The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-26
GREAT ACTIVITY !.
g:1ONnRNERgCLYDE
Twenty-Five Miles Of Factories
Turn Out Hundreds Of Stand
XII ardized Ships. Ri
CHIEF FOE OF SUBMARINE
Visit TO the Great Pisnts Espiains
Lioyd-oeoroe's conhdsnes That
the German Sea Menace viii
| ~ Be Beaten. ..fl.- .,t|

Glasgow.---A day on the River Clyde
helps explain Lloyd-George's conf
dence that the submarine menace will
be beaten Tav iHf y '1gnrs B. D."
q A snare-drum roar from thousands
of steam riveters and battlefield Of
,drumfire Of crashing hydraulic ham
,mers, unendlng miles of wooden and
steel scaffoldings d with workmen
swarming over them like flies; tower
ing cranes that look capable Of hitting
q county, courthouse, and setting 1t
down In the next county; these are
some Of the reasons.
Glrls-thousand and thousands of
,trouseretted girls--furnish so many
additional reasons.
And then there are certain reasons
visible to the eye concerning which
secrecy is imposed. They constitute q
method Of direct warfare against SUBJ
marines and are already proving their
effectiveness, but more than that can.
not be told. ".e''.."l.' 'ah'.'a
Twenty-Five Miles Of Factories.
The Clyde was the greatest ship.
building center In the world before the
war began. Now 1t dwarfs its own
activities of three years ago. For
% miles on one side of the river i'm
mense plants crowd against one an
other; the same Is true for half the
distance on the other side Of the riv-
er. Soon II VIII be the whole distance
on both sides. ,.-.,
The worlds biggest fighting craft
went the ways here a few days ago
but work stopped many months ago on
what was to be the worlds biggest
merchant ship. Instead, smaller ships
and more OF them are being built
Rows on rows of skeletons, some bare,
some partly dressed In their armor-
plate show how the new policy of
building standardized ships Is being
carried out. Builders report 1t means
n 40 per cent gain In speed Of con-
struction. 1T .uu.gsbuS q slt
sunless the destructiveness Of the
German submarines is greatly in.
creased, the extension of British ship.
ping will practically take care Of the
situation by autumn" said Fred Lob
nitz, munitions director for Scotland
This does not take into account the
huge preparations under way in Amer
lea" 4.
More than one shipbuilder along the
river displays keen perception of
the probable acceleration of Americas
output. .-r
The fact that they are compelled to
rely on women and girls for an i'm.
mense proportion Of their labor has
ceased TO be considered a handicap,
the shipbulders say. Aside from such
work us calls for sheer muscle, they
declared, the women are completely
qualified rs proved by the fact that
they are averaging larger output per
person than men In the same work NV.
eraged-before the war. The same in
crease in output since the war began,
OF course, has been shown by the men.
Do No Heavy Work. ~ 70
Women are used chiefly In work
where automatic devices .take the
heavy lifting off their hands, s.rJ Il
Thus feminine hands are seen turn
ing out 15-inch shells practically with
out masculine assistance; doing the
hulk Of the work on the famous Brit.
ish tanks, gun carriages and, natural
ly, on airplanes and airships. Oh
The excellence Of their workmanship
makes certain that the problem Of nd.
1usting labor conditions after the war
will be big one. "Just now they ore
giving thought to one thing only" spid
Lobnits, "and that Ia the winning OF
the war lCIaJm a'yrntlgT ,rs7H