TI1K MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918.
25,000,000 TONS OF
U.S.SHIPS FORECAST
CHAIRMAN OF SHIPPING BOARD WHO TELLS OF TREMEN- t
DOUS EXPANSION IN AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.
Chairman Hurley Predicts for
America Greatest Fleet in
World's History.-
IMPRESSIVE FIGURES GIVEN
xeadi of Shipping Board Makes at
Notre Dame University Most Com
plete Statement Yet Issued
on Merchant Marine.
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Idly and I do not believe I am over
optimistic in saying that our tonnage
output -will continue to increase until
before this year closes we will be turn
ing out 600,000 tons each month."
America's Fnrpose Unselfish.
Chairman Hurley, in the course of
his address, declared that the whole
course of America In this war is a
guarantee of the Nation's Integrity in
safeguarding the weak against the
strong after the war. Continuing, he
caid:
"No longer can there be any ques
tion that we will have the means, as
well as the desire, to safeguard the
nations of the world from selfish
intrigue and sordid manipulation of
the world's markets in the future. The
great fleet, we are building guarantees
the achievement of this unselfish pur
pose. "Inspired by the enthusiasm and
energy of the greatest organizer Amer
ica has produced Charles M. Schwab
whose unmatched abilities and splen
did service ..no Government recently
commandeered, and Charles Piez, vice
president, who has spent six months
developing an organization, our ship
yards are getting their gait and set
ting a pace , that would have seemed
Incredible In those very recent times
when steamships required all the way
from six months to two years to build.
Launching Record Broken.
"In the launching of the E500-ton col
lier Tuckahoe from tb Camden yards
of the New York Shipbuilding Company
In the record time of 27 days from the
date of keel laying we have an Illus
tration of what our American ship
workers are capable of when they get
their stride.
"On July 1,. 1916, we had no tonnage
worthy of the name engaged in over
seas trade. It is true that we had
under the American flag a total dead
weight tonnage on that date of 2,412,
S81 tons, but approximately 80 per
cent of this tonnage was engaged in
coastwise and Great Lakes trade.
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Neutral Ships Formerly Used.
"Therefore, the 'vast supplies' which
we were sending abroad were shipped
under terms and conditions laid down
by other nations, because the great
bulk of our exports was carried in
ships flying foreign flags.
"There was also American products
ready to go anywhere, but American
ships nowhere. We could not serve
the world as we should have served it
because we did not b.ave the vehicles
of trade. ;
"Now we are beginning to fulfill our
destiny. On the first of June of this
year we had increased the American
built tonnage to over 3,500,000 dead
weight tons of shipping. In the 11
months from July ; 1, 1917, to June 1,
1918, we constructed in American ship
yards a tonnage equal to the total out
put of American yards during the en
tire previous four years.
"In short, the Shipping Board has
added approximately 1,000,000 tons of
new construction to American shipping
in the last 10 months, for it was not
until August 3 of last year that our
commandeering order went into ef
feet.
Enemy's Ships Secured.
"We have also added 118 German and
Austrian vessels, with a total dead
weight tonnage of 730,176. We have
requistioned from the Dutch, under the
order of the President, 86 vessels with
total tonnage of 626,532. In addi-
ion, we have chartered from neutral
countries 215 vessels with an aggregate
deadweight tonnage of 953,661.
"This tonnage, together with the ves
sels we have been obliged to leave in
the coastwise and Great Lakes trade,
gives us a total of more than 1400
ships with an approximate total dead
weight tonnage of 7,000,000 tons now
under the control of the United States
Shipping Board.
"In round numbers, and from all
sources, we have added to the Amer
lcan flag since our war against Ger
many began nearly 4,500,000 tons of
shipping. We are adding to this ton
rage rapidly and will continue to
do so.
"It has taken us some time to apply
to the shipbuilding industry of this
country the principles of organization
and progressive manufacturing which
have made our othen big institutions
the marvel of the world.
"Since January of the present year,
when our new quantity production of
ships may well be said to have jus
begun, we have steadily risen in our
monthly output, until In the month
of May we turned out a total of 260,
000 tons for that one month alone,
making a total for the first five
months of this year of 118 steel ships,
aggregating 805,000 deadweight tons.
