Arizona republican., 1913-04-18
The Worlds Greatest Work

It is more difficult to conceive the bene- fits that will follow the opening of the Panama canal than it is to grasp the magnitude of that great work The primary object of the building of the canal was the shortening of distance All other objects consequential They will be nat uraly and inevitably attained
 a prepared table giving the length of the lines of sea travel between the principal maritime cities world, via either Magellan the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the present distance from Francisco New York, via Magellan, 135 miles, will be reduced to 6OSO miles, between san Francisco and Liverpool, 5.666 miles will be saved. Between any points in the same longi- tudinal hemisphere in which the canal lies Owe do not the hemspheres described in geogra- phies), there will be a saving of distance From table, which includes only the worlds principal ports, it is shown that there will be aggregate saving of 225,OOO miles, more than eight times the circuit of the earth What annhilatiOn of dis tances is going in the canal zone! What stimulant being administered to commerce.
 Between the antpodean cities of Wellington and Melbourne and their natural, and, may say, their home market, Liverpool there will be short ening of the by 300 miles. They will be 2,5OO miles New York than Liverpool The great saving, course, will be between our own Att lantic and Pacific ports, but also how the tide westward traffic the antipodes will
 
 Europe There is and there be other such d gateway the world
 is definitely settled that the cost of the canal will not exceed s375 900 OOO We easily see that this sum, appalling it is small in comparison with the cost of steam now wasted and the time lost by the ships of the world in travelling those 225,OO0 useless miles which being wiped off the map.
 This country, of course, will be the chief bene- fcary of the canal It is difficult to say what sec ton of the country will profit the most, but we believe that the earliest and most startling effect be the Pacific The tide of world travel and traffic has long set more strongly in this direction. The removal of the barrier at Pan- anna will give it greater freedom and volume so that it will pour over the western shores. filling our fertile valleys wealth producing popula- ton and our cities with humming industry. The varied opportunities which Arizona holds out will be seized by eager hands. The transcontinental railway lines will be stirred by competition which will give us better and a cheaper service, and the growth of traffic will bring a development of other lines and branches The new state will be- transformed commonwealth
 We believe that since the world began, by no other single Work has such widespread blessing been bestowed upon mankind United States will confer with the opening of the canal Its ward will consist only of the advantages it will enjoy. There will be psychological effect in the presence the great completed task: We will be inspired with confidence and strength dertake others. We will keep the stride We will undertake the development of resources a scale of which have hitherto only dreamed. We will develop our inland waterways, control our rivers and make them useful servants. We will en gage in a great. nation wide. harmonious work of conservation.