Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09

dent Roosevelt In his letter transmits
ting to congress the annual reports of
the isthm alAcanal commission and the
Panama Railroad Company says: s'The
work on the isthmus is being admire
ably done and great prograss has
been made, especially dur the last
nine months. The plant mada
ready and the scted.
The first work 10 be done
work OF sanita| |on. necessa
mary to the Work OF actual
ton, and this had to be put Il
with the utmost energy and mea...
Promises Recommendation Soon.
''In a short while shall lay befo.
you the recommendations Of the con
mission and the board Of consultinA
engineers as to the proper plan to be
adopted for the canal itself, together
with my own recommendations there's
on. All the work 80 far has been done |
not only with utmost expedition butt
in the most careful and thorough man
ner.
Outlook is Promising.
What has been accomplished gives
us good reason to believe that the
canal will be dug in shorter time
than has been anticipated and at an
expenditure within the estimated
amount.
All our citizens have right to con-.
graduate themselves upon the high
standard Of efficiency and integrity
which has hitherto maintained by the
representatives of the government In
doing this great work.
A Source Of Pride.
''If this high standard OF efficiency
and integrity can be maintained in the,
future at the same level which 1t has
now reached the construction Of the
canal will be one of the features to
which the people Of this republic will
look back with the highest pride.
Scores Critics.
from time to time various publi.'
cations have been made and from time,
to time in the future various similar
publications doubtless will be made
purporting to give an account of job
berry, immortality, inefficiency and mis-
cry as obtaining on the isthmus, I
have carefully examined into each Of
these accusations which seemed
worthy of attention, and in every in-
stance the accusations have proved to-
be without foundation in any shape or
form.
They spring from several sources.
Sometimes they take the shape Of
statements by irresponsible investi-
gators Of sensational habits of mind,
incapable of observing or Of repeating
with accuracy what they see and desir-
Gus of obtaining notoriety by wide.
spread SANDER. More often they orig.
ingate with or are given currency by
individuals with personal grievance.
/ Sensation mongers, both those who
stay at home and those who visit the
isthmus, may ground their accusations
on false statements by some engineer,
who having applied for service on the
commission and having been refused
such service now endeavors to discred-
lit his successful competitors. or by
some lessee or owner of real estate
who has sought action or inaction by
the commission to increase the value
of his lots and is bitter because the
commission cannot be used for such
purposes, or on the tales Of disappoint-
1 ed bidders for contracts or OF Office
1 holders who have proved incompetent
tor who have been suspected of corrup-
4 tion and dismissed, or who have been
4 overcome by panic and have fed from
Il the isthmus.
il Charges Are Untrue.
Y Every specific char~c -aF
Robbery. immoralit
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