m to carry their good. to tho world's markets." mm. on Commerce. which I. Ilium ; ly WINFIILD M. THONPOON, Idltor The Marina Journal, New York. Wuhln‘ton. D. O.â€"“Shlpa In tho armor-1' delivery wngonl. “We must [menu the whole people In ships. “The lnlnnd antes are :- much In- temted In the merchant mnrlno u thou on the ”aboard. ton-urn You How lnglloh Comma. “on Can Do OVOI'OOMO and Our Flag Kent on tho Worsm“ UP TO CONGRESS T0 SCALE DOWN WM COST. Buzinm Ion Ml Take Over “Farmon’ Denvery Wagon.” of Merchant Fleet. A modern trelghter. Onc of the “Flmen' dellvery wagons” of tho m Merchant Ilu-lno. Thu vessel will cur, from 12,000 ‘to 14,000 (on 01 what! In | dnglo clrgo. ”Of all our great union-l lndnstriee, American Iliipownlng end lblpbnildlnt for overfieae commerce have been left without aid and encouragement from the governmentâ€"other industries. u we all know, having long been protect- ed in some degree by our national tnrifl law: We submit that it must be no- knowledgod that ocean shipbuilding and nmigation are as much entitled u iny other inqgstries to some form of natinnnl Ild a inst foreign competi- £10m" In fimponla to n question,from a senator it this wu governmeilt lid to shlppins, Mr. Raymond mud. this reply : To encounge centiuunnce of slip- buildinz in American yuan. the [hip- owners propoeed this pin to the neu- ntors: Thnt ships bought from the government 1nd kept under the Ameri~ cu: an; in foreign commerce be ex- empted from federni excess profit taxes. on condition tint nu nmount equivalent to such exemption be in- vented by the owner of the ship: in additional vessell, to be built in Amer- lr. Raymond told the senators a fair price was 8100 a ton. and tho diflor- onco should he chmod 08 as part of oar oxponso in winning tho war and snaking tho oontinnonco of Amorioan pmpority poniblo. g(haunting Wlth tho Inglish. 1t lo only by putting sono such vain- ation on tho shipo that tho! can ho oporatod at a prolt against tho h3- lish merchant max-loo. tho ropreooata- tivs of tho shipownors soul To at- tempt oonpotition on trodo rontos of tho World with England's formida- blo loot. ooid Mr. Raymond. on o wor- cost basis (or Amorican ships, would provo disastrou To prove his point the witness submitted axons cont-inc tbs chorgoo against capital Invostod in two ships or 10,000 tons oapoclty ooeh. ono ondor tho English flag, vainod at $100 a too, tho other under tho nun- can flag, for salo by the Shipping Board at 3220 a ton. Thou Inns showed: Annual interest charges at 5 per count on capital invested. English MM. American 8110.000: unnal 'doprocia- tion, at 5 per cent. English MM American 8110.000; insnronco. Englioh 330,000. American $06,000: totals. En;- lish nnnnsl charges 8180.000, Ameflmn 3288.000; dimes in tsvor ot the English vessel. 3156.000. . To Keep_Up American Wages. anes on An America: ship of the size noted. said the witness. amount to between $12,000 end ”5.000 s yeer more than on the British ship. There is .no disposition to scsie down Ameri- cnn waxes; but to meet the added chsne the shlpowners believe they should be elicwed‘vto chsrxe oi! 10 per cent annually ss (leprecintion .on Mr ships before myth; their incdme tax. As to weys end menu of eccornpiiehâ€" ing the desired end. the testimony at precticel shipowners hes been sought by the senetors. Theee views heve been pieced before the committee in the concentrated form of s etetenent from the Americen Steexnehip Owners’ Aseocletion. en orgenisetlon Including virtneiiy ell the American iinns own~ Ing seegoing ships. e ,i‘ew being lerge companies. but the greet admit: be- ing smell. numbers of the eesocietion own ships eggregeting 2.500000 tons. end operate 4.000.000 tons more for the government, e toiel six times greater then the country‘s deep-wear tonuege before the wer. To Sturgeon High Wer cm The views of these ehipowitere, whoee veeeels eail from every port in the country. were presented by the preeldent of their eseocietion. B. H. Reymond of New York. Mr. Reynold told the senetors thet es e first step to. keeping the neg on the sees. the gov- ernlnent must cherge o! the «tee we: eeetotthenewshinesitheschergee the-etepricethetwiuenow the- tsheepentedonenlevest-eettse The unit at nine in a ship in the dudweizh! ion; am in. u thip is worth to much for every ton it will carry. Tho "on“ "r coat of the moi-chum floori- bdiovod to be lots mu m: tea. but the United State- Shipping Board, which hu chum of the "null. mmmctoutmorcthnihut for than, will: vary few ales. ' «nuyviaThoim-umbo Muotmmtnmflw anatomic going. n I: pointed out um m the. and four billion: at Inn-ted II that thin. and that under prom condition. chipping securitie- should be unne- Uvo Investment: to the pooplc at lane. whet-cu now they In rarely Wt of. tor ton. nppmcbln; that or Ihlpown- on under other nun. â€"â€"wivvâ€"v W9. a. limit of financial duh. ll whichforapnywd Ofie D0113! wan Bnlauimi of cost] in Monthly Payments HESE are economical days and so the :Ford car becomes a more-intense newe- sity to you every day, because by reason of the uiniversal service the Ford supplies every day it has become a large part in the “busi- nessbtliving." It is a daily necessity be- cause it proves a daily economy. You have thechoiee of a varietyof bodies, from the snappy runabout to the deluxe Sedan. Public Nothingismervodinthissale. bhtthesaloendsMuchflth. ! 'of Nutbanlllinoin INSET 0N Gamma roan PARTS A. G. McPHERSON Tm m Put mm mm PA“. .1” THE UNIVERSAL CAR youcanbuyany “Nifty" is my name.” I have hired myself to the d ‘ You will SEE me and my p1 We will remind you where to I REMEMBER when \ou see I lean food “nillv” clolhes for rm going to work lor 13 S. St. Johns Ave. 11¢ 9: Year Tern of Charles mail of Luke Fbmt EI- {. pired W Fall ‘ rock; TAKE EXAMINATION 'r ron HIGHWAY P08! Pod; men from Lake County b Skin Thursday to (the th minivan prescribed by the lighfiy department in an em Nib for the office of county I handout of highway; There nppligmu from I“ 0'" whovglere seekinx W am in ‘ 'ous counties: '« This: from Lnke county the finminution were: cnfirles Bus-en. the man! A .. few Seam Wnnkml m“ 1. banana. ka' CHURCH SERVICE: Sum mil-tel] following; Wodnon oglce and Yards. Uloc $UILDING HEN COAL 96 hmnds‘ mmn EITTS TON §MUTUA fl. mtuncd by first Gnu-ch CHRISTIAN SCI brands com - YouueC to make use of ull oveti the slum Hours 9

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