The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-10
PANAMA CANAL WILL Be
GREAT WORLD
HELPER
TREMENDOUS ENGINEERING EN-.
TEDPRISE NEARING sue.
CESSFUL COMPLETION

/ Washington. Iunr 10 Special
The opening OF ;he Panama caial
will be 4 grand vorld-hclpcr, tho
glorious credit of which Will bclon,,
10 the l'aitcd States, said senate"
! .Iuhn .;i.arp Williams. nf Mississippi.
today in IA conversation about IL" BIZ
enterprise and TIE method of is opc-
, ration
1T has been 4 splendid engineer
ing feat. which will never be for
gotten, but the greatest of all things
in connection with its building is in
the contemplation that its import
ance reaches, like the beams of the
sun. far beyond the range OF the i'm
mediate local benefits which we as a
commercial nation may enjoy 1t will
draw the family of nations closer to-
gether, to a better understanding
Of each other. and consequently AMI
necessarily will stimulate interna-
tiOnal trade anew
while do not look for any mar
velOus returns on the investment at
any time in the near future, believ-
ing that the advantages will accrue
more In sentiment than substance,
yet the accomplished fact will every
where on the globe speed the plOw.
as did the discovery of America with
the imaginations Of all the old world
radiant with visions of vast treas
ures to bn found.
II think there should be no diff
Guilty in operating the canal. Ger
tainly IA people our proplc-whO
,an so perfectly and grandly solve
the problem of construction will not
Tail to work out In good time a sound
business plan of operation. We shall
have done Il great hing for ourselves
and the best part of the great thing
Is that We have done il for he
world
II am in favor of allowing our
coast wise ships free passage through
the canal. with reasonable toll
charge for other vessels. II may be
We have not been as vigilant as We
alebt probably have been in caring
for our coastwisc merchant marine
would be willing also to permit
the railways To operate steamships To
and through the canal. provided they
were subject as 10 rates TO the in
trrs,a,e commerce commission
"Thc tiinsconiincnta railroads
ought by now 10 have ceased 10 har-
bor apprchensions that the opera
ton Of the lsthmian canal will harm
item This con- inenI i, now So vel!
settled. and SO surely on the WAY 10
continued lillng MP with thrifty
Populations. that he laud carriers
need never lack for bIsinrss: certain
E " they will alwavs be transporters
%, pcrshablc freight The canal
will see the PASSAGE Of freight in bulk
for all the world
81 say again the completion anl
operat ion of the Panama canal VIII
4 br a treat world helper Why elNuld
/ any interest in this country frar for
+ lr future i'm thar conHrr'ion'
"Wrh the great canal completed,
and the problem Of operation fairly
+ soiil"d "a 10 all Interests -. can
. then 20 forward doing The hest We
can - perfect "a national system OF
river and harhor improvement and an
ever waichful maintenance of navi-
cation \ wis" and enlightened reg
ulation Of our Interstate and foreign
commerce. as We are advised i'm our
national constitution. a Scnsibl.. and
inflpxible care for The Interests o.
the public in the essential mater
os terminal facilities these are
agreeable things 10 contemplate and
hope for and have irridescent dreams
about in what III" future may yet
have in store for American engineer
ing genius. American commercial
i.rowess and American s-a'esman-
ship