The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-13
A Pleasing announcement that
It Win Be Completed 1 Year
Before the Time Set Now
Expected.
GERMAN TARIFF WAR
Is QUITE POSSIBLE
President TAFT Is Determined
Discrimination Against Pot
ash Must Be Waived Capi-
tai Gossip.
Nv JOHN WINFIELD.

washington, Nov. 12.-O6iciale "
tally interested In the conslructi0u
work on the Panama canal are expect
ing an announcement that win ha I'm
mensely pleasing: an announcement
that the canal will be complsted anA
In operation by July. 1914. ! yoar
earlier than the time set tor the ilninhr
ing of the task.
So well has the work progressed Il
digging the big ditch" that specula-
ton as TO the ability OF the ongineets
to complete their task at the ech1du1o4
time. July. 1915. ends Ii the belief thak
the canal will be IN operation q leapt
one year earlier. President Taft's vinte
to the canal zone will result Ii the
announcement Of the rapid progress
that is being made. II is said. ana tho
chief executive II expective 10 clEicaat
" fix the date for the opening OF tho
waterway TO commerce 40 July, 1914.
In connection with the canal work.
nothing more interests official WASH
ington at this time than the light ~.
ing waged between New Orfeans ana
San Francisco for federal government
al sanction Of the exposition oach pro
pose to hold commemorating tn
opening Of the Panama canAl 70 COM
nacrce Both sides have raieed mil
Hons Of doilars 70 finance thetr exposi-
ItiOn. Neither ssted copn fnr -
appropriation for ! ioan a tor fdnA8
for governmental exposition. Each
seek congressional recognition, how
ever. without II they cannot invite the
nations Of the world to take part and
make exhibition. San Francisco has
not been AZ active as New Orleans,
and the concensus OF opinion At this
| time Is that the Pacific coast boomers
will have to hustle hard to overcome
the lead that New Orleans has made
In getting congressional supporters.
Southern congressman ana senator's
are naturally lined up with New Or
leans. With her, too ar0 the congress-
men and senator's, Republicans anA
Democrats alike from the Misslssippl
valley region San Francisco 10 de-
pending upon the support 0f the cast.
Az play for this support. Governor
Gillett OF California. upon the requese
OF Representative Bennett u NeNt
York, forbade the holding of tho LEI.
fries-Johnson prize fight IN San Fran.
cisco.
New Orleans. which her boomers
have named the logical point" ha1
established Headquarters IN washing.
ton and all summer has becn actively
campaigning. San Francisco man
ayers have not been heaSd from. thus
far. but It II expected before congress
meets In December. headquarters viii
be opened here and = night for con-
lgressional recognition inaugurafed for
the Pacific coast city will prove hi1AIy|
Iexciting and interesting.
/ Expects TariM War.
i A tarin war with 0ermany u pcs-
sible. The state department II strfy.
ling hard, through diplomacy. 70 offset
such d possibility. but It Ii known thaf
President Taft is determined that The
German discrimination against tho
United States In the matter of pOtasn
must be waived or else there = 70 -
retaliation.
l The situation created ~ the New
German potash Law, effects the prico
Iof potash TO American buyers an4.
lconsumers, who heretofore have par
i chased to the amount Of about 6.000r.
i 900 yearly. Uunder the law. tho price
would be increased about - pr cent
lK the plans Of the German p0t16nl
Syndicate are realized. Heavy ~
|vances II prices have been made since|
1.-THE law became elective n Nay Avo
months ago.
Two million American farmsrS -
ldeepIy interested IN the question b.
icause they are heayy consumers q
potash for fertilizering purposes. Ger
many II the chief source Of supply Ce
this important farming article. ana