The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-03-25
CANAL TOLLS PROBLEM
IS ABLY EXPLAINED
JUDGE j. II. FORNEY DELIVERED AN INTER-
ESTING ADDRESS AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
RELATIVE TO THE TREATIES
throws Light on Subject That is Now Agitating
Congress and Which Will be Tested in Bitter
Struggle Tomorrow

At the commercial club on yester
day, President Lewis stated that h,
had taken it upon himself to vary the
exercises to some extent and intro
duced Judge ]. H. Forney, for some
remarks on the canal tolls proposi.
ton
The judge stated that the matter
was of considerable Importance, and
was receiving marked attention by the
various commercial clubs throughout
the United States. That bill was
pending before congress at this time
to repeal the toll exemption on the
coast-wise vessels of the United States.
During last fall the bill was passed
by congress, regulating the manage
ment of the Panama canal, and among
other things provided that tolls shall
be levied upon all traffic passing
through the canal, sufficient to defray
all operating expenses and all con-
tingent expenses incident thereto,
that would fully reimburse the United
States, and in addition thereto a tax
of one per cent upon all traffic,
which was estimated in fifty years
to reimburse fully the United States
for the four hundred million expend-
iture in constructing the canal. There
was also included in this bill, the
provisions as follows:
mo tolls shall be levied upon
vessels engaged in the coast-wise
trade of the United Statcs."
President Taft held to the position |
that the United States was justified |
in declaring for he exemption. He is |
supported by Mr.. Underwood, the |
leader of thc house, and
also Mr.. O'Gorman, prominent dem
lcrat of the senate. President Will
5on, wLo asks for the repeal of the
clause, is supported by Senator Root
Ind Senator Lodge, both of whom are
and are among the ablest
members of the senate There is no
politics in the matter.
Owe Much to England.
I'VE owe much to England in re-
,ard to the Monroe Doctrine and the
anal proposition, said Judge Forney.
AT the time of it's promulgation she
lad troubles of her own. Austria,
russia and Prussia constituted the
holy Alliance and agreed that they
would colonize Mexico and set up a
ation subservicnt to their own. At
his time, in 1923, the English Prem
er suggested to President James Mon
oe that he announce to the worlu
hat the western continent thereafter
would not be subject to colonization
y any European power, and that any J
uch attempt would he regarded as t
II unfriendly act. l
"In the year 1850, the United States [
nd England were in control of the '
'orth American continent. The Uni
I'd States had just :.rTived at man
ood and about that time, completed
ur northeastern boundary, and soon
hereafter, owing to the acquisition of
became vitally interested
canal across the icthmuC. Great
ritain at that time, wGs completely
ltrenched in TIC Caribbean Sea, both
the eastern and western side of
e Isthmus of Panama, and tie Clay 81
n-Bulwer treaty, entered into be-
,een Great Britain and the United ="
ates, in 1850, was sought for, not 1t
England, but by the United States, 1t
ID the treaty wcs made by Great u
'itain and as a concession to The de- IL
ands of the United States, and that re
eaty among other things provided; y
Tt
"'The government of Great G,
Britain and United States hereby
declare that neither the one nor
The other will obtain or maintain
'or itself any exclusive control, M
over the said canal on
AT this time the United States ~
We up nothing that it then had. ~
wever, it was looking to the future -
i Great Britain gave up its rights SN
sr the Mosquito Coast and eastern -
minus of the canal, and the posi- 20
n of the United States and Great '','
tain became a position of abso- wy
e equality.
As to Other Canals. err
Soon after this, in 1871, the Treaty the
Washington, under which the Ala 9th
IA claims were arbitrated, there of
provision made, by which the pas
land canal of Canada. and the st. clu
Ire canal on the Great Lakes In -