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5MENT TO GET A MARINE

Withdrawn from the seas and the Brit
ish boats are carrying supplies for
the Allies. Therefore our
has been cut down To those things
which the Allies need, and it is carried
in their ships,
The United States has reached a
point in production where it must
have markets outside the country: the
country canno consume all the output
Of the factories. We now export only
8 per cent. Of our products, as against
90 per cent. for England and As per
cent, for Germany. As "A consequence
u factories have only work for their
productive capacity or an average Of
ninety days In each year. Germany
does not need "a place In the sun
half so much as does the United
States. James y. Hill has forcibly
pointed out that this country needs
markets; he says that we can make
goods but we cannot sell them. When
the Chinese commission was in this
country recently Charles NJ. Schwab
said; The United States can manu-
facture well, and it can sell well, but
II cannot transport well"
The National City Bank has es-
tabllshed branches in South America
and u merchants are making dill
gent efforts To capture that trade, but
what is the use when We have no
ships? In times of peace when there
are foreign ships available they will
carry our products for us. But they
will only carry products that do not
enter into competition with their W
such trade hrIngs cash for freight
keeps ships busy and brings employ
ment. Just so long as we exported
only agricultural products and imple-
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II is safe to say that those who have
been abroad were not tourists, but
were travellers who were compelled
To go because of business or the ex-
igencies of war.
II IL. of course, quite impossible
10 get even II fair approximation OF
the nmount of money tourists spend
while abroad, in hotel bills, railroad,
steamboat and other forms of trans
portation, gratuities, &c, An estimate
by one who comes In contact with IA
representative part of the regular
summer exodus of Americans to Eu-
rope places the amount OF money
spent in this wise 1T "A very conser-
vative minimum OF $4,000 900. A
somewhat more graphic support of
this estimate is contained In the fol-
lowing table, setting forth the esti-
mated daily expenditure, including
hotels, railroads, steamboats,, &C, to-
gcther with the average lumber OF
days spent abroad;
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ing, for we are each year lending
about 50, 900. 600 900 across the water in
gold stocks, bonds or some form OF
security and we are actually debtors.
This is because we pay freight on all
our exports TO foreigners; less than III
per cent. goes In American ships sapd in
addition to the freight we pay the
charges for marine and other insur-
ance TO foreign companies. The earn
ings Of foreign ships, hanks and UNDER
writing associations from the trans
portation of our trade amounts TO the
tidy sum of more than IA million dol
lars each year.
Wise legislation built our ships and
foolish legislation destroyed them.
Back in 1888 all our goods came and
went in foreign owned ships. in that
year George Washington signed the
Maritime Declaration Of Independence.
II reduced by 10 per cent. the duty ON
goods brought in by American ships
and n little later the duties on foreign
ships were made higher than those on
American. Shipbu!lding at once be-
came a great industry; manufactures
generally hourshed, and in five years
American bottoms were carrying 80
per cent. Of our trade. as against "a
per cent. when the laws were enacted,
And for forty years American craft
carried at least 90 per cent. of Ameri-
can trade. Every person is familiar
with the clipper ship that the
stars and Stripes To every sea, Of the
great ports of Salem, New Bedford
! a,l Il,stDp of tho prant mariner for
tunes Of stephen Girasi, Commodore
Vanderbilt and many others.
The civil war destroyed many OF
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Costly Cars Held Up
While Traffic Police.
man Helps Small Bow
With Wrecked WAGON

