SHIP TONN AGE
DOUBLEDSINCE
WARSTARTED
■WASHINGTON, April 4—Shipbuild
ing facilities acquired during the war
greatest potential maritime power of
the world, asserts Chairman E. N.
Hurley of the shipping board, and
will enable it to outdistance all other
nations in the race toward replacing
a shortage of 16,225,000 gross tons of
shipping lost as the result of unre
I stricted German submarine warfare
[ and of the failure of normal increase
[ by new production.
4 Mr. Hurley made this assertion to
I day in a report of his trip to Europe
l where, for three months, he was in
I close touch with the shipping interests
V>f foreign nations. The report will
yTie used in working out a policy of
I ownership and operation of the Ameri
1 can merchant marine.
I Mr. Hurley estimated that in July,
\ 1914, the sea-going steam bottoms of
lthe world totaled 41,225,000 gross tons,
/which was reduced by war to 37,000,
| 000 gross tons, a net los3 of 4,226,000
I gross tons. In addition, he stated,
there was a loos of 12,000,000 gross
tons w'hich would have been con
structed if war had not stopped the
normal increase in production, making
a total loss of 16,225,000 gross tons.
The allies and neutrals suffered a
total loss by enemy action, marine
risk and capture of 15,218,000 gross
tons, Mr. Hurley said, and gained by
now construction and seizure of
enemy ships 14,249,000 gross tons,
leaving a net loss of 969,000 gross
tons. The net loss to the central pow
ers was even greater, since they lost
■ 3,016,000 gross tons and gained only
740,000, a difference of 2,276,000 gross
tens.
Only two countries, the United
States and Japan, have a larger
amount of tonnage now than when the
war began. Japan showed a net gain
of 25 per cent, Mr. Hurley reported,
!' while the United States jumped far
in the lead with a net gain of 125 per
cent.
“The United States forged ahead
as rapidly as Germany fell behind,”
said the report. “In August, 1914, the
United States seagoing merchant ma
rine, 600 gross tons and over, includ
ed 624 steamers of 1,758,465 gross
tons, and 870 sailing vessels and
schooner barges of 947,852 gross tons,
making a grand total of 1,494 sea
going merchant vessels of 2,706,317
gross tons.
“On November 11, 1918, at the end
of the w'ar, the steam-going merchant
marine had increased to 1,366 vessels
of 4,685,263 gross tons and the sailing
vessels and schooner barges had de
• creased to 747 vessels of 829,917 gross
’ tons, making a grand total of 2,113
| seagoing merchant vessels of 5,515,
180 gross tons.
“This does not include the seized
I enemy vessels, which at the end of
the war aggregated 88 vessels of 562,
795 gross tons were sailing vessels.
“The total construction in the Unit
| ed States added to the merchant ma
| rine during the war amounted to 875
i vessels or a.yxx.sxs gross ions. 1 uc
purchase from aliens of 233 vessels of
833,854 gross tons, the movement
? from the Great Lakes to the ocean of
66 steamers or 139,469 gross tons, and
miscellaneous acquisitions amounting
! to 31 vessels of 39,219 gross tons are
! other sources of acquisition.
“The loss of 114 vessels of 322,214
I gross tons by enemy action, of 278
vessels of 405,400 gross tons by ma
rine risk, of 130 vessels of 268,149
gross tons by sale to aliens and of 64
vessels of 149,761 gross tons through
i’the sale to the United States govern
ment, abandonment and other causes,
accounts for the decreases. Losses of
fifteen German and requisioned ships
amounting to 112,248 gross tons are
not included.
“Assuming a total export and im
port business in 1920 of 70,000,000
long tons,” he added, "it would re
quire a fleet of about 7,600,000 gross
^ons to transport 60 per cent in our
own ships.”
One of the types of ships most de
sirable for the new merchant marine,
according to Mr. Hurley, is a speedy,
effective combination cargo and pas
> jenger liner of from 16,000 to 26,000
deadweight tons which could be oper
ated efficiently in the transportation
of high class merchandise, passengers
and mail.
f “Shipping men generally agree,” he
said, that it is not the total tonnage
but the character of the vessels that
makes a successful fleet The^feun
try might have 10,000,000 tons of
shipping which, if not of the right
sort could not be operated profitably
In competition with ships of a better
type belonging to another nation.
"1 have heard a great deal of talk
about the construction of ‘junk’ ships
in America, emphasis thus being laid
on the number of small ships we had
under construction. It was sought to
convey the impression that our new
ships would suffer by comparison with
those laid down by our friends and
associates overseas.
