New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
America to Build More
Tonnage This Year Than
Amy Other Nation
Says Crisis Is Past
Might Of America at Last En-
rolling, He Tells En-
gineers

During the coming year America
will turn out more tonnage than was
ever put into water by any nation IN
the world" declared cambridge Colby,
chairman Of the United States Ship
ping Board last night "At the same
time he continued. 81 believe the sub
marines will sink a greater snip ton
mage than America and Great Britain
combined can build"
Mr.. Colby spoke at the annual ban
quct of the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers at the Hotel Biltmorc.
He was introduced by Philip N. Moore
the retiring president Of the Institute,
who said The War Department was at
present being conducted by q tempor
ariy reformed pacitist, and the bu-
reau Of public information about the
war was being handled by temperate
ly reformed muckrakcr
Mr. Colby plunged into a spirited
defence Of the government. Then he
turned to his favorite subjects ships,
and more ships.
~ want to see an army Of hundreds
of thousands Of men marching to the
Colby. "Thcrc is where the safety
of America lies to-day. L would like
to hear bands playing as these same
thousands drive the millions of steel
rivets into the sides Of the ships on
the ways.
81 do believe America has at last
really awakened. The last six weeks, |
think, have seen a totally different
spirit abroad in the land. We've turned
the corner; Of that Pm sure. The might
of America has at last started to enroll.
tn l,o
brighter and better"
Frances Need Is Told
The engineers were greatly interest
ed in what Captain L. L. Duieux, a
french mining engineer who spoke for
the French High Commission, had to
say. Captain DulieuX's statement that
at the present time Germany held 80
per cent of the iron mines of France,
50 per cent of her coal mines and SO
per cent of her blast and steel furnaces
caused an audible gasp Of surprise.
France is going to need American
help more and more," said the speak
er. "She is going to need it most,
in all probability, after the war is
over Then, when she is fighting to
recover" from the blows that have been
dealt her, American invention and in
genuity will prove her greatest bless
'iS- Hc captain llISISIcQ tDaL Il NTpf-
man peace would place the whole world
at the mercy OF that country and
warned his hearers against any idea
of making such peace, no matter how
alluring the argument for it.
Others who spoke during the even
ing were: W. O. Hotchkiss, state ge-
ologist of Wisconsin, and Sidney J.
Jennings, president-eloct of the insti-
tute. The banquet brought this years
meeting Of the organization to an end
An idea Of what has been done and
iM going to be done for cripped soldiers
was brought cut in an interesting
paper prepared by Major Frank b
Gilbreth, u. S. r. The paper was read
before the afternoon session of the
institute by Mrs. Gilbretl, her husband
being unable to obtain a furlough and
come from the West
Major Gilbreth declared he was con-
fdent organized labor as represented
by the unions would welcome crippled
brethren back into their ranks. The
government, meanwhile, Major Gilbreth
said, by the establishment of training
classes, the engaging Of instructors
and the establishment of bureaus to
handle the problem of the crippled