The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Need Capita | Merchant Ships For Atlantic Service TRANSFORMATION is going on in ‘the A superficial character and outlook of the American. people. ing and there is less tendency to concede failure in any enterprise. It is becoming the fashion to do things well in an American man- ner instead of humbly admitting the superiority of foreign ways and aping them. The conscious- ness of power and wealth which has come to the people of the United States since the war has definitely begun to leave its marked effect in giving them a better appreciation of things American. This tendency is of the utmost importance in the success of a national merchant marine. Excellent service, speed, luxurious accommodations and public rooms appeals to the American and he associates such excellence with American man- agement and will pay _ well for it. With fine fast ships it is possible to visual- ize an American management, combining the best: of the country’s talent succeeding in the trans- National pride is grow- Vessel Particulars The four vessels shown above, two of which are under construc- tion and will not be ready for service until 1927, are the leading ships of the American mercantile marine, in speed, passenger ac- commodations and size. Leviathan Gross tonnage, 59,956; Length overall, 949.75 feet; Beam, 100 feet; Depth to D deck, 70.85 feet; Speed Maximum, 25 knots; Passenger Capacity, 3400; Own- ers, United States. H. F. Alexander Gross tonnage, 8357; Length overall, 524 feet; Beam, 63 feet; Depth, 50.8 feet; Speed Maximum, 25 knots; Passenger Capacity, 583; Owners, Pacific Steam- ship Co. Malolo Gross tonnage, about, 17,200; Length overall, 582 feet; Beam, 83 feet: Depth 54 feet; Speed Maximum, 23 knots, Pas- senger Capacity, 693; Owners, Matson Navigation Co. American Hawaiian. . M. M. Panama-Pacific Gross tonnage, about, 22,000; Length overall, 601.25 feet; Beam, 80 feet; Depth, 52 feet; Speed Maximum, 20 knots; Passenger Capacity, 722; Own- ers, International Mercantile Marine Co. 15 atlantic passenger service. of such a service with a superb well balanced fleet would depend upon popular patronage. And After all, the success we believe that the psychology of the American traveling public is tending strongly to the sup- port of such a fleet. Much has been said about the many disad- vantages of operating ships un- der the flag in the foreign serv- ice. It is clear of course that a government backed by the pop- ular will should in so far as leg- islation can do it remove all ob- stacles in the way of competition on an equal basis. But if it is agreed that it will become more and more the desire of Amer- icans to travel on their own ships because of better service and to satisfy a growing nation- al pride it is evident that there are also many advantages in op- erating under the American flag. Let us make it perfectly clear that we have no ambitions to monopolize any trade and that competition of a high order is beneficial to all concerned. We recognize the