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Show K shipping K Each American saldler in France K -will require four tons of shipping to Ppf'' ' - supply him with food, clothing, guns H and ammunition It he is to exert his IBt full strength against, the Hun. This HP'' figure Is not the result of guesses. Hp It is the final estimate of the Army BfL ft leera who are responsible for sup- Bv"' lylK General Pershing's forces; Rf' ' Tour (ons, therefore; Is the great HrPv ommon denominator which must be R' '- kept in mind constantly when calcu- K ' lattng, the extent of America, par- f ' tlclpatlon In the field. ,, gsHnfr AHe Hfnlng to tho testimony K.." " i Before' thet Senate' Commerce COm- fb mlttee, which" Is 'now investigating Bt- ' the shipping board we are forced to Bplv c """ the conclusion that the Allies may be B&t '?.OH5,y daPtplLnAed during.- the HpltvC . nextyea bemuse of the board'a tall- BB&s'f'st ' re.iorfultllVfrlseS. There la one HBf l plje,:Cklraji:Hmrtor possesses the Bfe'rV ' queJUIeatlonsVet the ( highest charae-' p fcfa&9,Vuk w fy !fc,'-''V:-'' Uaruaately aeae of the dUUa- K-g rj5IrtMVwifo fifeV ' 'efViipategvtoewiduc.' searehing KfeWsjsiij&wi, ,tsV tka ahlpptag ml-vp H 'Hmra"'temeUUTe' kave virtually H'f --. gilded the cattraeof the, Inveallga- Hpvp'' H'f '" ' ' ttt .i"w' lh T,i0,i, ,r?w" Hpif. "li hava.iHraee4 the board. It Bi1-! '' ' eara.-fnwi'o testlmeny of per-K per-K hh MM Vritk. e D0rd RP'lvi w ;'Dmm1. nw delayed K '4 " ''oaT" three 'momths and two eBFv'r "ere'-wontha were wasted ;befere Lw ' A f'. ritoar; Ad'"1, CapH.'roslgaed. 'Mem-Hffivw 'Mem-Hffivw Wera of the eomlttee have' found it IWrW4 UTuiTl.h U. aouTal P'fev'-iefuat la blag mad. orU ipg-f B'.elllt..'datewh'.eonsld-Brf B'.elllt..'datewh'.eonsld-Brf . JwaWe.mhr'fewahlpewmuke BtejT" ' ' Vi''1'0". Th shipping board, Hfe'jJ '.nike all other war organisations, has HlV ' ea extremejiy free with promises, IBjp'i -arhleh have aot beea fulfilled upon B 2 Mhedule and Congress is .frankly Hwli ," akeptlcal. j;''vy When the l Immortal Denman H&fe atartl'ed the' world, with the glib, an- Hf'H BouBceraent that he would build H" '" 3,000 wooden ship's with relattvoease HoV nho eountry swallowed his sUtement HJ c ,. aly to suffer 'keea disappointment KMf" '" o that Chairman Hurley's modest HO a promise of '6,00,609 odd' tons In a HMi1 '' Tear has been received by the com- WjMl'f-i'i' mlttee more aa, the expression of an Hllllfe' , '' optimist than as a guarantee. HMp i-..-.., Of course the shipping board wlsh- H-fev,,' it had never Jheard of Denman or ffi&r ' Itla wooden shfpe. That section of KP $ the wooden ahlp-program which has pS"' imb ,aid dowa ,n tke meaw ot BJ'.A'V the seaboar will be finished, some H'1 -T. hut the best teformed shipping K$Ww'' l'u men here fear that they will make ; , better canal boats than transatlantic Wpp$',, , cargo carriers. fr:'- . x Chairman Hurley laid before the Hy ,'5. ommlttee ,a. comprehensive chart BHBJBsS'.A.' ' ' showing; the present condition of the Pfpv' ,ft' 'program. Unfortunately there are so Hyfcl ' i' t many uniaown elements In the enua- BKS-iS1' 'ton that the chart cannot be consld- RT-V' $.y' ' 'i, wth" theegreeof. assurance LBBaUjt,skafc' m. 'Wh sent. Tn a nutshell the chart shows that contracts havo been let for the construction of 8,264,308 tons, including in-cluding the 3,056,008 tons which were requisitioned by the board white being, built to' private order. On jits own account the board hai contracted for 1,651,900 wooden and composite bottoms and 3,638,400 tons of steel. The board estimates that the requisitioned ships are approximately ap-proximately 40 .per cent complete and that the remainder of the program Is 7 per 'csnt complete, An attempt was made to ascertain just when the, board hoped to commissions specified speci-fied amount of'tonnage, but the c6m mlttee, accepted Admiral Bowies' plea that it, would be unwise to publish pub-lish tho dates because that is precisely pre-cisely the Information desired at Berlin. Mr, Hurley Insists that ho will deliver. Many of the best Informed In-formed marlno constructors in the country Insist that he cannot deliver. Our own Judgment Is that the es timate of Mr. Homer h. Ferguson, the m6it practical and experienced ship; builder, of a possible 3,000,006 tona during the year Is nearer correct cor-rect than' any 'other. A pity 'tis, wo fear 'tis true. N. A. Review's War Weekly. |