Republican farmer., 1918-11-08
U. s. WIL[|BUILD 5000 SHIPS FOR TRADE Program Will Not Be Halt ed, Hurley and Schwab
 Declare. SUGAR ALLOWANCE
 50 PER CENT. MORE Increase to 3 Pounds a Per son a Month Announced
 By Hoover.

Washington, Nov. 1-Peace will bring no halt in the announcement and support of Americas shipbuild- CTS. The Emergency Fleet Corpora t1on will build at least 15,OO0,OOO tons of shipping, representing 5000 vessels, of which only 2,500,OO0 tons have been delivered.
 Every effort will be made to en- courage the returning soldiers to en- ter the shipyards or accept commits sions in the merchant marine fleet, that America may take her place in the forefront of the worlds export | nations.
 The statements made by Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the U. s. Shipping Board, and Charles M. Schwab, director general of the Elmer gency Fleet Corporation, set at rest fears expressed in some quarters that l the signing of peace terms might bring a sudden slump in business and result in losses to shipbuilding con- l cerns and shipyard workers.
 1 The statements were made through l the medium of the Emergency Fleet 1 News, published by the Government in the interest of the shipyard indus l try. The statements forcefully set l forth in unmistakabIe language the determination of the United States to put forth every endeavor toward 1 the commissioning of one of the greatest merchant fleets the world has ever known.
 MT. Hurley said:
 "The United States Government is
 building a great fleet of merchant
 ships for permanency, a fleet to serve
 the world in years to come, to carry American trade and to represent truly the ideals and greatness of the Amer | ican nation. The project to build the fleet was conceived in the emergency 1 of war, but it has never been intend ed, nor is it intended now, that this great movement shall cease when the
 war is ended.
 I've are only now beginning our l progress of ship. construction. We l shall continue to use all facilities o1 shipbui1ding that business economy 1 will permit. I mean by that that all
 ship hui1de1s who live up to the ex- ,iL pectations placed in them by the gov ernment will be expected to continue
 to build ships. They shall be encour- aged to do SO. There will be plenty
 of work for every official yard.
 "On the other hand the government 1 expects to continue to supply the ma
 terial and direct the vast energies now devoted to shipbuilding. To take
 advantage of this established industry
 and restore to the world it's lost ton
 mage is natural business like pro
 cedure. It offers America the chance
 now. to serve humanity by putting ships on the high seas to carry ma
 tertals for restruction and to be ot service to our own people and the
 allies. We will look to the West Coas
 to con ue the place it has main tained and to the yards in the East
 and South and in the Great Lakes
 region to increase their output"
 MT. Schwab then commenting or
 the program said:
 "The present program calls fol IS, 900, ,0O0 tons of merchant ships, re presenting something like 5000 yes sels. Today we have built only abou 2,500,0O0 tons, and we will not have completed our program until abou . six times more work has been done.'