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corps resulting- in sympathetic relations between the master of the ship, the officers of the 

 ship, and the men, tliey will take a keen interest in what is going on, and there will be in- 

 stilled into the minds of all the feehngs which should actuate loyal workers in any field of 

 endeavor. You are then sure to get the efficiency which the last speaker has so forcibly put 

 before us. 



Mr. Marvin, do you wish to say anything in closing this discussion? 



Mr. W. L. Marvin : — I have only a few brief words to say on two points. In what 

 I presented in my paper, I urged the protection of the American shipowning industry; but 

 I want to say, Mr. Chairman, that the American shipowning industry has no right to ask to 

 be protected against any remediable extravagance or inefficiency of its own. It does not 

 ask so to be protected. The American ship, particularly if it is carefully manned by such 

 men as we have in this covmtry, and it has been shown that it can be, ought to be operated 

 as efficiently as any foreign ship in the long run, and I believe, if the proper effort is made, 

 that result can be secured. 



I want to say, Mr. Chairman, that I was intensely interested in what was said by Cap- 

 tain Sullivan just now. I think his message is one of immense encouragement. He has an 

 American ship and a carefully selected American crew. He is an officer, apparently, of the 

 kind that we want to send to sea — ^the kind of officers, Mr. Chairman, that controlled our 

 ships in the heyday of the clippers and packets, thorough-going Americans, better educated 

 than their competitors, and able to render efficient service in their various capacities. 



I have appreciated very much this opportunity of speaking on this subject, and I also 

 appreciate the discussion which has ensued upon my paper. 



The President : — I am sure the Society desires to express its thanks to Mr. Marvin 

 for his very interesting paper, and for the very effective way in which he presented it. 



The next paper, No. 7, is entitled the "Importance of Port Facilities in the Develop- 

 ment of a Merchant Marine and Commerce," by Rear Admiral H. H. Rousseau, C. E. C, 

 U. S. Navy. In the absence of the author, the paper will be presented in abstract by Captain 

 Linnard. 



Captain Linnard presented the paper. 