on h venue he started TO cr,ss =.
the other side. In the middle ~ w
street one of the wabbly wheels fui'
filled its threat and collapsed on,
went the load Of wood over ~.
asphalt. 1t was a tragic m
What happened? Did the IRAN,
policeman on the corner sc,Vl NV
shout at Willie to move on? Did tho
chaufeurs who were driving sbi,i,s
limousines and lanky touring cars ,,s
smart coupes swear under their roa..
at the block in traffic?
Nothing Of the sort. Mr. p,uc,m.
put up his big broad hand s.gnallins
all automobiles to stop. He won, -
where Willie was busy TRYING ,o 80.
cue the wreck and constituted bio.
self a first aid to a small party in Al.
tress. When the spilled wood ~,
been once more piled into tho COO.
box he helped Willie drag &, IN ~.
opposite curb. then returned ana
signalled the cars to resume thor IN
terrupted way.
outside the stage door. with o,r..
eyes and aching heart. stands tbo ~,
sweet, small town girl who has To-.
her home away out there To com.
to the great city on the hunt for rams
ana fortune. The cut OF the country
shouts from every line of her clothes,
She has ambition. determination. thu,
haunting something that difTercntia,.
! the one from the many. And She Ia.
that best of all gifts-youth. All sh.
needs is n ~Chancc-a chance. II on,v
she could play her own self with M
deft touches of playwright or tricks n,
producers to mar the picture. how IN,
city would ring with praise of her,
With wide eyes she watches Wifi.
there alights from a highly orna,.
automobile a woman in whom Ii,
flame of youth has burned low. He,
cheeks are saggy. the lustre is gon.
from her hair. the hollows drawn hy
the fingers OF a too vivid life are deep
under her eyes. She is "A great star
In a few minutes she will be portray.
ing her latest suCccss-shy. sweet
small town girl who has left her hon,
away out there to come to the grea'
city on the hunt for fame and fortune
The stage hands, smarting under hel
tantrums. refer to her a. that youn,
girl OF ninety" The public pays a
high as $40 n sea for the privilege O
witnessing the deception.
In passing II might be well 10 men
ton the frivolous g"randmothcrs VIII,
elect to attend tango temples with I'm
maculate II impecunlous youths an,
coy December grandfathers who try 4
buy their way into the graces Of IN
maids of May. These are i~ncongru
tiles we tolerate in the hope that som
remedy other than Anthony Comstocl
will come along and effect a cure
Have you ever noticed how a 'niv
YER car is invariably equipped Wit
rugs. dust coats, mirrors, thermo
bottles, and how the driver Away
wears goggles and a motor cap, Will
the big car carries nothing but
speedometer?" asked an observan
motorist.
Yes. and did II ever occur 20 yo
that the ute little watch charm girl
adore to wear strictly tailored suit
and hats. while the girl built on hattie
ship lines revels in rufiied organt.
and a garden hat?
Incongruity, thy name IS New York
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these ships and the quick adoption
OF steam vessels by England made the
balance of the fleet obsolete. Then
laws were passed which made It i'm
possible for Americans to run ships
under their own flag: the preferen-
tials We're taken away and In their
stead came burdensome laws.
We need a Secretary Of Marine in
the Cabinet and a maritime commits
sion to investigate and codify our
laws in the way hat the Monetary
Commission prepared for the Federal
reserve law. Our shipping is to-day
even more chaotic than was our cur
rency. These laws have not been
codified because an Interior purpose
las always been present or suspected
In the men who tried to make changes
in the laws. And then II was thought
that shipping legislation was sectional
and not national.
Our ultimate object il the securing
or a commission to codify the mari
time laws. We are going about our
work in the same way that Germany
went about building her great mer-
chant marine; h had exactly the
same problem that we have to-day.
In the sos the Germans were lust be-
ginning their industrial career and
they found they had no ships; the
people In the interior said that they
did not need ships; II the people at
the ports wanted them let them buy
them, and SO on. Then they began
10 awaken to the fact that IL was
well enough to make goods, but they
could not sell them TO the outside
world unless they used English ships
and paid through English banks; they
would have had to deliver themselves
To their trade competitor.
The Kaiser, Bismarck and the
Krupps organized the German Marine
League n before long everybody in
Germany was working for ships. The
school children were singing of them
and people who had never seen salt
water were working for them. The
laws were passed. the capital was
raised, the ships were built and the
German flag went abroad, Those Ger.
man ships are now in home waters
or informed in various neutral ports
There is more German tonnage in New
York harbor to-day than is owned
by the whole United States for over,
seas carriage.
The National Marine League start,
with better prospects than did tn,
German organization and 1t will hav,
as great success. 1t lacks the i'm
pernl authority, hut It will have tn,
support OF the people. When watch
making was first started in the Unite,
States II was said hat American
workmen could never compete will
the Swiss, To-day the American
watch il the best I'm the world and tn,
cheap American watch cannot b,
matched by the product of any otheI
country, 1t will be the same Will
ships; the building OF ships can h,
fairly standardized so that the grea
overhead expenses can he reduced ant
the vessels turned out as are watches
And IL Is these standardized ship
that make the country owning then
A great maritime Power, They cal
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Elimination Of l.. S. in
Foreign Carr ying
Trade Has Led to
Formation Of League
to Restore 1t
b T.. u. w. ROSS,
President of the National Navlas
LcRHue.

