The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-31
LAUNCH NEW SAVANNAH LINER
M.iJOR hanson WANTS 4 HgG-
WUMP TO HELP BUSINESS.

president sS Georgia Ceairal aI launch
ing banquet Declnres fsr Paiitieal
InIeprndenee mat VIVA nrtng ship
Subsidies ami kih Cooperation TaN.
NEwPORr NEws. Va. March O-The
Savannah I.ins steamship CITY OF ST.
Louia. biggest % cOastwise cargo carriers.
launched to-day at tho yards OF the New
port Newa Shipbaildink aud Dry Dock
Company. inspired Major J. p. Hanson.
prssidsnt Of the Central of Georgia Rail-
way. to make . pisa for q ship subsidy
aud incidentally To declare himself indie
psndent politically Of all parties excspt
that whose object was tho industrial
development Of the country.
He called tho corporation tar -infa-
nous. discriminatory and humiliating.
The Major. who n close 60 10 years
OF are. spoke with the vehemsnco Of .
young man and caused his auditors In
tho dining hall of the Warwick Hotel
to break into cheers.
The political party. the Major said.
that goes up against the corporations
Of this country will ind that Il has gone
up against the real thing at last; am
willing 10 20 into coalition with any party
in the United States that is opposed 20
the corporation tax iniquity."
The Major said in regard to ship sub
aiciies that he believed the progress OF
Germany. France and England on the
seas was due chiefly to Government as
sistance in one form or another. He
iamented the disappearance OF the Amer
loan flag from the seas except along the
coast and declared that he did not care
whAs sort OF a suhsldy might 10 onered
TO the owners OF ships 20 long - 10 was
enough. He merely wanted the eame
measure of protection that had been gwen
to all other industries OF the country:
The Ma Tor stirred the diners to renewed
enthusiasm when he said:
Government In the last analysis and
In il simplest form Of statement n
nothing more or lee than business on
a big scale What the country needs IN
leadership is the development OF a giant
mu gNump. We want neither Republican
nor Democrat. but a man to do things Tor
the hest business policies of the country.
The Major characterized the failure
Of Congress in the last fifty years 20 do
ANYTHING Tor the American merchant
marine a. q national humiliation
Savannah Line. led in the speechmak ina
an toastmasteT. Other speakers we're
Calvin v circuit, president Of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany, and Walter \. Post, general super
intendent % the company.
Mr. circuit said that capital without
orGanization was Ineffective In ship
building a. in other industrial enterprises
and that the organization 81 hts company
vac ~ thorough that in the last hVe
months 10 had achieved the distinction
OF turning out one ship every thirty days.
The launching Of the ship " a. unusually
smooth Miss Louise Nugent Of II
Louis smashed a bottle OF champagne
against the liners stayboard how. re.
mark ing A. the Az -puEted over her, Il
name You ~. l. HIia. and God bless you
A. has been customary the presadent
81 the company gave Miss Nugent q gold
watch 30 engraved a. to entitle her 20
free passage Tor life on any ship ot the
line
The ~, Louis 10 a SISTER % the City ~
Montgomery. recently on the ways. and
- 4Oi feet long. - feet beamNnd measures
.. pOO tons
Nearly every port of the Atlantic coast
and several interior cities were repre-
s~nted ~ the launching
spsciR! train from New lork IN charge
% Passenger Traffic Manager James {
Horton Of the Savannah Lane took l0a
guests 60 Baltimore. where they trans
shipped to the Merchants aud Miners
steamship Juniata for this CITY