Evening star., 1918-04-11
'SANGU|NE OUTLOOK
FOR SH|PbU|LD|NG.
Advanced by G. ]. Baldwin Be-
fore Chamber of Commerce
Convention. i
'fExPERIMENTS ARE OVER"
By the As.eeiated pr,...

By the Associated Pres.
CHICAGO. April 11.-Amerfcan ship
building. the most vital faotor In Amer
ican war activities, was discussed by
one In the thick Of the practical work
today at the meeting OF the chipping
section Of the Chamber OF Commeros
Of the United Statea which IL holding
its sixth annual meeting here. -
Tho speaker was George J. Baldwin.
senior vice president Of the AmsF1An {
International Corporation. chairman OF
the board Of the American IntsxnaAion-s }
al shipbuilding Corporation. which
operates the Hog Island and two ottssr
yards president Of tho Paoino MAIL |
Steamship Company. and chairman OF
the board of the New York shipbuild-
ing Corporation
Mr.. Baldwin expressed the view, not (,
shared in many quarters. that the oon- I
struction Of 100000 deadweight tons
OF shipping can be expected OF Amer1-
can yards in 1913. He estimated ap-
pro1tmate1y the same tonnage from
other countries.
He asserted that the preliminary stage
Of the building of fabricated ships was
over and the actual race for speedy CON .
maximum efforts Of the U-boats had been
reached. In 1919, he said. American chip
building would be In full swing. fulfilling
all demands upon it.
Didaculties Are Overcome.
The report Of tho war shipping onnn-s
nittee of the Merchants Association Of
New York. dealing with the non-technical
aid which the association was able To
render to shipbuilders Of New York har-
Dor and adjacent waters. showed . chaD-
ter Of difficulties overcome and confusion
eliminated.
The association was able to render aid |
in increasing the housing facilities for 1
workers, improving transportation fscl.1
tiles. obtaining the return Of skilled wofE-
ers caught in the hrst draft. recruiting
labor, obtaining. after much delay. military
protection for the yards, educating WORN
men to a patriotic view Of their task and
arousing public opinion in support Of the
construction program
Group meetings were the feature OF |
the program today-the second day Of |
the gathering here of representative
business men from all sections of the
country. The group meetings lasted |
Throughout the day and were divided /
into such principal classincations ~ |
government relation to the war, finance
railroad and highway transportaticu l
and shipping.
OF the government to the war was DR.. I
Frank W. Taussig. chairman OF the
United States Tarif Board, who was to l
talk on reconstruction in foreign trade. l
nomics at Harvard University. had as-i
signed to him the subject of the effect \
|of government financing on business. i
In the railway and highway section1
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
was to speak on extensions. The list /
|of speakers for the shipping section
meeting was the largest of the number i
and included Charles Piez. vice presi-
dent of the Emergency Fleet CorporA- 1
ton; Crawford Vaughn, former premier
LOT South Australia. and DIR. Charles A. /
Eaton, head of the national service de-
partment of the Emergency Fleet Ger
poration.
Addressed Editors Today.
iels and Secretary of the Interior
Franklin Lane. who came to Chicago In
connection with the chamber Of COM
merce convention today addressed trade
paper editors and publishers. Each
told Of the work of his department ins
connection with the war Each adj
dressed the convention last night, See-j
retary Daniels urging "ships and still
more ships" ar1d Secretary Lane sayingI
that the slogan must be Use all to wint
the war"
The Earl Of Reading. British ambas-,
eador to the United States, will speak
at the Auditorium tonight.
An assertion that the line in Picardyt
never will be broken. and plea to thel
American public to have faith" were
outstanding features Of an address de-.
liversd last night by Franklin K Lana,
Secretary OF the Interior.
EAcYetaYv Lane said. in mart.
The line In Picardy Is thin and th0l
German onslaught Is terrific but Amsr.l
icass men arc gradually being woveAI
into the line. which. thus strengthensd,.
win be thick and competent not only,
to hold the Teuton hordes, but to drive
them back and bring to the allies . 1e~,
cisive victory.
Can Never Be Broken. =
The line. though thin. can never BE-
broken.
"No matter what the news may b
from the front today or tomorrow.
Americans should have faith. for Amer,
lea is going ahead with every branch
of her war work systematically and,
well. and victory will crown her ef-,
forts"
Waddill Catchings chairman OF the,
war committee. told of the campaignj
made for central control and RESPONSE
bility in the conduct of the war as em-
bodied in the Overman bill now before
Congress He declared that business
men not only would submit to unpre-
cedented control. but would urge Cons
gress to pass the necessary legislation.
Thomas N. McCarter. president OF the
Public Service Corporation OF New jar
soy said that for the United States to
be the final decisive factor in the ter
mination of the war the integrity OF tho
utility industry of the country mus,
not only be preserved, but it's Active
ties must be speeded up to . point nevsE
attained.