GETTING BACK TO NORMAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 45, 18 November 1918, Page 5

GETTING BACK TO NORMAL

AMERICAN SHIPPING CONTROLLER ON : ! THE OUTLOOK ■! i PLANS FOR THE FUTURE , i

(Rec. November 17, 5.5 p.m.)

New York,. November 15. I Jlr. Hurley, Chairman of the United j Slates Shipping Board, ir. an inteiview, ! said the German passenger and freight j vessels which had been idle in German ! and Austrian ports for four years may '! be used for transporting American'troops '■ to the United Slates, and carrying back ' food for the Central Powers and tho Al- | lies! These vessels would replace seven large British vessels which were being used as American transports. ' ; Mr. Hurley said that ships .w.ere p being ! .built with comfortable quarters for the ', crews. When i-skod if the sailors'wages .; would be .reduced in order to enable mer- ; chaiitmen to compete with othor nations, ' he replied: "Cert.iinly not." The ; wages would be a question for further i settlement.. In order to off-sei the high ■ cost of labour under the American flag, compared with the cost of labour under : other flags, one method would be to use ■ modern machinery for loading and unloading ships, th'is reducing the cost of '■ operations. Plans for tho use of eucb. machinery wire now under considemtioll. , ;„-;,■,;„;, . Mr. Hurley added that the largest part ' of tho one ;)ii[)io,i tons of shipping ■ which would be completed in tho United : States yards in November and December • would bo placed on the South American '■ and _ other trade routes, and • passenger services under tho Americin flag would ; probably be resumed at the New Year.— . I Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ] TO BE RESTORED AT EARLIEST I MOMENT. j London, November 14. j Sir Chiozza Money (Parliamentary j Secretary to the Shipping Controller) states that the Shipping Controller is j restoring pre-war conditions at the earliest - '■ moment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j