May Output Exceeds All for 1915.
"Now., in the year ending July 1,
1915, the shipyards in this country
built 186,700 deadweight tons of steel
vessels of over 1500 deadweight tons.
Thus, in the month of May we pro
duced 53,000 tons more than were pro
duced in the entire year 1915. Dur
ing the year ending July 1, 1916,
281,400 deadweight tons of steel ves
sels were delivered. Adding the 1915
tonnage with the 1916 tonnage gives
a total of 486,100 tons.
"With a tonnage for the first five
months of this year of 805,000 tons
we delivered in five months 336,900
tons of shipping- more than was built
in American shipyards in the years
1915 and- 1916.
I do not believe I am over optim
istic in Baying that our tonnage out
put will continue to increase until be
fore this year closes we will be. turn
ing out a half million tons each month.
We have established a shipbuilding
industry that will make us a great mar
itime Nation. We have today under con
tract and construction 819 shipbuild
ing ways, Including wood, steel and
concrete, which is twice as many ship
building ways as there are in all the
rest of the shipyards of the world combined.
Programme Worthy of Pride.
'Our programme- calls for the build-
shrould appeal to the pride of all loyal
and patriotic Americans.
Opr programme calls tor the build
ing of 1856 passenger, cargo, refriger
ator ships and tankers, ranging from
5000 to 12,000 tons each, with an ag
gregate deadweight tonnage of Id, 000.-000.
We are also contracting for 200
wooden barges, 50 concrete barges, 100
concrete oil-carrying barges and 150
steel, wood and concrete tugs ot louu
horsenower for ocean and harbor serv
ice, which aggregate a total deadweight
of 850,000.
Exclusive of the above, we have
245 commandeered vessels, taken over
from foreign and domestic owners,
which are being completed by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. These
will average 7000 tons each and aggre
gate a total deadweight of 1,715.000.
This mates a total oi jiui vesneio,
exclusive of tugs and barges, which
are being built and will be ptrt on the
seas by the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion in the course .of . carrying out the
present programme, with an aggregate
deadweight tonnage or I4,7ia,uuu.
'Five billion dollars will be re
quired to finish our programme for
1918. 1919 and 1920, but the expenditure
of this enormous sum will give to the
American people the greatest merchant
fleet ever assembled In the history or
the world a fleet which I predict will
serve all humanity loyally and unself
ishly upon the same principles of lib
erty and Justice which brought about
the. establishment of this Iree repuDiic.
The expenditure of the enormous sum
will give America a merchant fleet
aggregating 25,000,000 tons of shipping.
Credit Due to Labor.
'American workmen have made the
expansion of recent months possible,
and they will make possible the suc
cessful conclusion of the whole pro-
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gramme.
On July 1, 1917, tnere were in the
United States not quite 45,000 men en
gaged in the shipbuilding yards.
"Today we have a force of 300,000
men in the yards, and 250,000 men en
gaged In allied trades. This force will
be continuously increased. From all
present expectations it is likely that by
1920 we shall have close to a million
men working on American merchant
shlDS and their equipment.
'"The most liberal estimate of this
year's output of shipping from all coun
tries except America does not exceed
4.000.000 tons.
"One of the ablest shipbuilders in the
United States, Homer Ferguson, of
Newport News, predicted before the
Senate committee in January that our
tonnage for this year would be 3,000,-
000 tons in the United States alone,
Mr. Powell, vice-president of the Beth
lehem Steel Shipbuilding . Company,
agreed with Mr. Ferguson.
"Mr. Schwab, the director-general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, has
told me that he is going to prove that
both of these good friends of his are
somewhere conservative. . He believes
that the export prediction of 3,000,000
tons can.be exceeded, and I agree with
him.
Production to Increase.
"We have gradually reached the point
where we have the facilities for con
stantly increasing our output.
"As I have said, we have a total of
819 shipways in the United States. Of
these 819. a total of 751, all of which
except 90 are completed, are being
utilized by the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration for the building of American
merchant ships.
"In 1919 the average tonnage of steel,
wood and concrete ships continuously
building on each way should be about
6000 tons. If we are using 751 ways
on, cargo ships, and can average three
ships a year per way, we should turn
out in one year 13,518,000 tons, which
is more than has been turned out by
Great Britain in any five years of he
history.
