Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-22
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been done m In" anNiyuS circum- stances.
 completion Of war .nu'ra-is yvhe-s
 completion of war s-.u.r..rt-- 1ylip-4 completion was bclicN.5 tu loo tho great CT economy to ih. puI,r,r. treasury left us approximately is.-pn roH gross ton mage in shiUss. The ii-nr-s az nearer T., ,5O0.0g0 tons now, owing jy tho scrap. ping of the wooden ne.i
 Losses Cut pS~n. More than haif tbis iorua-r s =sv- crnment-owned and aUgr0s mat,..- 2. 25O 900 tons are und d.r .u'o-Bi.,.in op. eration in one form or autli.r The net loss to the UnItal Stai,- rrc-g7Jrv averaged approximatcly SlSn3p.0gD month during the past year prior 10 .hs
 assumption Of responsibility hy the | present administration. 4 constant l warfare on this loss or public funds and the draft to service of a csuabls | business management and s-Epr.iencei I operating directors. howrE-r. with ap- | He'd efficiency and forced economies. | aAve reduced the losses to .,iByut sl.- 1 0oO GOO a month. or a1out s50.O18 6Gg | out it is !ntolerable tlfa- there shoaiG continue a policy from wiTeh go enor- nous a loss to the tF"asu-:- arr-Irs. When your oNceu.-yo e4s cf7rnlerr 1 knows of public cNp"m6fgrn- .1---r.as. Ing fifty millions Hunuagl, u.I-~1 n be. Iicvcs could bc reduced i' nar t1rouzH a change or pcliry vou. -1ea -7rn,n.
 would bc unworthy of ngblf. frgai
 such change were moi, commented
 may if it were no, .nS--lsntiy g-r-d [ And the pity of .t is that gur rre- cnt expenditure iI, lcss,a %. noz c-u
 st-uctivc. IL iooAs io no future at-ssr,-
 menJs.
 ships Wearing Out.
 But I have not properly portrayed
 all the current losses 60 tine 7stlrs Urea sury. We are wearing out uu,
 ships without any g0yision fo- -op;ace. ment.i We are havinE these lgsse:
 through deterioration nov and ar-
 charging nothing against rcpIa-sments
 The gloomy picture of ,'osse5 does moi end even there. NotVsttlI- 'audir- ihs
 known war cost of three hiilica. pr +u5 lars for the present tounI-r, 2 wal moi venture to appraiso its cssn rsiHr tr.
 day. II may as well he 0or{oz ssd yrloa,
 as at some other time that .n ;hr ma = rush to build, in cs;ab'i-hira- rhiuyardr ! wherever men could orssnize to CT, pend government money. when H, : made slipbuiIdsTs over night quite ' without regard to previous occupations or pursuits we huiIded noorlr ofte , very poorly. Moreover we constr1c7ed v without any formulated program for q
 1 merchant marine. The var cnersercy VI impeIled and the cry for ships. any kind II of ships. The error is recalled m reSre; E rather than criticism
 U When the question is asked. why th, l. insistence for the merchant marine ar
 now2 the answer is apparent. wafY ? ing every inspiration which lies in 4- constructive plan for maintaining ou
 flag on the commercial highways Us th. seas, wafving the prudence Tn safe
 guarding another s3.O0O, ,0OO.Oog mad ness if war ever again inpendS. VI have the unavoidable task of wipins ou ,o a s5o,Ooe.O00 annual loss in ope-atio iy and losses ag4egating many huncred of millions in worn out sacrificed Q es serapped shipping.
 The problem cannot longer be iE as nored. it's attempted conclusion eannc ,t' longer be postponed. The failure c q; congress to act decisively would be . no less disastrous than adverse action. ne Three Courses of Action n Three courses of action arc possfbI Ot and the choice among them rests wit or you:
 he The first is constructfve-enact th e. pending bill, under which I firmly b,
 heve an American merchant marine 'ls privately owned and privately opAratel " but serving all the people and alvay aA available to the government in an m- emergency may be established a- 's maintained.
 n The second is obstructve-continI TO- government operations and sttendir ,h- government losses and discourage pr les vate enterprise by governmers comp ol tition. under which losses arc met ! on the public treasury and witness the coI ter tinued losses and deterioration until n
 colossal failure ends in sheer e1hzR asf tioI by The third is detructive-invofTtng q m- sacrifice of our ships abroad or n scTapping of them at home, the surTeI
 der of our aspirations, and the confessia es of our impotence to the world in ger lp- eral and cur humiliation befoFe the. con we peting world in particular. I have con ln to urge the constructive alteitrnaEe, lu- have come to ask you to relieve the s' sa- ministration branch Of the governmei 'O- from a program upon which fsihure ar hopelessness and staggering losses 6, ne written for every page.
 l know full well the hostility in q lis popular mind to the word subs.dy. It V" stressed by the opposition and associa srd ed with special privilege by those vi are unfailing advocates of goyerunel inc aid whenever vast numbers are direcs ro. concerned.
 tile Soyernmeht aio' would oe lar Inc term than subsidy in defining what ' inc are seeking to do for our merchant m mo rine and the interests arc those of all q TO- people. even though the aid goes to t re- few who serve.