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.
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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.
Anyone can uso the same method)
It's simple, easy, safe and inexpensive.
Every ruptured person In the world
should have the Captain Coillngs book,!
telling all about how he cured himself,!
and how anyone may follow the sami!
treatment in their own home without:
any trouble. The book and medlelDe are
FREE. They will be sent prepaid to
| any rupture sufferer who will Oil out,
the below coupon. But send tt right
1 away — now —before you put down this
i paper.
FREE RUPTURE BOOK AND
REMEDY COUPON.
Capt. W. A. Coillngs (Inc.)
Box 2130 Wotertown, N. Y.
Pleas* send me your FREE Rupture
Remedy and Book without any obli
gation on my part whatever.
Name
Address
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