Piute Chieftain | 1917-02-15 | Page 4 | Creation of Merchant Marine Necessity If Nation is to Retain Foreign Trade

creation of Mer merchant chani marine necessity ity if nation Is to retain foreign trade by MARTIN CL BRUMBAUGH govermor of I 1 believe that the rehabilitation of our national merchant mar marine ineis is today an economic economic necessity we are devoting our baerg le snow now to s supplying dp plying munitions to the warrin warring 0 nations and to the building of bf chips for foreign registry regist ry in the long range rang 0 of f na national ti 1 progress and i industrial n du iii independence dependence and dominance both 31 these activities maywell may well cause us to pause and consider when the market ceases we 8 shall halt have made no appreciable progress in entraining in training our workers or equipping our industries for the g great re ai industrial I 1 warfare that must inevitably follow the conclusion ion of hostilities in this coming conflict colilli 1 detlor for markets w wo 0 are making ng no advance in industrial preparedness we were startled at our lack of military preparedness and we shall be even more startled by our lack oi of endur industrial trial and educational preparedness we are are doing little or nothing to equip our industries for the world markets soon to open and for which there will be the most vigorous competition