The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-20
Washington News

The new republic of Panama which
as Senator Dolliver has aptly sta el
fulfilled the Biblical prophesy that
before the millennium arrived govern
ments would be born In day is at
hacdng much attention no only be
cause Of ITS unique appearance amung
\ the nations of the world. but more
particularly because it is through this
republic that the great mtoroceanic
canal Is TO be conslructei The pas.
sage referred TO S. the 6Gth chapter OF
OF lsaih. verse s. which reads: who
hath heard such thing? who hath
statement prepared o me state de-
partmen showing The commercial ans
geoeraphical location and popula ion
is Of particular interest at this time
Tie statement eays
"The commerce Of Panama amoun'a
to about s3.O00.003 per onnum. its
ponula ION % abount 100000 and its
area lo slr7i square miles, o. nearly
: equal o 'ha Of The sta.c OF lndiana
The principal ports are Panama on
the Pacific coast and Colon, on tAs
Atlantic side. ami these por are
visited annually BIZ more tnan l.0oe
vessels. which land over 100000 tons
of merchauaise and nearly 100000 pas.
sengcrs. chiefly for transfer over the
Panama railway. A miles in length,
connecting the Pacific port of Panama
with the Atlantic port of Colon.
"Colon. OF Aspinwal, as it is some
times called has population Of about
a three thousand persons. The city Of
Panama has a population of about 25,-
900 1t was foun ed in 1919, burned in
1911, and rebuilt in 1873, while Colon
is Of rauch more recent date. having
been foun-ed in 1855
"The population is composed Of vari
Gus elemen-. Spanish, Indian, negro,
and a limited number of porsous from
the European countries and the Uni
ted States. especially those engaged in
tommerce and transportation and the
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considerable number Of tho population
is composed of persons brought to the
~Jsthmus as laborers for the construc-
ton Of the canal and of their descent
ants Since the abolishion of slavery
in Jamaica a considerable number of
blacks and mulatoes have settled on
he isthmus as small dealers and
farmers, ana in some villages on the
Atlantic side they are said to be in
the majority, and as a result the Eng
lish language IS much in use. especi-
ally on the Atlantic side. Some Of the
native population have retained their
-tustoms. speech ani physical type
especially those in the western part Of
the province. and claim to be the dos
cendants Of the natives found in thai
section by the spaniards when they
discovered and conquered the coun.
try
"Of the commerce of Panama. the
United States supplies a larger share
than any other country The impor-
tatioas ar the port of Colon during
the fiscal year ended June 30 1908
)as shown by the report Of the United
States consul. amounted TO 1852, ,6Sf
OF which Settl7a was from }he Uni
ted states. s119,OS6 from France,
Asl1S.322 from England. s76,3S6 from
Germany The figures OF the fiscal
year 1903 snow considerable in
crease from those Of 1902. in which the
value OF the imports at Colon wcre
s776,345. OF the S614,179 imports from
The United States at Colon in 1898
s2O0.7i4 was dry goods. s1S9,33S pro-
visions, s59,S9O coal, s3s,G42 lumber.
$50, 900 kerosene. s3o4Co liquors, and
s3i,94O hh,dware. The value Of the
importauons fro mthe United States
; in 1903 exceeded those of 1902 by
about 100000 The exports TO The
United States from Colon in 1908
amounted to sl73.37o. of which s75-
482 was bananas, s5496) cocoanutg.
s12.472 turtle shells, $4,000 ivory nuts,
6.460 hides, and s5,924 coffee.
From the port OF Panama the eX-
ports to the United states in The hs.
cal year 1904 amounted to S193,342,
of which s56767 was hides, s49974
India rubber, S27 S05 cocobolo nuts.
sl6,59s ivory nuts, s1S,372 deer skins.
! and s6.90s coffee. The consul at Pan
ANA states that the imported articles
come mostly from England, Germany,
France, Italy, and the United states,