Show ford buys ships the alie united states slates shipping board lias has soi sod a number of vessels to henry furd ford rhe public applauds the sale of these hose two hundred lole idle ships as it not wila means an advantage for american industry iut but it does away with vessels that were rapidly deteriorating tit at their mooring places pla Us tile the sale of the vessels to lo mr air ford for far will relieve the government of the th vast maintain erice charges that have been going orl on since the he end cd of the war and the cessation of these charges means meana just so much less ef efa afa a drain n the public treasury each year |