The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-09-26
PRODUCTION
and Winning
The WAR


II. H. Ha',owell of Chicago on the oc
casion of his address at Chandler Fri
day night. DIR. Hallowell spoke OF
production and Winning. the War" {
subject of extreme interest to his
audience, and one in which its mem
bers were deeply concerned as pa
triotic citizens of the United States
Those present applauded every tellins
point, and laughed heartily at sallies
of wit and at times. yelled and shouted
to give vent to their enthusiasm. The
speaker showed that the farmer had
produced food. ship workers had pro
duced ships by thousands, that in
dustrial workers had produced. air.
planes, ordnance. ammunition and
other supplies needed "over there >
1t was now up to the miners to pro-
duce Goa! to- keep steam generated,
machinery working and ships sailing
with reinforcements and supplies for
our boys now at the front.
The speaker declared that the crit
icisms of the press at the entrance
of America in the war were not COM
plimentary to this country, and were
on a par with the criticisms of Ger
many itself. The navy alone was free
from these criticisms. The great
men of America and the world de-
clared what would be necessary to
win the war All, however, empha-
sized only one thing. Hoover said.
food" Lloyd George said ''ships,"
Admiral Peary said ''airplanes."
Henry Ford said machinery Creel
said printers ink" Schwab said
cannon" The fool Kaiser said sub
marines, my submarines" while the
French said MEN. American men.
Send them to u.s."
Uncle Sam said leave out the
asinine guess of the Kaiser and all
the other suggestion combined will
be necessary to win the war. We
will supply the food to sustain the
Allies and the neutrals of Europe;
we will build thousands of ships; we
will train millions of men; W. will
spend billions of money and we will
dedicate the machinery of America to
build airplanes. manufacture ord
nance ammunition and every variety
of supplies needed to bring the war
20 successful issue and prove to the
Kaiser and his allies that by the grace
of God and America. right would rule
in Europe and not German militaritis
might.
Interesting statistics were quoted
showing that through wheatless.
meatless and porkless days helped
America had met the need of Allies
and neutrals. Facts were introduced
showing the marvellous work of the
shipping board. At the beginning of
the war 1t was stated there was only
one ship flying the Stars and Stripes
in transatlantic trade. The shipyards
were jammed with shipping being
built for the navy, Allies. neutrals and
American shipping interests. The
shipping board Communicated 245 of
these vessels of 1.715,0O0 tons, 215
neutral ships of $4,000 tons were
requistioned. Sc Dutch ships of 1885,
900 tons were chartered, 11S German
and Austrian ships interned in Amer
lean harbors of 100000 tons were
taken over, 1877 new shipyards were
put under construction. One of these.
the Hog Island yards on the Delaware
river his one-fourth the capacity of ali
the shipyards of Great Britain com
bined. Ships were then ordered
from Japan and China. eight interned
German ships were taken over from
Uruguay. The great output of ship
ping began to be evident about the
first of this year. The average
monthly output OF ships in the United
States In 1915 was 5000 tons. In
1916 it was 23.5O0 tons. In January
1918. $4,000 tons, February, 117.O00
March I47.000. April 1853. 1000, May 263,
900. June 2s0.O00. August 100000 On
July 4 a record was set when "a
ships of 100000 tons was launched
enough to carry over in one trip $50,
900 American troops. Secretary oi
the Navy Daniels said before an
other summer we will have enough
ships to carry over-not million mer
but millions"
Facts were then introduced to show
that the Liberty motor was conceded
to be the most powerful and best mo