Show I SHIPPING MUST MUST MUSTI I HAVE AID ID SAYS MARINE BOARD WASHINGTON ASHINGTON y Dec 3 Prefer Preter Prefer Preferential tariffs or a subsidy remain the only methods of ot insuring maintenance main main- ten tenane nce of an American merchant marine the shipping board Declared De e dared today In Its annual report to congress Elimination of m I legislation as a means of ot indirect aid ald the board held would seem to leave as the sole way out the assumption by the government of ot the excess excess cost of operation The report listed these fo four r factors factors factors fac fac- tors as as operating to the disadvantage disadvantage disadvantage tage of ot American The high cost of ot living in the j United States with consequent effect efi ef- ef i feet o on labor costs which would make malte an American built ship represent represent represent rep- rep resent an Investment 25 per cent greater than their thana a similar vessel constructed constructed con con- ed on the Clyde Cyde High wage sc scales on American ships amounting on an ordinary cargo steamer to approximately a year more than the wages on a similar foreign ship The difficulty difficulty- of raising capital In In the United States for strictly maritime enterprises as contrasted With rUh foreign countries where this field is a popular one for The rhe advantage held by foreign lines through long careers in the I business |