GIVES PLAN FOR MERCHANT SHIPS Hurley Proposes Sale of Gov ernment Vessels at Mar ket Prices New York, March 28.—Private ownership of the great merchant marine which has been built by America under the stimulus of war, with such governmental regulation as would prevent watered stock and assure . the use of the vessels on trade routes promoting the general welfare of the nation, was put for ward here last night by Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board, as his plan for the peace-time opera tion of the government-built fleet. He was speaking before the National Marine League. Enunciating the most important reconstruction decision so far reached by any government depart ment, Mr. Hurley said he would have the government sell the new ships at market prices, so the op erators could compete with foreign tonnage, and would have the bot toms insured jointly by the govern ment and American companies until the latter developed sufficiently to carry alone the enormous risk on more than one billion dollars worth of property. Wonld Bar AUens No alien would be permitted to own any stock in any American ves sel, and the transfer of vessels to foreign flags would be permitted only by express consent of the gov ernment. "American ships for Am erican trade" is the central thought of the plan, which will be submit ted to Congress as a basis for legis lation. "We want the initiative and skill of American ship operators, but we want no watered stock," said Mr. Hurley. "We want to avoid the stagnation that sometimes comes from red tape and bureauocraey, but we want no profiteering or ex ploitating. "Wo want the new fleet used "for j the benefit of the people of the . United States and not against their | larger interest. We want it used for | the development of the nation's | commerce, not merely for the de- j rxlopment of the private fortunes of! ship operators." A Big Fleet Comparing the problem of water transportation with the still-un solved question of railroad manage ment, Mr. Hurley made a plea for pubilc attention to the details pro posed for operating a fleet which next year will aggregate 16,732,700 deadweight tons of steel ships. 70 per cent, owned by the government. The present fleet includes 553 ocean going steel cargo vessels of 3,385,- | 175 deadweight tons and contracts ; have been let for 1,336 similar ves- j sells of 9.275,006 deadweight tons. "■While the war was on, the re- j eital of shipbuilding achievement found a quick and ready response j from -an enthusiastic public," Mr. | Hurley said. "There is less glamour | and glory in the work of evolving a policy 'which will keep these ships ; under the American flag and de- . velop our commerce, but this work j touches the life of the nation almost as closely as the emergency ship building program. "Upon the development of our foreign commerce will depend in a large measure, the prosperity of all the American people, the employ ment and happiness of labor and the respect of the nations which com pete with us." Several plans were discussed as possible for the operation of the fleet, varying from government own ership and government operation to private ownership and operation. Mr. , Hurley announced flat opposition to j the former, which would entail per manent establishment of a govern-1 ment operating force with branch offices and agencies in every part of | the world, and he also opposed in termediate plans such as govern ment ownership and private opera tion or ownership by a single private corporation with the government guaranteeing a fixed return on the stock. He outlined the two great arguments in favor of ownership, that governmeuAWJflt j ships should be the servants of t?e | nation and that in times of emer-1 gency a government-owned fleet j could be more readily converted to | the national defense. i "The chief argument in favor or private ownership and operation, lie continued, "is that a successful merchant marine depends not so much on ships, or money, or govern ment aid, as it does on the existence of a large class of alert, resource ful and energetic men engaged in the shipping business. Mere me chanical. efficiency of ship and shore I plant, added to sound financial back- | rig, is not enough. The man who j < nters the shipping business enters ii battle against the wits of the ivorld. He must have a genius for shipping. Fortunately the men now engaged in the shipping business in the United States are of that charac ter. But thqre are not enough of them. We need many more. And it is clear that the number of such men can be greatly increased only under conditions of private initia-1 live." CONTINUE MAYO CASE New York, March 28.