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Excerpt from America's Merchant Marine: A Presentation of Its History and Development to Date With Chapters on Related Subjects Ntreats of the development of the merchant marine in a very comprehensive manner, and its chronological presentation of each era is very well covered; it is, in fact, one of the best on the subject I have read in recent years. P. De Ronde, president of the Oriental Navigation Company, comments In such works as this there frequently occur glaring inac curacies in figures and statements, none of which I have been able to find in this. R. A. C Smith, former Dock Com missioner of New York, says: I hope that your interest ing and valuable pamphlet will be widely read and that it will aid in forming an intelligent public Opinion in support Of a sound policy for our American Merchant Marine. The Opinion of H. F arquharson Kerr, president of the Kerr Steamship Company, is thus expressed: 'america's Merchant Marine' seems to me to cover the subject with great and accurate thoroughness, and will, I think, rank as a work of the first importance with a wide and enduring influence. Alfred Gilbert Smith, president of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, says: The book is, on the whole, the best of its kind that I have ever seen. H. H. Raymond, president of the Clyde Steamship Company, declares this work to be an excellent presentation. A. R. Nicol, president of the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, says: SO far as I know, it is the most comprehensive and up-to date publication of the kind which has yet been issued, and I think it will be regarded as a standard work. We hope that America's Merchant Marine may prove particularly useful to shipping men, exporters and importers as an authentic and timely reference book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.