Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-02
LOCAL SHIPYARDS
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bolcRt WAT III HISTORY anu hft h'hA.hh.
our greatest effort lie commended
Della wares enthusiasm concerning the
t,ibe rty Loan, but stated the United
States can't win the war without ships
to carry troops and supplies. Money
necessary az it is, will be worthless u
we don't have enough ships. BY Noveui-
Der we will be producing 5WOoo, ooo,op
or zoo, ,OO0 tons of shipping per tnoh'h
There il dawn hevond the valley of The
shadow" and that gives us hope We
did not have enough ships before thls
desperate attack II we had i,uNobu
men in the war 4,OO0.oo0 tons OF shipping
would be required To send supplies IN
March we produced lG6, 600 tons oi
shining and in April 30 900 tons. hls
was less than the amount oi shipping
DESTROYED Should the Germans reaeh !
Paris they would have temporary al
vantage # the Allies hold victory will |
come to them only when We ssnd oNef !
a sufficient number 81 men Ne ne
sending men faalcr and IN greater nuthef
| than prudence allows. We are ecndlnF |
| them because honor demands Ships |
should hc produced iaster
The ahpynr1s are producing tut ~
! per cent of tlfcir capacitS. Nf tilene san
! That Is not the fault p EMPLOYERS or
| laborrrs: IT Is the fault 81 the public
| shiphuilders has held back ships MIS-
| understanding caused two months deIaN
nj n critical tltr Helping ship plani@
| should be our first business ship business
hns been private until nov II has reasfd
! to be private and ia nceessarv Tor our
| country The ehcf ,lHIfc1ltx = getting
mon with executive ability Il the stip
wards were ful of men twe or three months
would be gained III production hefe
| have been unpatluuafle delaya m hon.
! ing due largely q investigation ~
/ Hog Island there was no eheatthg 'Hff3
tlons began too suan and tue ucIl tFlP
! ped over Themselves Shlrhnlidine ~
/ hnrrl DELAYED hv ovcrIirecautien II vi
,nnrtnn has tuo ahiphlnllug shlits ~
shipvar,ls must have plenty ot eleetrtf
| byht and povcr II the citizens submit
ia darkness fnr one two three, fouf, hEe
~lN months to giyr the ahlpyards light ~"
sacrihrc " Ut lr riuklazoned afl monuments
| and IN history Tho t,crnnns haEc E'nt
back to thor ancestors they prefiicatn
! All un force 0tt task IS almost slpsrhl-
man. lu' i cnn hc mol comparatively
cn4y - make civilization safe ls
debit Ne owe hifnanitt IL fighting tar
civilization We are usginE thc hottest
war N history
Nlr nrovn sald nothing Is more IN
| pnrtaut thau -hpblildlng and "e sh"itla
make -acuhcce t. speed Il lyetY sup
prlduced means shottcninE ct tlle WR5
and saving ~ hie lie praised I halohers
III Commerce md stated community
arpnn,zation rebuilt Snn lsfancsoo after
tho earthquake. Mobile after thr fool
and Omaha after the ,ptlnuc Sluee var
! broke such organizations haye reeHuded
"a many demands Nc nre ~ the bEhl
and must continue IL II f"gardless 81
| cost wc arc III the var - VIII. tte saia
| The Germans are making great div
hut have not broken tbe Nica lf" ! fe
| Niles arc holding breau44, thrs kuo"
America Il coming II his eoliufty. sFttl
a populatIon ot lu0 0o0Doo. taes ii@
dut> the German hea-t Nlli he 5hed aifd
civilization Will 1--we forever he War vii
not be won ~ trenches, Tut II is1ds
factories. homes. and 1T desk. - caeh
person dong better than before, hy me-
ing demands without question.
The time has come when no man has
right to spend money as ho wants hls
money belongs to In. country Mr. Brown
stated The governments will SO that We
arr led We will have the first call on
! food Nl the food w send abroad viii
be surplus. hut there must he surplus
Every tImc uc eat wheat we help the
kaiser. ctcrH time We eat substitutes "e
create s,.rplas. aud that will help YIN
thc war GERMANY extends from thc
Baltic Sea Ia the border ol AfghanI~tan
and has SioN.Oo0 population Il she
retains what She NOW has democracy VIII
die and bestnl force dominate ali man
KIND That /, why We must hight no~
We are fighting not only that the Stars
and stripes NAV continue 10 ttoat "N'f
our rnlinfr, hut 10 free the entire World II
* yer, thin and the necessity for strength
eni,p II Is urgent We sh auld make sacri-
tire, to help speed the shpballdng pro-
gram Tie Wilmington plants have
every facility for producing ssnns, and the
citizen, should hc helpful III speeding The
work Bv smritcdlS putting III eheat the
resolutions lndurscd 1T the meeting the
citizens would hc doing Tor the nation
something of more Importance than they
could conceive. lie hoped good would
result from the visit to Wilmington and
NIlmlngtonians would glVe an account
of themselves. that could be heraldcd
across the continent
Joseph Is Weaver, superintendent OF
the Harlan X IIolhugsworth plant. sad
eight per cent Of his time Is speut on
matters not directly connected with
.binbuiItiinc and hamher at Commerce
committees could da good work and relieve
hitn and the superintendent of the Pusey X
Jones plant of much worry hY handling
such matters Mr. Weaver stated II Is
difficult 10 retain smphailders. some hay-
ing been turned out oi rented homes by
landlords who sold the houses for protiteer-
ing When employing ( 900 or 1000 men
it is necessary to pay liberal wages and
foster good feeling lie SAID he had been
disappointed by tie fuel administrator
refusing him permission to purchase
and store coal now and distribute II at
cost among sh:pbuilders III the fail. lie
stated he received from the fuel al
minlstTAtor a communication saving he
did not deem such purchase and dis
tribution advisable Mr.. Weaver said he
asked for reasons lor The refusal but got