The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-07
MEYER WOULD
REDUCE NUMBER
Of NAVY YARDS
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DE-
sIRES TO DO AWAY With NEW
ORLEANS, PENSACOLA, PHILA-
DELPHIA, CHARLESTON AND
PORT ROYAL NAVY YARDS.

The following special from Wash
ingtOn to the New Orleans Times
Democrat will be read with interest
in this section:
Abolition Of all navy yards on the
Atlantic ssaboard, except those at
Portsmouth, Boston, New York and
Norfolk, also has become one OF sec
retary Movers hobbies, according to
what is called authentic information
by the wise ones at Beverly, Mass,
the summer capital of the country
At the capital established by law,
which is abandoned during the Whole
of each summer by the president and
the members of his cabinet, noChlnS
is known about the acquisition Of the
Roosevelt and Newberry hobby by
Mr.. Never. Inasmuch as he is ono OF
the two hold-Overs from the ROose-
welt administration, the association Is
considered more than half founded on
fact. But, according to these same
reports. Meyer would cut out the
philadelphia yard, Notwithstanding
the fact that congress appropriated
almost a million dollars for 1t last
winter. He cares nothing Tor the
further fact that Philadelphia IS stu
ated right in the heart or tho snip
building district. Meyer would have
that yard closed.
One excellent reason for believing
Never has taken over the Roosevelt
Newberry idea, is the fact that he has
never permitted the report made to
him with regard to the New Orleans
or Pensacola yards to reach the pub
lie Many promises have been made
TO newspaper men who inquired for
them. but always there was the same
retort-that they had not been gone
over carefully enough by the secre-
tarv. or that they were in the hands
of some officer or other for comment
BuL that his proposition is ridiculous
" sectional and foolish is shown by
his proposal to continue the Ports
mouth ward. That Is the one II
which Senator Hale, for years chair
man of the naval affairs committee
has always shown great fondness
IT is right on the boundary between
Maine and New Hampshire. The
Maine folk call it the Kittery, Me.
va.d. and the New Hampshire foil
call il the Portsmouth, n. h, yard
Then there is the Boston yard. 1t i
in the state of Massachusetts, and, o
course, it is sacred to Meyer, al
though il is not naturally any better
II as Scou as TIC OA0 a.
leans.
Thinks There Are Too Many.
Concerning this most recently at
TEMPT to run the repair business
of the navy in a sectional way, is
report from Beverly, which says;
'HThe secretary's idea is that there
are two many yards, and that the onl!
efficient way to conduct the navy
business is to have fewer but create
Yards. This is, of course, the scien'
tific and proper solution of the prob
lem. but the senators in whose state'
the other yards are located will hgh
such a reform to the last ditch 1
is for this reason that the politician
doubt whether the programme can Dt
put into effect without a bitter night
even if it is accomplished at all
Y Philadelphia would make tremen
dous fight. and similar opposition
would develop on the part of sucl
men as Tillman Of South Carolina
There is reason to believe that 1
will be long time before the propo
sitiOn will be put SquaTely up to con
gress, and it may not be done at al
IF a feeling out of the sentiment Their
indicates that the fight would be to-
hard.
IF Mr.. Meyer and the President de
eide to indorse the plan as the onl,
feasible way of running the navy. the,
will put it up to congress, and let tina
body take the responsibility for de
feating it. But that the opposition
will be bitter is undoubted." -,