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velop between these latter countries
n those of the Pacific.
VIII Double Their Trade.
Il may, by way OF pa~renthesis, call
attention TO the fact that already the
countries on the gulf ana Caribbean,
although in a pocket have managed
to build up q foreign trade that
amounts 10 $500. OOO,O 600 per annum. If
they could accomplish IS much as this
without the help of a canal. what may
they not do when n"ter-Oceanic COM
municatiOn been Opened2 I have
no that this trade viii be lou
bled in 10 years. and il may be in five.
Now we come TO the consideration
OF the countries beyond the canal n
forming the second group OF Latin
reaches all the way. in a general
s~outheasterly direction. from the
California-MeXico boundary to the
Straits Of Magellan. This coast line
is 5000 miles in length. II we glance
down along IL, beginning at the north.
we find the shores. first. Of Mexico;
then OF the Central American repub-
lies. Guatemala. Salvador. Honduras.
Nicaragua. and Costa Rica; n next
OF the little republic OF Panama, on
Meeting Central with South America
the west coast OF the lower continent
being occupied by Colombia Ecuador,
Peru and Chile, with Bolivia also trib-
utary to IT,
The cutting Of the canal viii af-
ford the first means Of direct commu-
nication between 5000 miles OF Latin
American coast line and the Atl1ntl
coast Of the United States IL viii
give the jewellers all along that Won
derful stretch OF Pacific shore their
first opportunity Of direct access 10
European countries and to the repub-
lies bordering the Caribbean sea and
Gulf Of Mexico. Thing what this means
for the political and commercial cevel-
opment Of the Pacific coast Of u
America
The reach from san Diego. Calf,
southeast TO Panama is practically SuuU
miles The Opel.lnE Of the canal VIII
give this stre-ch OF Mexican and Cen
trail American coast its frst tifscL
access by water to the IA CT
Mexico and tie Central American re
enthusiastically a most important
and one which they VIII find means
utilizing prodtably in many ways
Is Tremendously Potential.
This coast line Of South Anne lea
is tremendously potential, in It's reia-
tiOu to the future OF the Western Hem
isphere, and we cannot but
that IL has vast uudevelOped posslol-
tiles. Upon the countries which Dor
der il the canal must inevitably nave
the same effect that the building OF
the uans-cOntlnental railways na4
upon the Pacific coast Of the United
$4,000 +aH@ 49, Aa .AL@z
travellers. business men, investors, ana
a great army of men and women VINO
created, through the development OF
California. oregon and washington,
one Of the most remarkable phases OF
the progress Of our own republic
LAS a result OF the opening OF the
Panama canal. we may expect 10 VIII
ness, in the 10 Latin-American couh-
tries bordering the Pacific ocean, q
development not less remarkable tnan
that which. in California and other LaI
western states. followed the compie-
ton Of the trans-cOuUinental railroa1S
II is difficult for us TO grasp even
in imagination the immense mpoI-
lance to those countries Of the adNaH-
tage gained by direct access 70 ~
buying and selling markets OF 1Ne
United States and Europe
Progress Before the Canal.
The best evidence Of the posslDlLL-
ties OF the west coast Of south AHe-
lea. following the opening OF the canAl'
is afforded by the remarEahle commtL-
cial u material progress which mueA