| Show THE GREAT AMERICAN SAILOR one of the ch ef factors in the build ing of the country unstinted praise of the american sailor backed by solid arguments of his worth berj contained in the ad dress of the rev winifred C rhoades pastor ot of the eliot congregational gat ional church at the meeting ott ot A the woman s seaman s sod SOCI ety at the central congregational church monday afternoon ite ile saidi in part we hear much about the banker the financier and the soldier but of the poor humble sailor there Is very little said As a matter of fact the sailor was one of tho the chief fao fac tois in the building of the united states during the early days fish ing was one of the leading industries of new england and later the tripe trips up and down the coast in search of 0 cod were of inestimable value in the civilizing and settling of hitherto un explored regions prominent men were in those days robert treat paine one of the signers of the declaration of independence was the commander of a vessel and from the time when the first ship built on american soil was launched on the mystic by gov winthrop new eng land excelled both in shipbuilding and in the handling of these same ships at sea boston transcript |
