The Glenwood post., 1922-03-16
uacIe Tets BED Tine Stories
Current Events For tie ohtlAEsa
and orovn-914 1se
All ARRIcAN MERCHANT
MARINE AT LAST

"Good gracious, Jack, how in the
world did you get 20 wetr' asked
Uncle Ted, as Jack came into his room
With his hands dripping wet and the
front of his clothes soaked from his
Asad to his feet.
"We've- been playing ships," an
sWsrsd Jack. "Ruth is wetter than
am and Mother made US stop to get
ready for bed. I've built two dandy
boats and have been trying them in
the bath tub. Next summer we can
try them on the river, can't we, Un-
Gle Tedf"
81 guess we can, Jack, but for the
present you d better get those wet
things off and get into your mighty.
Ruth! oh, Ruth!" called Uncle Ted.
"what is it, Uncle Tedf" she an-
swered.
"Get those wet clothes off and hur-
~ in here and 1 will tell you a new
story shout ships."
So it was that our three friends
gathered in Uncle Ted's room for
their story
"I suppose you kiddies have heard
about President Harding's talk to
congress on the ship question and
what his plans are to make a merchant
marine for the United States and at
the same time do it without diserim.
ination and at a comparatively small
cost. I am going to tell you some OF
the details of that plan. For hong
long time everyone has been crying
for an American merchant marine
During the war we built an unprece
dented number Of ships, some ship,
that helped win the war, others that
didn't. Much money was wasted, but
we cannot go on adm on carrying thai
expense forever and get anywhere
The Republican party in its last cam
paign platform pledged the enactment
Of law for the upbuilding of a mer
chant marine. Our president has beel
working on this matter for lont
time with tAs aA q Asa who J
this question and he recently wen
before congress and presented pla,
as outlined in bills offered for enact
ment by the Shipping board. In /,
few words here is what Mr.. Harding >
plan is, just as he stated it:
""I propose that we shall col
lect all import duties without
discrimination as between Ameri-
can and foreign bottoms, and ap-
ply the heretofore proposed re-
duction to Great fund for the
government aid to our merchant
marine. By such a program we
shall encourage not alone the car
rying of inbound cargoes subject
to tariffs. but we shall strengthen
American ships in the carrying Of
that greater inbound tonnage on
which no duties are levied, and,
more important than these, we
shall equip our merchant marine
to serve our outbound commerce,
which is the measure of our emf
nence in foreign trade
Let me go into the details of this
plan star as we can tonight. No
matter whether it is peace or war the
more than 10o,0O0,00O people of this
country are vitally interested in the
use of the seas, and the part the
United States of America shall take ON
the seas President Harding has
made it clear to me that there Is NO
use trying to put trade on American
ships by bringing to an end treaty ar.
rangements any more than it would
be wise to try to build up merchant
marine by putting higher duties on
imports in foreign vessels. That would
be discrimination and other foreign
countries could play that game Just as
well as we could. Looking at these
different ideas and turning the whole
matter over in our minds, we wonder
what in the world can be done that
will help. Our answer is contained in
the president s address to congress.
This plan will allow the importing of
goods into the United States under
uniform rates, not matter what ship