Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-04-19

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iossRed tae fsrt tha4 aAea tas aar
game Mrs i.taes would hava ta sagft
fer herself. because heg nRa-a' ,ysar
husband Nuulta have other matters IN
laok SITTER, Bat his arthute to ge4e
cargo boats wsss nlare slaafi deserved
They are Engtand's pride. they are
heg uaainsfay, her h@ekisane. the gnnr
anfy of her ability fp tnaas tfse whole
@efld heF silly whether IL win or 30.
When tho story of this war ts finally
wrtiten--as of course III !s sure to
5e-~the narrative which wiil contain
more Of READ quiet. ulilnspired herpietu
than anE other chapter wili be that
dealing With the work nf the yflSfcHu,
tile marine, The cargo boats have
sailed with every tide, though the tide
might be thick studded with mines and
submarines might be expected to hft
themselves ont us the bite and Gre
their nnwarned torpatioes any moment,
Though England never stac. 1875
has attempted te feed herself, yet dur
Ing this war She has NOT only fed her
own people, but in large part has pro-
yided the supplies of the allies The
cargo boats have attended 10 TINT
The days bulletin from the ndmIa
raity tells Of two or three or four ships
sunk by submarines. The same thing
goes on day after day. mud II seems
as Ii there could not be shipping
enough in the world TO stand such
losses,
Losses Comparatively Small.
But tie New York Suns correspond.
ent recently has been privileged TO
visit the shipping centers of Liverpool,
Manchester aud London to see the
passenger and cargo boats coming and
going, not always even waiting for the
tide, and at the end of the wonderfully
interesting day ir, the London dock
region ] thought Of comparison that
might enable an American TO under
stand how very little impression the
submarines have been able to make
on the maritime establishments Of
these islands. There are few major or
minor railway disasters In the United
States. One who has seen the shin
ping Of the great British ports would
almost as readily believe that the
wrecking of freight cars in American
railroad accidents might stop the tides
of our national commerce as that sub
marines are likely seriously to inter-
fere with the processes Of British
commerce.
When the war started Great Britain
controlled approximately half OF the
merchant marine of the world, that
establishment has now been taken I'M
der government control and by reason
of transfers to British registry. Ii Is
quite possible that despite all losses
England now possesses larger pro-
portion of the worlds seagoing capac-
ity than when the war began. Hun
dreds and hundreds Of vessels owned
in neutral countries have been bought
or leased or contracted by the allied
powers. The production of new ships
has been interfered with by the re-
quirements of the navy, but neperthe-
less new ships are being constantly
and with incessant rapidity produced.
Points on Harbor Work.
/ could wish that an American con-
. gressional committee on rivers and
harbors might take some day the trip
that was enjoyed by company OF neu-
trail newspaper correspondents. The
government of Great Britain does not
undertake to finance the Improvement
OF harbors md streams. Instead a
harborage district Is under the control
Of a local authority, with powers dele
gated to 1t by the national government.
Thus the Mersey Docks and Harbor
corporation has control of the harbor
and river frontage works at Liverpool.
1t must find its own money, and In
order to do that must conduct its bust
ness on a business basis. The Mersey
corporation was chartered by parlia-
ment nearly two-thirds of century
ago, and has spent about $225, ,000, COO
ON the vast works which make LIVER
pool, despite many natural disadyan-
tages, one Of the four or five. leading
shipping centers of the world.
10 begin with. tides are high and