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The Washington times., 1922-07-05
Summer Business OF
u. 5. Is Good,
Says Hoover
America still flourishes a fat

America still flourishes Tat
pocketbook. 80
That was the view of the
Commerce Department today as
it surveyed business progress
among merchants.
Secretary Hoover's agents re-
port healthy progress among
dealers generally. Merchants are
restocking their establishments.
Good summer business is cited as
a fine sign Of the times. Mer-
chants now are booking up
healthy orders for next fall-an-
other sign, they said, of conf
dence in the buying power Of the
public.
The Washington times., 1922-07-05
.EDMONDS ASKS
SHIP SUBSIDY ON
10 ARGUMENTS
Congressman Appeals to Re-
publican Members to Push
Merchant Marine Bill.
BY International News Service.


Republican congressman today
received an appeal for support OF
the Administration shipping bill
with an argument in favor OF a
subsidy for an American commerce
fleet from Congressman Edmonds
of Pennsylvania, a leader in the
merchant marine fight.
The plea Is the first Of a series
of articles designed To educate Con
gress as well as the people on the
needs of all classes Of American
citizens for a commerce fleet to
carry the countfy's surplus to the
markets of the world and to assure
general prosperity. Edmonds will
follow up this letter to his Repub
lican colleagues with other state
ments justifying the proposed legis
lation.
Ten Reasons For Subsidy.
In his letter today Edmonds sum
marizes needs OF a ship subsidy ir
ten good reasons as follows:
1. World conditions now make
sale OF goods in competitive for
eign markets more difficult thar
ever. The American farmer, miner
merchant and mechanic cannot
compete in selling their excess
The Washington times., 1922-07-05

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The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03
LETTERS URGE AID
 FOR BASIN PROJECT

WALLA WALLA, Wsh., Nov B. Letters asking cooperation in urging favorable action ty Congress upon tile Smith McNary and Columbia river basin irrigation bills have been mailed to 175 chambers Of commerce and commercial clubs in the state of Washington by Congressman John ". Summers.
 The letters ask each commercial or ganization in the various communities to write all merchants in their dis tricts, each of these merchants is ir turn asked to send letters to five or more eastern concerns from whom they buy goods or whose merchandise they handle.
 These letters are to explain tho benefits to be gained if the irrigation bills are passed. Eastern merchants are to be asked to write their con- gressmen and senators explaining their interest and the interest of their states in such legislation.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03
WOULD HAVE RAIL WORKERS
 "PREFERRED'

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Placing of rail- road employees in "preferred class" in exchange for the right to strike, was suggested by w. H. Stackhouse of Davenport, Iowa, speaking here to- day.
 Such measure should effectively protect the country from a repetition of the disastrous strike through which it recently passed, and usher in an era of comparative tranquility insofar as the nations railroad transportation industry is concerned" he declared
 Were Congress to enact law recog- nizing all railroad employees as of es- pecial value to the service and com fort of the public, declare them to be a preferred class, and fix their wages periodically on a basis slightly in ex- cess of those paid in other industries, coupled with the proviso that any con- certed refusal to continue such em- ployment would constitute a felony, such a measure should effectively pro- tect the country.
 "This would be especially true if such an act contained the stipulation that such employment would at all times be open to men and women Of proper qualifications, regardless of their utilization or non-affiliation with any organization.
 "It would become imperative that Congress likewise guarantee the car riers fixed rate of return on their property values if the great transpor- tation systems are to be saved from the destructive and extravagant eff fects of government ownership and operation, with the people at large the greatest victims of so false a policy. "The recent coal strike terminated in a complete victory for the miners without the operators losing anything, as they will recoup through advanced prices to the consuming public. This strike demonstrated the fallacy of con- sidering industrial and economic prob | lees solved by the employers acquies cing in all of their employees de l mands and transmitting the additional cost to the consuming public"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03
NO RACE SUICIDE
 AMONG HAWAIIANS
 IN THIS SETTLEMENT

