Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07
WAR TO BE WON IN THE
WORKSHOPS

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LIVERY workngman, every business
~ and professional man. every farmer
re and e-ery merchant must keep in mind
the n It that the war is to be won in
10 America.
- II these men fail in their duty the lives
of American soldiers will be Sacrificed
- needlessly and the responsibility will
rest upon them,
Us Here is the situation today: No ag.
gressive action be expected from
Russia The man power OF Englapd and
France is exerting itself to the utmost
70 hold the trenches and to push back
the Germans That man power will
grow weaker instead of stronger as the
NJ months go by. 1t is imperative that the
United States should pour into Europe
as many men as lossible and quickly
as possible in order that the Allied forces
can follow up every gain and hold it.
~ The American armies are depended on
forces and to win the final victory in
the field.
y They cannot win unless they are sup.
: ported at home. They cannot even fight
unless they are carried across the ocean.
They cannot be carried across the ocean
I'm time unless there are ships enough for
III the job. And they cannot be fed and sup.
piled with munitions unless there are bot
II Because of the scarcity of shipping the
4s Government has already made arrange
uhS mehts to build great factories in France
zoc in which to manufacture certain supplies
required by the armies. But the raw
r. material must be shipped across the At.
lantic.
- Lord Northcliffe sounded the alarm
~ when he said the other day that we should
build ships with all possible speed in order
=. to prevent the tonnage on the seas from
falling below the amount required The
U-boats have sunk so many vessels that
the world tonnage today is less than when
~ the war began. So long as the submarine
activity continues the building of new
on; ships is of supreme Importance.
The Shipping Board is beginning to
~, appreciate the gravity of the situation
1ih 1t has just appointed two engineers to
sisy bring pressure to bear on the ship
builders to rush the work as rapidly as
possible one engineer for the builders
q of steel vessels and another for the build
" ers of wooden ships. 1t would be easy
and useless TO say that these engineer,
ought to have been appointed months age
n and that the work of building new ships
should have been begun as soon as wa
was declared in 1914 But it is unproft
able TO hold inquests at tNis time. Th
90 fact to keep in mind is that the Govern
q ment is at last alert TO the need and ha
begun earnestly to push the work Il
tkA hand.
nsa Nothing can be achieved, however
ia without the hearty cooperation of tn
gels people. The householder who rents
ssas room 10 a ship worker is doing his pal
in the war as really as though he wei
carrying a rifle. call has already bee
sent out to the residents of PhiladeIph
10 provide house 'oom for the thousand
Of men employed In the shipyards on Il
Delaware River. Thousands more mu
Az be employed IL the shlpbuilding progra
is to be completed on time and If the w
IHt Is to be won. There must be the mo
so hearty and genuine cooperation betwe
fe| the people Of this city and the Cover
nnent as well as between the people
every other shipbuilding cater and t
men seeking place to hive while tn
work
The enormous resources Of the count
are 70 be used to win the war. II
people 10 not place them at the dispo
Of the Government. the Government '
take them It win conserve food. 1t ,
drsve prontsers into hiding and it ,
..ias all raw materials needed unless Il
nso o1erod At reasonable prices II ev
citizen realizes tina, victory depends
some degree on his willingness to
operate the tasf vllI be easy.
THE SANE 0Lp BLUFF