The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-08
MITCHELL FAV0RS
NICARAGUA ROUTE
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banana Canal Company the Most
Corrupt in Worlds History.
o.pFwASKS FOREST RESERVE
.v,7. WOULD PROTECT SHIP
pERs FROM MONOPOLY.
o,pEwASKS FOREST RESERVE

-,,1lpd consideration toady Oh the ASeh-
,oian canal project.
Afr Mitchell Of oregon continued his
III baglu on Thursday in oppOsi-
T., the Panama route. After con-
wv a,,,irg the engineering difficulties Of
s,.- -,,Ife. which he regarded as very
IN. he entered upon denuncia-
M the methods Of the Panama
,--sr company, which, he declared,
N tfa most corrupt i'm the history
of the world.
~. warned congress that no surer
az. rouTF be found to defeat the con-
.....ffen of any canal than to adopt
81, srooucr amendment, as the United
/ s..t.s could have no connection with
~. panama route without becoming
'-r,fred i'm the intricacies of the
r,r,r,h adventurers. from which it
hid find IL impossible to eXtricate
rolf lie declared that any connec-
,,.r this country might have with the
panama proposition you'd result in the
5efremeut of the government.
Depew Asks Appropriation.
Al the conclusion Of routine business
today Mr.. DepeW addressed the SEN
sta I'm advocacy of the bill apprOpri-
5fiur $4,000. 600 for the purchase of p
aao 000 acres Of land for a national for
ssf reserve i'm Virginia, North Caro-
lima South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee. Mr.. Depew said the
nroiert was favored by President
Po0scyelt and by the secretary OF ag-
rruIturo. and federal action was juSti-
fed fully by public necessity. He said
tnat within ten years the great hard
wood forests within the reserve would
Boz destroyed entirely. Such d result
would De- disastrous to the states az
fsrfpd and to the entire country.
AZ the conclusion of Mr.. Depew's
remarks. MI Hale said that the senate
r1uId not fail TO be impressed by the
great importance OF the subject. H.
had not been aware Of the extent of
the land 10 be purchased, but he
thought some action ought to be taken
s urCu the matter at this session.
Tie senate then began the consider
alton Of the measure commonly known
as the London dock charges bill.
Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, in support
of the bill, said the charges made at
the London docks against American
-four, principally, were a discrimina-
ton against the United States. In re-
sp0nse To- an inquiry from Mr.. McCum-
Der as To what guaranty the shippers
of this country would have in the event
of the elimination of the London dock
charges, that the Atlantic freight rates
would not be increased, Mr.. Nelson re-
! }ied that there was no guaranty and
could be none.
/ The shippers would have to take
their chances on that The shipping
trust organized by j. P Morgan. he
said might raise the freight charges.
That was not TO be prevented by the
pending bill.
God deliver us from trusts" de-
cIared Mr.. Nelson. THAT. is u matter
which we VIII have to take care OF
later on"
he said he had referred inadyertent-
ly to the isthmian canal commission as
"Hannas commission" and that he
had not intended to reflect upon Mr.
Hanna or upon the commission.
Protection Against Morgan Combine
The bin. he said, was for the purpose
Of protecting the American manufac-
luror, the American producer and the
American farmer, which protection was
Needed all the more since the forma
lion Of the shipping combine by Mr.
Morgan. As the situation is, said ne
tne American shippers are in tn,
clutches Of a devil-fish of a monopoly
rom which we ought to pray eveTs
evening before going TO bed to be de
Mered.' The bin then was laid aside
Bills were passed as follows T,
latiy act No So OF the Twenty firs
legislature, declaring the Usage rive
20 pe not navigable stream above tn
POINT where the line between the cOUn
uos Of Benton and st. Clair. Missouri
crosses the river.
At y o'clock consideration Of the 18th
man canal project was resumed, Nh
N'lcheil Of Oregon addressing the sen
af ln continuation Of his speech be
Gun thursday i'm support Of the Nicar
aqua route. He said he had referrel
Inadvertently to the isthmian cana
'onmlssion as "Hanna's commission
ana That ne had not intended to refec
upon Ar. Hanna or upon the commits
strongly Advocates Nicaragua Routt
Discussing at length the reports O
Gle canal commission. he pointed GU
"al The Nicaragua route, after ez
cunning all routes, was the most feast
.e and practicable, and that the repot
vas roncluslyely backed by figures an
',Ioils. BE- said the commission Ia
-aused its mind within a monti
."'ly ON The ground of cost. He in
.'.'R ildt it the facts presented b
@ commission were examined care
..E IL would be the judgment Of an
Das9T and that the real choice Of tn
omission as TO a route was thrOug
-'-ld'dEud. Mr.. Mitchell criticised ia
tp.1l or the construction Of the BE
-.9 udm on the Panama route. quotin
eminent engineers as saving that In
Nto enough dimculties and man
'g,e and untried features.
"f Mitchell handled without glove
we proposition to build the canal b
loHamd route. and incidentally n
toyusF amendment. BY the adoptio
~ . .S proposition, ne said, the Uni
". states would be lacking on TO on
1Ne greatest frauds and pieces
r,tupuon known since the world bt
s,. any could not believe. he said that Il
1ate proposed to consider serious
T.. position which will involve Il
roa .1a states in a legal controversy f
NJ gears l want the senate TO knO
,It iacts and to determine whether Y
s.a.y shall take up this rotten concei
aIoSs the sea-
Spooner Amendment Means DELAY
h. ANT. Mitchell expressed the opinb
s- at me enactment Of the spoon
ro-,llnent would result in the DOS
r -lsllient OF the beginning of the can
rI as the president probab
Irrll nave to make an independe
corlS cation Of the subject before
as.. .l pass on it,. He urged congress
tpo me The responsibility of seIecti
bG., route and not turn that respon.
my over To the president.
f, He - admitted that, legally. the tran
rssol such responsibility could
f. g' out he emphatically denied IN
tira.s ether wise or proper. and !
co ,ra.ed that such action would
tbst ai ~ He suggested the possibilI
The ID ~ the United States should ado
To,,t Esanama route some other matt
AtA construct a ga 49, a. NJ