HONOLULU, Nov. 3.-There is no evidence of race suicide to be found in the twenty Hawaiian and part-Ha- waiian families thus far selected for settlement on the island of Molokai in the effort being made to rehabilitate the Hawaiian race by placing it back upon the land that was once titled by the forefathers of the present genera tion.
 The twenty families now selected for settlement on the lower lands of Kalamaula by the Hawaiian Homes Commission have a grand total of 163 persons-parents and children-and the average number of children in each family is slightly more than six
 There are 123 children in the twen ty families, and as each applicant has wife or husband living, this means that there will be forty adults in the initial settlement In the first eight families selected in June there are sixty-two children, two of the families having ten children each and one eleven. In the twelve additional fami lies selected at meeting of the com mission recently there are sixty-twc children.
 The placing of these twenty fam lilies in Molokai is the first step IT making 163 Hawaiians independent land holders and productive farmers
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03
NEVADANS GO BROKE
 ON TRIPS CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. - Ten thousand Nevadans, in other words, one eighth the entire population of the Sagebrush state, come to San Francisco each year and go home "broke," Governor Emmet D. Boyle of Nevada, declared here recently at meeting called to further the cause of the Victory Transcontinental High way.
 Governor Boyle and Governor Charles R. Mabey of Utah, have prom ised to help in the work. The Vic tory Highway, it is planned, would cross Utah and Nevada and bring tourists into northern California. AL ready, it is said, the road is stretch ing out from the east headed for the west The road is expected to be com pleted but not paved, in two years.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03
BRIDGE SPANS
 YUKON RIVER
 ATWHITEH0RSE

DAWSON, Nov 3.-The only bridge which spans the mighty Yukon river from it's source to its mouth, a dis tance of more than 2,500 miles, as the river runs, was recently constructed south of the town of Whitehorse, and south ofthe town of Whitehorse, and has been named Lowe Suspension Bridge" in honor of Robert Lowe, for many years a prominent resident of Whtehorse, and many times member of the Yukon council, to which posi- tion he was but recently reelected.
 The bridge, which is swung on heavy cable, is 120 feet in length, four feet wide, and fifty-five feet above the waters of the canyon, where so many stampeders lost their lives during the rush to the Klondike more than a score of years ago. It has test strength of 75 tons, but is intended for foot passengers only. The White Pass x Yukon Route financed the construc- tion of the bridge, it being in close proximity to the railroad and a valu- able asset to it as scenic attraction The idea originated with MT. Lowe a number of years ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03
ARTIST WILL CHOOSE
 STATE COLLEGE BEAUTIES

PULLMAN, Nov. 3.-Howard Chand- Ter Christy, probably the nations most popular illustrator of American beauties, will choose the six most beautiful girls at the State College of Washington from photographs of the twenty prettiest picked out by the Woman's League. The six beauties will have a special page in the junior annual, the 1924 Chinook, which ap- pears in the spring.
 One British Columbia town and a dozen in Washington are represented in the score of pretty co-eds, as fol- lows:
 Aberdeen, Alberta Sanborr; Burling- ton, Merle Jackson; Cloverdale, B. C., Mildred Parr; Colfax, Bessie Roe An derson; Everett, Bernice Metz; Gar field, Alice Buchanan; Hatton, Mrs. Juanita Krider; Napavine, Lovica Nell son; Pullman, Muriel Halloway and Darcie Emerson; Spokane, Dorothy Heuber, Ruth Inkster, Irene Oliver and Thelma Daniel; Tacoma, Mamie Hobbs; Tekoa, Belma McCroskey; i; Waterville, Gladys Fraser; Yakima, Charlotte Walker, Madeline Benoit, and Lucille Hurd.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-03

Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmatic lenses replaced. Sec Os- borne. d.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-07-28
ZACATKY A KONCE CESkE.
HO HERCE.
(Z pameti Jakuba Seiferta)