THE United States cannot con-
tinuc as an Isolated nation. 1t
must reach out into the world
OF trade; IL is trying to reach
out, but IL finds the arms are too short.
For the arms of trade arr ships. The
United States has no foreign going
ships: everybody knows that and al
most everybody talks about IL. Every
one agrees that 1t would be a nice
thing to have a fine big merchant
marine but until recently there has
not been a hand raised in a sane
effort to get one.
Gathered into one force are the
leading bankers and merchants Of the
United States, and we propose so to
build hat before many years the flag
of the United States will not he an
object OF wonder on the seas. The
movement is growing every day, for
the wal has brought home e every
section Of the country the Importance
Of having American ships for Ameri-
can trade.
It Ia a maxim that "As goes the
foreign shipping industry SO goes the
commercial and financial welfare OF
a nation" But as a people we have
not paid much attention to this
maxim; a great many good folks
imagine that Washington's injunc-
ton TO keep away from entangling
alliances means that the United States
ought to shut itself up in a box: We
have shut ourselves up in a box in
so far as foreign trade Is concerned;
we VI commercially more OF ar
island than either France or Ger.
many and We are now feeling the
discomfort of our enclosure. The lack
OF ships means something 10 the
farmer OF the middle West when he
finds 5000 carloads OF grain on the
tracks between Peoria and Newport
News waiting for the ships that are
not.
Germany has 1875 miles OF seacoast
In thirty years she has built herself
the second merchant marine Of III,
world. The United States has S,O0l
miles Of seacoast and for fifty year,
she has been going backward in he
merchant marine. The rise Of Ger
many, the continued supremacy o
England n the decline of the United
states In matters maritime are be
cause the first two nations have in
tel!lgently considered the merchan
marine problem and have. by wis
legislation and popular appeal. helpe'
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Example Of Germany in
Last Generation In
spiration Of Idea Like
Fleet Gould Be Under
Our Flag

