The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-09-26

work In charge.
| In 1902 the main canals and bitches
| In the region affected aggregated more
| than SO, 900 miles. and the work of rec
lamation is but In its infancy. The to-
| tai cost of construction Of the neces-
sary head gates. dams. main canals.
bitches. reservoirs and pumping sta
tons was at that time little over
500. 900. 900, which Of itself suggests
the hundreds OF millions that may
eventually be invested In the territory
covered by the statute The magni-
tude Of the conception and the enor-
nous expense its carrying out involves
make US realize the overwhelming i'm
portance Of a broad, capable and honest
administration Of the work authorized
by the statute if effect is 10 be given
to that part Of the plan that relieves
the country at large from ultimate liza
biIity
Panama csssL
An isthm.au canal has long been the
bOpe OF our statesmen and the avow
ed aim Of the two great parties, as
their platforms in the past show The
Panama route having been selected,
the building Of the canal should be
pressed TO completion with all reason
able expedition.
The methods by which the executive
acquired the Panama canal route and
rights are a source Of regret to many.
To them the statement that thereby
great public work was assured 10 the
profit Of oar people IS not sufficient
answer 80 the charge of violation Of
national good faith They appreciate
that the principles aud healthy conyic-
tons which Ia their working our have
made us free aud great stand firmly
against the argument or suggestion
that We shall be blind to the nature
of the means employed TO promote our
welfare They bold that adherence to
principle whether It works for our
good or III, viii have "a more benefi
cent influence on our future destiny
than all our material upbuildinE. aud /
that we should ever remember that +
the idea OF doing a wrong to a small /
er. weaker nation that we. or even all /
mankind. may have a resultant good f.
which our government was founded f.
Under the laws Of the United States /
the duty IS imposed on the executive /
10 proceed with due diligence in the /
work OF constructing the canal That /
duty should be promptly performed
American Shipping.
Our commerce Ia American bottoms I
amounts 10 but : per cent Of our total /
exports and imports For seventy /
years prior 20 1860. when the Repub- 1
lican party came into power, our mer- .
chant marine carried an average of /
- per cent OF our foreign commerce
by 1877 II had dwindled 20 y per cent /
Now we carry but q contempubly .
small fraction OF our exports and I'm
ports
American shipping I'm the foreign
trade was greater by over 100000 tons
in 1910 nearly 100 years ago, than IL
was last year. In the face OF the con
tinuous decline in the record Of Amer
lean shipping during the last forty
three years the promise 81 the Repub-
licau party 60 restore it is without en-
coura cement The record OF the Dem
ocr8tir party gives assurance that the
task can be- morc wisely iutrusted 20
H.
It il an arduous task to undo the ef.
feet ~ forty years OF decadeuCe and
requires the study and investigation
Of those best fitted by experience 20
md the remedy which surely does not
lie In the granting 81 subsidies wruug
from the pockets Of all the taxpayers.
Invest sssien Of Government Depart
nnenta.
Receut disclosures coupled with the
rapid augmentation az government ex-
penditurcS. show a need ~ an lnvestt.
cation II every department ~ the goy
eminent The Democrats Ia congress
demanded T. The Republican MAORI
~ refused the demand The people
can determine by their vote Ia No
vemhcr whether they wish an honest
aud thorough Investigation A Demo
cratic congress amt executive will as
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and msn % our army and navy Both.
however have suffered from ;he per
sistent lnis<tlaa q personal and paiit
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