Byl dan do n6mecke Skoly k
zboznym otcum fadu Piaristu
do Dlouhe tridy, We ktere vyu-
coval zovlalni professor Flser.
Toho casu byl mu duvernym
kamaradem Antonin Pulda, syn
znameho krupare, pax j. H.,
syn pekafe, roztomill diva hosi.
J.. Fl. byl bratr rozkoSnych e
ster, M. a b. Do prvni byl "a
milovan autor pameti, do bu-
clatG b. pax Pulda. ByJo mu
tehdy II let. Tonlkovi take to-
Xix. Nell tedy cha nejvySsi cas-
pustiti sc stremhlav do caroVne
zahrady Iasky. Dobrodrizstvi
skoncilo velmi nahlym vyhna-
MIN q mnohoslibneho raje.
Jakub chodival pc odpoledni
Sk0le pro kamarada Tonika do
sousedni ceske skoly, Budce.
Tato nahoda vynesla mu move
Skolni dobrodruzstvi. Byl tam
chycen jake ~podezfely pro ma
pisy ma zdeeh a potion pc ne
kolika dnech opraydu pristi-
zen 'pfi horkam utinku", bdyz
Sc cht6l poznamkou pomstiti "a
nespraVedlivy trest a potre-
stan byl i We sI,ole nemecke.
"Od tech dob vsak isem ne
vyyedl skorem mic, GO by stale
"a rec p|okraeule autor We
vzpominkach, "ledaze jsem Wy
trhl kohoutek 2 poulitniho vo-
dovodu a zpusobil malou zato-
pu cele Juice, potion az jsem
delal dobrotu az do konce Sc
mestru. IenkraJe rozsiril jsem
kruh sylch pIatel 0 Ludvika
Heinze i Bedficha Stybla, syny
znaml,h patriciiskych robin
prazskych. Pestoyali jsme jen
uslechtiIou zahavu, divadlo. X
tomu Gcelu isme sepsali s Pull
dou drama die romano "Lyov-
sti rytifi!!' kus chlapecke pra-
ce, Hlavnl ulohy hrali Heinz,
Styblo, Pulda a mole malio-
kost, damske llohy spaniIe Sc
stry Heinzovy. Rezii nell isme
vsichni be- pomoci Stapfra a
Weniga. Pc zkouSkach mas u
ctila Vzdy milostiva matinka
Heinzoya chutnou syacinkou.
Drama nase melo veliky u
speech. Po ceIy veter nevycha-
zelo obecenstVo re smlchu a
stedrym aplausem mas odme.
noyalo. Pres velikT 6sp6ch hra,
la Sc wee toliko jednou. pon6.
vadz otec Heinz nam dale hra.
ii nedovolil. Trpel pry vypra.
YOU tech rytiru nesmirn6 =
byt. Vypujtenych kostymu Sc
neco potrhalo, pho skyrn s.
udelalo ~ nabytku, jedno zr
cadlo ~ dobro se rozbilo. ne
kolik obrazu Sc ~poS'1odilo, ko
berce licidlon1 Sc potfisnily {
dilem i poralily. zhratka = 9,
Sc dale ud6lat We prosp6ch Or;
maticksho rn8nl, to Sc udela
10. Pc t6to dramaticke udalost
sc zkratkQ nas umeleoky kror
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-07-28
4 v Is
nici branickeho a iednlm

nici branickeho a .jednlm CO
mono nejkratsim cigarem.
Byl jsem v nebi, dosahl
jsem, echo jsem 81 tax horouc-
ne pfal, prosel jsem zkouskou
ohnem i cekal ma konecne an
gazovani pr Kral. ceskem zem
skem divadle. Nevyzpytatelny
osud vsak rekl: "Jeste ne, no.
chu! Seckej a TRIP jeste!"
Mala a Grund byli angazo-
vani lined, ia vsak byl jsem
vlidne odkazan ma podzim a
neb jaro.
Co d6lat? Rodicum jsem ne
cht6l zustati ma obtiz. Jit k
venkovske spolecnosti? Ale
kan?
N6mecky reditel Walburg-
Nesecky sestavoval pro Plzen
ceskonemeckou spolecnost s
reziserem Pokornym V cele.
Spolecnost byla k%ompletni az
ma soufl6ra. Pfijal jsem to mi
sto S gazi 25 I'll. mesicne. Do
stall jsem zalohu a jel s ostat.
mimi!
Byla to ma prvni umelecka
costa do cizinvlo
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-07-28


