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The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
PANAMA AND sUEz CANALS.
Conpsfison of Cost of Construction
and Maintenauce and Income.

Compafison of Cost of Construction
and Maintenance, and Income.
The suez Canal is owned by a stock
company, with shares Of stock numbering
1924
Since 1876 the British government has
been the owner of SOC OF these shares,
for which Il paid SIS. s.55.320.
| Through its holding OF these shares the
British government exercises a control
ling interest In the Suez Canal.
The canal cost about sl27.O00,OOO, Is 100
miles long, about twenty-eight feet deep.
and II takes seventeen hours for vessels
to pass through 1t.
During the year 1910 the Suez Canal
was traversed by 4,5s3 vessels. with a
total net tonnage of 1851. SOS, and the
toll Charges were $50 per net ton for
vessels with cargo. s. cents per net ton
for vessels in ballast. and s1.S3 for each
passenger twelve years Of age.
The total receipts OF the canal COM
pany for the year amounted to So. .l6s. 400:
the costs Of maintenance and operation
TO 50. .S57. .402: payments for fixed charges
and in retiring capital obligations aggre-
gated s6.U12, COZ.
The company's net profits were SIS. SOs. =
4l9. permitting the payment of a dividend
OF 81 per cent on the canal cOmpany's s
shares.
The outstanding capital obligations
amounted to So, 2,isi,54 at the close OF the
year 1910
The Panama Canal is owned by the peo-
pie of the United States.
II Is estimated that IL will cost. when
completed, approximately $375. 10000.
II will be ffty-four miles long, forty
one feet deep and vessels will be able to
go through II, from ocean to ocean, in
fxHyal IT,
United States government has issued
bonds to the vsiu, of SAG $50. bearing
interest at the rate of per cent and
So. .O00. 900 in bonds bearing interest at the
rate of per cent.
The expenditures on account OF the
canal In excess of the money received
from the cash in the United States Treas
ury.
A traffic expert report made to Presi-
dent Taft estimated that during the year
1915 100000 net tons would pass through
the Panama Canal. of which amount the
coastwise trade Of the United States.
now free from tolls under existing Law.
was estimated at l.1eD,e 600 tons.
The rate of tolls as established by
President TAFT is to be $50 per net ton.
this being 10 cents per ton less than the
Suez rate collected in the British con-
trolled canal.
Our coastwise trade being free. the
tolls to be collected from the other ton
nages. as per this estimate, would amount
TO about lI,9oOOOO
The costs OF maintenance and opera
tion II was thought would not be more
than that at the Suez. say $1,000 0O0, which
would leave more than s7.OO0Oo0. or about
. per cent upon the entire investment Of
our people
No one that has studied the trade sta
tistics Of the world but appreciates that
as the years succeed each other the ton
nages passing through the Panama Canal
will show large annual increases, and eN-
perts believe that by 1870 the net in
come from the canal will be sufficient to
enable the payment of instalments upon
the original sum invested in the construc-
tion of this great enterprise.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

than their rivals in the House The latter were
brought face to face with unpleasant suddenness
against most important proposition and they had to
cast their votes before they had opportunity to
learn public sentiment throughout the country The
time which is now being occupied by the Senate
committee in public hearings is giving Senators
chance to learn the popular side of the controversy,
which is matter of some importance when Sena-
toral' elections depend upon the action of State
legislatures, but upon the majority of the votes which
the people cast =.
The Democratic candidates for the Senate express
the hope that before fall the financial condition
of the government will improve. There is not much
encouragement in the figures of imports and exports
for last February which have just been made public
The customs receipts for that month only
$I7oooooo, 100000 less than for the same
month last year. The exports of American products
during February, 1914 were $eooooooo less than in
February a year ago. the decrease in manufactured
articles alone being SIooooooo On the other hand,
the increase in the value of foreign goods which
in free of duty SI2oooooo. The disbursements of
the government during March nearly 100000
in of the receipts These conditions, If they
continue, will result in deficit of fully $5ooooooo
by the Ist of July unless large amount comes into
the treasury through the operation of the income tax
law, which Democrats hope will be the but which
is largely problematical In the meantime, if ex-
ports decrease and the importation of foreign COM
petitive articles increases. business conditions may
result which will have vital effect upon Senatorial
and Congressional campaigns.
The fact is. however, that the entrance of many
Democratic members OF the House into the approach
ing Senatorial is due the belief that the
chasm in the Republican party will not be closed by
next fall, and that Democratic nomination,
in Republican State. will be equivalent to cleo
ton by a plurality vote. Under Ordinary circun-
stances there would be little no inducement for
Democrats to seek Senatorial honors in Pennsyl-
vania. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas Connecticut, or New
Hampshire. and yet in each OF these States a Demo-
cratic Representative is striving the nomi
nation 1t be admitted that political condi-
tions at the present time justify the efforts which
they are putting forth
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
The Navy and the Navy League.

