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TRE Marine Review Looxine Forwarp, JUNE 19. _ture and the tank top plating is of very substantial thickness, namely 24 Ib. It is claimed that the longitud- inal strength of this vessel particular- ly as regards the bottom of the struc- ture, is in excess of that of similar vessels built on the ordinary type of construction. This is considered an advantage in the type of ship with machinery weights in the extreme aft- er end. The Palmer is being built to the Lloyds register and under the di- rect supervision of James' French, Lloyds surveyor for the great lakes, with headquarters in Cleveland. Work upon the Palmer has been rushed since the launching and were it not for the fact that the season is ending so abruptly would probably make a trip this fall. Her cabin ac- commodations are very elaborate and she will undoubtedly do her share in entertaining the guests of the United States Steel Corporation. Canada's New Navy Sir Robert W. Parks has returned to England after a two months' visit to Canada, where he has been engaged in connection with the proposed dry dock at Quebec and the Georgian Bay canal from the great lakes to the St. Law- rence. He has since his return given his opinion anent the progress which the Canadian government is making with the scheme for the construction of the Canadian navy, that the only practical basis upon which British ship construc- tors could work in Canada, and especial- ly undertake the construction of the Canadian navy, would be by securing from the government a very substantial bounty upon ship building in the do- minion. "It is absolutely certain,' he says, "that no ship building could be profitably conducted on the maritime coasts of Canada in competition with the British ship building yards." Yhe Canadian government has made it a condition that the new navy should be built in Canada, but that none of November, 1910 the ships should be constructed at any of the lake ports. It seemed therefore certain that either the port of Halifax or St. John will be selected as the naval base and the center of the new indus- try, if established under the protection of the dominion government. The ports of St. John and Sydney are of course rivals in this matter to Halifax, and probably the British government, the ad- miralty and the war office will be en- titled to be consulted before any defifiite decision of the Canadian government is taken as to the selection of the port on the Atlantic seaboard for the new naval station. Whatever site is selected, Sir Robert Perks thinks it is certain that no yards for naval purposes could be profitably established unless the future commercial ship building trade of Can- ada is taken into consideration. On the question of bounties, Sir Rob- ert Perks further says: "This unquestionably is likely to be very large in years to come, but in its early stages the industry, if established at all in Canada, will have to be nur- tured just as the steel trade has been by a system of bounties. While such a system is absolutely necessary and would be reprobated in England by thoughtful economists, whether taking the shape of government bounties or protection, yet in Canada, with the fierce competition of the United States, it is quite clear to people who study the commercial conditions of the dominion today, that a policy of absolute free trade to Canada would spell complete ruin to multitudes of thriving manufac- Looxine Art, JuNE 19.