sen a zbyly nadale jen starostl
mych rodicu, co re mne vlast-
ne Dude. Ponevadz jsem byl
vybornym ministrantem, chte-
la matka miti re mne knee. O
tee byl prakticnejsi. Dal mne
do xylografickeho ustavu IT,
skarny "Gottlieb Haase
Soehne'. Sklonil isem tedy siji
svou pred krutym osudem, ne
stall jsem Sc ami papezem, ami
knezem, prozatlm ami knezem
Thalie. Sve Thalii jsem vSak
prece zustal vernym. S prite-
lem Puldou hrali jsme divadlo,
iak Sc rika: 20 sto sest". Kdyz
.jsme nemeli salon k disposici,
spokojili jsme Sc S dvorem me
residence V Mysllkove ulici, te-
hdaz Zitna ulice c. POT. "U
Straspytlu." Podiem byl vuz
ma rozvazeni mouky, audito-
riem dive pavlace a strecha kol
ny ma kocary, urcena pro mia
dez a publikum nizsi tridy. De-
horace jake "a Shakespeare
| zadna, take ma kostymy jsme
81 nepotrpeli. Repertoir byl
pouze puvodni. Zpivaly Sc ia
Ike kuplety a duetta. Subreta
bylo d6vce stepile postavy,
dcera pobrezniho q Podskali.
Jeji bratr - dirigent vlastni-
no orchestra, jenz byl umlsten
pod vozem a hral mistrn6 ma TIA
hacI a foukaci harmOniku. Pull
da a ia jsme obstarali cast re-
citaCni. Vstupne bylo dobrovol-
ne We prospect domacich chu-
dych. NeseSlo sc toho mnoho,
ale bylo to cd srdce. Ach! Kde
jsou ty krasne DOLBY mladjstv6
bujnosti, NaSe dvorni divadlo
VSak vzalo brZy ia sve odcho-
dem feSacke subrety, ktera by
la nucena ma cas- Sc uchylitl dc
soukromi. Orkestr byl dan dc
uteni ma klempirstvi, Pulda
odeSel k ochotnikum ma Smi-
chov, ia k ochotnikum do ko-
sir protekci Jakuba Arbesa a
vuz, vlastn6 naSe kara Thespi-
sova nadobro osirela. Pc pill
mem uCeni Xylografie p%utoval
.isem kazdou nedeli do Kosfr.
Tam Sc hralo $ neivysSim gu
bernialnim poyolenim We pro
speech mas, a co zbylo - k do
brocinnemu uGelu.
Tam jsem 81 ziskal rytir-
skych ostruh dramatick6ho u
m6ni. Tam jsem sc teSil nadeii
ma skvelou karieru We velkem
diyadle. Pc pfedstaVeni Kosl-
rich tahla vzdy naSe karavana
ma slovo vzatyeh umelcu s ma
sim intedantem Jakubem Ar.
besem V cele ma Malou stranu
do kaVarny k Radeckemu NJ
zotavenou. Tam hluboko do no
Ct absolvoval sVoie koncerty M
piano poVestny 49, ma rozuml
trochu popleteny - "Karlicel
Bum, znamy, toulaVy zjeN
prazskych ulic, holohlavy,
lahvici ruce, be- Gepice ane
: bo 5 tepici Y kapse DO moder
MIN Zpusobu nasi mladeze. To
: mu chudaku na prospech dekl;
! moval jsem vse, GO jsem umel
| n~eiradeii svoji zamilovanou
'Tfi DOLBY zem6 ceske'. Poslu
l chaci, oVSem nejjvice "Karll
eek Bum. byli nadseni. Pc pr,
dukci wal jsem Karlickovl
: tepici a Vybiral IA neho pene
: ute darby. Ubozak plakal +:
: dostl d neustale yolal: ''Pekn,
!, to umis, pekne zpivas! Zpive
: ieste, puicim ii cepici!" Byl b,
: hral az do sVitani.
e "Byl to krasny cas-, jenz ne
a vrati sc nikdy zas." - bzucin
: 81 melodii komediantu z "Prin
a ee2ny Trebizondske.'
i. | q tech komediantu "Trebi
: zondske p~rincezny' rozloucil
: &c skorem vSichni s tou nevd5
a tnou sNetovou boudou a zane
: chali il oSirelou.
. pnaho cpal nStb a,S4
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-07-28

