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LIN
TO BUELD SHIPS
AT COST PRICE
Bolhlelieni Steel Will Moke Ot
ter to Uncle Sam.
BIDS ON 16 INCH NAVYSHELLS
No Chance For Profit In Them Under
Present Tests, Grace Says—Pooaible
Explanation of the Prices Made by an
English Firm Which Bids Under All
American Manufacturers.
Speaking recently before the Terra
pin Club of Philadelphia, Eugene G.
Grace, President of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, said In part:
In u peculiar seuse Bethlehem Steel
serves the American people.
For example, though we have been
able to obtain in Europe almost any
price, we have adhered, in our charges
to the United States Government, to
the basis of prices established before
the war began.
We agreed—if the Government would
abandon its plans for u Federal.plant—
to make armor for our Navy at any
price the Government tticlf might con-
■ aider fair.
/ Our ordnance plants are at the dis
posal of the nation at a fair operating
cost, plus a small margin, thus saving
the Government investment and de
preciation.
One of the special needs of the new
navy is sixteen-inch guns—guns sixty
feet long and capable *f hurtling a
2000 pound shell with such power and
accuracy as to hit a 50 foot square tar
get ilfteen miles away.
We lias'e undertaken voluntarily to
construct, at a cost of $4,500,000, a
plant fitted to build sixteen-inch guns.
Under no .conceivable circumstances
cun orders which we may receive for
tills plant pay even a fair return on
the Investment.
Considerable comment 1ms been made
upon the fad that a British manufac
turer recently bid los.-* than American
lnanufacturors for sixteen and four
teen-inch shells for the bavy.
1 aifi unable to slate the basis upon
which the English bid was made. It
should be remembered, however, that
this bid was for a specific shell, sam
ples of which are being sent over for
tost—a test not yet made.
Two years ago we took an order for
2400 fourteen Inch armor-piercing shells
at n contract price of $7»»8,000, to be
delivered within a certain time or we
hud to pay a large penalty.
The only speclti'ntlons for making
these shells are that they shall be
of a certain size and must pierce
armor-plate at a certain velocity on im
pact. It is impossible to foretell the
exact conditions of the tests.
We bad made large quantitles of shells
in the past which bad been accepted.
But in placing this particular order the
Department altered the angle at which
the tested shells must pierre armor-
plate. The result, however, 1ms been
absolute inability on our pint to pro
duce in nn.v quantity, shells which will
meet these novel tests. In fact, we
know of no process of proje-^ile-nmk-
ing through which it is possible to pro
duct* in quantities shells which will
conform to the requirements.
The result in that up to new on that
contract of $7*18.000 we have put into
actual operating expense $-147.881.. and
have been penalized for non-delivery
$405.714., n total of $04:1.025.. with no
receipts whatever.
Such was the oxperiem e in the liglH
of which we were called upon recent
ly to bid for sixteen-inch shells.
We bid on these shells at approxi
mately the an me rate per pound ns
that of a fourteen-in h shell contract
of one* year ago upon which the Gov
ernment awarded contracts.
We have not the slightest Idea what
profit there will be in the making of
these shells. We do not know that
there will be any. There is no certain
ty that it would be possible for us to
deliver a shell to meet the test.
For officers in the Navy to assume
that any bMf made under such condi
tions is “exorbitant" is utterly unfair.
We bid on the new l ait tie cruisers
sums which Navy department experts,
after examination of our books, found
would yield a profit of less than ten
per cent. We agreed to assume risks
for increased costs of materials and la
bor, that made It possible that these
coniracts might yicld’Tio profit what-
vVe iiuve determined to make this
offer to the American Government
"If you will build two of the battle
cruisers in Government navy yards,
we will liulld the other two at the as
certained cost of building the ships in
the Government yards, without add!
tional expense or commissions of any
kind. We Will also contract to have
our ships ready for.service ahead of
the Govewiment ships."
Farm Drainage In Georgia
GEORGE A. CRABB, Junior Professor
Of Agronomy.
