Show FOR A BIGGER NAVY admiral evans wants battleships of tons ne york nov 18 A a banquet last night at coB members 0 the society of naval architects were present and listened to addresses iby senator jacob H gallanger of new hampshire rear admiral robley D evans and others admiral evana said in part 1 I am proud today to command ono of the finest fleets in the world athla fleet of mine has about half the officers that it would need in war but wo are pretty well off for men men from the middle est wherever that is now go on building ships he can turning toward senator galun and build them eighteen thousand tons do not be extravagant but give us the tools that wo have when the time comes you press the button and we will try to do the rest our navy Is very good what there Is of ll 11 but there is pot enough of it senator made an address in favor of the ship subsidy bill and the tho american merchant marine he said in part about the only cratl that carries the american flag Is L battleship or n yacht to n millionaire president roosevelt said that something must be dono to rehabilitate the merchant service and congress appointed a committee and T am especially glad c speak of the ork of that committee we need sailors oven for little the force hanna blu provides lor a subsidy of 3 per ton tor vessels engaged hi foreign trades for twelve months in return these vee sela ady be taken for the defense of the states one of the bs metropolitan dallies has recently said fauch bill would put a tax burden of frodi 10 on the people gentlemen the tonnage duties and the carrying of the malls these two items alone make the cost of tills bill not in excess of 1 the fart bear shipping la the only industry that is unprotected and every other nation is granting subs to its merchant marine it is the duty fil the government to extend ills protection from theland to the sea there la a necessity of providing means to taace advantage of your opportunities in the orient for there three fifths of the population ot the globe axe to be sup piled in the near future by the more natrona na tlonA the american alas must float in the orient |