Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...There never was a time when the merchant marine problem more insistently called for solution. To take the place of the tonnage destroyed in the war our government is seeking to build wooden ships by the thousand. But an even greater question is involved; for the stability of our industries, the very prosperity of the country, depends in large part on our overseas shipping facilities. On account of the lack of ships our exporters have suffered severely from excessive freight rates, unfair discrimination in favor of foreign competitors and, in many cases, actual loss of business. The great factor...
...This can never be done, however, so long as the American public remains apathetic to the shipping problem. Obsolete restrictive legislation must be repealed and friendly laws substituted; the accomplishment of this will come only from an enlightened public opinion. It is in the formation of this opinion that College men can perform a valuable and truly patriotic service because our centres of learning must be well-springs of correct opinion...
Permit me to call explicit attention to the saving of man-power and the increased efficiency of the nation's workers which might also be obtained through prohibition. The great problem at the present time is to bring the nation to its highest productive efficiency. This may be done through the conservation of foodstuffs and other raw materials, by withdrawing men from non-productive or destructive occupations and putting them to work where their labor will be of use, and by increasing individual efficiency in any way whatsoever...
...problem, however, which we must consider seriously is the food problem. It is said authoritatively that in New England the food supply at one time is never more than enough for two weeks. What would happen, then, if the Hoosac Tunnel and other means of transportation were destroyed...
...Everywhere people are seriously considering this problem of food supply. In one city in Massachusetts the town common has been ploughed up. In nearly every city, school and municipal garden contests are being encouraged...