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

! think il w should 1T the pearl
fisheries IL still for i While and Keep
4 closed season for ASKING that NO
might make that i profitable ia
dustry.y
Nov about the hidiea gold r
Panama Il Is said that you have
islands near your coasts where tho
treasures VI the lncas are buried and
also that there is gold under ola
Panama"
THAT IS the stuff that dreams arc
made Of replied the president.
Many have hunted for those treas
urers, and have never found them.
We have now made ! road - Did
Panama. and II is probable that some
thing may be discovered there"
Panama and american Trade.
Tell me something about your
trade with the United States"
We are buying more II you than
Of any other nation. and the trade
steadily increases. It might pay your
merchants to establish great ware
mouse here for the display Of Amer
lean goods. There viii IL i canttn-
uous stream of merchants passing
through the canal, and that house
could take orders fer both North and
south America. As it is now. our
foreign amounts to sfl.-
100000 per year. md Of that about
80 S't~ ~ tit < Iit~i states.
Next 10 you, our chief consumer is
Great Britain, and after tina come
germany. France and Italy. As 10
our exports, the most If them 90
to the United States. Indeed. you buy
nearly all that we sell"
Education and Sanitation.
Are you doing much in educa-
We are preparing the uay. We
1 nave est blIShnI ~, coI..t- .-
| nave 4 large number If students
. abroad TO be prepared for teachers
: we nave some girls studying for tina
rps N Belgium. and We haze ais,
: scholarships in Chile, which az
! ranged for during nv trip there las
! year. We have also built a natIona
, educatlonal institute here at 4 cos
! of abou $500, 1000"
: How about the health of tn,
, Do you think that the SAM
tation methods which we are usinl
mere at Panama could be extended L
h the whole countryo'
e Not as an entirety" said the presi
f dent. 1T would be too
a Nevertheless. you have done A grea
t deal for the cities Of Panama an,
e Colon Indeed the sanitary commits
e sion IS the most absolute ruler "
nave. Every n has to obey it an,
the men who come in on the ship
no matter whether they be president
OF other countries, american minis
terS or our own officials. are kept /.
g quarantine for three days if the
come from any port that is even Sus
pected Of fever or contagious dlseas.
# We did not like the sanitation meth
It DDS at first. and many Of the peopl
objected TO having their houses IN
9 spected. That has all passed ava
t, now and We are congratuIating our
Il selves on our new streets with goo
/ water and freedom from disease"
t Panama Will Stay independent.
le What are to be the future rela
tons of anarn and the Unite
n StateS2"
Il hope they will always renal
!" two sister republics
-e is there any chance that Panam
ID will be annexed to the Unite
/ States"
to u 10 not see any possibility Of tn
ID at present" said Or. AroseTnena. ~
u are glad to hay you as our gre;
and good friend. and We want
work along with you as far as We ca
believe that u people would pr
< fer to be independent"
At this point | rose To 90. but II
at president asked ne 10 wait a raomeI
p and have some refreshments
n moment later a servant brought in
$ tray Of champagne and We drank
the health Of our respective countrI
?" as we said goodbye.
al The Next President of Panama.
en- AS TO who the next president
OF Panama will be. his is not sure. TT
en- election will take place about 1 wee
NJ after this letter is published Sur
1t elections are held upon sunday. II
this one is set for the second Sunis
1r. in July. There are two candidate
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