The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-16
AN UBIQUITOUS MEASURE.
So VIII Carson Characterfses the
Present Nicaragua Canal Bill
WaShfngton Does Not Need Ii.

Though the Nicaragua canal Dill was
killed by the United States senate a few
weeks before the demise OF the Fifty
third congress itself. neither that fraudu-
lent scheme nor the arch-schemers sbe-
hind IL are dead. They will never die
while vessige OF hope remains Of their
ability to defrAsd the United States out
OF millions upon millions OF treasure"
said VIII Carson IN an interview
last evening. II have no hesitation"
he continued. ''in branding that bin as
the most stgpendously Ubiquitous measure
sN eT presented before our national iegis-
lAture for its enactment. That such
canal. properly built and operated. would
prove a momeatons and beneficial factor
Ia facilitating, IL not developing the COM
mercs OF the world generally. and OF
many OF the states of the Union particu-
larry. and thus incidentally benefit all our
people In a lesser degree, ] am not only
willing TO admit. bur / have believed ever
since first heard Ferdinand de Lexeps
expatGate bsforo the Chamber Of Com
msree of san Francisco upon his pro-
posed Panama canal some fifteen years
ago; but every one who viii study the
provisions of the late bill before congress
Will discover thar the advantages accru-
ing from the construction and operation
OF such canal as therein proposed would
be commensurate with its magnitude 10
lobbying therefor during all these years
happily thus far In vain. Their gain
would be the nations loss. and what the
several states might be benefited would
be offset by a greater depletion OF the
national treasury"
How. then. may the project be &C
compllxhed?''
by the Federal government alone,
without the Intervention of any private
f~rs 81 a.
who have favored the canal have done 80
on the assumption that It would be built
and operated honestly. and tina, what
would benefit other states could not be
otherwise than advantageous TO us. The
array OF facts presented with such eIo-
auence and logical force by Col. Lewis at
the Chamber Of Commerce mass-meeting
on Wednesday evening demonstrated that
there may be grave doubts upon
that body took only the broad ground Of
national prosperity which Il Is assumed
woule accrue therefrom, and Incidentally
the resultant advantages TO the state in
its export OF wheat and lumber to Europe
and tho East by the canal. The provi-
sions Of the bill were not considered. and
am assui ed never would have been In
dorsed. The chambers action was also
prior 10 the establishment OF such close
commercial relations as now exist be-
tween Puget sound ports aud the Orient
relations which promise to ripen into In
calculahle proportions AS Japan cannot
produce wheat. every grain raised IN this
state. not necessary for home consump-
ton. may find an open and profitable mar
ket there without our troubling about that
OF Europe or elsewhere. Col. Lewis In
dicated how our lumbar export would -
moro likely to diminish than increase
with the canal open. on the other side
Japanese and Chinese exports for The
East 10 say nothing OF our own consurnp-
ton viii come hare for trans shipment
as Il Is doing now; and 20 such an extern;
IL Il increasing since the establishment OF
the Nippon YuSen kaisha steamship line
between this city ana japan that the Pa
ciac Mail. the Occidental & Or-ntai
Steamship Companies and the Southern
Pacific railroad are becoming alarmed
over their lose Of the Oriental trade. "a
was shown IN that Eemarkabls Dispatch
from San Francisco which appeared In
the Post-Intslhgencer this morning
With the canal opeu. this trade would
~ diverted 20 greater extent, as
stated on "Wednesday evening. than Col
lewis thought. AMI which understand
ne now admits. That which would not
40 directly - TIE canal would never ston
~ any ~ cur ports, hut so 20 San Fran
cisco the ouiv port nature saw ~ 20 Re
STOW unon California or ne FacfHc coas.
line even 20 the Horn. while she favored
tEs WITH an inland sea apahle ~ rYakfus,
a thousand ports A6mtrtrw California
as 10. and wishing her tnr Creates nos
eit1e measure Of prosperity. az not
thInk Washington should sacrifice any ~
her oSn interests On behalf OF that state
whlcs is big enough. old euouEh ana
rich enough 90 take care % herself Aus
sm happy 70 see that she has re-
rrsz+nrt ef~fsrfrse~ asef,fas,,a
that sNe IL growing strong enough 20
throttle TIE tronclaf vampire wNfch Nss
been fattNeinE or her lfe-SIeof ever
sinca The war ans which has been tss
prime factor IN her clawor for the canaf
regardless Of how built