Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-11
]. S. NAVY OPENS
WAY TO CAREER IN
MERCHANT MARINE
TREMENDOUS REVIVAL IN SHIP
PING AFTER WAR MEANS
FORTUNE FOR CAPABLE,
TRAINED YOUNG MEN.
Indications Point to an Era Of oppor-
tunIty Like That Of Go'den
cIipper-Ship Days--chance
for Ambitious Youths.

ent war will be short one, anu "
therefore behooves young men VINO
may be called upon to give their time
to their country for the next few years
To consider the peculiar advantages
the>nayy offers them asa career, eth
er In the private or public carrying
trade that Is coming.
Regardless of when or where the
war ends, the navy must continue 70
be manned. 1t will be-a bigger ana
better navy at the end OF hostliities
than It was at the beginning. put u
the safety Of every principle for which
wa are fighting must be guaranteed u
will have to grow still bigger In the
ensuing years. America has at last
taken her proper place as great
world power and her ability to hoia
that place will depend almost entirely
upon the navy.
But even II one does not expect 10
be naval man all his life he VIII tinu \
his wartime experience q direct step
ping.stone to commercial career N
which energetic and capable men VIII
be in tremendous demand. For vast
field OF opportunity is opening IN tns
new mercantile marine,
The youth Of the present generation
has forgotten the time when tne
American flag was actually known 10
every port of the world That was ID
the days Of the old clipper-built sailing
ships which were SO superior In speed
and carrying power to the vessels OF
any other country that our commercial
fleet was fairly entitled to be called
Mistress Of the Seas.
| When Commerce Declined.
The Civil War and the fact that we
weren't ready to compete with Europe
In the bIilding OF iron and steel YES
sels caused us to lose that supremacy.
Our own internal development was 20
rapid and the demands OF the great
railroad bu.iding era TOR men were so
great that We didn't care inucn II we
aid lose it. So It came about that up
to. three years ago we ranked Deio~
even small countries In the blue-waler
carrying trade.
Now a revolutionary situation con
fronts us. Our internal development
has been SO great that II Is bound 70
slow up. We sl.all never asam kno"
such a building boom as mat oi lh'
last half centu.y. europe wiil hhoA
/ one. Tor haii Of Europe viii have TO o'
, rebuilt. But, at the same time. Europ'
D will have lost its dominat.on Oh I'M
carrying trade because OF the tremen
dous wartime destruction Of shipplnl
4 and the extraordinary demand Tor Ia
0 Tor of all kinds that will be necessaf'
Y to,a reorganization Of all European N
|. dustries.
II ia therefore the logical time 10
o America to seize its unprecedented Of
j. portunity. Already every hulk Una
d can be got to sea is being snapped ~
n Every private yard that can build
"a freight-carryihg ship is working TO III
capacity, new yards are springing u
ID everywhere, whole forests ana mins
~ are being drained for material. tn
,e next few years VIII see Thousand
u upon thousands of new American SAL
nut into commission as rapidly as ING
can be manned.
IA Chance for Navy Men.
~ ~ By whom will they be manned
~ ~ Sailors and navigators and captain
- - and mates cannot be made In da
y - and for more than 80 years Ameri'
~ ~ has not been training them IN an
- thing like adequate force.
But II must be remembered that q
70 United States navy has the repntafi'
=. ~ Of producing seamen who are witno
'u' superiors in all the world. To wh
pe other source than the navy Will pl
rvs yate shipowners look for the men IN
-, win SO urgently needf
no The road to success will be reas
OF made in this new business for BRIG
'rS capable young men from the navy
zen most any one OF them who IL indus'
nd Qua capable and ambitious can exp'
me 10 become an officer In the mercanl
av' marine. Furthermore. It was 70
elf fact that our ship officers were
pected TO be business men and W
me permitted to become part owners
viii their own vessels that the old ciipp
my ship trade was able TO grab
Of worlds business. Those conditions
try come again In the near future.
do The future Is therefore secure
the any man who will cast in hss lot y
led the navy now In its time of grea'
the need. II he wishes to remain ID
Of service he will have an honorable
remunerative career open to him. y
as the certainty that he will be ta
lon. care OF In his old age. whatever
! 4 fortunes may occur II he wishes
,,,,, ret into, the commercial service
80 Ghancas to rise In the world will
v;l, unsurpassed,
~ Think II over. young man,
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