The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

It mas 1900 now, and We have other
towns which have greatly increased
But VIII not this population drop
when We stop or work on tne
canal" | asked.
4 think not" replied the president.
Colonel Goethals says the United
States may nave to keep soldiers here
to the Of 10000, and also that
It Will tlke $500 additional employees
to run the canal. These people Will
spend q great deal. Then we shall
have the tourist travel, which is al
ready coming by thousands. That
Will steadily increase. It will give
as a stream of travellers passing
through and dropping dollars into
Panama and Colon. Why, take your
own people, All Of you Americans
will certainly want to come to see
the canal. There are ninety millions
of you, and even at as low as a dol
lar apiece, that would give US 500
100000 to start with. If you should
spend $50 apiece the amour would
soon reach a billion"
Big Hotels to Be Built.
But can you accommodate the
crowd?"
Yes. We shall have big hotels
for he.tourists." said DIR. Arosemena,
and the tourist travel will bring in
a great deal. Paris gets q thousand
million francs every year out OF tour
lists, and Switzerland feeds fat upon
them. There is no reason why we
should not do likewise"
DC you not think that the Amerl-
cans will have cities Of their owl
here?"
VERY likely so. There will prob
) ably be a great business city at Bal
; boa, but that will be in the swamps
and while it will contain the ware
houses and great stores. it will hard
~ be fit for the hotels and n resi-
, dences. Panama will be the Brook
Ign, the residence quarter. and W.
!. shall have street cars which Will 6
back and forth in five minutes. Th'
: people Of Balboa will do their Dusi
> ness there and come to Panama TO
. the night"
5 Chance for Money Making.
. But has Panama nothing else Du
: hotels to offer to the world!
[ She has a great deal more sal
the president. 1.-The Panama repuD
lie is one Of the richest countries II
the tropics, and by modern sanltalol
the most Of it can be made one Q
l the most healthy. 1t is now open |
settlement, and we will DO what !"
Z can to encourage the es.aoil Ma =
l Of small farms and we ar
e Offering and in tracts Of fifty nee
y tares. or about 247 acres, at a ilttl
:. over 20 cents IN acre. and 2Oo nee
T. tares at a still less price per acr'
d AS the amount Of and goes up, IN
g price goes down, n we are dom
- everything we can to encourage de
IL yelopment. We have been bulloin
{. roads in many Of the provinces, an
- we now have in the neighborhood
500 miles Of roads and over sixty-on
"a new bridges
~ But tell me something about yol
- lands, MIR. President" said |. "Wht
~ can you raise on them?"
eve can raise all sorts of troplc
fruits. We nave good andsf for cone
!, and cacao. Coffee plantations are o.
to ing set out in some places, and CAGE
s. land is in demand in the count
about Bocas del Toro. There are IN
re mense banana estates there. II
ne United Fruit Company owns tho'
sands Of acres, n it ships mllllol
ag Of punches Of nan a year. II
most Of that fruit goes to the Unit
Ike States. We have also good sou I
lly rubber, and rubber plantations a
it being set out by Americans ana OF
ers. Some of the ex-employes or Il
ID. canal have rubber estates when q
he already in bearing.
A Stock Country.
In-~o nrnnC n1 II