Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28

firms appear on the face Df matters
% be- an extremely difficult one. u
appears still more peri'ols when it
d. compared With the foreign compe-
titiOn that IL must meet on the
worlds seas after the end oi the
NarF
Lindera article u really "a dirge
on TIE vanishing 81 Germany mer-
chant marine Sadly be- tells boo de-
tail how the war mas greatly expand
I'd The capital u swedish Danish,
Dutch and japanese shipping COM
panies and how with their Increased
resources they viii be- more formid-
able competitors OF Germany after
The var
And What n England France and
lisly' These we're the countries. es-
nfciaily England. ina. I1u Iirpitz
end Dots submarine murder .oferie
we're 400 sure ~ stifIu- but the
result. Under ruefuiiy admits has
Teen altogether the contrary
Aud even though Boz. has The
courage 20 tell his felina Huns. they
may boz way suffer Considerable
iu 8es in ships throufl .Hr subma-
rine war. the large En...h French
and italian owners 0f lines. land
alone their uyalry o. fD D." feared
have Boo consequence of .Ir-c very
earnings been able 90 maintain their
fleets iuf The most part af iAc nor
ma fumber aud Boz same cases TO
enlarge them. 3D. buying out small
companie BESIDES. .,. are Boz pos-
session OF r1nsiderab., .ady money.
VII 10 gives them Immense adFan-
tlAp over German compdnles'
companies Hard ~
lu plain Eu,lish This means that
German shipping compturs are hard
up aud Hill continue BOO while 900 the
other hand lhe shippug interests 81
tue tefN nations that Germany bras-
gsd Hhr would drive from the seas.
irc more ppverfui than they were
i,l'.r fur var In addition 20 the
earnings that thef have made
French aHd Italian 1Ippug firms
we're recently granted Hra govern
W"uf subsidies 90 tHrhln.r their
,pmTrfiuE power after tHr var
cen, udiug his funeral sons, lin.
der wuus Germany
'N .IHeF Of the above data viii
u"' rlHs lead 20 the admit sion that
inc outlook for the German over
.rt hppur firms after the var is
ut uD u. tus rosy The German
Govern I.ul gratifying measures OF
assistance .I favor OF .b.ppiut trade
du uo aII,. the situation 90 the
least For even if fhe shipping
INNS ar, l.uied considerable sums
CO. thr D.uNIu.' on no ships 90 re-
r.Ir" ih, one lost 100 accordance
win the liuvis on f1r the recon
uructiou ot German merchant ma
rr" sr. ca the other hand. tina
Im 200 Ir .aid ou' according 10
fh. 3H lIr 80 adjusted that even
BOO .hU most favorable asses the ship
,iue rrta have az least to bear a
portion OF tine cost uf construction
equivalent to the value of the ship
boo peace times Tho Indebtedness Of
me shipping firms will therefore. iu
spite of tho law. be- subjected 10 a
SIN greater Increase before they OBJ
tain possession of sufficient tonnage
'u rnll u them TO resume the strug-
rlo ;ug their former fields OF actiyi-
uas
What tns.snns
Translated into ordinary English
this means 1ne Kaiser and his
crowd have hnrded ms sonnet hing In
tho limo of 70 s0G brick They mdhe
O. -hpW of hclWus us. but a. mat
Ter cd Hrt. ven have 90 put up a
tD1d part IT lh, funds And whore
un earth are we to get thcm' We
alc pretty ven lruke nov And We
Hr coins % ao more broke befor.
$500 can even leFIn to think Of ways
aHd m"rus Zoo t.i enough ships again
iI 'nr1gr boo Ntrld trade
but wnou the Norddout che Alle-
rmaiur IauuHg pphlishcd this arti.
cle recently. the worst news OF an
Tor German, had not yet penetrated
Hun land
10 German hlpping interests feel
n Respondent over the shipping
strides made Hg other European
countries. What tiu they feel when
rhay get thc conn realization of the
.fupcndous pru-um Of the uitcd
States shipping BOARD
Nut much uf @ shipping nation
we're We before he war OF Oh.
total Of United states imports and
exports hy son BOO 1913 ~ s. s1a.-
100000, ouly 81 100000 or ten
prr cent we're rlrried In Amer. sn
vessels
Hut IN less 'iln a year O marvel
luus transformation has been
wrought hy 'hs activities OF The
luitcd state. shipping Board
hy june ! '..N. the O. $ ship.
p.1 BOARD haH 10 eleven months
added about 10000 600 tons ~ new
ships 90 American shipping
u has also added IFS German and
Austrian vessels With total dead
weight touuate 1f 730l16 and So
rnpuisitioned butch vessels with 70
total lcadwo.hf tonnage of tst..
ts"
N'-sr'. hartcrcd
There have also been chartered
from neutral .Hntrirs -, vessels
with q deadH. boo touuaec ~ G-a
CO.
ln,luiiu IN coastwise and
Great AXE .lI. the United states
.hippIuf board .u June q. 1918. con
ruII"d more ...r loo ships NIth
q total of atU. 1000. 600 dead
weight tonnage
az ihis Hlu tons. or nearly
. 100000 have Heen added Co tho
American fI.. .... or u..r ,Ys..-. b