The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1922, Page 5

penerenaen SHIPPING BOARD INCREASES TONNAGE AS SEA COMMERCE UNDER U. S. FLAG IS DYING Statisticians = Find Things in Plan te,Give Mil- lions to Emergency Fleet With No “Checking Up.” By Martin Green (Staff Correspondent of The Evening i World.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Prepara- tions are under way to turn over to the Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation $85,000,000 in addition to the $50,000,000 the management has arranged to spend during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925. This addi- tonal $85,000,000 will be divided, if the scheme of the Administration goes throuch, as follows: To be taken out of in- geome for the pay- ment of uncontro- verted clei No _. To be appropriated for subsidy purposes... $50,000,000 35,000,000 TORR ciessceeseveeese $85,000,000 In the $50,000,000 item is concealed a plan to place at the disposition of the Lmergency Fleet Corporation, to be spent for any purpose the manage- ment favors, the sum of FAR00n; 0005 Here fs the idea: According to statements made by officials of the Emergency Fleet Cor- | poration, the Claims Commission has favorably passed on claims amounting to $30,000,000, or on claims which, it} is believed, can be settled for $30,- 000,000 or even less, because the claimants are nearly all bankrupt and willing to accept anything the Government offers. But to settle this $80,000,000 bill the Emergency Fleet Corporation asks for $50,000,000 to be taken out of receipts. Experienced observers of the opera- tion of Government bureaus are of the opinion that the amount to be used for the settlement of unoontroverted — Strange | « jclaims will be held to $30,000,000 or jess. There are no restrictions of any kind on the $20,000,000 remaining in the item, Congress is to have noth- ing to say about the way it Is to be expended and will never know how it was expended unless a special inves- tigation is held. Of course, the claims should be | paid—not only the $30,000,000 in un- controverted claims but all other claims which are based upon con- |tracts made with supposedly respon- |sible agents for the Government in time of war. There are hundreds of citizens in Washington who have been here more or less continuously for ‘three years trying to collect money |that is due them. ‘They represent jthousands of other citizens who en- {gaged in shipbuilding or some of lits branches at the request of the Governement and went broke, The way these men have been {treated by the old Shipping Board and the current Shipping Board con- stitutes a disgraceful stain on the Government of the United States, The Shipping Board has assumed toward them the attitude of a Prosecuting | Attorney toward a suspected burglar. ‘The attitude of this body is reflected in the statement mhade to the House of Representatives by Chairman Las- ker: “It is well known that a man or a {concern in making a claim against the Government adds in everything anybody else owes him and everything he owes anybody else. When that is | all added up he adds in the date for good measure; then when he gets through with that he multiplies it by six or whatever number occurs to him and then you have his claim." On July 1, 1921, there were pend- ing claims against the Shipping Board amounting to $298,428,845. This in- cluded $62,739,315 in claims which the holders have taken before the United States Court of Claims after exhausting every expedient to get them passed. On Jan 1922. more than three . THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1922, years after the armistice was signed, the Shipping Board had settled only $724,000 worth of claims. Recently u rule has been adopted by which « claimant putting his claim through the mill provided for must abrogate his right of appeal. There was a lot of controversy over the $50,000,000 item when it was fa vorably reported to the whole Housa trom the sub-commit:cee on appropria- tions last month. ‘the result was that the House struck out the itern —refus:d to countenunce the acqui- sition by the Emergency Meet Cor- poration of $60,000,000, only three- fifths of which it wa to expend in in accountable way. The bill appropriating money to tae Shipping Board and the Emergeney Fleet Corporation moved over to the Senate. The sub-committee dealing with it promptly replaced the $50,009,- 000, and also restora! other items which bud been cut out by the House. As the bill stands in .