he built cheaply and they can be
operated cheaply. The public idea OF
a merchant marine is always CON
nected with great, speedy passenger
liners; these ships are SNOWY. Ike Ire
extra fare passenger trains, hG' they
are not the ships upon which ,rade
depends. Trade is borne 10y the 10.
spised tramp; so per cent of Eng
lands trade goes in tramp ships.
The liners from New York or San
Francisco are important. but me
mosquito fleet" such as the boats oot
Of Hun. the Clyde or the TYNE, are
the real ~workhorsos Of CuWm'Ns.
our principal need is the Swl..tf
ships which will make frequent sail
ings To Europe, to South Amer ard
TO the Orient, These ships ~ and"
freight more chcaply than 'aa .reN
which carry passengers. Tn'ro I-" a
great number of individuals a.. or
porations now awaiting a '.l..H q"
embark in the business a. ramp
ships; the fortune of S,crt" rdFd
Was built upon such "~adyrHtlrcs.
There are four cardiul. p.-'s IN
the general programme NJ the ..I-l"
]. The abrogntIon Of all t@rcuti,, which
prevent the Discrimination al the I rlied
states In favor 0f American owned snip
under the amos favored nation clause
=. That sailors FORGETTING their lahor
contracts shall not he criminal, Hamlet
Congress has now passed nm act to TINS
purpose.
3. That American ships he owned,
manned and built ny American citizens
4. That American labor cannot ma
Its full employ mcnt until the transp'r'
tatlon OF American goods Is In hmeh'
can hands.
The treaties with foreign Powers
ought not to he allowed 20 stand N
the way OF stimulating home building
and owning; preferential duties are
easier To be put into effect than a'y
form of direct subsidy. II IS equally
important that only American hN.''
ships manned by American sailors
should carry the American tra3", hNt
this provision cannot hc enforced n
fun effect for some years to come 'or
there are now not enough sh.2' o.
sailors to M the demand.
Through the demand of is r'' ems
the United States can bring .ts mari
time development To a parity SIT. -
wonderful continental d]cvrlopN ". .
a manner that will lead n ~ '~
or the vas maritime resources '"'
own country and the cmpl"Nr . NJ
our own citizens I'm the CrpI % q
the fundamentally mere. ".'
rine of u own
In a word, the foreign '-
proposition must he mad" '
attractive for American ,lf.t
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rassersby to come where ocean breezes
blow, to hop into the Joy wagon and
seek a lot of fun.
This way to everlasting life"
pleads the evangelist.
This way to Coney Isle" begs the
barker.
Come and Join the ranks Of the
righteous" is the invitation from the
evangelist.
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Come on, now, all aboard for the
big noise. Hop right in. All ready
to start. Step lively" So urges the
barker.
The crowd of perpetually curious
gathers. Honors are about equally di-
vided between the attractions. A
pretty girl with a spiritual face and a
trembling soprano voice steps on the
improvised platform and starts to sing.
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mentioned corne
Here then. in the early evening.
a small band of evangelistS
bent on redemption. Here also ONE
a large green passenger motor bus bent
pm pleasure. Both take their places on
the corner. The evangelists call the
passersby to come to grace, to repent
Of their sins and seek salvation. TIE
barker" for the motor bus calls the
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where Is My Wandering Boy To-
night?" she quavers. A sentimental
person in the outskirts OF the crowd
begins to sniff. The bus barker -e-
allies his act is falling fiat. his audi
ence is walking out on him. He raises
his trusty megaphone to his mouth
and gives n monologue on the attrac-
lions of Coney Isle. Through his rau-
cous comedy discourse runs the thin
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IoN Wucn money nave the peo-
/ pie of the United States saved
by not going to Europe this
summer, spending II instead in seeing
America first? The amount has been
variously estimated up to $500, 600, 600,
but international bankers say that
s350,000 600 is ample allowance for this
factor in foreign exchange and our
invisible balance of trade,
In normal years aDout 600 900 tour
lists go abroad to spend the summe
months, The total passage money
approximates $S7, 200, 900, as shown
in the subjoined tabulation, based on
the estimated number of travellers in
the three classes Of steamship accom-
mediation In 1913:
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Activity in American shipyards was described in THE SUNDAY
SUN of July IS. Enough keeIs are laid to keep the plants busy for
two years. a greater number than at any time since the civil war.
Forces have been vastly increased since the great war began. ever
time work being the rule rather than the exception.
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blind? Do matinee girls like
chocolates?
Just as surely as the answer to the
last three questions is an unequivocal
'.yes," so is It to the first n Incon-
gruitics do exist in New York streets.
They exist in focks. II you can walk
a city block without meeting the in
c%ongruous either in the form of pathos
or humor, or just neutral, either there
Ia something radically wrong with
your observatory or there Is some
thing wrong with the block.
1ncongruity is a part of, and a very
generous part of, the fascination OF
the grand old town. Things are pleas
urable by contrast with other things
not so ~pleasurable or not ~pleasurable
at all. And nowhere does contrast
GO 10 the extremes II does in New
York. Opposites here reach the flood
tide 81 possibilities. A sort of an
~eytrvhndv FOR himself. mind vour
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Evangelist and Sight
seeing Auto Side by
Side With Rival Bark
ers for Souls and Fun
ny JANE

~ they exist? Docs the sun
l rise in the east Is love
blind? Do matinee girls like
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steamship men estimate that Amer
leans who have gone abroad this sum
mer have not totalled 25 per cent. of
the number sailing In normal years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-26
LESS AUTOS IN BERLIN.
Largely Because Cars Can Be Used Only
For Specified Purposes.

Berlin, April 2d.-Only third as
many automobiles are to-day licensed in
| Berlin as before the war. the number
having been cut down from 9,li3 to
$3.50. OF these, l,4ls are privately
owned. These are for the most part
trucks OF business houses and cars be-
longing to physicians. The automobile
traffic, however, is much less than a
third what it was before the war, since
physicians and other private persons to
whom licenses have been granted are
permitted to use their cars only for
specified purposes, and the cars may not
be used by their families. The greatest
proportionate number of licenses has
been granted TO taxicabs, of which there
are 1900 in operation, against 1900 be-
fore the war
The number OF horse-cabs licensed has
been exactly cut in half, being l,l65
against former $500.
One result OF the reduction OF transit
facilities is conditions in the street-cars
that remind one &, an American city.
The number of persons permitted to
stand in the cars and on the platforms
has been raised and the police do not in
terfere when the limit is exceeded. Cars
aud omnibuses are consequently
TANNED.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-26
TO HAVE COUNTY AGENT.
chittenden County Farmers Take VI
the Idea.

