Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-28
A Cruise to Panama
lBy J. L. c arney.l

March I, 1S12-Editor mes-Repub-
lican: We are now on the way to Colon
! and the canal. the really great object
| Of the trip. We arrive at Colon at Z
o'clock tomorrow morning. take spe-
cial train on the Panama railway at
8 o'clock. and 80 to Panama. sight see
ing all the way, as the canal Is plainly
| visible. stopping at interesting points,
and return to the steamer late in the
evening.
We had a most Interesting stay at
Kingston. the chief city and residence
OF the governor of the Island Of jam
aica. 1t is one of the British colonies,
| the Sraniards having been driven off IN
Cromwelrs time, in 1855, and thus dur
ing nearly 800 years this fertile island
has been controlled by Great Britain.
One can not help but contrast the is
land Of Porto Rico with its fourteen
years Of American rule, and Jamaica
with its three centuries Of British rule.
to the great advantage of the former
government. Jamaica is, so far as we
could Judge by a careful survey OF
Kingston and vicinity, including a
twenty mile trip 20 Castleton Gardens.
but little advanced in civilization. We
did not see in our almost two days
stay at Kingston one single school
building to compare with five or six
l now rem eniber in our ten hours stay
at San Juan. At the latter city they
have fine large buildings devoted to
the use and education and living OF
orphan children and two Of these are
outside the city. l found none in jam
aica. A government that still permits
open sewerage in tropical climate.
that permits its women to work at
constructing its roads as we saw
crowds of them doing. that takes from
the Inhabitants an enormous amount
in taxes, that permits the young 70
grow up in ignorance, and in such
climate as this with such fertile SOIL
to have so many begging pauperS SO
that ones recollection of drive is
long succession Of hands held out. Is
in my judgment rank failure. THESE
letters are not intended to be status
teal. Anyone interested IT trade, IN
manufactu or agriculture can get
such information from late and reliable
sources, but l am sure, from such in
formation as have obtained. that Por-
RI Rico has made remarkable advances
in all these lines since ti.e american
occupa ton. Our party made on the
INST DAY TRIP TO Sastle1ou SsAt uSAA9
partly by electric car. and partly oy
carriages. The way leads twenty miles
thru a beautifully diversified region by
a road that seems to have been con-
structed for scores OF years. There was
one draw back to the pleasure and that
was in the means of drawing forward.
I hope may be forgiven for infiicting
my weight upon the two punches OF
bones they called horses" which drew
our carriage. This was the universe!
complaint OF the tourists, that the ami
mails were so poor and scrawny that 1t
was cruelty to animals 10 ride up the
steep ascents Of the road. and many
walked in the hot sun. could Just I'M
aeine DR.. Rosa Liebig looking along
that line Of skeletons, and putting
some Of the drivers under arrest.
Kingston was shaken to pieces five
years age and practically destroyed ny
an earthquake. The city has been re-
bull. but few buildings rise above the
second story. They have large mar