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

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open. Despite these difficulties, Liver,
pooi has been eFectsst into ile ancatsi
shipping ceates Of tha kiugtinal. ss.r.
passed only by London ir. It's aaatsisii
tonnage.
A Cooperative Eenesfa
Tn md down the Mersey en- both
sides extend eight miles ~ tremendous
sea walls, Originally these were built
OF rnaasiys. gruaita 3ioeka liFnsgit
fronl Scotland, but IN ttse modern arn
Of cement construction re.enforeri cun.
crete has been chiefly employed. The
sea wall ls at frequent Intervals
pierced by inlets for dackage of yes.
sells; and mile after mile of elevators
and warehouses line thn docks
The Msrsey Decks and nari,or cor-
porHtion is a sort of cooperative cstfl.
Germ composed of the leaders In Liver
pool shipping affairs. There are rs
members Of the board of directors who
have complete control of the hnrbor
except In the restricted areas that are
claimed by the admiralty for naval
purposes. The city OF Liverpool has
no more municipal authority III the
dock region than the government al
Washington has over the municipal
concerns If Cornwall There is, how
ever, one exception ut THIS point: the
dock md harb0r area is iolieea by The
officers OF the city of Liverpool
fs:ie Mersey corporation raises iss
money precisely as any other cDmn,er-
ciai company would do. It's revenue
IL produced from tonnage and aockage
and warehouse charges, and Is ample
to provide for all harbor works
We were taken on a tug up and
down the river, with permission 10
land and inspect the warehouses ard
elevators. The harbor master assured
us that II was poor time to see Liy-
erpoo shipping because there were
fewer vessels In port than usual TO
rs, however, II looked as II about all
the boats In the world were trying to
get III or out of the afersey, or were
in the docks receiving and discIarg-
ing cargo. In these war times, when
every hours detention Of CONNER
ciai vessel Is highly undesirable, the
process Of loading ana unloading goes
on day and night In successive shifts.
Instead of having been driven from
the seas by submarine menace British
shipping Is more concerned tlan ever
it was before to make its stay in port
just as brief as may be.
Submarine Treated as Joke.
We saw vessels from literally every
quarter of the globe coming and going,
bringing and taking every conceivable
sort of cargo. We we're assured that
Liverpool had not known one case of
officer or sailor refusing to ship be-
cause Of submarine or other danger.
With the sailors, indeed, the subIna-
ripe is humorolsly treated as a joke.
If 1t gets your ship, why, you row
around In the boats until you are
picked up and carried ashore, where
you promptly stand up for another
voyage in the next boat.
The sailors, of course, are intensely
bitter against the submarines. The
periIs of the sea are ample without be-
ing aecentuated by such treaeherous
foe. Until this war broke down all
the rules OF civilized conduct the
world had gone on for centuries stead
lily developing means for increasing
safety of life and property on the
wide waters. Now there is no law of
the sea save the law of German muir
der and piracy but the sailors of Eng
land go right on heaying their anchors
and sailing to all the ports Of the