The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-03-26

sh;ar articaiiy unlimited supply
SnipDulidlng material which js 81
uoors, the magnificent bouh
many places where marine wavs =
De successfully operated, the ann
"nve Oh cheap labor and the fact ~
yeiiow pine lumber is recognized .
the pest and cheapest sb;nh,,;,s.
material places Tampa in unioue -,
s aoh and makes it imperative tbs
ieaomg business men get topetL
CT ana begin this work before II e W.
nected of necessity to son,a - ue
southern port. ''ile
~ oaoASonViile is after the shipbuild;n,
.rade. The Merrill-Stevens Sh;nh,.;,1
ing company are now constrnct;na y !
Two thousand ton steel shin Eaa4
capital is interested in increasina s' thn
t t.1e Of this plant and it is apparent
.a '. iour other ships of five tbousand
IONS each will soon begin 70 ST.
wh 11selves in this yard, and the plant
e when now employs $50 men will Som
b, nploy 1000. Good for Jacksonvilla
; Dus what is the trouble with Tamns
Tuisputably the finest port on 49,
FLORIDA gulf coast? 20 vi Inc
tampa has made much noise .h.,.
IT. e s'eei ship which was constmcted
u;l,a I ana which has been lying in tho
ilulsooroug river for manv moons VIC
parently in the same condition rs ap-
III when slid from the WAYS was t
The steel ship is all ricbt e :. n
49, nl hnlshed but the time taken IN n n
Duifoing. one steel ship would have no :" Il
Of i,.ea .he construction of number 81 !,
" wooden ships capable of earrvinn d'
49, n ZINES the tonnage to Europe and
al their owners millionaires nn d,,. b'
'i e, present high ocean rates ' WI
mon, g great need now is for ships, and Il -
nlole ships, the less they cost So low IL
LIZ, sney are seaworthy, the better r. 90
axes at least one German tornedo - wo
INK a ship, be that wooden steaue -
worth a six million dollars and carrying M
Millions in cargo with an army Of u
nen on board.
A schoolboy can see that a large flo
lila of cheap ships is the most prac-
icable method of transporting our
'oods through the submarine zone,
nd the success of the allied govern
nents which are fighting to save them
elves, and us, from the overpowering
domination and greed of Prussian mil
tarism. We must feed our allies in
europe and theerby enable them to few
rush Germany or at some future time me
ur children will be compelled to de- son
end themselves against this same car
'ampire government, and their child sor
ems blood will be used to quench the ticl
hirst of German lust for i'd power. I
At the Service of Our Government. lab
Responding to call for the mobili- she
alton of the yellow pine industry of ide
he south for shipbuilding and "other fire
york necessitated by the international OPT
risis," the Tarpon Lumber company the
f this city has sent the following the
wire to the Federal Shipping board cor
nd the Southern Pine association: the
"Our mills, located on two rail- 7
roads, thirty miles from Tampa ter
and capable of delivering at that knit
port half million feet long leaf few
yellow pine lumber monthly. Our tin
output and every effort at govern lily
ment's or shipbuilders' service"
The timber experts of the United nit
'tates navy yard at Norfolk, Va, have or
pecified yellow pine as the most suit aft,
bile and serviceable lumber for boat wit
obstruction. {
The time was when the United dis
states was the chief maritime nation init
# the earth. Her wooden ships with ain
akish spars carried the Stars and Inu,
Stripes into every port on the globe, T
the waves of the seven seas off
md distributing the produce of a wo
,reat, though young, nation to mil Inf
ions of consumers in foreign lands. lin
Then came the era of wooden vessels not
propelled by steam, and in this the mo
United States still held the lead. 1t ser
vas the advent of the iron ship which ]
ucceeded in RELOCATING the Stars and yes
stripes to the tail end of the process de,
ion of ocean-carrying commerce. wo
England, realizing the necessity of fec
Ter domination over the oceans began pal
he construction of iron and steel ships T
N gradually increasing scale and VIII
- aroo,,,o oo tbic s,,hcidizad bcr chin IL
,uilding facilities, financed those who clio
inferred into this enterprise and we ant
NOW that from the time of the first '
ron ship the prestige of the United est
States on the high seas began to de- thu
line. an,
The great catastrophe which has be- ma
'allen Europe, and which has resulted the