Show HilL FLY 1 1 THE GERMAN FLAG NewY New rk Ji Is In shippIng to the Jour Journal na nal of commerce that It is the tuten tion of af the Great Northern Se company the Great Northern to place under a foreign flag its two t steamers now building for the Oriental trade at the Eastern ht yards New Nev Lonon Lomon Conn Much in int Interest t terest re t has naturally been caused by the report as these two steamers steam rs when completed will be the largest Is In point of tonnage displacement and carrying capacity in the world worl They will m be about tons register and tons road load displacement to the I line Investigation fI shows Wg the paper Mentioned that while hile the report may not be declared entirely COrrect there is much substantial basis for tor It The facts are that nUlt competition om In the Ori On Orient ent Is so l Is con constantly be becoming coming kee J 3 J Hill and his friends friend feel 1 the need of seething every advantage Preference leans lean apparently toward the German flag Aag owing to Germanys advantageous na nay laws law Mr lr Hills HUrs objections to Ute the flag are said ald not to bP be based on the Question of expense or high wages but buton buton on the lack of protection to ip ship own owners ers era The German Gennan laws s give ve the cap can tain tam the most effective control of the crew |