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Show w m in , THINK SIUl'S Tho American people arc not taking sufficient Interest In-terest tn the American Merchant Marino problem. This In because they know llttlo about the subject. The farmer in tho middle west docs not fully realize re-alize that a largo part or his produce must move to foreign countries In ships. He must begtii to visualize visual-ize his load of wheat it is passes to tho farehouso and from thcro to tho miller or to a seaboard port in tho sliapo of flour or grain and from there on board a ship which, takca It to the far coners of the earth. Not alono tho rarmcr, but tho masufactuicr and pioduccr In all lines must realize, that If Industry reaches Its fullest development in this nation a largo percentago of our products must oventually move by water to other nations of' the" world. Therefore, let us stand behind a constructive national shipping policy. Foreign interests resent the program of the United States to utilize Its threo billion dollars worrh of ships to carry our products which' foreigners havo heiotofore had tho exclusive privilege 6t hauling. America Am-erica will develop as a maritime nation only so fast as 'its people take "an Interest in and back our shopping shop-ping program. tl - .', Let us begin .to think in terms of ships. - ' ' ... i |