1t is with sorrow that note that the president
of the Navy League, after listening the explana-
ton OF Secretary Daniels regarding his recent high
handed proceeding in aboshing the wine mess in the
United States navy, declared that Mr.. Daniels ex-
PLANTATION entirely satisfactory and that the Navy
League would be with him to the limit"
We should like TO inquire how this speaker knew
that he represented the Navy League, and we should
like to inquire what the Navy League thinks about it.
If the Navy League thinks that Secretary Daniels
explanation to why he had insulted the officers OF
the United States navy by resorting to this high
handed proceeding is satisfactory we should like to
know what the Navy League expects the officers OF
the navy think of it. For part we very much
doubt whether Col. Thompson voices the sentiments
of the Navy League in this matter at all-New York
Herald
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
PRESS ON MADMAHs SHOT.


New York Tribune-It Is idle tc
speculate about what maggot sent the
killing impulse through this diseased
mind Unfortunately those In authority
/ are at the mercy of the fanatic, ths
criminal. or the maniac fired to violence
by some warped sense Of personal injury
or feeling Of avenging the underdos
against an imagined oppressor. II is a
tribute to the innate good sense OF the
American people that this tragedy oc-
ours SO infrequently: II Is lamentable that
| II should ever occur.
New York worid-Everywhere the
doctrine is taught that government is d.
rectly responsible for every mans wealth
and every mans poverty. Everywhere
the doctrine Is taught that whether a
man is an honest, decent citizen or a
Ioafer and a criminal depends not upon
himself but upon society. Everywhere
the doctrine Is taught that IL woman
earns 80 or SO a week she ought to be
chaste. but IL she earns only 81 or - a
week prostitution Is a legitimate avoca-
ton. What wonder that thousands Of
cranks. fanatics. and lunatics, their
wretched brains added by all this dem
agogic nonsense. should come to believe
that they have a mission to regenerate
human society! What wonder that more
and more of them seek to carry to a
coffin their fancied quarrel against gov
ernment and its administrators!
New York sun-shocking as IT is,
there is one element Of consolation in yes
terday's incident. We have no deliberate
malignity to shame the city. No prompt
ings Of anarchistic doctrine. no partisan
rnf fad
the assassin. The wretched old man
Mahoney seems to be simply an enfeeDicd
dotard. irresponsible for his acts. proba-
bly, incapable of any sort of judgment as
to their nature. Mere insane impulse led
him to his lamentable act
That such man should be able to
threaten life and infiict wanton injury Is
deplorable in the last degree. His deed
throws up in strong light the perils that
public men incur when they devote them
selves TO the public service But the fact
is far less dismaying. far less terrifying,
than IL the red spirit of revolt against law
and government had been the inspiration
of the crime.
New York HersId-He Is one of
thousands who are at large in the crty
today The laws are too lax regarding
these persons of diseased minds, who at
any time may transfer themselves into
hOmicidal lunatics.
And the laws are also too lax regarding
freedom Of speech which is likely to upset
the remaining reason of these harmless
cranks'' and transfer them into murder
Gus beings.
New York Observation-Disclosures of
the would-be assassin is uncalled for.
That he should have been at large. in his
insane mood, is probably an accident for
which nobody is fairly to be blamed, but
that he should have been armed for muir
der is disgraceful. The attack on Mayor
Gaynor, in the first year of his tenn.
was a warning which has not yet been
needed.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
THE OPEN FORUM.
Insists Rules Bar Government En-.
ployes from Suffrage Parade.

