Arizona republican., 1918-10-19
HOW U. 5. FARMER |S
 ID BE AIDED BY THE
 MERCHANT MARINE
5y EdVard N. Hurley, Chairman United States Shipping
 Board

Farming Is the greatest American business The new merchant ships wn arc building promise great benefit fo farming. Therefore it is import ant that farmers begin to learn some thing about ships and the American merchant marine. The farmer is a practical business man. Tell him that a new railroad is coming into his sec ton and hc would sec the business value immediately.
 our merchant marine is railroad eX- fension-new railroads running from every farm section in the country out over the ocean along the worlds trade routes X good way to learn what the American merchant marine will do for fho nation is Co compare merchant ships with railroad trains. Ocean transportation is furnished by four kinds 0l steamships.
 Four Kinds of Steamships
 Big passenger and mail liners correspond Co limited passenger trains. These ships carry little cargo The only ro1tes upon which they are sue cessuIly operated in normal times orc those between the United States, Great Britain and Europe.
 Passenger and cargo steamships rarry passengers heavy trade on reg uIar lines as between the United states and South America, the Orient ,tr. They correspond to ordinary pas- zouger trains and by fast regular ser Nicc are highly useful in building trade in fine manufactured goods and fur uishiug foreign customers good mer- .antile service.
 Two-Thirds Tramp Tonnage
 Cargo liners carry freight only, hut co good speed and over regular routes. They correspond to fast freight trains and like the passenger and car SO liners require good organization of shipping facilities, port equipment and foreign trade.
 Tramp cargo steamships running at moderate speeds are the ordinary freight trains of ocean traffic. They Go not travel on regular routes or schedules but are chartered from port to port according to freight available and Eo an over the world as seasons change and commodities are ready in different countries IL is estimated that fuilv two-thirds of the tonnage on the ocean consists of tramp steamers.
 Ships Make New Markets
 The United States will have ships to carry every farm commodity. Il vIu have ships to build new markets iu fancy farm commodities such as rrrit. breeding animals and dairy pro- duets. etc. our merchant marine will not only develop customers abroad fol farm products, but will be linked to oul farming sections by the development Cf inland water ways and branch rail- roads Moreover they will benefit tho farmer by bringing back from other se. n..ff fNa, ulg in his business such as fiber for binder tNinc. nitrates and potash for fertil- izer. metals needed in making farm machinery. and the like.
 As a business man the farmer doei not need to be reminded of the i'm portance of transportation. He knowi that railroad transportation opened uI most of the present farming area il this country after the Civil war. H. knows what railroad transportation means Co him in marketing his pro ducts.
 New Form Of Transportation
 The American merchant marin means to farmers new form O transportation 10 reach even more dis taut markets. It means perhaps twenty-five per cent increase in ou railroad facilities. It means that hi products delivered at his railroad sta ton can now reach any country in tn world in American bottoms, at rate controlled by Americans, and wit American speed and service.
 ln othor words, the American mer chant marine means to the America farmer-better business And that about an one has to say about such business proposition to such @ busi ness man.