The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-11-04

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ton. The dedication Of this memorial,
| coming as 1t does under the seal and
/ sanction " congress. will make a great
celebration. The orator who makes
the address VI the day at the dedica-
, ton viii front an opportunity which, II
successfully grusped will give him i'm.
mortality. Webster at the Bunker IIill
| dedication not only made the occasion
Immortal, but himself as we'll.
! Several great names have been sug.
gested for the master effort. Three
men, especially. have been suggested
former President Taft the chairman Of
the Lincoln commission the retiring
president, Woodrow Wilson. or the in
coming chief executive, whether re be
Cox or Harding. IL would be great
occasion for either Of them. How.
ever. these are merely suggestions, and
1t Is too early yet to say what will be
done
THE Lincoln memorial itself Is I'M
eXcellrd for simple grandeur fine
masses Of lines, artistic perception.
massive Greek simplicity and, above
all, the wonderful statue by French OF
the great emancipation. which shows a
marvellous fidelity to the subject and
sympathetic and masterful conception
Of the magnitude of the work under
taken. Washington has nothing to sur.
pass the interest and charm and in
SEPARATION to be found in this great me
mortal"
Status Of Merchant Marine.
The total documented sea-goIng
merchant marine of the United
States on October /. 1920. con
sisted of 3,4S2 vessels - ll,TOS.342
gross tons Of approximately 17,562,513
lightweight tons. OF this total the
shipping board now owns 1927 ves-
sells of 6.s62, 54S gross tons. equivalent
to l0.293.30S lightweight tons OF this
total owned by the shipping board, 693
vessels of 3,036.O65 lightweight tons
are vessels of less than 5000 dead
weight IONS each. Vessels between
5000 and 5000 lightweight tons num-
Der 147 or al, 734 deadwelght tons.
The tonnage of active vessels at
present controlled by the shipping
board exclusive Of the vessels operst-
ed by the army and navy and under
bareboat and time charter are distrib-
uted In the various trades as follows:
Thirty-eight per cent In northern Eu-
rOpean; . per cent in southern Eu-
ropean; per cent in African; IL per
cent in Trans Pacific 10 per cent in
South American - per cent In West
Indies and Caribbean; per cent in
domestic service and per cent in
operating between foreign ports.
OF the steel vessels owned by the
shipping board engaged in these serv-
ices $50 are operating from North At
lantic ports, 80 from South Atlantic
ports. 300 from Gulf ports, 1872 from
Pacific ports, 80 are employed In
coastwise service. % are operating be-
tween foreign ports. 113 are at pres
ent unallotted to any designated berth
liner service. These latter virtually
constitute the tramp service
From Atlantic Ports.
OF the total operating on the North
Atlantic district, pa vessels are OPP
Grating from the port of New York,
l02 from Norfolk, 80 from Baltimore.
40 from Philadelphia, % from Boston
and one from Por land Me. The to-
tai lightweight operating from North
Atlantic ports is 1891. 504. OF the to-
tai tonnage operating in berth line
service "a per cent Of the lightweight
tonnage Is operating from the Atlantic
ports.
The total tonnage operated by the
United States shipping board exclud-
ing vessels operated by the army and
navy on October /. 1920, numbered l.
GIL vessels, the lightweight tonnage
of 10,150,759 (16 vessels operated by
the army and navy). OF the l.027
vessels owned and controlled by the
shipping board on October l, 1920. l.
504 were cargo vessels, "a We're cargo
and passenger vessels, 70 were tank
ers, - refrgerators, and 8 trans
ports. The cargo and passenger YES
sells include two vessels chartered from
Peru on which the shipping board has
an optional agreement of purchase
Included In the total number of YES
sells owned and controlled at October
l, 1920. are 2Si wood and composite
vessels and five concrete vessels. At
the close of September. 1920. 90 of
these wood vessels We're In active
service and pa were In charge of
managing caretakers and withdrawn
from operation.
Recruiting for the Service.
At the time the Unred States en-
tered the World war there was q
shortage not only OF American ocean
tonnage but of men to man the bot
toms embraced In the ship construc-
ton program. To meet this condition
70 date the board has trained through
its recruiting service over $4,000 OFF,
GERS and $4,000 men below the grade
of officer for the merchant marine.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1920, the sea service bureau placed
on American vessels a total OF 160, S61
officers and men. OF which number
o. 40 per cent were Americans.
When the shipping board through Its
agencies first began placing men on
A., rOIT ~ tho mort Of Naxu XaKA