Arizona republican., 1898-09-27

Ol tuO Q1 SSSuI lluiS. II We Cdu Op6u the canal we will furnish all the rail- roads supplies and steel rails. At the present time Japan gets all her steel rails from us. Give us a cheaper and quicker route and neither England nor Belgium can compete with us. Build the Nicaragua canal, reduce the route over 10000 miles, and, in my judgment and that of others, the population of the Pacific coast will double in five years and Quadruple in ten years, and it will become a great market for the manufacturers of the east
 Mir. Miller then gave brief history Of the Nicaragua canal, and said that nearly s5,0o0,C00 had already been spent on it, and that the government was now discussing it, and that Presi- dent Mckinley had appointed con- mission, with Admiral Walker as chairman, to go to Nicaragua resurvey the route and report back its judgment as to the feasibility of building the ca nal and it's cost. He said the report had not been made yet, but that the members of the commission agreed on it's feasibility but differed as to its cost, their figures ranging from ESQ., 00e,000 to S140, 100000. MT. Miller said he was positive the canal could be con- structsd for s1O0.000,000.
 ''The canal is necessary" ke said
 and when completed will be worth more than 8 thousand millions of dol lars. The day the first steamer sails through the Nicaragua canal property on the Pacific coast will increase 100 per cent in value, and within a halt century the Pacific coast will be as prosperous as the east If the govern mellt takes and constructs the canal 11e tolls wifi pay interest on the in- v5stmeDt and the cost Of maintenance Eyen II Il GiC rot, the enterprise is of such vas. importance that it should be constructed anyway The Eris cana, has paid to the state Of New York more than u cost and has paid it's cost to the people a thousand times over.
 General Tracy said, when he was secre tary of the navy, that if the canal were not built the government would have to maintain two navies, and the past few months has demonstrated that he was right. Now the Oregon and Iowa have got to go to the Pacific, an ether long voyage of over 13,000 miles, and 5,000 men are to be sent to the Philippines. 1 do not know what the peace commission is going to do abroad, but it looks very much as if President Mckinley intends to keep at least a portion of the Philippines. (Appiause.) We have got outside our old borders, and must stay there. That necessitates the enlargement of our navy, the enlargement of Cur army, and the enlargement of the brains Of many cf our statesmen"
 In conclusion MT. Miller said the government that holds Cuba also would hold the mouth of the Nicaragua ca nal.
 MT. Shizuo Koudo, president of the Commercial and In dustrial association of Tokio, Japan, delivered an address on the possible advantages to be derived through com mercial intercourse between Japan and the United States. He urged the con- struction Of the Nicaragua canal as an outlet into the Pacific, and said, ''The dawn of Pacific supremacy will date from the successful achievement Of the Nicaragua canal. Japan looks to the conclusion Of a reciprocal trade ar rangement with the United tSates as the first step in promoting the growth of closer commercial relations and clearer political understandings"