Show The Mark That mark on the side of ot a ship that looks like the sign on the end of or a 11 well-known well cracker box boa Is the mark or sailors sailor's safeguard originated by Samuel of or Bristol Eng Eng- England En land and adopted by act of ot parlia parlia- parliament parliament parliament ment to protect Insurance companies from dishonest shippers who criminal criminal- criminally ly overloaded ships over- over Insured them and then sent them out outto outto outto to their doom In the seas sense Even though sailors have signed articles says a writer In the Washington Post they cannot be he compelled to sail san on a n ship loaded deeper than this mark Its po po- position posItion Is mathematically accurate be be- being beIng belag ing lag figured on the form displacement and carrying cargo-carrying capacity of ot the ship It has been adopted by all aU coun coun- tries I II I |