South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-26
RY NuLToN BRoNNER.


BERLIN. May 25-One day the
captain 81 a swedish passenger yes
SCI plying between sweden and Ger
many said 10 a German passenger.
"WhO is thar poor seasick fellow
he looks as % he might die before
he landed n sweden
He may be very III said the
passenger. "but ne won't die of u
What's more he will probably buy a
Lurk ~ Sweden as soon az he lands
and has had reviving cup OF black
coffee And. by the way. he IS a ship
owner himself
he may be a ship owner" said
the captain. "but ne looks like a
landsman and ne Is certainly a bad
seaman.
The hero Of this little anecdote Is
Germany's greatest business man
Hugo SHINES The Swede was a bso-
Iutely accurate SHINES is a lands
man and bad sailor. but the thirst
for ships is in his blood and he Is
rapidly coming 70 the fore as a new
force in Germany's once more ex-
pending and reviving mercantile
marine
Owns River Craft.
Long go ne was one Of the chief
owners OF a German river craft In
fact. the SHINES family has been as
ISOLATED with this business for abou-
F.. two centuries. And. however wide
spread have become the interests Of
Hugo SHINES. he has never forgot
/ ten he family fortunes We're started
| by Transporting things on German
I rivers
II you SIT on a fine May morning
Y ON the terrace OF a Dresden hotel
7 and glance at the Elbe river below.
your attention Will soon be attracted
TO big sturdy tug pulling up stream
a long line OF barges. each heavily
laden with coal Somewhere you
Will see the magic name SHINES. Z"
or go over 10 Coblenz where a
/ few Of our doughboys are still keep
ing watch on the Rhine and the Mo-
selle rivers and once more YOU will
see steamers tugs and barges bear
/ ing the SHINES name. This in spite
of the fact that under the peace
\ treaty large number Of German
/ river CT dAA were HuiItHutIFu 10
France and Belgium.
Buys Ocean shipping.
But important and money making
"a these river lines are for SHINES,
/ he long ago began to turn his atten-
tion 10 the greater possibilities OF
Y ocean traffic. During the hrst half
Of the war he bought a large block
OF stock in the German East African
and tho Woermann lines Later he
obtained n big interest in the
/ Deutsche VERT. concern OF Ham
burg which builds ships Another
which fen INTO his alien hracinE net
was the Hamburg VerkeAr's Cor
poration. which is not only interest
ed In shipping but owns hotels in
/ Hamburg. Berlin and Frankfurt or
the Main Furthermore il Is inter
ested in German seaside resorts like
| Travcmunde and has vessels thar
carry excursionists there A. Flens-
burg SHINES has a company whose
swift small ships ply the Baltic
Within the past two years he
formed the Hugo SHINES lines and
this new concern was the cause OF
one Of the deepest humiliations Of
his business career. SHINES owned
a considerable block of stock I'm the
once groat/ Hamburg American
Steamship company and was made
a director The concern. beginning
TO recuperate from the paralysis
caused by the war and the loss Of ITS
/ biggest and best ships. was prepar-
ing 10 resume active steamship serv-
ice between Hamburg and South
America The latter has always
been "a favorite held for German ex
ploitation and German business
firms have many friends there.
SHINES Is Inundated.
Imagine the surprise If the man
aging directors, therefore, when one
fine morning as they slipped their
coffee and perused the Hamburg pa
pCrs. their ewes were claimed by a
farinF advertisement in which the
Hugo SHINES lines announced the
Inauguration OF regular service be-
tween Ham burg aud Buenos Aires
For a fellow director 10 steal 2