The Columbus journal., 1904-08-10

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One Of tho lA1est copies Of the daily
,oasalAR Espogt eoalains an sxtEaot mon
he Iakfartsr Zeitung. ono Of the
|eailing newspapers Of Germany, con.
some Interesting and instruc.
sive matter oa tho commercial inpor.
eanoe 10 America, Of the Panama
Canal We quote . few paragraphs
which ars worthy Of careful reading.
"Ths fr1its Of the entsrpeiss con.
sist in direct pro6ts: they must b
looked for In The miHtafy.politioal
Asads aad in The promotion Of Amsri.
ON oo0neeos. In this liss the cen
tse of gzsvity Of the situation.
OF Wha4 real advantage The sole con.
trol Of The Waterway In times Of Waf
win b to the Unitsd States viii b
sesa oaly after . long time. The con-
sequsooss for oommercial navigation
aEe Does evident. II looked at with
European eyes they appear small.
What viii the tansma Canal offer us:
To the whole Of eastern Asia and to
Australia. inolasive OF New Zealand.
the wsy via the Sues Canal will 70.
main much The nearer for Europe.
From Hamburg 70 Hongkopg. for in.
Stance. the distance 10 via Sues 10, 542
nautical miles. via Panama II. 9SS {:
10 Melbourne. via Saez Il, ,s67, vis Pan.
ANA 1S. .l9S: to Yokohama, via Suez
IL. 5sl. via Psnsms lS.024. The Aus
trsilian Archipelago plays too unim-
portant . role 70 i,.vs tho reduction Of
distance to 1t cO..sidered in this con.
neotio0.
For Europe. therefore, there remains
Q saving only in tariff with tho west
coast Of America.
OF these countries Chile 10 the most
important, and 10 hardly affected. %
fsr - Europe 10 concerned. BY tho Pan.
ANA Canal. Hamburg received FROM
Chile esS. 400. .00O worth OF products and
shipped 5000. 900 worth In return.
This 10 betwesn one-third and one.hall
OF tho total commerce with the west.
ern coast. Vessels laden with altpeter
and guano viii undoubtedly prefer the
roate around Oape Horn. which 10 not
much longer. and for carRoes Of such
little value will b preferable to that
BY way Of the Panama Canal. which
10 subject 70 heavy tolls.
The exchange Of goods with the
countries 20 which the lessening Of
distance 10 the greatest. namely west
eru Mexico and California. 10 Of only
moderate importance. The Aving Of
nuutical miles between Hamburg and
San Francisco and all harbors ON the
western coast north OF Panama is 6, =.
652: south OF Panama tho saving con.
SANITY decreases. Between Hamburg
and Valparaiso Il amounts to only
about 9. 400 nautical miles.
This saving 10 very much larger for
tho eastern ports OF tho United States,
namely. 1851 nautical miles between
New York and San Francisco, % that
New York On this roate gains 2, $50
nautical miles more than Hamburg.
But this 10 not all. The main fact 10
that this saving II % large On the route
from New York 70 eastern Asia and
Australia that II changes the present
dindvantage OF New York into an I'd.
vantage. From Hamburg to Hongkong
Via Suas. the distance 10 10. 542 nauti.
al miles: from New York to Hong
kong, via Suez. 10 10 II, ,656 miles.
Hamburg therefore has an advantage
Of about II. 100 nautical miles. The
Panama Canal viii give nothing to
Hamburg. but Q nying OF l, $40 nauti-
oal miles 10 New York % that the
distance viii only be 9,8S5 nautical
miles. 7O7 lee than from Hamburg.
In routes 10 tho moro northern parts
Of eastern Asia, - Well % tho eastern
Australia. tho gain Of New Yorkigrows
very materially. From Hamburg. via
Suez. Hslboarne tho distance 10 IL, S67
nautical miles: from New York about
Il. 5o0:. Via Panams. however. the
distance from New York 10 only 10. 4s7.
% ie will b sbo1s 2. 900 nautical miles
nearer 70 the Australian port than
Hamburg. To Yokohams tho distance
hon Hamburg 10 q, ,2sl nautical miles;
lco0 New York, via Sues. it 10 H..
roand numbers 1000 nautical
miles longer than from HamburI.
the Panama route New York
IAins .. 10 nautical miles In The japan
lines: Hamburg aothing. New York
has therefore distance Of only 9,8S5
laatioal miles to Yokohama-that 10
10 roand number. 8. 700 nautical miles
eas than Hamburg. In chipping to
Japan and n0rthern China, and In Q
ssssr degree. 10 southern China and
Australia, New York viii have tho
|dvantaee. On account Of shorter
'teamer trips. over Hambsrg and tho
enslish ports. II Europe has been
In Q moro advantaeeous pos.
tion, North America viii b the fav.
red party when the Panama Canal |
. built.
TSa.TS0.
Lincoln. Nebr. r..-(Oorreepo0denoe.
Tho popalist leaders who are oppos.
d 20 fasioa-and nearly al tho "old |
'uard" are included In that oateGory
-ace preparing 70 organize Q "Tom.
'om' 'olab 10 promote tho interests Of
'om Watson and Tom Tibbles. A.
nong these simon-pure populists
hero 10 bat ono sentiment with re-
ard 70 fusion and that IL that IL the
emoorats viii kindly neglect 70 put
p IN electoral ticket in tho aeld In
his state tho popalists viii b ready