—Taking of evidence against Virginius St. J. Mayo, a wealthy New Haven manu facturer, who is charged by Mrs. Wilhelmina L. Meyer Mayo with big amy, was completed in Magistrate's Court hero to-day, but Magistrate Orochl continued the case until April 15 to receive briefs from Mayo's counsel and the prosecution. r^TsssXfSry ** '->■' 111 afU — an. IwWlll u •I*7irn- Cw ai w air Iffaratu, aaakca d? JF i I HtnwttH u< all Mai OV I j I gXAMIWATIOW ArP j^'tfjfei FREB /SNyX I x ifttsss I nmliii ■■> 4A\r ojia an* daily aso I as: * J? asJav " ffi | I IX V / no Market SL F X (Om Ota Hak) FRIDAY EVENING, Hakmsburg TELEOntPH ' MARCH 28, 1919. K. OF C. WILL FIGHT BOLSHEVISM! Head of Order, After Tourj of Country, Outlines Plan New York. March 28. James A. | Flaherty, Supreme Knight of the! Knights of Columbus lias returned j to the East after an extended tour I of various K. of C. state jurisdic- j tions which took him as far south as i the Mexican border and as far west. as San Francisco. Commencing with Maryland and Virginia he worked , westward and southward through j Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, New Mex- | ico, Arizona, up to Montana, Nevada, I Colorudo, Washington, California, and i then back to Wyoming, Nebraska, lowa, Illinois and the east. I The deepest impression received by I Mr. Flaherty on his tour is the fact that there is an entire unity of de sire on the part of the people of the United States to have industry stablized into the ways of peace. "Anybody making an intelligent survey of the United States at the j present time," he declared, "will find j that the end of this war discloses conditions akin to the end of all wars gratification in victory less I. accentuated than an eagerness to have things restored to a peace foot ing. "The present, time is no exception I to the rule that an unrest follows I in the wake of war. even of victor ious war. Fortunately the good L sense of the American people insures us against what might be truly termed the turbulent conditions pre vailing abroad, even in the countries' of our associates in the war. This makes it all the more necessary for us to be on our guard and so care fully and skillfully inanouevre the nation from a war to a peace basis that we shall avoid all of the dis turbances that would arise with even the slightest mismanagement. Big Coal Production in West Virginia Fields • Charleston, W. Va„ March 28. | Mines of West Virginia produced | 80.674,913 gross,tons of coal, dur j ing the fiscal year which ended June • 30, 1918, according to figures just I issued by the State Department of | Mines. While official figures are ; lacking for the calendar year of 1918, the department estimates the production at about 100,000,000 tons. Coke production during the fiscal year of 1918 increased 559,408 tons, according to the report, the total being 3,122,722 tons. The produc tion of coal and coke in West Vir ginia required the services of 91,865 men during 1918, an increase of 3,200 men over 1917. A total of | 793 companies operating 1,359 ; mines, produced the coal and coke, | this feature of the report showing l increases of 126 companies and 150 j mines. I "Gure Your Rupture Like I Cured Mine" Old Sea Captain Cured Hia Own j Rupture After Doctor* Said "Operate or Death." Bis Remedy and Book Sent Free. Captain Coillngs sailed the seas for i many years; then he sustained a bad I double rupture that soon forced him t~ i not only remain ashore, but kept him i bedridden for years. Ife tried doctor ! after doctor and truss after truss. No | results! Finally, he was assured that be must either submit, to a dangerous | and abhorrent operation or die. He did aciihrrl He >ur-J bin :f inste v:. "Fellow Men and Women, You Don't Have To Be Cut Up, end You Don't Hna To Bo Tortured By Trusses." i Captain Coillngs made a study of j himself, of his condition—and at last he. | was rewarded by the finding of the method that so quickly made him a well, ■trong, vigorous and happy man. 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Ever since we began showing the new Spring models we have been kept busy trying on and fitting the young men who come Here for the better made clothes, because we are Style Headquarters for all the good clothes that you hear very much about | Hart Shaffner & Marx, Kuppenheimer I& Society Brand Clothes In addition to getting the jfgpl "good clothes" we sell, you get the de- pendable Doutrich Service that everybody is \ antee is so far reaching that it's sure to win you ■ The try-out at Doutrichs is no ferent from the finish, for you will "always" get g* % %§pq : mBL* >|; # < s % - the same treatment. 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ISl'tUtd (01 No we never dabble in novelties that will hurt the customer's pocket book—We want the clothes we sell to remain in style as long as they will wear; and the all wool clothes we feature wear a long, long while —That's why you get so much more value for your money Here —You get dependable merchandise that we can fully guarantee. Spring Hats 1 ! If you would see the hat business that's ! "coming our way" you would feel fully satisfied that we are i i IB getting the "lion's share"—We can match your new suit with the correct i i color perfectly. You'll be pleased that Harrisburg has a store with such i I ' wT—unusual assortments. This is the store to buy your % "New Stetson Hat" | 304 Market Harrisburg I Street ? ft Pa. | I 13
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