Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-10
j. s. MERCHANT
MARINE WILL Be
BOON TOFARMERS
Ships viii Garry Our Products
to All Parts of the World,
Thus Giving America Great
Trade Advantages,


Washington, oct. Edward n.
Hurley, chairman of the United States
shipping board, plans that the Amer
lean farmers markets shall no longer
end in Chicago or Kansas City, for
with our rev merchant marine we can
sell all over the world.
Our railroads will no loager stop
at the ocean, but throaSl the modern
steel steamers of the merchant ma
rine will 80 around the globe our
farmers must acquire world vision
and prepare to take advantage of these
ships when peace returns.
There will he refrigerator ships for
fruit, meat and dairy products; tramp
steamers for grain. fast-cargo-an
passenger liners to Latin America for
delivering fir breeding animals sold
to customers there Mr., Hurley real
ICES that farming is the greatest, Amer
lean busines~ and despite pressure
of work in shipbuildins for war pur-
poses, has taken time II put the MIC
ture of world trade clearly before
American farmers. He wants farrn-
ers to state their needs so that service
may be given them when the shipping
board plans steamship routes Sched-
ules, rates, refrigerator equipment.
Moreover he has talked with experts
in the farm field and quotes them
upon the export trade outlook.
Big Chance Spotted.
Mr.. Hurley asked G Harold Powell
If California orange growers had
looked into after-war export trade
opportunities And Mr. Powell replied
that they have already spotted some
of the big chances. With modern
American refrigerator ships and serv-
ice through the Panama canal can
fornia fruit growers could avoid thei
high railroad rates to the Atlantic sea-
board and reach European markets
economically, as well as markets IN the
orient. Among potential customers for
California fruits after the war heI
counts England, Russia, Norway, SWe-
den, Denmark and France. 1t is al
matter of backing up our new ships
with Joint selling agencies in those
countries and developing foreign mar
kets for California fruit on lines FOL
lowed in this country.
The apple shippers are also keenly
interested and Mr.. F.. w. }. Hearty
president of the International Apple
Shippers association, tells Mr.. Hur-
ley that that organization expects 10
greatly increase sales of American APP
pies abroad when we have our own
ships to carry them. And now is the
time to organize the machinery fof
selling and shipment. In South Amer
lea especially direct American steam
ers will overcome past handlcaps, 70"
it has often been necessary to SEND
American apples to England and from
there to South America, roundabout
method of shipment which the Amer
lean merchant marine can overcome.
Western shippers of dried fruits will
be able to lay down their proaucts az
reasonable prices in Latin America
when they have direct steamship lines
from the Pacific coast to both coasts
OF South America via the Panama ca
nal Heretofore the costly rallroad
haul to the Atlantic seabord has made
prices too high to large masses OF q
population in Latin American.
Livestock Men Interested.
American livestock breeders are es-
pecially interested in the prospects, forl
British breeders have sold thousands
of fancy animals to South American
countries and enjoyed direct steamship
facilities, whereas the American breed
err who made sale was usually forced
to ship animals to England and havel
them reshipped there. DIR. CharlesI
Gray, secretary of the American ABB
erdeen Angus Breeders association,
te,is Mr. Hurley that American breed
ers expect to receive good services
from the shipping board after the war
Moreover his association has sent q
representative to South America to get
in touch with cattlemen there and pre-
pare for after-war business in good
breeding animals.
South Africa and other British col
onies will be in the market for our
farm machinery when the war ends,
as well as the great agricultural couh-
tries in South America, and it is eX-
pected that handicaDs in shipping VIII
be overcome and that our manufac-
turers will be able to serve customers
in those countries.
Want Farmers TO Wake Up.
1--WE want to see every farmers or
ganization in the countrv wake UP toI
this duty of preparing the aSrlcul-
turalist to use our new merchant ma
rine," says Mr.. Hurley, Farmers ev-
erywhere should begin to think less
in terms of next-town trade and think
more in terms of world trade. The
country merchant can also be a con-
structive factor in his community.
1t is his business to look about anu
see what his section produces, then in
vestigate to find out If there is
chance of developing an export market
for local products. After that it Will
be up to the farmers themselves to
organize for developing world trade
and advise the government of their
needs in ocean transportation.
Farmers organizations are urged to
utilize government agencies such as
the federal department of agriculture.
the federal bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce the consular serV-
ice and the federal trade commission
Some of these departments have rep
resentatives all over the world and
are ready TO supply export inforlna-
ton and connections, while others,
like the federal trade commission, Will
assist farmers organizations in form
ing export corporations under the
Webb law.
Once more we will have real
American merchant fleet
These are your ships" Mr.. Hurley
assures the American farmers and
we must use them to the utmost in
helping other nations as we'll as our
selves"
Bronchial Trouble
Mrs r. Sidenberder, Rockfield,