Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-05

five days. It is men like David ROg- CTS. at the Skinner and Eddy plant, and Joe Tynan at the Union Iron works. men who know their jobs and treat their men squarely. they are the kind of men on whom the government relies for the right leadership in this ship building government"
 MT Schwab dec ared the U-boats are already on the run. And i: we keep up the pace We will have them beaten by next year
 T have come to the western coast to congratulate, on behalf Oe the gov enment. the loyal battalions of ship builders in this part Of the country, who are laboring for Americas sue cess in war against Germany" MT Schwab said.i
 Some of the finest records of ship building achievement since we entered this war have been scored on the Pa cific coast. You are far away from Washington. but you need never fear that this splendid service you are per forming is overlooked at any time by the commander in chief of the army and navy, our beloved leader, Presi- dent Wilson.
 You and every man in every ship yard in America are making sacrifices. You are performing a very necessary and very patriotic service. It will go further, perhaps, toward winning the war than any other service short of the fighting Cn the battle fields of France.
 "One hundred and forty-two years ago, America declared her independ- ence. Today we are celebrating that independence. The liberty bell tolled our determination to have our free dom then, and today scores of these ships are sliding into American wat CTS, signifying American determina- tion to preserve this freedom from German autocracy.
 "We stand firm, demand and un- fraid before the naked truth that we must defeat Germany or Germany will defeat us. We have to go over the top in the shipyards just as the United States marines went over to top at Chateau Thierry in France.
 Wars are not won altogether on the battle field News of America's accomplishments in the ship yards causes almost as much concern in Ger many as actual defeat. Do not think for one minute that the Prussian gen erals are unmoved by what we are accomplishing. They know that we launched a $500 ton ship in twenty seven days from the time the keel was laid over in Camden, N. J. That was a tremendous accomplishment never before approached in any coun- try and it was 9 blow in the face Of Prussian confidence. Our enemy knows too. that it is the workmen over here that are making these things possible. The kaiser knows that with the united backing of American workmen, Ameri- caH armies can never be beaten. The credit for winning this war will bc shared equally by the wOrkmen of America and the fighters of America.
 The bast captains and cOlonels in our ship building army cannot build ships without the strong armies of privates, corporals and sergeants. The heater boy today is young hero who deserves a place alongside the drum mer boy in that picture you have seen so often "The Spirit of '76."
 'I had a telegram recently, telling me how Burt Myers, a riveter, and his gang in the Long Beach ship building company's yard drove 2137. seven-eighths inch flush rivets in a shell in eight hours That kind of q days work, made by steady workmea and translated into high averages, put ships into the water in record break ing time.
 tnf vrnTsi- building ships for this emergency. There are 300,000 of us. and we are all fighting for America. You men who swing the cranes are in charge Of the big guns. You who drive the rivets are operating the machine guns of the ship yard.
 German submarines appeared re- gently off the Atlantic coast trying to crowd us off the ocean highways That was no new thing for Germany Prussian officers in German cities crowd civilians off the pavements when they stride through the streets. Americans know their rights and will not be crowded off the streets or off the ocean highways. Germany's pur- pose in sending submarines to Amer ican waters was to COW this great na- tiOn into inaction and to paralyZe our preparations. Germany has failed in her purpose. The loss of a few ships may sting but it only goads us on to harder fighting.
 Every time we launch a ship we add to the certainty that German sub marines cannot win this war.
 If we keep up the pace we will have them beaten by next year. And when we achieve this victory it will be you who will deserve the credit.
 Now what did this German raid on American shipping amount to? These scavengers of the sea began their ac- tivities on May 25, and we continued to hear from them up to June 16. In that time they had sunk ten Ameri- can vessels. 26,000 dead weight tons. They were mostly small ships, unarm- ed and of no great consequence in the winning of the war In the same pe- riod of time, from May 25 to June 15, American shipyards completed and delivered to the United States ship ping board thirty vessels. ranging in tonnoge from $500 to 10000 dead weight, and asgregating 167.O0O dead weight tons. Placing thirty ships of