byl znamy lidumil a pritel vse-
no uslechtileho, MATTEL mlyna
Vincenc Vavra, jemuz jsem We
volnych chvlllch pr klepotu
mlynskych stroju a huceni vod
Mich kol prednasel basne a u
rovky dramatickych seen. Sill
bill, re mne Dude podporovat v,
mych snahach, abych dosahl CT
lie smele sve touhy. Mel pfitele,
hobuzel zahy zesnuleho ba-
snika, autora nesmrtelnych
"Vecernich pisni", Vltezslava
Halka. Tomu mne sllbil pred
staviti, abych Sc mohl pokusit
0 dalsi. Navstivili jsme Halka
jednoho dne, kdy 81 howell ieste
V posteli. Pfijal mas velice VII
dn6 a byl ochoten mne hned pc
slechnout a trochu vyzkouset.
Prvni krok byl ucinen.
Byl jsem nebi, aspoh ma
prvnim stupinku k menu.
kdysi z rama mi oznamil, re
Teditel Thome mt prisllbll pu-
stiti mne Ike zkouSce ma ieviStl,
abych Sc dustoin6 pripravil. Ra
dosti jsem div smyslu nepo-
zbyl. Dial mi k nastudovani mo
nolog re sve tragedie "ZaViS 2
FalkStejna" i letel jsem pre-
St'asten domu a dial Sc hned do
prace. Nejedl jsem, nepil - ia
ko lev Hefmana Z Bubna - ale
tretiho dne jsem neZasel, nybrz
special Ike svemu uCitell Hal
kovi a jal Sc mu ieho verse zpu
sobne r%ecitovat. PoteSen mOu
pill, objednal mne ma druhy
den k diVadlu ua S poVzbuzuJl-
cimi slovy mne propustiI. Dru-
heho dine dukladn6 pripraVen
sci isem neidrive do kostela sv.
Vojt6cha, tam jsem vyzyVal
ducha svateho by mne ~osvetltl
raGil, i sveho patrona Jakuba
a vsecky svat6, by "a mne O.
rodovali, abych st'astne vysel
z toho zkuSebn6ho ohne.
Potion chv6jicfm Sc krokem
ubiral jsem Sc k divadlu. Pred
vchodem stall FrantiSek Ko-
lar, Vavra, Halek, nekolik I'VE
davych clenu, ba i technicky
personal; vzdyt' syn jejich mi
stra d6lal maturitu z dramatl-
i. ckeho umenl,
Predstavili mne Kolarovi i sli
jsme nahoru, k jeviSti - ia ia
ko delikVent ma popraviSte.
Kolar usedl ma reziserskC
kreslo, vedle n6ho Halek a Va
vra. Y kulisach bylo plno I've
davcu nedockavych, co Sc Dude
dit, zdali budu pardonovan ne
DO bez milosti popraven.
Kolar dial znameni suflerovi
ably zacal. Dovolil jsem 81 o.
: hromnou poznamku, re bycl
rad zkousel bez napovedy,
. dial isem Sc do mileho ZayiSe
. Rezis6r byl uplne spokojen
!, Pfal 81 jeste, abych prednes
/ n6jakou vzletnou basen, b,
( mohl posouditi mou vrelost
7 temperament a muj HAS.
5 Znal jsem pro tn chvlli p;
: nett jen svou zamilovanou "Tf
: DOLBY zeme ceske", jez kdys
: tax nadchla "Karlicka Buma'
4 a vida = primela dokonce k a
!, plausu i FrantiSka Kolara!
F.: Slibil, lie o dalSim rozhodnu
: ii a pripadnem prvnim vysto.
: peni budu zpraven pisemne
0 kancelafe, i porouGel Sc.
4 ! ia isem Sc %poroucel = d
: prime Vavry a Halka. ia bla
a zen special domu, kde priv
{ tai mne otec: Gut, Jakob, gu
j hast du deklamiert! Ich no
Y zwor NIGHTS verstanden, abe
gut var's!"
: Dal jsem sc do pilneho SIT
n dovani a .ial jsem Sc dohanet
i co isem zmeskal ma SVEN vZd
lani. Bylo toho dost. TAX user
i sc prolhal u krbu svych yodic
i AZ do lara.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-07-28
O~BCHODNfCI Poor!

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zesnulemu muzi, prenese-
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pana.
Zimmerman sc
Anna Canska.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-17
DELAY UPON BONUS
CAUCUS; 'CUMBER
WOULD PUT IT FIRST
Senate Finance Chairman Not
in Line With Harding on
Passing Tariff Prior.

