The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-24

| DAaSSd WAAbiLl lH6 IhT east.
Japan and Korea must also be In
cluded.
If Uncle Sam can get his just and
proper share of the constantly increas-
ing trade of the orient and this section
in turn can get her rightful share of
the business which comes to the Unit
ed States from the Asiatic shore, it
will mean an almost infinite enlarge
ment OF the south's mercantile and in
dustrial sphere Of operations.
Yet this is precisely what the open
ing of the Panama canal is calculated
to accomplish.
BY means of this ditch across the
Isthmus of Panama the distance by
water between Hong Kong and New
Orleans will be reduced to $500 miles
AT present 1t is not less than 1880
miles.
Thus it will be seen that the creation
| OF this new route to the orient will
mean an immediate increase of trade
in the American market 1t will be
cheaper for China and Japan to pur-
chase many things from America than
from England. Blu most of all it will
! tend to increase the volume of business
which passes through the south Attain
tic and gulf ports.
| 1t also means that Chicago and other
inland cities will save freight by ship
ping goods through these ports rather
than through New York or San Fran
cisco. -...
In view of prospective trade rela-
tions an explanation is furnished also
| Of the various railway extensions
which are beng pushed to these ports
from numerous inland points.
But access to the west coast of South
America will doubtless be productive
of still greater results. .
Not only the wealth Of such coun-
| tries as Peru and Chill, but the nat
ural ties Of affinity which bind togeth-
er two continents of the western hemi-
sphere will insure magnificent returns;
nor will it be alon0 to the advantage
of the United States.
Hence it must be apparent that the
opening of the Panama canal means
much to the south.
New Orleans will perhaps derive the
chief benefit. 1t controls the mouth
Of the Mississippi. For this reason
in addition to many others 1t is the
logical site for the Panama exposi-
ton. But Galveston and Mobile, Sa-
vannah and Brunswick, Charleston and
Norfolk will likewise participate in the
profits to be derived from this great
investment.
To quote The Birmingham Age Her
aid, THE entire south should begin to
diversity its industries and to multiply
its cotton mills. We can not monopo-
HE the trade of the Pacific ocean, but
we can and will share in it because the
advantages of transportation will be in
our favor when the canal is opened"
IA This is not the open season for
crap shooting in Fargo.
"a Fargoans get a chance to vote for
an improved water supply. July 6.
S2r The Brooklyn preacher who said
hell was a myth-succeeded in raising
some-niyth. . '." p,
IST King George V has one great
grievance. His wife is several inches
taller than he.
Gy Some people don't think much Of
a nigger-who will fight a white man
who will fight a-nigger
1z The Forum was called up over the
telephone this morning and asked if
Doc Geary was a corn husker
Ez- The oft-repeated statements that
Arizona and New Mexico were to be
admitted to statehood finally came
true,
f5- Down in Illinois when legislators
meet-instead of saying good morning
they anxiously inquire-"Have you
confessed?"
&5' Down in Texas an orator asserted |
that prohibition was destroying the |
democratic party. Most people thought
it was booze.
Sy The deepest hole in the earth was
bored in upper Silesia. 1t was one foot
in diameter and 1886 feet deep-or
nearly one and one-half miles.
EE President Taft got some of his
pet measures through-the railroad /
bill-the statehood bill-the measure
authorizing the withdrawal of public
lands and other matters on which he
had set his heart.
~ It is now reported that a nom
infiamable celluloid has been invented.
Some of the old fellows who wear cell
luloid shirt fronts, collars and cuffs can
now do so with less danger of being
Scared for life by. incipient blazes.
ar Spokane has a successful pa
rental school by which boys who show
a tendency to become incorrigible are
cared for and an attempt made to
straighten them up before they are
sent to reform school. Many boys |.
are reclaimed. The plan might be
tried in Fargo
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