Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-03-15
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GIANT DOCKS
TO Be Bull |
At PANAMA.
Elaborate Plans Evolved
to Make the Canal Aid
American Commerce
---Cost Estimated
al $4,000, 900.

49, Goethals have been making
S the dirt fly In the, ditch
with such speed, as to make
1t possible already to set
date for the opening, the government
has been quietly working out plans
concerning another phase Of the great
canal enterprise, plans by which, 1t is
expected, this country will be able to
reap the full commercial results Of
the opening Of the link between the
oceans and come Into possession of
that great trade empire In the south
ern hemisphere which up till now has
belonged largely to our foreign trade
rivals.
These plans, which have to do with
the docking and transfer facilities at
the two ends OF the canal, are in some
respects as important as those of the
actual canal prism. Without them,
In the opinion of shipping experts
whom President Taft has consulted,
the canal might stand as a t-emend-
GUS monument to the altruism, Of a
nation and not much else SO far as re-
CARDS any advantage this country
might secure over its European rivals
In the trade Of South America. One
OF the aims which the administration
now has in the development OF this
phase OF the enterprise Is to preclude
the possibility of the canal serving
only to tighten the grip which Europe
now has upon markets which should
be ours .As,itrwas expressed the other
day. byga shipping man. the question
now is: Shall the canal pay the, divi.
dends 1t ought to pay?"
s With Germany and Great Britain
equipped as they are with ocean car
riers and their trade tentacles already
fastened upon South America, the pos
sibility that the canal might see q
steady procession Of ships flying for
eign flag has not been lost sight Of
by those who planned the canal nor by
some Of the American shipping inter
ests naturally concerned in the mat
teri
Gigantic Docks Planned.
Because Of the Importance OF the
work which has to. do with the actual
digging Of the canal itself not much
public attention has been invited to
the plans which have been forming
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