The New York herald., 1922-05-19

Sary to commerce, the GOVtrnHie''
| should reduce its fees and enter INTO
| agreements with foreign Govern
ments for reciprocal discontinuance
! of visa requirements, and where con-
ditions warrant. the complete discon-
tinuance of such visas.
ADEQUATE Army and Navy.
| The chamber went on record as depre-
eating any tendency to reduce the au-
thorized personnel of the army and
navy below a strength conservauVely
requisite for the preservation OF ma
tional safety.
'.The leadership Of our Government In
the Conference on Limitation of Arma-
ments and Far Eastern questions and
the great contributions made by the
conference toward peace and in the re-
duction Of burdens of taxations." said
another resolution, cause us deep
| qualification. These great
| achievements by the diplomatic branch
of our Government are tran5cendent,
vet the business men of our country are
most appreciative of the valuable ser
vices rendered to them day by day both
by the diplomatic and consular branches
| of the Department of State. For these
services adequate support should at all
/ times be given"
| Another resolution expressed the
chambers deep appreciation" to the
Department of Commerce for the
splendid services rendered the pro-
duceps manufacturers, merchants and
business men OF the country, not only
| in collecting and distributing general
| information respecting commerce, both
foreign and domestic, but In cheerfully
and promptly complying with every re-
quest for information and advice about
any particular trade or industry.
New Omcers Elected.
julius II. Barnes of Duluth, Mimi.
was elected president of the organiza-
ton. to succeed Joseph III. Defrees OF
| Chicago. Other officers elected were:
Vice-president for the Eastern States.
A. c. Bedford. New York; Northern
States. Thomas e. Wilson, Chicago !:
Southern States, Harry Black. Calves
ton; Western States, Thomas b.
Stearns, Denver; honorary vice-presi-
dents William Butterworth, Moline,
Ill l.. S. Gillette, Minneapolis; Charles
Negel. ST Louis, and A. b. Farquahar
York, Pa.
Directors elected were Alvan T. 81
monds Fitchburg, Mass. Ernest T..
Trigg, Philadelphia John NJ. Crawford.
Parkersburg, w. Va; M. ]. Sanders.
New Orleans John w. Shartell, Okla
homa City; Edwin c. Gibbs. Cincinnati ;
William J. Dean, st. Paul; Clyde c.
Dawson, Denver; o. NJ. Clark, Portland.
| Oregon; Arthur S. Bent. Los Angeles
Fred p. Mann, Devils Lake, N. d. ;
| George B. Blow, la Sale. Illinois: Fe-
| lix NJ McWhirter Indianapolis; Henry
II. Morse Abingdon. Mass; James s.
Kemper Chicago; Charles S. Keith
Kansas City. Mo-, and Carl X. Gray,
Omaha.
The Government will build no more
ships, Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping
Board. declared in his address Presi-
dent Harding has placed before Congress
a program of legislation that undertakes
90 overcome the difficulties now facing
private operation of ships. he added.
and unless that legislation is enacted the
art of shipbuilding "ln America will
wither and die"
Mr.. Lasker said the proposed ship
subsidy legislation admittedly consisted
of artificial means to meet the situa-
ton, but Il is only through the tempor-
ary use OF artificial means that the
situation can be permanently saved. and
this administration declares It's belief
| that the adoption of the program which
1t proposes will save the situation and
make America potent in its own rights
on the seas" America must have a
merchant marine comparable to that
of Great Britain, the speaker added, II
IL is 10 have a naval power potentially
equal to that of Great Britain.
"If all the naval ships in the world
were scrapped." Mr.. Lasker said. Great
Britain, through her preponderant mer-
chant marine, would be more supreme
on the seas than she could ever hope to
be otherwise. Certain types OF merchant
ships are as essential to the operation
of a navy in times Of war as the capital
ships OF the navy itself. In these types
America Is sadly deficient compared with
Great Britain. at ratio OF almost five
TO one in favor of the latter And there
can be no thought or hope OF the United
States keeping a naval parity with Graa
Britain unless We create merchant ma
rine power to equalize this difference"
United states Ownership Oppos. d.
Mr.. I.asker said his experience as
chairman OF the Shipping Board Mad
convinced him that Government owper-
ship or operation OF ships lis as poison
ivy In the garden OF Industry"
do not understand from this thaS |
do not beseech each of you." he added,
ito give every preference TO Shipping
Board ships. No matter what the op-
| eratlOnS may nave Deen In the past
stand here to affirm and declare yes.
and to boast--that the Shipping Board
to-day is sailing its ships as promptly
as any ships in the world that the Ship
ping Board Is making settlements with
shippers as promptly ns any shipping
concern In the world that the Shipping
Boards operations to-day under the
present Shipping Board are comparable
to the best operations Of any shipp,ns
concern In the world. And you are
standing In your own light IL you don't
throw your cargoes to your own ships.
"True your Treasury Ia losing money
in the operation OF these ships but II
will lose more money If you don't pat
ronize them. But II is further true that
nowhere else will you get a better OPP
GRAFTON than you get on these ships, and
every one OF these ships flying your
flag is insuring day by day the estab-
llshment OF lines that will be continuous
either under the Government or private
ownership, which in turn assures open
markets Of the world to you and for
your wares, so that nc no time will you
be throttled through the very proper
selfishness OF competing countries"