Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — A Foreign Ship. [ARTICLE]

A Foreign Ship.

Homer L. Ferguson, president of the chamber of commerce of the United States, has, stirred up the patrtots over th<r reproduction of a foreign ship betng on our Iweuty-ffoHaf bills. Making a speech recently, and seeking to Impress his auditors with the fact that this country has entirely too few ships, he whipped out a twenty-dollar bill and declared: ‘‘Why, even the ship reproduced on this bill Is one that was taken over by this egunfiy during the war. It flies the AmericWi flag, all right, but It Is a forelgn-bullt ship.” Examination proved he was absolutely correct. The ship has four funnels, and there never has been a fourfunneled ship built In this country for our foreign trade.