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Show The British as Shipbuilders. Great Britain, says a writer In "Britain nt Work," builds In a year almost double tho tonnage produced by tho rest of tho world. Ono British rlvor tho Clyde excels tho output. Including warships of tho United States, and almost equals tho total production of both Germany and Franco. Tho British continue to bo tho world's shipbuilders in tho faco oven of subsidized opposition. The value of tho shipping launched In Great Britain In a fairly prosperous year is, loughly, 27,000,000, and no loss than 9,000,000 of that sum is expended expend-ed In wages. Machinery is included in tho estimate of the valuo, and engine-shop pay rolls in the wages bill. Tho figures rofor to the finished phlp. Tho number of mon employed in shlpyurds and englno 6hops Is, off and on, about 180,000, and noarly a score of trades go to make tho muster. |