The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
NO LACK OF TONNAGE
TO SUPPLY WORLD NEEDS
In the Opinion of Edward N. Hurley,
Chairman Of the United States
Shipping Board.

London, Jan. 8 Correspondence of the
Associated Press.-There will be no
shortage of cargo tonnage for supplying
world needs during the first half of 1919
III the opinion of Edward N, Hurley,
chairman of the United States shipping
board. 1t is passenger space for trans
porting troops home that is occupying
attention of the allied shipping control
Icrs No nation can have as much of
that as it wants now.
After comforting with industrial and
shipping heads in England and Belgium,
Mr.. Hurley stated that it would take at
least six months, possibly more, for
France and England to rehabilitate their
industries to the point where large
amounts of raw material would be need
ed.
1t is pointed out that it would be use
less to send industrial machinery and
raw materials to France until her de
stroyed factory buildings are made ready
TO receive them.
Almost the entire British industrial
system now is huge munitions produc-
tion machine virtually idle. Until it is
transformed to its pre-war state raw ma
terials would be burden It will be
necessary to import some machinery for
the transformation but not enough Sc
riously to tax cargo space for the NEXT
seven months, Mr.. Hurley believes.
The 81 German passenger vessels in
German ports have been the center of
most of the allied shipping discussions on
this side for weeks. Americans want all
Of them they can get to send home
roughly 100000 men as soon as pos
sble. England must send home to Can.
ada about 100000, to Australia about
100000, to New Zealand $4,000 or more
and bring to England thousands from
Mesopotamia, Palestine, and other places
Obviously the American problem is the
greatest and it is understood that, in
pressing for ships, Americans generally
have insisted that the United States,
with less than two years of war, is in a
better position to assimilate its returning
troops than is England, whose industrial
conditions have been more disrpted
With the rapid increase in American
tonnage it is expected that more than 40
per cent of the American forces will 90
home in American ships 1t is the desire
pf American army officers and shipping
interests that as many as possible Of the
balance be carried home in German pas
tenger vessels, thus releasing a large
plumber of British bottoms
If the demands of Americans, heard
here, that the troops be sent home as
rapidly as they were brought over be-
ZONES insistent it win take more ships
10 send them back than to bring them
pver They were brought over under the
ltress of necessity and in some instances
lhips were loaded to the extent of dis
comfort, Loss of tonnage caused by
tighter loading, however, will partially
be made up by greater speed. Fast yes.
sells will not be compelled to conform to
ionvoy speed and the elimination of zig
tagging will save much time.
While great many men are being sent
home now and the number will con-
SANITY increase it is not believed the
real homeward movement will be inaug-
prated before Feb. l. Whether then it
will be on the suggested basis of 100000
month depends almost entirely upon
decisions of the allied shipping confer
Ences which began soon after the armi-
ttice was signed.