Show U Uil MA MAE It i IVAl OF f fN N lAN lANt t Senator Jones Declares American Shipping in 1920 Will Almost Be E Equal 1 1 to John Bulls Bull's 1 1 WASHINGTON Nov 3 3 Pre Predictions that ships fl fly fly- mg g the American flag flab will almost equal the tile tonnage of Great Britain by the end endl of 1920 were made In the senate today by Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Jones Jonts Rep of Washington chairman of the senate commerce committee In introducing his bills proposing alternative plans for a permanent fede federal al shipping police I Both Bot bills were referred to the commerce commeree com com- me merce meree e committee for tor future consid t J With prospective completion of ot the governments government's war shipbuilding program program program pro pro- gram by December 31 1920 Senator Jo Jones es said the United States In Including int Ini In- In t i cluing coastwise vessels will have a mighty fleet of ot about tons nearly that of or Great Britain and he added the two nations will control ab ut it two thirds of the worlds world's ton nage stage PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY I I iVe do not desire and It Is not our to drive other nations off oct the tho theseas theseas those se seas seas said Senator Jones Jons but we wedo do wan to do and we ought to dd do doat at least le-ast our proportionate part of our own and the worlds world's carrying trade so so 80 that our commerce shall shan have a fair I chance In the worlds world's markets and that we vP we may maJ- may hereafter hereafter be fully fuBy r prepare prepared prepare f for r any emergency Regarding the governments government's future futuro shipping policy Senator Jones Tones said about of the tons i under the American flag In m foreign I tr will wU be government owned We we may differ r about government ownership 0 ownership he said but that c n ibe here The g government o owns th these e ships whether we will or no V WS Wa must not an allow ow private parties to tak tah the cream of this chipping hipping shipping and lot let the government hold the bal balance n e eto eto to dispose ot of at a great sacrifice Grant that government ownership h uld end as soon 11 as may be it trust ought Bought about as I nearly as as' as a nay unnecessary sacrifice oncan ono on can reasonably hope that s tri te enterprise and capital in the I Ma ol of for foreign competition and han han- an- an J p d by our own Inexperience will willbe be sable to absorb and take ove over over all thi th in a short while BIG SIG SHIPYARDS i f Senator n tr Jones also alsor contended that tun private un s private capital capita can can take over Jtb Int constructed b by the govern govern- govern govern- I went at amden amden N. N J. J and now now operated through the New York Fork Ship Ship- company it should be reI ref re- re f I tal ed and used for the construction I 1 c c. c large ships for which there tar hr other facilities s explanation of his bill to create il tights tights- marine corporation under ago t ment control to operate the ther r m merit mein nt freet for lor no noy more than 3 Y years JI but without competing private wt private established lines lIns Senator 10 In conclusion 1 e now have the United States StatE'S hh ping g board acting In a dual dua I capa ca- ca pa r It It was intended to be bg b a threat r it regulatory governmental agency land end Is is In fact doing the work of ot ai a i great reat corporation It cannot well wen both ends What I propose Isho is isto isto ho to divorce vorce the shipping board entirely fr from building selling or operating 8 and nd allow it to do the things thing tit tit lt vas vae created to do an and create A t tand 0 co corporation oration separate and independent loL of ft to operate opE maintain and dispose ot of Jour ur ships In such a way as to toRi toRi Ri us ua an adequate mighty marine on Ia la permanent basis t |