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Show MERCHANT MARINE! MILITIA URGED FOR PEACE , j jHow to Get American Sail-; ors Is Declared Deep j J Problem. J N. E. A. Soeci.l to Th. Telegram. J lA)MXiN-. Kng'.and. Dec. IJ Howls America tolng to iret the American merrhnnt niailne manned by Amert trans? , Ttelow are given the views of Kolrt i P. Skinner of Onto, the American con- j sul general in l.iidon. I By reason of his position snd his i long ewr!nre with commercial problems prob-lems closelv connected with shippttis, I Consul Oeneral Skinner speaks with authority. I Summed up. his answer to the ques-tlon ques-tlon Is government aid. Including supplementary sup-plementary government pay. lo mke the merchant marine service suf- , firlently attractive o draw Americans ! Into it. I In an irterview for the Newspalr ' F.nterprlse association, t'onsul tieneral Skinner said: j "perhaps the most serious and dir- . flriilt ta.k which we have to arcom- pllsh in lb e iinme.l.ate future is il.j rehabiiltstion of uiir American merchant mer-chant murine ! "We liuvt the ships, but we have not the men. I ALIENS MAN OUR SHIPS, j "At the pr-sent moment a verv great nroportlon of the merchant vessel, fly-i ing the An.crlcan fug are officered by aliens, and. lo a lauje ejtfnt. manned il.y alien.' This la a condition which I am ur everyone w U akre needs to be al-j have at tbls moment 7?4 ships under construction, totsllnr UiO DOO .tons We are piodudrig ships with I rapidity unknown lu the whjlo history J of snipbuliding. "We proouce a ship completed from i truck to keel within a f-w months. But It tHk" y-ara to make a competent com-petent merchant waman! I "The practical auestJim ar.ses: Ho i shall we make .ervice at sa .ufflrlent-l .ufflrlent-l attractive to inditra American cill-s'ens cill-s'ens to follow the sea aa a profession. , while al the aam. time the owner, of the .hip. are compelled to compete with other vessels officered and manned by men contented with a materially ma-terially tower rate of wages? , MUST KEEP UP WAGES. "We know perfectly well the American Amer-ican workinrman w.ll not consent to any scaling down of tho rate of wagca. even If we should de.lre to Indue, him to do so. "I have a pl.n. which I. by no meana lio l, based on Ihe war period plan of the government. 1 think H would acromu-ish the result: The I'nited Slates Itself might continue con-tinue to call for recruits for the merchant mer-chant marine. They would constitute u marine militia- They would receive, from the government itself, an amount of supplementary py. uniforms, pen-stona pen-stona after years of eer ice and support sup-port for widows and orptian.. "This upplrmentary pay. combined with .lanilard wages, would be .uf-ficlent .uf-ficlent lo bring to our nautical swhools the number of men required anil would place Ihe trade upon an equality of attractiveness as compared with Industrial Indus-trial occupations. "And it wou d also assure u. that our .hips niixht be operated, under all circumstances, to th great good of our national and commercial Interests." CHICAGO PROVItlOMS. Sy Associated Prssa ' i'IIVA'Ki. Use JJ. Butter l'n- Chi- MSetl. KkK - I 'tiselttee, Receipts. cases Fusts. -mry (ir.i. tgttc. al mark, i m." Ii,.jded. I".'. iHc. potatoes - l'M er Keipls, .'.0 cars. Minnesota. Mliii.RHti and Wisconsin bulk. :-0'W t . Uo sacks, $ 1 suf, I..".. I oullry, al.ve- lf,gt.er. Kuwls. l:'f :&'ic; springs. i4ii: turkevs, 21'c.. NEW YORK MONEY. By Associated Prssa NKW VnKK. lc. IJ Isrcantue paper pa-per tacliai.ged. Sterling I 'n-'tianged. Pranct Oeniand. 14 9-K. cables, :.. il.iilders-Iien'.and. t:Sc: cables 4?c. lres IHnutiul .Mi7i; cables. 14. Ji. Venlcan rtollHrs--rficSsnsd Time losns ntroe. ; unchanged. CHICAGO PRODUCE. Sy Aseoclete. Press. tTIP'A'.ii. Mec. u corn-No. 1-low 1-low e.iminst: No. 1 e11ow, nominal; No. 4 vellest. 11.41V I 42s. I riaiNo. ? whits. 74'jlc; standard. T4T'e. i Ki,-Ns. I15V llsrle. -".; 1 o Timo'hr- l sielt.". "loer NonilnsL. I'crv -N.-oin.sl. Ijird- 1-4" l Kibe Nominal. KAN .A CITY CORN. By Aasocisted Press. . KlVrA! CtTT. Mo.. Iec. I Torn T-ecemher. tl January. 11.44.; - ruar March, 1 :s,. |