Washington, April 16.-Because of
the absence from Washington Of Chair
man McCumber, the meeting Of the
senate finance committee republicans,
planned for Monday to consider pro-
ceedure in the handling of the soldiers
bonus bill, has been postponed. It
probably will be held about the middle
of next week.
President Harding's desire that the
senate pass the tariff bill before action
on the bonus is known to coincide with
the desires Of some republican leaders
but Senator McCumber has told sen
ators that he hoped to have the bonus
bill reported within a week. 1t was
his plan to have the tariff bill laid
aside SO as to bring the bonus bill
to vote.
Several substitute plans for the house
bill with its bank loan provision have
been discussed informally among finance
committee republicans, but indications
are that majority of them lean toward
the house bill. with possible elimina-
tion or amendment of the land settle
ment section.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-17
MEN and MATTERS AT CAPITAL
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Interesting Sidelights on Capital Activities
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BRIEF BITS OF Wit AND WISDOM

department is William Lee Hurley, who
has been serving as special assistant
to the last three under secretaries OF
state. Messrs. Polk. Davis and Fletch-
er, and who is remaining over to act
for a time under the new under -secre-
tary, Mr.. Phillips. 1t is reported,
however, that Hurley soon will be on
the move again, probably to Tibet or
some equally remote spot.
Wherever he lands, however. there
will be someone at the station to meet
him and say, ooh, you Bill
In his travels young William has
had some vastly intricate experiences.
For a long time prior to the out
break of the world war in 1914, he had
made his headquarters in London, in
which he kept a sort of open house for
the Canadian officers and the great
number of Americans who went over
with the Canadian battalions. When
America entered the war he went on
duty in the American embassy and
has been on government service ever
since.
In the early days of the war Hurley
had the unique distinction of using q
newspaper as passport-and getting by
with it. He was returning to England
from AuStrdHd III CtplEMoeI, IoA1
when the steamer stopped at Malta
Hurley wanted to go ashore with the
rest of the gang. but two Maltese.
not cats-officiais. came on board ane
demanded to see the passports of those
wishing to land for sthe day.
Hurley. being plain American cit
izen. had no passports. Americans
scarcely knew what passports were be
fore the war. With scant courtesy
the Maltese persons threw Hurley ou'
of line Later on. however. secone
and less fierce Malteset tapped him or
the arm.
Haven't you something that woult
show you are an American?" he asked
Hurley registered thought None o1
his letters was addressed MY deal
American his clothes were all made
in London, so there was nothing. Ther
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-17

Washington. April 16.-President
Harding's interest in the upbuildins OF
an American merchant marine was not
born of the war fleet he found on the
governments hands when he entered
the White House.
at began away back on Main
street." said the president in reclting
the story to a circle of close TRENDS.
The president is glad he came from a
Main street town. He believes It
brought him nearer to the people It
is difficult to keep in touch even with
your near neighbors in big city.
In the old days at Marion. Mr..
Harding read a great deal on the sub.
iect of shipping. He was fascinated
by the stories Of the old Yankee clip
pers that always tried to bring their
cargoes into port ahead OF all com
petitors. 1t seemed to him strange
that a people once so dominant in sea
trade should have lapsed into com
plete lethargy on the subject.
Taking a trip abroad Mr.. Harding
was once more impressed with sense
Of American insufficiency as he saw
harbor after harbor filled with craft
of all nations save one-the United
States. When eventually he came to
the United States senate, the merch-
ant marine still was uppermost IN Mr..
Harding's mind. He asked to be as
signed to the committee on commerce,
SO that he might further study the
subject and( perhaps. be of some as
sistance in framing legislation which
would put the American flag perma- :
nentIv back upon the seas. The world
war was on. however. when Mr.. Hard
ing took his senate seat and the coun-
trv still was not back on peace basis
when he resigned his nomination for
the presidency.
The whole question Of the ship sub
sidy. as proposed by the president and
by Chairman Lasker of the shipping
board, is a very simple one after all.
It involves no direct appropriation. no
new taxation.
It involves paying out in subsidies
10 per cent of the duties collected on
imports. to the president, very com
mon sense proposition since the duties
come from ship-borne goods. ANY
shipping line making above 10 per cent
profit on actual capital invested wonlo
Immediately begin paying back to the
government any money advanced
That is the ship subsidy problem, II
nutshell. President Harding De
1ieyes that unless something is done
now for the merchant marine there
is no hope in the future