The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-05
Building WM Not Stop When
War Is Over.
Hurley Declares C.. S. VIII
Build Ships for World.
SPEAKS At BIG LAUNCHING
7,sOO-Ton Vessel Takes to Wa
ter at Hog Island.
President and Mrs. Wilson
Present for the Ceremony.

Philadelphia. Aug. s.-With Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson. officials Of the
shipping board and Emergency Fleet
corporation and thousands of ship
yard workers and their families look
ing on. the Qutstconck, a cargo-carry-
ing vessel Of 1000 tons, went down the
ways OF the Hog Island shipyard to-
day marking. in the words OF Chair
man Hurley, of the shipping board.
another milestone in Americas prog
ress in the war against the German
government" The Quistconck, OF
which Mrs. Wilson was sponsor, il the
first OF the large eargo-carryirg ves-
sells to be launched at the Hog Island
yard, the largest shipyard IN the
world Il will be followed by another
within a few weeks. and It is expected
that more than fifty ships will be
launched by the end of the present
year.
1T was no mere incident in a ma
TONS sflipbuilding program that
brought the President and Mrs VIII
son to the scene of this achievement"
said Chairman Hurley. who was the
principal speaker at the launching. 1T
was the beginning OF an epoch in the
nations history.
Launching Marks Milestone.
This launching marks another
milestone in Americas progress in the
war against the German government
It marks the beginning of quantity
production OF ships IN all the yards OF
the United States
1T is doubtful whether any nation
ever would have undertaken a ship
building program on such a large scale
| II Germany had not plunged the world
into the war" Mr.. Hurley continued.
We are in it now and we are going
| thru with it We are producing more
| tonnage teday than the submarines are
sinking and from this time forward
| our great task will be to replace the
I tonnage that was lost in the days when
we were far behfnf in the nerve-racK-
! ing race with the sharks Of the sea
Have Made Tremendous Strides.
1--WE have made tremendous strides
in the shiphuiIding program and !
doubt whether will ever have a bet
ter opportunity to state that the vast
scope of this program WIS due to the
I vision of the president Thruout the
world. even in Germany, 1t Is admitted
/ today that America has made herseir
I effective in the war.
/ We are going thru with the ship
I building program to the finish and we
are going thru with the war TO the
finish The American government Is
| planning for a long war because en-
I during peace will not be IN sight unttl
/ the r1iIftaris system of Germany Is
/ broken ~Nothing else Will convince
/ Germany of the supremacy OF right
\ over mi hit Nothing else viii
| convince her that weak nations are
| not the natura- prey OF the strong
Shipbuilding After the War.
Even then. the shipbuilding pro-
gram of America must go on 1t viii
/, take five years to complete the pro-
\ gram and place at the service OF man
| kind 4 merchant fleet that will make
| enduring peace by bringing nations
| closer as the eastern and western and
| northern and southern states were
I brought closer by a nation wide sys-
I tenn of railroads. The end Of the wal
will find America master Of the pro-
cess CT quantity production OF ships
| We will build ships for ourselves and
for the world"