Show How to Cogln Our ftlnriiinis Suproiusy At the present time the majority of the shipping trade of the world Is i nth n-th hands of Great Britain LOSH than half a century ago the leading l position posi-tion was heldby this country which not only possessed th6 largest tonnage I ton-nage but was acknowledged 1 to produce pro-duce the fastest and In every way I the bent appointed ships that sailed the I high aean Today our deepsea trading fleet is not only Insignificant In comparison com-parison with that of the leading marl i tlmo natiuiui but It is ridiculously I disproportionate dis-proportionate to the resources the skill and tho feverish energy of the nation under whose flag It sails Among the beneficial lesulta of the late war Is the stimulus which It has given to tho shipping Industry Our oversea possessions and our ever cx pandlng foreign trade ate creating a I demand the reply to which Is seen In 1 the fino float of vessel which arc now being constructed on the Delaware and the Clyde While this activity however how-ever Is gratifying we must not for a moment Imagine that It la on a scale that will do much toward placing us as a maritime pconle where we properly prop-erly belong This can only bo accomplished accom-plished by the adoption of some such sweeping measures as have enabled Germany to advance h shipping Interests In-terests so rapidly that In the mutter or Hpecd accommodation and size the ships of its leading comnaMjs arc probably prob-ably the best In the world Germanys BucccBs js due very largely to the loa Luring Influence of a Judicious system of subsidies and there Is a growing conviction that similar moans would product Klmllar results in promoting the shipping Interests of the United Stales How far our remarkable advancement advance-ment In thr steel and allied Industries In due to government ntmlHtancc we do not attempt to say but the net Ix I Incontrovertible In-controvertible that the indtmtrltfl whjch have been thus encouraged have had a growth that Is absolutely I without rt pirallel Ao to the policy of ship l ioun S 4 r a = I tieR we have yet to find any substantial substan-tial reason advanced to show why Government Gov-ernment assistance will not prove as great a stimulus to our shlpplnglntcr csts as It bus boon to the nourishing Industries above mentioned Scientific American I |