! To the Editor: Miss Fonda de Bates''
is much mistaken when she accuses me
OF "sidestepping.' That Is something I
am not given to. I believe in a woman
In the truest sense of the word and
doing womanly things, and in womanIy
way. To my way Of thinking, marching
through the streets in a parade is any
thing but womanly. / deplore heart and
soul many of the steps my friends, the
enemy" are taking. I would prevent IL
possible all women doing things that in
later times they would feel ashamed of
or regret
The Civil Service rules read to me in
very plain English as forbidding EN-
ployes to march in a political parade
Last year when permission was given
them to march, II was a pageant, an ad-
vertisement only. Then they marched
under the banner Of the National Suf-
frage Association" which was and still
Claims to be, non-partisan. This year they
propose to march under the "Cengres-
sional Union" the split from the Ma
tional. which Is a partisan body, and
which says, II the Democratic party re-
fuses to give them the franchise they.
the women. will annihilate that party.
Whether they will be able to make good
their threat remains to be seen. Would
II be thought the right thing IL a num-
the Civil Service rules throughout the
country should imagine they were not
justly treated by the party in power"
and should organize and come to Wash
ington and have a parade and march
from the White House to the Capitol. to
demand OF the Democratic party a Con-
stitutional amendment
No. we antis do not take a "dog-in-
the-manger" attitude II the duty of
voting should be forced upon U.S. we will
take up the burden and vote simply be-
cause 1t is duty that all should obey to
whom that duty has been given by the
State. II is a civic duty of the highest
Importance for men to obey who are
voters; so IL would become. should that
burden be put upon the women who have
so many of their own to carry. So i'm
portant was il considered in the early
history Of our country that all who had
the franchise should vote. that the fol-
lowing was in the Constitution of Georgia
passed in III: Every person absenting
himself from an election, and shall neg.
lect TO give IN his ballot at such election,
shall be subject to a penalty not ex-
Ceeding pOurds Provided. never
theless, that a reasonable excuse shall
be admitted" II is a great pity that
today the vote is not looked upon az
a trust as it was in those days: that
the women Of this country have not
taught their sons to so consider it, When
the women do that they will do their full
share of the voting of the country
MARY BRINGHURST SMITH.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Former Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte ap-
'eared before the Senate Interoceanc Canals Com
ittee yesterday ostensiby argue against repeal of
oils exemption He said:
The United States is the owner and operator of
he Panama Canal Every dollar paid in for tolls
IoeS for all practical purposes, into its treasury.
Every dollar paid out for maintenance and super
rision comes, for all practical purposes, out of its
Teasury When therefore, it says thata certain class
,f American vessels may use the canal free of tolls,
virtually gives out of its treasury bounty for the
owners of such vessels equal the charges remtted
for tolls To avoid confusing the issue before our
people and the world l. personally think it would
been wiser to collect the tolls and refund their
mounts but this is matter of form only equivalent
o putting the money into pocket and taking it
put of the other. The whole substance of the trans
,ction is bounty paid out of public funds by the
United States to the owners of a certain class of
American vessels using the canal
We don't know any repeal advocate who could
laye expressed If better The Democratic platform
expressly forbids subsidies and bounty but if the
American people are to pay them, why compel them
70 do It by subterfuge? Why not call them by their
right names
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
who Are "An Natiors,''

We are not arguing as 10 the merits OF
the treaty. We regard il as a disagree
able treaty. but possibly as agreeable 4
one as could have been framed under tLe
antecedent conditions-conditions that
were controlling if a treaty were to be
made at all. our entire point is that the
treaty is as it is: and we fail To see how
Senator Lodge came to say that tine
words all nations do not seem to him
necessarily TO include the United
States.-Hartford COurant Rep.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
ARMY ORDERS.

The resignation by Chaplain Henry l. Durari.
Seventeenth Infantry. Of his cOmmssiOn OH
Of the army has been accepted by the President
to take effect April L. 1914
Second Lieut.. Paul u. Carlisle Fifth Cavalry.
will report 10 the commanding officer. Fort Myr-,
Va. for duty with 4 tTuuP until further orders.
Cart David {. SeagTsye. Ordnance Department
will prOc'ed 10 the Walter Reed General HOsrital
u. G. and report 10 the commanding officer fIr
observation ard treatment.
By direction Of the President. Col. Mcrwin Mans
Medical CurIls is detailed a member of the army
retiring board aTTrintCd meet at GuNrrnHrs
Island. y. Y. by paragraph II. special orders. No.
s.. April Is. 1914. War Department. vicr Mai Louis
T Hes Medical Cons. hereby relieved
The resignation q Capt Patrick M0yan. Philip
pine Scun:s is accepted by the President. u take
effect July H. 1914.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
"Hish Cost" In the Diner.

Again the cost of living takes a jump.
The Pennsylvania Railroad cuts of the
supply of free bread and the man who
is rash enough TO invade one of its
dining cars will hereafter leave il 10
cents poorer. No doubt the railroads
are put to extreme measures to make
ends meet; but the question naturally
arises whether the only effect Of the
present move will not he to popularize
the lunch basket.-Sew York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
The Hook Worm,

A Georgia cracker" tells this story on
his own people: He says a Northern man
who had settled in Georgia was visited by
friend. who asked him how he liked the
place and the people.
"Oh. all right" replied the man.
Now, tell me-" asked the friend, what
is a Georgia cracker?' How can you
tell him from another person."
Well" replied the Northern settler.
''you see out in that field a black object? 90
Yes" said the friend.
Now" said the man, that may be
either Georgia cracker or a stump.
Watch II for half an hour and If It moves,
why, it's a stump. Ladies' Home Jour-
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Comparing the Progressive and Republican parties
Charles Sumner Bird Progressive candidate for
governor of Massachusetts, said the Indiana Bull
Moose convention: an one row Barnes, Pen
rose, Smoot, Guggenheim and their kind. In the
Dther are Roosevelt, Johnson Stubbs Lindsay Bev-
fridge and men of their type 1t is impossible to
bring these together upon platform" Which
Of the two rows would do the most baking?
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
To His "FooIish Hide"