“It may surprise these critics to
hear, as I have heard, that British
shipyards had under construction on
October 31 66 ships of 6,000 gross tons
and over. Our program for that date
called for 106 ships of 6,000 gross
tons or over.”
Mr. Hurley said three factors mili
tated most strongly against the natur
and desirable expansion of the foreign
trade of the United States: First, the
necessity for developing men, thor
oughly American in every way, to
handle foreign trade; second, the re
cruiting of an American personnel for
the operation of the ships and the
handling of the work at the ports;
and, third, the extension of banking
facilities.
The idea that too high wages are
being paid American seamen for this
country to compete with other coun
tries successfully was ridiculed by Mr.
Hurley.
“It is time for the public mind to be
disabused of this conception,” he
stated. “The facts will dismay those
who are agitating for a lower wage
scale of American ships. We are pay
ing our seamen $75 a month. England
during the war paid her seamen $72
a month. The French and Dutch are
paying high wages. In Sweden the
seamen’s sca.le is oven higher than in
the United States.”
The retention of high wages was
important, he added, because men who
had labored under great strain yielded
their attention more readily to the agi
tator. The success of any nation in
shipbuilding and ship operating, he
said, will be determined by the man
ner in which the labor situation is
handled.
BRITISH FAIR
TOY SECTION
A REVELATION
LONDON, March 1 (by mail).—Brit
ish manufacturers last week made
their best bow to the merchants oi
the world through the fifth annual ex
position of the British Industries Fair.
The Pennington street house of the
London docks was filled with exhibits
of china, glass, fancy goods, paper
and toys from 570 factories, and the
exhibits were visited by thousands oi
merchants from all parts of the world,
world.
It is a purely British institution, and
none but British manufacturers are
allowed to show their wares. The
first purpose of the fair is to obtair
business for British factories. Ali
sorts of things are displayed, from
the most expensive to the cheapest
The toy section is a revelation. Once
they said in Great Britain, “Germar
children make what British childrei
break,” but no more, if one is tc
judge by the endless variety of toys
shown in the fair. There are air
planes, rigid Zeppelins, automobiles
gitmea uy me uuf.cn, vynuic iouuhcd
dolls, fluffy dogs and china cats. Ir
short, everything calculated to delighl
the child is there. Once about all tht
toys they had in England came from
Germany. Even now some of then
come from Japan.
Every buyer was the guest of the
Board of Trade, under whose direc
tion the fair was held, and each one
was treated with the utmost courtesy
Eighty thousand invitations were is
sued for the fair, and the attendance
was all that the promoters expected
Last year’s fair was successful to i
marked degree, resulting in orders
amounting to £1,000,000. This year
because of the inroads made on Ger
man trade, the business is expected
to be even greater.
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DETROIT, April 4.—Four Michigan
cities- are going to try minor league
baseball again this year, forming half
of a new circuit to be known as the
Michigan-Ontario league.
Michigan members of the league
will be Flint, Battle Creek, Saginaw
and Bay City. The Canadian group is
made up of Hamilton, London, Kitch
ener and Brantford.
It is planned to start the season
about May 15 and close on Labor
Day or the Sunday following. For
feits have been posted by all clubs as
a guarantee to complete the season.
Joe S. Jackson of Detroit has been
named president-of the new circuit
and Fred Wilson of Toronto secre
tary.
MILWAUKEE, April 4. —Johnny
Dundee, the New York lightweight,
who was stricken with illness on the
eve of his scheduled ten-round contest
with Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee,
submitted to an operation for the re
moval of his tonsils. His contest with
tiro Milwnnlfpp liprhtwpip‘ht has hften I
set for today.
URBANA, 111., April 4.—E. C.
(Dutch) Sternaman, star halfback on
the 1916 and 1917 University of Illi
nois football teams, and who was
elected to be captain of the 1918 team,
has received his discharge from army
service and has returned to school.
Sternaman, whose squirming, dodging
runs enabled Coach Zuppke to keep
in the running, left school last spring
and has been acting as physical direc
tor at Camp Funston, Kan. He played
on the camp football team last fall.
His experience and ability are expect
ed to prove big factors in the building
up of a backfield for his 1919 machine.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 4.—Hugh
Brennan, part owner of the Milwaukee
American association team, wired a
denial here of reports that the team
would train this season at Rock
Island, 111. The message said that all
the players had been ordered to report
at Bosse field here for preliminary
training. The field is being put in
condition.
DETROIT, April 4.—Earl Golding, a
left-handed pitcher, who played semi
professional baseball in eastern Ohio
Vi a fAm Antnuinrv tVin n ir Vina Lnnll
added to the staff of the Detroit
American League club, and will be
given a trial with the squad at Macon,
Ga.
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