« progress to- ward adoption it is just as it came from tho management of the Shipping Bourd. ‘The $35,000,000 sursidy appropria- tion doos not, of course, appear in the bill appropriating money for tho use of the Shipping Ecard, but it is purt of Shipping Board expenditurce because it was suggested by Chair- man Lasker and taken up by the President at his request. The object of the measure appeurs to be to stim ulate interest in the idic ships of the Shipping Board and induce investors to buy them, but many members of Cengrevs are convinced that the truce reason why a subsidy was proposed was to reimburse the men who are contempiating the purchase of the nick of the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tiens’ fleet. Although the Government owns more than 10,000,000 tons of shipping, half of which is claimed to be as good as any shipping in the world, and the Shipping Board has been paying the losses of operators of ships, sea com- |merce under the American flag has been rapidly dying. This question comes up: If, under operation regulated by what is known as the M. O. 4 con- tract—which guides the transactions of practically all the ships now under operation—ship operators have been unable to retain American shipping, how are they going to secure it and retain it under a subsidy? In other A Seasonable Sale of. Men’s Shirts and Pajamas arranged for to-morrow (Tuesday) will offer exceptional values in the followin Men’s White Oxford Negligee Shirts with button-down collar attached, or regulation neckband at $1.95 - These should prove of interest mot only to the golfer but also to the man who has found this type of shirt so desirable for other occasions of wear. Men’s Madras Negligee Shirts featuring woven-color stripes in neat and novelty effects, covering a variety of colors and color combinations $1.85 & 2, at Men’s Fancy Cotton Pajamas in attractive stripes, as well as plain colors at $1.55 Considering qualities, all of these prices are (First Floor; Madison Avenue section) Madison Avenue- Fifth Avenue, Mew Pork exceedingly low. Thirty-fourth Street 45 Thirty tifth Street words, why @ subaidy when the opera- tors shippii against loss? shipping !s already protected by a subsidy and is steadily losing ground. 4 unable to hold Amertoan now under o guarantee As @ matter of fast more than 88 per cent. of active ships, we carried Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Lou-; cent. of the value of the isiana, President of the National Mei chant Marine Association, sald in « recent address: the vessels engaged, was turns shows that American that dend| the foreign tonnage is not standing up under competition, instead of better. the In December, 1920, ago. American flag, and with that Charge Purchases Will Appear on Bills Rendered April rst sh Averve — Sam@S MeCreery & Co. ‘There will be a representative of the Internal Revenue Department on our Furniture Floor daily from March Ist to 15th, to give Income Tax information. tg vemegs March, of all months in the year, is the most treacherous to health—especially the health of children. Its few mild days lure mothers to relent to the pleadings of boys and a cold frequently girls to discard their bulky leggings—and results, As leggings worn all Winter begin to look shabby and shapeless about this time of year we have just received something to take their place which are far smarter and much easier to don—vir., cloth spats with attached spiral puttees of checked cloth in matching shades When you see them you'll wish they were made in sizes large enough for.yourself, they are so smart and fit with such * perfection. They ie on like a spat and button as far as the shoe tops; then swirl about the leg and close with a single button at top. Many smart color combinations. Only 3.00, in the Children’s Shoe Section, on the Second Floot Novelty Ribbon Sashes each, 3.75 No matter whether it be a suit or dress, it requires a sash this Spring. Hence this splendid showing of girdles at a special price. They are of Black Moire and Satin Taffeta with novelty tringes, 23 yards long, or of satin with embroidered ends in beautiful colors, 214 yards long. _ Dainty Satin Lingerie Ribbon is figured in solid colors of Pink, Blue, White and Lilac. Piece of 10 yards. No. 1, 39c. No. 114, 55¢. No. 2, 75¢. No. 3, 1.10. No. 5, 1.38. \ (Main Floor) _ At Half Price! Baby Go-Carts,—Blue, Natural and BroWn finish, formerly 15.00 to 35.00. Also entire stock of Doll Carriages, formerly 8.00 to 20.00. (Fifth Floor Specially Priced for Tuesday Chamoisette Gloves 85c Strap-wrist chamoisette gloves of a par- ticularly good quality, gloves you can wash without the slightest hesitation, for they are fully shrunk. Obtainable in White, Beaver, Gray, Champagne and Brown, finished with three rows of self embroidery. Main Floor number we were carrying siightty | in our own veosel: has declined at.! the total experts and Imports. In De- | per cent. of our importa were Ameri- cember, 1921, however, although wo) can-carried; In December, 1921, only still had more than 60 per cent, of the | 28.6 per cent., a decline of nearly 22 the value of the goods carried last De- cember, 1921, to the net tonnage of; 20 per cent. erown steadily and the proportion of| the same is true of the minor mari- | cargo tonnage, or commerce, moving time nations grouped together, so that the value of | most as steadily, ir May, 1920, 60.1 only 29 per|per cent, In the same period the goods, And| proportion of our exports going in American bottoms has fallen about only $28 for ish possessions, but between United States and the world. toms.” out of the three groups composed British vesseis, all other foreign vea- sels, and American vessels, our ships are now at the tail of the procession, carrying only slightly more ¢! a quarter of our foreign commerce, And this is true of the amount of cargo) carried, ag well as