. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1916. hip is built and ready forcommission the war may be at an , of course, is mere speculation, butserves as an argument why they shouldnot pay any big prices. Skilled Men and Material Delivery If shipbuilders in Canada had all the men they require and could get reason-able deliveries of material, they couldget all the tonnage they want to build atthe present time. As stated already,however, the scarcity of the proper kindof men and the long delivery on rawmaterials limits the output. In theseyears when reasonable returns mi
. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1916. hip is built and ready forcommission the war may be at an , of course, is mere speculation, butserves as an argument why they shouldnot pay any big prices. Skilled Men and Material Delivery If shipbuilders in Canada had all the men they require and could get reason-able deliveries of material, they couldget all the tonnage they want to build atthe present time. As stated already,however, the scarcity of the proper kindof men and the long delivery on rawmaterials limits the output. In theseyears when reasonable returns might besecured to make up for a great manylean periods, other conditions have loom-ed up which make it yery hard indeed vice, should be given some considera-tion when men are being enlisted. Lackof discrimination will surely tell in agreat many industries besides shipbuild-ing, but no doubt the authorities at Ot-tawa who have undertaken to recruit500,000 men want to make good theirpromise without taking into considera-tion what class of men they enlist first. ®. GROUP OP DELEGATES AT CONVENTION OP SHIPMASTERSAMERICA, HELD !N TORONTO. JANUARY 25 for a Canadian shipbuilder to grasp theopportunities now open. The authori-ties in Ottawa have shown no desire todiscriminate in the class of men theyenlist first. It is well known that theymust get men, but it would be well forthe countrys industries if they endeav-ored to take those first who could bestbe spared. Mr. Balfour, the First Lord of theBritish Admiralty, recently stated in theHouse of Commons that he consideredthat merchant shipbuilding should beproceeded with as rapidly as possible,and that lie considered; that merchanttonnage was now second only in import-ance to munitions themselves and shouldbe treated accordingly. Men in the yardsin Great Britain have been exempt fromenlisting, men in Lloyds Register ofShipping, and men in the insurance de-partment of Lloyds have also been re-fused permission to join the forces. I
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