Burlington. April 26.-An enthusiastic
meeting Of the Chittenden County Farm
ers' association was held Saturday at the
office of c. W. Brownell, the president
in this city. There was large repre-
sentation of the towns in the county
The meeting went over the reports and
got line on the membership, which had
increased 20 quite an extent in the last
few DAYS. The membership now exceeds
800, and more are expected. The guaran-
tee necessary for procuring the services
Of a county agent having been estsb-
Hshed. the next move viii be to obtain
the agent. Nobody is in mind az yet,
but efforts are being made 20 get a good
man. II is hoped 10 get the agent by
MAY !. IL possible. II not. his services
viii not be obtained until July !. Add
son county has already taken an agent,
who is from the University Of Vermont,
and Windsor county has obtained a
Cornell man.
For the guarantee, Il has been neces.
sarv 20 pledge $500 above the county APP
but this viii be- decreased
II the agent l. not obtained until July |.
For this guarantee there are over 300
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-26
WAS HISTORIC FIGURE.
Frederick w. Seward Prominent at Time
of Plot Against Lincoln.

Montrose, n. y, April 26.-Frederick
| w. Seward, assistant secretary of state
in the cabinets of Presidents Lincoln
Johnson and Hayes and son of the late
Secretary of State William II. Seward
died here yesterday in his S5th year
He leaves widow. Anna NJ. Seward, and
one brother, Gen William II. Seward OF
Auburn.
Mr.. Seward was closely associated
with some of the grayest events in the
nations history IL was he who was
sent on that memorable mission from
Washington to Philadelphia to warn
President Lincoln that his life was in
danger if he followed his schedule
through Baltimore. Four years later he
figured in another stirring incident after
the assassination of Lincoln. He was at
his fathers bedside when Payne, one
of Booths accompliees, pretending to be
a messenger with medicine for Secretary
Seward, suddenly drew revolver and
beat Frederick Seward into unconscious
ness. then slashed the secretary Seward
many times. Payne's efforts to kill fail
ed Both Stewards eventually recovered.
Later, when Payne was captured, he,
with Others involved in the plot, were
executed.
Frederick w. Seward was born in Au-
burn and was closely associated with
his distinguished father in all of the
atter's public activities. He received his
primary education in Auburn and Al
bany and was graduated from Union
.ollege at Schenectady. He was secre-
AIRY to his father when the latter was
United States senator from New York. |
later he studied law in Washington, and !
vas admitted to practice in this state,
in New York city with Kent |
md Davis in 1851. He consulted with
lis father on the purchase of Alaska
The late Thurlow Weed urged him to
ONE to Albany where he had lived when
lis father was governor. Later he became
N editor Of the Albany Evening Jour
al and held that position ten years.
Mr.. Seward was one OF the earliest
paders of the Republican party. The
unerai services will be held in Auburn
nd burial will he in the Seward family
lot in Fort Hill cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-26
TALK OF THE TOWN
Now wash silks at Ahhott,s.

New wash silks Mt Abbott's.
Ladies' silk gloves, special now, a
Vaughan's,
More of those corscts all sizes, a
Vaughan's.
Pianos tuned. regulated and repaired
Work guaranteed. X. n. Gale, As Wei
lington street. Phone I2s-ll
Pillow-tops 24x24 inches and scarfs "a,
90 inches in tapestry-the newest thing
| in decorations-at Hooker's.
There will be no practice meeting to.
night for the officers of Ruth chapter
No. 80, 0. +. S. Per order worthy
matron.
Ivy Rebekah lodge, No "a, of Mont.
pelier has extended an invitation to the
members of Bright Star Rebekah lodge,
No Is, to visit them Tuesday evening,
April 81. All members going, take the
6:45 car.
Ruth chapter, No. 35. o. Z. S., will hold
a practice meeting Monday evening. April
20, at s o'clock. All old officers and new
ly elected and appointed officers are re-
quested to be present. II is important
that they attend.
The auction sale on Trow hill Satur.
day afternoon of the John G. Bassett
estate personal property was well at
tended. Farm tools and machinery
brought good fair prices; one three year
old colt sold for $20l; one two year-old
colt brought $l26; one yearling colt
brought 1888. c. F. Smith, auctioneer.