of the value of that cargo. | “In fact, we have now reached the| Shipping Board show that iu the last “A cursory analysis of trade re-| the American ship per ton to $68 for| point where British ships are carry-| ménth for which I have a record (Oc-! ing more of our trade than we are,| tober, 1921) out of 2, “We were carrying 60 per cent. of; I do not mean merely in the trade) cargo carried In the overseas trade, and that matters are growing worse! our trade in our own ships two years| between the United States and irit- Since then the volume of ship over 60 per cent, of the vessels en-| tonnage under the American flag has gaged in our foreign trade were under 912,000 tons were transported in Brit- the! {sh vessels, 1,087,000 tons in those of! And) other foreign merchant marines and| Jonty $11,000 tons in American bot-| ot Figures complied by the 000 tons of 6 Gouraud’s Oriental. Créam 34th Street A Woman May Be Quite Elegantly Gowned for Only 39° stunning Gowns in appear eq ance. ‘They higher prices. ‘Tricotine. with silk braid. to 46. She may don a softly flowing, artfully draped Gown of Silk Spanish Lace over Sattn, which we have very specially priced at 39.50, and achieve decided sartorial success. Or she may select any othe ally well owned, for each model is high class and strikingly attractive in appear- were made to sell for much ‘There are models of Canton, Romaine and Georgette Crepe, Crepe de Chine, ‘Taffeta, Krepe Knit, Silk Lace, Poiret ‘Iwill and All are unusually rich and beau- tiful in appearance and ultra-smart in style. ‘They feature interesting new sleeves, entirely new versions of the pancl, and are either beautifully beaded, embroidered or tailored All the wanted new Spring colors, as well as Navy Blue, Brown and Black. of the many | group and this spe Sizes 36 Fourth Floor) Clearance—Women’s Winter Suits Now 15-°° A final clearance of Women’s Suits. All are highly fashionable types suitable for present wear, and many may be worn far into the Spring. the women’s sizes are represented in these re- maining Winter Suits. Most of them are straightline Tailleurs—a few Tailleurs and Sport Suits of fine Worsted are more “dressy” types. Only the smaller of Jersey. Special, 15.00 ( (Fourth Floor) Clearance—Women’ so Wraps and Coats, of Marvella «r Gerona, beautifully fur-trimmed. 98.00 formerly 125.00 to 185.00 40 Wraps and Coats, of Veldyne and Osiris-—fur- trimmed. formerly 98.00 to 110.00, 79.00 so Wraps and Coats, of Bolivia or Panvelaine, fur- trimmed. formerly 75.00 to 89.50, 58.00 50 Wraps and Coats, of Panvelaine or Bolivia. formerly 58.00 to 75.00, 45.00 Winter Wraps and Coats 20 Ceats, cf Panvelaine or Bolivia, fur-trimmed. formerly 48.00 to 58.00, 29.50 60 Winter Coats, some fur-trimmed... - 15.00 : formerly 29.50 to 39.50 2 Chiffon Velvet Evening Wraps, fur-trimmed. . formerly 150.00, 18. 12 Chiffon Velvet Evening Wraps, fur-trimmed. formerly 75.00 to 98.00, 58.00 10 Velvet Evening Wraps, fringe trimmed... . formerly 39.50 to 75.00, 29.50 (Fourt Floor) Jersey Tailleurs Expertly tailored Suits of a quality of Worsted Jersey that is heavy cnough to “set” with ex- actly the precision and smartness as do rric- ctine and other suiting fabrics. That is why these suits are called “Tailleurs.” Some are fashioned in Tuxedo styles, but most of them feature new types of notched col- for Misses—15.00 lars, and close with linked buttons at the waist line. Some are straightline box effects, others display ‘“pinched-in” backs, plaiteg or tucked backs. All introduce new ideas in pockets—some being made of solidly-stitched materials, others box- plaited or cuffed. Gay, soft or dark colors Fourth Ploor) Ten-piece Italian model Dining Room Suite, Florentine finish, consisting of Buffet | China Cabinet, Service ‘Table, Oblong kx tension Table, five Side Chairs and one Arm } Chair. formerly 550.00, 395.00 Ten-piece Dis Room Suite, in Ma- hogany. formerly 550.00, 337.50 Ten-piece Dining Room Suite, in Wal- nut. : formerly 425.00, 295.00 | Three-piece Library Suite, covered with | imported Tapestry, all hair filling. 225.00 | formerly 297.50 i Three-piece Library Suite, covered with | Mohair. formerly 475.00, 298.00 | Tomorrow—Last Day Annual February Sale of McCreery “Master-Made” Furniture This is the last day of the Midwinter Sale upon which suites may be secured below the recent special prices. Reductions have been up those prevailing during the Midwinter Sale. sale to % Three-piece Library Suite, custom-made down cushions; Sofa, Arm Chair and Wing Chair. formerly 625.00, 425.00 Mahogany Day Bed, with upholstered hair top spring. formerly 75-50, 35.00 Mahogany Day Bed, complete with up polneerad hair top sprir 49.50 formerly 101.50 (Seventh Floor a ee {| 1 | \| Mahogany Library Table......... . 35.00 | formerly 75.00 Mahogany Library Table coo 29.50 formerly 65.00 Mahogany Arm Chair or Rocker....... 18.75 fermerly 35.00 Mahcegany Library Table.. 25.00 | fermerly 65.00 Six-piece Mahogany Breakfast Roem Suite, Buffet, Drop-leat Table and four Windsor || Chairs, formerly 225.00, 112.50 = || Mahogany Reading Table,.........++++ 7.50 formerly 18.00 |} Enameled Windsor Chair,..... . 9,50 formerly 20.00 2 53 prrerrerr ryr