"The total gross revenue of our fleet
is very impressive. From the ships
under the control of the Shipping
Board a total gross revenue is derive
of about $360,000,000. an amount more
than the gross revenue of the New
York Central Railroad and almost equal
to that of the Atchison, Topeka & Sant
Fe Railroad and the N. x. C R- R.
combined.
Control Committee Efficient.
"The shipping control committee,
composed of P. A. S. Franklin, chair
man; H. H. Raymond and Sir Conno
Guthrie. X. B. K.. was appointed 1
the early part of February. 1918, Jointly
by the Secretary of War and the United
States Shipping Board. Since the ap
polntment the committee has directed
the movement of all supplies destine
for the troops overseas, which, consid
erins Hi xaatlr. increased. Army. pow.
in France, is a very great accomplish
ment. "The committee has also operated
vessels under requisition of the board
and has chartered neutral shipping to
carry essential raw materials to man
ufacturers in the United States and
the various commodities needed here
and abroad..
"The committee has also supplied
vessels to take cane of the desperate
food situation in Belgium.
Future Possibilities Great.
"If in 1919-20 we havhe passen
ger and cargo tonnage we have
planned, we will be in a position to
establish a weekly passenger service
between New York and Klo de Janiero,
Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Caracas
on the East Coast, and weekly serv
ice between Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
and Valparaiso, Chile, on the Western
Coast.
"On the West Coast we fiow have
two fast passenger steamers plying be
tween New York and Valparaiso.
These are the first to carry the Amer
ican flag on that route. They have
cut the time between these two im
portant cities from 27 to 18 days a
saving of nine days.
"Our Central American neighbors,
Mexico, Guatemala. Nicaragua. Hon
duras and Costa Rica, must all have
the very best passenger and cargo
service, as must all of our South
American neighbors. We have planned
the class of steamers required for this
service. The type will serve our
Latin-American friends In a manner
that they have never been served be
fore, but which they are entitled to.
Pacific to Be Provided For.
"On the Pacific we must provide suf
ficient tonnage to meet Russia's re
quirements. That country has many
roducts which we need. These arti
cles can be moved in bottoms controlled
by us at fair freight rates, and this
will be most helpful to the expansion of
Russia's .trade.
'China also has many commodities
which 'we require, and should receive
the transportation necessary to move
them, not only to our country, but to
ther countries that she may desire to
sell to.
What better use can we make of
ur merchant marine than to assure to
these countries the best possible regu
lar steamship service?
That progressive nation. Japan, is
rapidly upbuilding her own merchant
marine, but the demand for tonnage
will be so great on the Pacific that
Russia, China. Australia and other for
eign possessions will receive service
which they have never been able to
receive before.
The building and operating of vast
fleets for the United States is not the
only work the Shipping Board is do
ing to create and develop a great mer
chant marine. "Linked to this work is
that done by the board in helping to
develop our harbor and port ter
minal facilities.
'A Port and Harbor Commission has
been appointed with Edward F. Carry
as chairman, and in co-operation with
the Army, Navy, Railroad Administra
tion and shipping interests we expect
to develop and organize our harbors so
that the great merchant marine we are
creating will have full facilities for
speedy loading and unloading, and for
the dispatching of cargoes Into the in
terior and the receiving of cargoes
from the Interior.
All the warring nations now recog
nlze that the chief issue which Ger
many will raise when compelled to sue
for peace will be the issue of raw ma
terials. There is indisputable evidence
that this is now the principal fear of
the German industrial and financial
leaders.
Raw Materials Essential.
No nation can participate in the
commerce of the world without an
adequate - supply of raw materials.
Manufacturing nations must have oil,
cotton, copper, steel and Iron, If they
are to survive industrially.
Germany must become a wreck, by
her own acts, if the war continues. She
has been forced recently to com
mandeer the copper from household
plumbing; the doorknobs, kettles, bath
room fixtures ana even the extra suits
of clothing possessed by her citizens?
This Is her internal struggle for raw
materials.
"In peace, as well as war. she must
have the raw materials which other
nations produce, or she cannot recover
industrially. In the end. raw mate
rials will mean 'more to her than the
military map to which Hlndenburr and
Ludendorf have glued their eyes.
