El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-04
u. s. LAUNCHES
OVER 80 SHIPS
Big Merchant Fleet Is Sent
Into the Waters as Part
of Celebration.

lnghting for America You who drive
the rivets are operating the machine
guns Of the shipyard-
! German submarines appeared re-
Icently off the Atlantic coast trying
. TO crowd Us off the ocean highways.
That was no new thing for Germany
I Prussian officers in German cities
crowd civilians off the payements
when they stride through the streets
I Americans know their rights and
Z won't be crowded off the streets or off
the ocean highways. Germany's pur-
Z pose in sending submarines to Ameri-
Z can waters was to COW this great na-
tion into inactiOn and to paralyze our
{ prepare tons. Germany has failed in
her purpose. The loss Of few ships
may sting, but it only gOads US 10
harder fighting.
every time we launch n ship
we add to the certainty that Ger
man submarines cannot win this
war. Already we have the U-boat
on the run and IL we keep mp the
production we Will have them
beaten by next year. And when
we achieve this victory Il viii be
you who viii deserve the credit
Now what did this German raid on
American shipping really amount to-
The scaTeugers Of the sea began their
activities on May %, and we continued
10 hear from them up 10 June To- In
that time they had sunk ten American
vessels OF $4,000 lightweight tons.
armed and Of no great consequence in.
the winning Of the war.
See the Contrast.
IN the same period, from Nay %
10 June Is. American shipyards COM
plered and delivered TO the United
states shipping board 80 vessels rang
ing in tonnage from $500 10 10000
deadWeight. and aggregauing $4,000
lightweight tons. Place 80 ships Of
$4,000 tons against ten ships Of $4,000
tons and you can see how much this
terrible submarine raid amounted to
1T viii take more than an occas-
ional submarine raid off our coasts TO
make the American shipbuilder throw
up his hands and cry Kamerad"
Germany's only hope now II IL
can be called a hope is to win this
war by great military victories.
Germany knows we are building
ships and getting real army
across the Atlantic. The kaiser Is
making his supreme effort now in
the knowledge that America viii
soon be started and will stay in
the war until Il Is won. If we
complete our EhipbuiIdinE pro-
gram they viii know over in Ger
many that not shred Of hope
remains.
can we complete ito can we build
these ships in time TO keep oar bridge
to France unbroken2 That is ques-
tiou for you men in the shipyards TO
answer. America has never lost a war
and Is not going TO lose this war
To-day we are building ships
faster than the submarine can de-
stroy them. Meanwhile. our navy,
under Josephus Daniels, is de-
stroylnE submarines The Ger
man hordes may make some ad-
are We doVFnheurtedf No! Our
army in France and our shipbuild-
ing army at home are getting Into
their full stride and we viii whip
them II IL takes everything we
have.
Now you wonder naturally how
your work has counted. In 1915 all
the shipyards in America turned out
215,5 lightweight tons OF shipping.
The next year when the demand for
ships in foreign countries became so
great that every existing yard in
America entered into keen competi-
zion for foreign contracts our output
jumped 20 500 47 tons, or almost dou-
bic thetOtal for 1878 In 1917 the hot
pace continued until we very nearly
doubled the out put Of the previous
year, completing a total Of 901,223. We
thought we were building ships, with
almost a million deadweight tons Of
that If we pull together we viii pro-
duce more than 5000, 900 deadweight
tons in 1918. the greatest output Of
any nation in the world in a single
year.
VIII Give Service Badges.
There are many men in the ship
Yards who feel a sense OF embarrass-
ment because, with their country al
war and liberty in danger. they are
not in the uniform Of the army or
the navy" he continued 7 want TO
say that these men, If they are ship
builders, and belong in the yards. are
entitled to just as much recognition
and just as much honor as the brave
boys on the sea or in the trenches.
And IL is to give you shipyard workers
such recognition that the government
has determined upon the awarding OF
service badges TO the men who give
faithful service TO the government in
I badges you can meet the boys Of the
navy and the army and hold your
heads high. To sacrifice ones life
J for ones country IS. Of course, the su-
f preme sacrifice, but in this war the
I highest duty is TO serve where your
/ government tells you to serve
aPut Punch in Your Work.
] There is nothing that I Will not
I sacrifice to help in winning this war.
I ard know there is nothing you VIII
/ not sacrifice Put punch in your
] work and wen put over the program
/ II you stand up to your job. Wen
! make the kaiser take his medicine ly-