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THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTATION BY WATER NEW YORK CLEVELAND LoNDOoN Sales Opportunity of the Year ey Your Competitors’ Products Will Be Exhibited. Are Your Own Sales So Good That You Can Afford to Be Left Out? To: The American Marine Industry. From: The Americen Marine Association, Inc. Subject: How to Increase Your Business. You have, or can get from us, a prospectus of the 1925 Marine Exposition to be held at the 212th Anti-Aircraft Armory, 61st Street and Columbus Avenue, New York City, during the week of November 9-14, 1925, in conjunction with the annual convention of the Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Space available to exhibitors is less than that of the previous marine show. The cost is 30 per cent less, due to lower rent and elimination of commissions to outside salesmen. The Association is co-operative. All Committees are volunteering their services. Do your part now by reserving your space for the coming show. One-half of the space has been sold before this adver- tisement, our first, appears. In writing specify first, second and third choice. The American Marine Association, Inc. 15 Park Row, New York City E. A. SIMMONS Cc. A. MCALLISTER JAMES PLUMMER Cc. M. DICKINSON PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY CHAIRMEN: OF COMMITTEES P. A. SENSENIG JOSEPH FULLER D. H. PRIMROSE EXHIBITS SALES PUBLICITY DAVID KENNEDY W. Z. GARDNER EDWARD A. COLSON ADVERTISING ENTERTAINMENT ARRANGEMENTS : ie Your Guide To This Issue ian tal NA se a The Marine Show Fos the American merchant ma- rine the tide is flooding. Day by day more and more American flag ships are going into service on ‘the coasts, the lakes and _ the high seas. This means business for all and sundry connected with mari- time affairs, especially builders of ships and ships’ equipment. This year, too, there is going to: be a marine show in New York in No- vember. It will be something that everyone connected, with ships and shipping will want’ to attend. The 1925 show will mirror the prog-— ress of two years. It will prove that the American merchant marine is alwe Plan to attend. It you have something to sell to marine men, exhibit it. See Page 92 Sie os Llenrv Hord’ Shi FIenry VOT $s onips BiROM the days of Antonio, the *™ Merchant of Venice, — until this hour, goods have been packed for carriage by sea in a certain traditional way and stowed in the ship according to ideas developed by Noah or his predecessors. It remained for Henry Ford, the iconoclastic wizard of the twentieth century to shatter these ancient stevedoring traditions—some of them at least—and show that new ways of loading miscellaneous cargo are not only possible but profitable. Ford loads parts of machines,. including engines, im ocean-going ships uncrated. For ~ handling bolts, nuts, etc., he uses large open pans set on top of the rest of the cargo. He works his ships at the dock 24 hours a day instead of eight. Recently he cleared the first vessel in history from Detroit for Buenos Aires. He runs his freight. ships according to schedule and makes money with them. ) Ford methods at sea are as un- eonventional as: on Jand, and. as successful. In this issue MARINE REVIEW presents the exclusive story of Henry Ford’s steamship opera- tions. It contains a message? dor every shipowner and_ operator. See Page 73