The Pulaskian., 1918-01-25
HURLEY ASSISTS
 ARKANSAS MILLS
CONCRETE AND STEEL PRoPA- BANDA CHECKED BY UTTER ANcES OF SHIPPING BOARD
 ON THIS VITAL QUESTION:.

Patriotism and profiteering start with the same letter and diverge further and further as the words prog ress ill their composition and mean ing, It has been proven that wooden ships are the panacea for shipping ills, yet the steel and concrete ship propagandists have never let up in their efforts to make profits for the manufacturers of these commodities. This has caused delay when delay is almost criminal. 1t brought consider able politics into the game, and off cial Washington has had obstacles to overcome before the shipping board could proceed with definite plans
 The lumbermen of Arkansas had no doubt as to the final decision, and their mills have been busy cutting the tim bers according to sizes used in ship building. These have been stacked on the yards ot the mills, and the declar- ation of Chairman Hurley of the Ship ping Board that wooden vessels are to be constructed on a large scale, will no doubt cause the government to se- cure cars with which to transport the lumber to the ship yards. This will make business hum where business has been dull for some weeks, and the lumber industry is such an exten- sive one in Arkansas that it will be felt in all parts of the state.
 Whatever anybody else says, am in favor of building wooden ships, and 1 am manager" This statement was made by Chairman Hurley of the Ship ping Board, and is intended to colin- teract statements appearing in print of late to the effect that the wooden ship program is a fiat failure'' and that no more wooden ships will be built. We want every wooden ship we can get,v continued MT. Hurley. We want all the steel and all the wooden ships we can have built,
 "On the whole, the lumber industry has done very we'll in producing ship timber and lumber. Big timbers are much more accessible on the Pacific coast than in the South, and yellow pine mills have been somewhat slow in getting out the larger timbers. This necessarily has delayed construction noticeably, since the heavy stuff, for the most part, is required first. It must be remembered, however that sawmills must get rid of small stuff while cutting heavy timbers.
 Greater care could have been ex- ercised in placing orders with yellow pine mills at the outset to see that entire schedules were not given to concerns whose facilities made it diff flcult for them to get out the larger stuff without interfering too greatly with their operations. There has been 8 pronounced improvement during the last five weeks, and closer scrutiny is given to placing orders and to getting out large timbers.
 When we consider the volume of timber shipped on the yellow pine schedules it must be admitted that the mills have done exceedingly we'll A general rush at the outset, more than anything else, probably was responsi- ble for the failure of lumbermen to realize the importance of getting the stuff more quickly. Little further trouble is looked for in this connec- tion"
 Chairman Hurley under the new or ganization has complete authority to carry out his building policy. He pur- poses to do so and to take full re- sponsibility for results.
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