Land drainage improves the soil
structure, improves ventilation, in
creases the available plant food, pro
motes the action of beneficial bacte
ria, permits greater root development
of. crops and increases crop yields.
Where the land is rolling or hilly un
derdrainage decreases surface erosion
by removing the water through the
soil instead of permitting it to be re
moved by surface overflow.
Land drainage should be done to
some extent on the majority of the
farms in this state. It is a form of
permanent soil improvement.
Two main classes of farm lands in
the state that are much in need of
drainage: The overflow lands alojtg
the streams and in the swajnps, and
the lands already in cultivation that
are too wet for mnximirth crop yields.
Overflow and swamp lands .must
often be handled in drainage districts
because of the large areas involved.
Lands already in cultivation may be
drained by individuals through use
of tiles.
The fall and winter are the times
of the year to plan drainage of wet
areas when the farm labor can be used
to good advantage.
Co-operation in drainage investiga
tions has been established between
the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The farmers of I
Georgia can secure advice and help j
in the drainage of their farm lands by
writing to the Agronomy Department
of the State College of Agriculture.
C. W. Russell
Roofing and Tin
W o rk Guaran
teed.
Special attention to out of
town work.
Peters St. Bell Phone Main
1430.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCATj APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
and In order to cure it you must take in
ternal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is
taken Infernally, and acts directly upon
*he blood and mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It
was proscribed by one of the best phy
sicians In this country for years and Is
a regular prescription. It Is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on tile
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two Ingredients Is what pro
catarrh. Rend for testimonials, free.
K J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, price 7Rc.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Why Nut Have
Perfect Lenses?
Improvements and better
ments in glasses are just as
frequent as in anything else.
Until a few years ago all
lenses were flat, because no
one had thought of a better
way to make them.
Today nearly 90 per cent of
lenses fated are Tone lenses,
curved to 'ollow the shape of
the eyeball.
Tories give a perfect range of vis
ion from every angle—the edges do
not confuse you when looking from
the corner of the eye.
Let us demonstrate the many ad
vantages of Tories made by us.
Children’s First Duty.
It is tlic duty of children to ho ohe- j
diont to their parents. Of all the ertfa- i
tures we are acquainted with, ruau-J g
kind are the longest, before they be-* 1 S
2oni8 capable of Shifting for thorn- If
sehres; and it sCems to be the design I jj
of Providence iu hooping them do
many years in a state of dependence
upon their parents, to train them up
to obedience.—Price.
Duggan & Bookout, 53 W.
St., Atlanta
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I Saved Girl’s life
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A Telephone Saves limb
Anil lime Is Money.
It makes no difference whether vou live town or in thr
country, a Telephone is a NECESSITY.
It is a pleasure to converse with voir friendf prd
neighbors.
It is a convenience when vou want to speak t your
Lawver, Doctor, or Merchant.
It is is protection to your family in you • absence.
Let V±' Install One For You To-Dev,
Gainesboro Telephone & Telegraph Co
L. K. SMITH, Gen. Mgr.
Carrollton, Ga.
W. A. BOYD, Local Mgr.
Douglasville, Ga.
ness, malaria, chills and fever, biliousness, and all similar
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If you suffer from any of these complaints, try Black-
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The costs run beyond the amount ap
propriated by Congress on the basis of
the cost estimates made a year ago.
And because shipbuilders could not
alter the inexorable cost facts and re
duce bids to eurly estimates of the
Navy Department, the prices are called
"exorbitant.”
It would be a real advantage to be
relieved of this lmvaT'cpnstriietlon. The
profit from it eumiot possibly amount
.and the responsibility is euor-
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by Firer If you have you know
the feel’tig of despair that sweeps
over you when you rea ize that
the savings of a life time have
£one up in smoke.
You know the dreariness of the .future when you content-
o rite starting all over again at your time of life,
ifou know tAt grayness life to your family when they
■"e suddenly reduced from affluence to poverty.
You know that it is easy to get down but a hard matter
to get up up again.
Insurance will protect you-from all of these hardships
and we furni-.li the most most reliable at the lowest rates
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