Mexico Missouri message., 1905-10-19
Our Government Elephant.

gingVille, Mo. The article IL by u
former citizen Of Audrain county.
well remembered by many Of the
early settlers. What he says is
we'll worth reading by everybody:
The Panama canal is becoming a
very expensive luxury that only q
few high salaried officials and ad.
ministration pets can enjoy.
1t has just come 10 light that
the same policy is being pursued
that bankrupted France. An or
der has just been made by requisi-
ton, sent by Col. q. A. Gorgos Of
the medical department, calling
for thirty.sight ions Of material
for insect powder, together with
twenty tons Of sulphur and 100
iron pots in which to burn IL, with
fifteen tons Of newspapers to kin
die the fires, and in addition seven
tons Of -four TO make paste. All
this material was called for by ca
BILE and purchased by the medical
officers in the army building, White
hall street, New York; but TWEEN.
ty.two tons exhausted the entire
market. II will be noticed that all
this unparalleled order was mdde
by cable so that 1t could be bought
and shipped before any investiga'
ton could be made as to its real
need, thus making sure Of the us.
uul rGSe-OT that always shows mp
on such occasions. This only
equals the steal system Of steel
pens ordered by French officers
and inyoiced to the United States
when they purchased the Panama
SAC, 900, 900 scrap piles, OF course
they needed no such enormousquOn.
titles Of steel pens but they want.
ed the rake of
The Hon. j. d. YeomanB Of ST.
oux City, Iowa, who until recently
was a member Of long standing ip
the interstate commerce commits.
sion and is we'll acquainted with
Panama and its surroundings, says
that according TO the progress now
made 1t will take more than 100
years to complete it and that it is
the most stupendous humbug OF
this or any other age and will re-
suit in one of the most gigantic
Scandalsthiscountry was ever called
upon to face, and rendered his res.
EQUATION rather than approve it.
The whole scheme was concoOt ed
for speculation by a few leading
members of congress and senate,
backed by trust magnatos, stock
spectators aud corporations. Sup
ply syndicates the fleece the people
by paying enormous salaries to
parasites travelling between New
York aud Panama and digging the
canal by proxy. Mr.. Roose welt
wanted to pay 100000 per year
to some mau to take full charge Of
this monster but failed to find any
one Of character that would as
sumo the responsibility. They all
prefer to have some hiding place
when the crash comes.
The most remarkable thing is
that up 10 this time il has never
been decided whether they would
build lock or a sea level canal,
yet millions have been spent aud
nothing to show for it.
The next interesting feature is
the recent secret contract made in
volviug some. So, 100000 to feed
and house employees on the canal,
which has created no little com
ment and Indignation among sup
ply spectators, the contract be.
ing awarded to l. E. Markell Of
Omaha, a brother-iu.law of Mr..
Morton, one OF Mr.. Roosevelts
particular friends aud a particular
friend of MIR, Shouts. chairman of
the canal commission, all Of which
they claim was done in a way to
bar competition. An engineer
now employed on the canal writes
that careful figures will not fail TO
show that to complete the canal it
will cost NOT lass than q hiIlfn,