, 1907-08-15
THE WORLD PEACE
IS IN COMMERCE
PROSAiC MARKETING OF WORLDS
PRODUCTS LIKELY TO BE
THE GREATEST AGENT.
Waterway Development Doing Much
to Bring About Settlement Of Diff
ficuIties Between Nations-Trads
and Barter the Handmaiden Of the
Pure White Dove in the World.

AVG oAH
merce Is more likely to bring about
world peace thar all the so-called peace
congresses that may be held at The
Hague from now till Gabriel's trumpet
sounds. This is the belief Of those
who have studied the question. Their
theory is based on strange grounds,
but it is thoroughly plausible. 1t is
simply that the expenditures being
made or in contemplation by the great
ment OF are growing SO
enormous that little or nothing will be
left with which to wage wars.
A Worldwide Proposition.
Much of this expenditure is found
in the present worldwide policy of
waterway development. The United
States is pouring millions into the
Panama canal and is contemplating an
outlay of more millions in betterments
to it's rivers n harbors at home. Com.
merce demands it, and commerce is a
mistress that brooks no refusal. The
other commercial nations also are busy
along the same lines, driven by the
same necessity, and reports OF gigan.
tic undertakings are becoming So fire.
quent as to occasion but passing in
~terest.
French and German Schemes.
Two projects, however, were report
ed this week that go to show how i'm
portant this form Of work has become.
One of these is in France, while Ger,
many is abou. to undertake the other.
Both correspond in great measure with
a number of waterway development
schemes under consideration in this
country, and for which the American
people, aroused by the national rivers
and harbors congress, have been clam.
oring during the last few years.
Huge Canal Project.
The French project contemplates the
construction of a canal to connect the
valley of the Rhone with the port OF
Marseilles. The work will cost $15,.
100000 and as the hills separating the
Rhone from the city are tool high to be
surmounted by locks, the French gov,
eminent will tunnel through them.
This tunnel, measured by the amount
of dirt ~excayated, will be the lal gest
in the world. 1t will be sever kilo,
meters, or Ais miles, in length and is
expected to cost nearly $1,000, 900.
The German Undertaking.
The German work is even more 81.
gantic. 1t contemplatss a new snip
canal between Hamburg and Bremen
which will be seventy-fya miles in
length. The waterway will mean an
immense saving of time in the pass,
age of ships betw e the two towns.
The present route for vessels in the
inter-city trade is down the Elbe, via
Cuxhaven, into the North sea and then
up the Weser to Bremen, or vice versa.
Not only does this lengthy route eat
up time, but 1t exposes river vessels
to the dangers of the open sea.
Connecting Two Rivers.
The new waterway will directly con-
meet the Elbe with the River Wumme,
which flows past Bremen The River
Este will be one of the links used, and
it and the Wumme will be deepened.
a canal connecting the two being dug
SO that it will pass close tc the towns
of Tolstedt and Hoisburg.
An Ancient Proposition.
This very project was FIST discussed
seventy years ago and has come up for
discussion internationally ever since.
Each time it was abandoned because OF
lack of funds. The government need.
ed the money for the support of it's
army establishment, and commerce
had to accept the inevitaJ.e. Now
commerce is OF more Importance than
the army, and the works of peace OF
greater interest than preparations for
war.
The Handmaiden of Peace.
Thus it may be seen that commerce
is the handmaiden of peace. To carry
cut the metaphor, the natl )nal rivers
and harbors congress is the discourag,
er of armed camps through its power.
full advocacy Of waterway development
in this country. At present it is seek,
ing to make its work moce effective
by increasing its membership. which
is already large.
D%iarrhoea Cured.
ssM,, futhor hoc for ,yooro hoon troy,