"We must as individuals and as a
Nation, develop all the strength that
God has given us. We, must become
more and more powerful for the ennrf
.that we can do. We have always been
willing that other nations should work
out tneir destiny in their own way.
We have not attempted to impose our
own free institutions upon anv of them.
It is only when they interfere with our
free institutions or seek to oppress
peopie wno want to be free that we
have ever unsheathed our sword.
America Protector of Nations.
"America in the future must play the
role of protector to honorable nations
whose fault is weakness.
America s cnaracier nas taken on
world proportions as the result of the
present war. Always recognized by
foreign nations as a lover of fair play
nn tnis 81d of thn vn, Am-r1ff.
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tions are agreed that there can De no
temporary peace; that all that has
been sacrificed would be in vain if
there should be a recurrence of the
world conflict.
'The heroic role which Americanust,
therefore, play is that of a clear
headed nation which, knowing the es
sential elements of Justice, sees to it
that Justice is maintained internation
ally as well as domestically.
'In the great laws which were
enacted prior to the war under the
leadership of President v uson, rair
play was assured in American busi-
ss. The same lair play must oe
assured among the iintiona of the
world and it is only through a devel
opment of its own strength and char
acter that America can stand firm in
her position of moral business leader
CONCRETE CONTRACTS PLACED
Forty Big Stone Ships to Be Built
for Government.
WASHINGTON, June 10. Contracts
for building 40 concrete ships of 7600
tons each in five Government yaras
ere awarded today by xne snipping
Board. Eight ships will be built at
each yard, with A. Benley & Sons Com
pany in charge at Jacksonville, Fla.;
Fred J. Ley Sc. Co. at xnoDiie, Aia.; ecno-
field Engineering Company at San
Diego, CaL; San Francisco Shipbuilding
Company at San Francisco, ana lioerty
Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington,
N. C.
BALDWIN CHASE OVER
Warden Murphy Says Convict Will
. Soon. Commit Crime. .
SALEM. Or., June 10. (Special.)
Warden Murphy of the State Peniten
tiary stated today that Jeff Baldwin,
who has been a fugitive since May 12,
when he escaped from the prison, ap
carentlv has gone for good, and the
only hope that is left by the prison of
ficials is his capture after the com
mission of some crime.
"Baldwin Is a clminal, said Ward
en Murphy. "He is bound to get into
trouble, and it Is through trouble that
we will caDture him. It Isn't his nature
to remain out of sight and sooner or
later we will get him."
Salem Councilman. Resigns.
SALEM, Or., June 10. Special.)
Floyd Rlgdon, Salem Councilman, who
is subject to call soon under the draft,
resigned at the council meeting tonight
and C. E. Albln was named to succeed
him. Mr. Albln was recently ' elected ! noon brought in a verdict for J750 for
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Mayor to succeed Walter E. Keyes, the
first of next year.
GAN0NG HEIRS GET $750
Circuit Court Jury Brings . Verdict
Against Highway Commission. -
OREGON CITY, Or., June 10. (Spe
cial.) A Circuit Court Jury this after-
the defendants, in the condemnation
action brought by the State Highway
Commission against the Ganong heirs.
"The commission condemned a right-of-way
across the Ganong property
south of Canemah, along the new water
grade Pacific Highway last Fall. The
property is owned by the Ganong heirs,
who asked $2500 damages on account
of. the cutting of a strip off the front
of their place. The Jury deliberated
over the matter for about 4m hour.
Juriste Robert Tucker tried the case.
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Meat Business
The meat business of the country is
conducted by various agencies
By small slaughter-houses in villages
By local Abattoirs or small Packing Houses
in towns
both
Using only a part of the local live stock supply
and
Furnishing only a part of the local demand for meat.
These slaughtering and distributing agencies fill
a well denned but necessarily restricted place in the
distribution of the products of live stock.
But only packers like Swift & Company.
organized on a national scale, are able to under
take the service that is more vitally important,
involving
An Obligation to the Producer
To purchase for spot cash all the live Btock the
producer may send to market for slaughter.
An Obligation to the Consumer
To make available to every consumer, everywhere, in
season and out, the full supply and variety of meat
products, of the highest standard that the market affords.
Year Book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
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