Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-06

canal, then It is our duty TO construct
| them. we have built the canal. 1t Is
our property. By convention we have
indicated our desire for and indeed un-
dertaken it's universal and equal use.
It is also we'll known that one of the
chief objects in the construction OF the
canal has been to increase the military
effectiveness of our navy.
Failure to fortify the canal would
leave the attainment Of both these
aims in the position Of rights and OBJ
legations which we should be powerless
to enforce and which could never In
any other way be absolutely safeguard.
ed against desperate and irresponsi-
; BILE enemy.
In determining what the tolls in the
canal should be we certainly ought not
to insist that for a good many years
to come they should amount to enough
TO pay the interest on the Investment
Of s40OOOO.GO0 which the United
States has made in the construction
of the canal. We ought not to do this,
first, because the benefits to be derived
By the United States from this ex-
penditure are not to be measured solH.y
by return upon the investment.
Ny own Impression Is that the tolls
ought not to exceed 81 per net ton Cn
Jan. /, 1911, the tolls in the Suez canal
are to be Z francs and 2S centimes fol-
one net ton by SueZ canal measure
ment, which Is n modification OF
Danube measurement. y dollar Il ton
will secure under the figures above Il
gross annual income from the Panama
canal Of nearly SI.000,GOn T'r COST
OF maintenance and Operations Is esii
mated TO exceed S3.GOO,OCo.
The next question that arises is as
TO the maintenance. ri;:::i:,::ei..'':t: ''!"
general control OF t!:r ":!:!:l a!i''r =:
completion Il S:i"ii'l - :''''!'.- -
that il is in r*scn;.:i! nar; 81. 90" TT
establishment TO have ilit c'I:.. -. 80
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Department OF 'uS''
am glad to say thar uhc'r '"'' .''
propriation* mao" FOR fhr doi'a'':' =
Of justice tie attorney E"n"fl' ~ :.
improved lis organization thar 4 rAt:'
amount Of litigation Of civil 1T!
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oxnIoin tic necessity for slightly il
creasjnc the estimates for the *
penses Of the department. Ills rcI"F;
shows the rccovcries made on h"i".i
of the government. of duties frau@A
lently withheld. public lands impra.'
erly patented, fines and penalties :"'
trespass, prosecutions and convictions
under the antitrust law and prosccu
tions under interstate commerce law
I invite especial attention to The
prosecutions under the federal law o.
the so called bucket shops" ana OF
those schemes to defraud IN Whlch lh'
use Of the mail is an essential part
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