Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-29
$500, 100000 FOR NAVY
IN 1916 URGED BYFARR
AS ECONOMY MEASURE
Scranton Representative
plauded by House and Gallerias &
as He Favors Means Of
Giving Us Peace
ASKS 25 CAPITAL sH5po
By a star corrn.nona...

WASHINGTON. May 2s.--pect..,. I. !.
would vote s5OO,OOo,OoO this year sa4 ~ X
United States navy, because :, -, "s
economy economy Representative John r. FAR :
scranton, one of the Republican ,e.,a.,o =, ot
OF the House Naval Affairs c,o,,sn,.gss r,s,llvers
made speech in the House todo.. = .teet
brought cheers from the eallerIes - " peni
as the floor of the House Several =, wen
the galleries, contrary to the r1,les ~ S'nes y.
House broke into applause. A,ne
Mr. farr SAID the present war in tsrr.u!
rs costing Great Britain S25 900 .O0o s'p' ope
How many days of war" asked tho puay.'
sylVanian, would 1t take to exnsnd SSlu, S..
$6OO,OO0,O00 which l believe we sbnnis ,ne
into the navy, because that wouiS. ~ put I
means of giving us peace" 10 me
HOT SHOT ON STATISTICS
There are some of the pointed stator,...
made by Representative Farr:
I'VE stand poor fourth amopv a..
tions Of the world u'e ma,
as Germany. as great
Germany has navy twice as pro.,
France. sreat az
France has a navy so per cen, s,...
than the United States. ionser
The hve-year building program. sa,.
Gated by Secretary of the Navy D.nis,S
would not change our rank e'@
instead of being fourth we nroh.A,.
would be fifth. ''OVaoy
Great Britain has put a feet on ~.
ocean since the beginning Of the war az
great as our entire tonnage ~
Germany has been doing tho r...-,
thing. saine
"one dreadnought could destroy our an.
tire Pacific fleet. GUY
There are lie places on orr co,...
where the enemy could land without con,Irs
In contact with coast Notifications '''s
II would vote for 25 capital shins ~,
year p' 'n's
THE 16 ships in five years, reconmsrd.a
by Secretary Daniels, would not chanre o,,.
present state of unpreparedness An az.
quate navy Is navy that will defeat tba
navy that comes to meet us"
DO you realize your program would cos,
S575,000,000 for construction of shins
lone?" Representative Hardy, of Texas
askeh. -. -
II do" replied Farr "If we went IN WOO.
we would spend willingly S25, 1000, 900 a dav
as Great Britain is doing now. would
vote S500.000,000 for construction to pre
vent war;"
CALLOWAY'S WARNING. y
Galloway, of Texas, warnpl the Iohs. I
that ammunition companies were behind the
preparedness agitation. Submarines, hs
contended, would clear the seas Of dread.
noughts ~
Farr sought to interrupt, but Galloway
declined. .o, ~
You're not courteous" said Farr
II can't stop for courtesy when the peo.
pie are about to be robbed answered the
Texan.
president Wilson, saying the world was
afire, went out into the East and the West
TO crystalline sentiment for preparednessr
said Britten, of Illinois. but he forgot all
about the South, where the real opposition to
preparedness exists. Despite his warnings,
not one thing has been done to hasten the
construction of ships now buildir or the Z
81 ships authorized during this fjmnlstra 5
ton. not one will be completed by the tina !.
President Wilson goes out OF office next
March," >tr