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The U. S. Drys, Consolidated, went into a pother of expostulatory excitement, though they ignored the fact that many a private U. S. ship company had been doing on its passenger vessels for years just what U. S. Lines' Mr. Sheedy proposed to do. Vessels of the Grace Line to the west coast of South America, of the Munson Line to the east coast of South America, of the Port Rico Line, of the Ward Line to Cuba, of the Panama-Pacific Line to Central America, of the United Fruit Line to the West Indies, Panama and South America, all sell their medicinal liquor stores on the out-voyage. Then they stock up at the first foreign port for the return to the 12-mile limit. Notable exception: Capt. Robert Dollar, who operates his ships dry to the Orient and all around the world.
Mr. Sheedy's reasons for making the Leviathan wet were pure business ones. He anticipated no profit from the sale of liquor but rather an increase of from 10 to 20% in passenger bookings.