Show national affairs by FRANK FRANIC P LITSCHERT dilating A number of proposals tor for the stimulating ot of business in 1930 have been made among them public building pi programs 0 the construction ot of express transcontinental I 1 highways and so EO on one proposal which will be generally approved by the american people Is that which h would look toward the building ot of new ships tor for the american merchant marine some encouragement for which could be 1 given by the united states government 0 0 0 in this regard d it Is to b be e n noted wl with t h degara ikass obede r satisfaction a that t as a n nation a tio n we a are r e gradually becoming sea minded that we must get in this condition Is ot of real necessity C for the up building ot of our merchant marine Ws we must realize the JIM am 1 ot of shipping to every american I 1 the consumer and the shipper alike in every section of the country in the old days every to a s when w h en the t h e yankee Y a n k ee clipper c li p per abi ships p s went we n t to e every ve r y po port r t in 1 n the t b e world w 0 r ld we w were e re se sea a m minded that we are becoming so BO again Is a evidenced by the growing attention pal paid to our merchant marine by thel the newspapers newspaper and by the additional tact laet that many ot of the recruits tor for our merchant ithac marine are coming from the middle west as well as the seaboard states I 1 1 4 4 0 I 1 j 1 with a view to increasing our sea i as a nation arx an interesting article in a recent number ot of marine 1 news advocates the founding in the united states ot of a national chamber ot of shipping fashioned in some respects I 1 perhaps after the united states chamber of commerce its purpose would be i I 1 i the operation cooperation co lor for mutual benefit ot of J all the commercial and manufacturing i enterprises which have a direct interest in the american shipping industry in directly at least as already stated every I 1 american has an interest in the united states merchant marine I 1 0 0 0 0 w the marine news declares that the tremendous arid and steady growth of our world trade Is steadily increasing the i importance ot of our shipping in the econ ornic life of the nation it asserts fur I 1 ther that under legislation enacted by congress and tor for other reasons our american shipping Is about to experience renewed and growing activity we are reminded that other industries have seen fit to organize on a great gr eat scale and it Is suggested that the marine ind industry try flo do likewise it Is pointed out that member ship in the proposed chamber of 0 shipping would include ship owners mi and b builders u alders ship repairers engine boat and am b oller boiler manufacturers dealers and manufacturers rs ol of marine equipment and eup plies piles trade associations maritime ex changes and other organizations and la in divi duals interested in american ship ping it Is interesting to note that the united states shipping board in april 1928 1923 in the form of a resolution sug nig geste d the organization of a central body to look alter after the interests of the net chant marine 1 0 doubtless the idea 0 of the national nation aai i chamber of shipping Is a feasible idea i and will be worked out in time at any r rate at e it ft Is a an n en encouraging c ou ra g i n g sign of the growing g 0 w in g interest t r est of 0 f americans A m e r i cans in things thin P having to do with our me merchant reliant marine fi with our increased world trade it Is vitally necessary that w we e have a real leal 1 merchant marine so that in n time of ship ping congestion or scarcity our products i can move on the high seas without hav ha ing to wait await the pleasure of any foreign 1 S shipping trust the farmer as ell va as I 1 t the he manufacturer is interested in th this s phase ot of the problem because his pro duce is perishable and depends on prompt and efficient transportation MT by 7 all means let the work of making tho the american people sea minded go on to a successful conclusion no nation can re main a world figure without a merchant marine 14 14 |