The progressive farmer., 1902-02-25
ARTICLES IN TER RrpD.,
AIRY MAGAZINES,
A Summary Of Some Of the Most Tmnor+.u.
Ones as Given in the Review Of Reviews
THE IsTHMIAN CANAL.

In Scribners, Mr.. William H. Bnrr
member of the Isthmian Can.'
Commission, writes on the proposed
isthmian ship canal, and 1iscusse.
the advantages of both the Panam.
nd Nicaragua routes with consider.
able detail, giving a particularly
full account of the organization Of
the present Panama company and
the work it has accomplished. Mr.
Burr, in comparing the merits of the
two routes, decides in favor of the
Nicaragua Ss being the most prao.
ticable and feasible, but his article
was written before the Panama Deo.
pie showed a disposition, as thew
have now done, to deal reasonable
in the matter Of price and an exam.
ination of his conclusions seems to
indicate that he would favor, under
the present status, the Panama
route. One point in which he favors
the Panama Canal as against the
conclusion of the whole commission
is in the matter of time. Whereas
the commission estimated ten years
for the com pletion of the Panama
enterprise, and eight years for the
Nicaragua Canal, Mr.. Burr thinks
these relations should be exchanged
or at least the time of completion for
the Panama route shoute should not
be estimated greater than for the
Nicaragua.
AN ANTI IMPERIALTsT 8 PLEA FOR
CUBAN ANNEXATION.
Mr.. Josiah Quincy, who is an
avowed anti-imperialist as to the
case of the Philippine Islands, dis.
cusses in the North American Re.
view, the political Aspect Of Cuba's
Economic Distress" Mr.. Quincy
holds that events are now proving
more convincingly than ever before
the real commercial dependence of
Cuba upon the United States, and he T
argues from the present situation
that the political independence of
Cuba can be only nominal. The
situation at present certainly de.
mands free trade for Cuba, but Mr..
Quincy's way'of attaining free trade
would be by having Cuba sue for an
nexation. AS to the Teller resolu.
tion, Mr.. Quincy says: "Without
such resolution, we should not deal
unjustly or harshly with the Cubans.
or annex them without their consent !
in spite of it, we are not bound to
exclude any policy which may be
found for the best interest both of
the people of the island and of our.
selves. If annexation is the out
come indicated by every dictate Of
states manship and of mutual inter
est, the dead hand of the Fifty fifth
Congress cannot hold us back
from it,"
AN ESTIMATE OF EX PRESIDENT CLEvE.
LAND.
In MoClure's Magazine, Mr.. Will
liam Allen White continues the char.
acter sketches of notable Americans
in public life which attract so much
in a sketch of ex-President
Cleveland's career. He tells US that
Mr.. Cleveland g father Was a Presby-
terian minister. Grover Cleveland
was born in New Jersey, but grew
up in New York State, and went to
Buffalo when he was 18. He was
to the bar in 1859, when he
was % years old, and made sure
progress in his pr ofession and in local
politics. AS a young man, Mr. White
describes him as "a tall, burly, hard.
faced, soft,voiced but quiok-spoken
fellow, hard-headed, hard living,
hard-working, close listed, honest,
sturdy, manly" Mr.. Whites esti.
mate of Mr.. Cleveland as a states
man is suggested in the following:
'He founded no institution in the
political life of his time, he con-
structed nothing. AS a statesman,
he will be remembered as one who
every hour of the working day did
what he thought was exactly right,
and who never attempted to guide
the current of the public business,
but always to see that the business
was wisely and honestly done"
The Outlook in it's March Maya
zine Number has no less than ten
illustrated special features-cer.