A surgeon in Marietta, Ohio. cut eighty
four square inches Of skin from his body
and grated 1t where II would do the
most good for his wife. who had been
burned in a bonfire. He is now sued
for divorce and charged with cruelty.
How tame in comparison with his was
the experience of Kipling's hero. the
fool who was stripped to his foolish
hide by the vampire.-Louisville Courier
Journal
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Signs of Wealth.

CrawfOrd-"Is he really so rich?" Crab
shaw-'.There's no doubt of it. When he
sued his wife for divorce the papers in
the case were withheld from public scru-
tiny. and when there was a suicide in the
family the coroners office decided it was
an accident
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Getting Back at AN VI. ID.

A pompous physician who was inclined
to criticise others was watching a stone
mason build a fence for his neighbor He
thought the mason used too much NOR
tar.
Jim he said. mortar covers up a
good many mistakes. doesn't it,
Yes. doctor" calmly replied the mason,
"and so does the spade. e.''-Harper's Maga-
zine.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Seemed Like Home.

Little Lester, travelling on the Con-
tinent with his mother. grew tired Of
hearing nothing but French and Ger
man. etc, spoken. One morning. hear
ing n ROSTERS cock-a- -doOdle-dO. he eN-
claimed: Thank goodness. There's some
thing that speaks English. anyway
Tit-Bits.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Because the members of the fife corps OF Coxeys
army exchanged their flies for beer got drunk. and
we're locked up Coxey ordered his followers to "cut
put the booze" or quit the army. This is the most
effective step yet taken toward breaking up the threat
sped invasion of Washington by the hoboes
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
A Switch-oT.

Il think the baby has your hair,
ma am" said the new nurse girl, look
ing pleasantly at her mistress.
''Graciousi" exclaimed the lady. gIanc-
ing up from her novel. Run into the
nursery and take 1t away from her. She
will ruin it"-Stray Stories.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.

written Expressly for The Herald.l
By JOHN kENDRICK BANGS.
THE BORROWER.
Copyright l9iIl
Who eases off a present grief
BY mortgaginG Tomorrow's gain
But purchases a vain relief
For later heavy dues in pain.
He's but put OF the settlement
In trouble that he yet must pay
BY adding to the increment
OF woe upon another day.
He's turned and fed. from of the fels
And taken refuge in the night,
And to the enemy revealed
His weakness in a craven flight.
Hence | surmise he wisest Is
Who grapples bravely with his sorroy
And clouds with no dark MORTGAGES
The joyous clearing Of Tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Gratitude.

Il saw your friend Brown Yesterday" "
Browns no friend OF mine" What's
that? Why, he told me you borrowed
money from him. Yes and what did 1
do with it? Spent it in folly. l tell You,
Browns no friend OF mine.''-Clevcland
Plain Dealer
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

AT hearing on suburban railway fares yesterday
attorney sought to ascertain how mahy middle
the current for running the passed through
between the electric company and the railway COM
pany; and the high cost opponents saddened
to learn that every one of them escaped.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

A speaker told the Washington Fedora
hon of Woman Clubs that "frowsy tresses and add1e-
pates go hand in hand, while concise, well balanced
thought comes only when the hair is neatly combed,
Almost everything can be bought in the shops now
Rdays
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Morning Smiles.
The Wrong Candidate.

Jinks-'I see that 'Bathhousc John beat
his female opponent in the Chicago elec-
ton" Bilkins-'Yes, the women made
a mistake. They should have nominated
'Washtub Jane against him. -Birming-
ham AGe-Herald.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

President Wilson has directed that the civil serv-
ice rules be waived in the of three appointments.
If this keeps up there will be danger of the forma-
ton Of civil service legion of honor something of
the sort.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Ii is claimed that poets are born not made; but
that Is putting lot of responsibility the
Almighty.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

II must surprise those Tennesseeans when they
read in outside newspapers that their State has a
prohibition law.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

When man accumulates pile of dough his fam
y begin think they belong to the upper crust of
tociety
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Another yellow peril A Chinese baseball team
from Hawaii has been licking all the white teams on
he Pacific Coast
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Huerta should have studied the story of the man
who allowed both checks to be smitten.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

A Western court has ruled that the baseball con-
tracts are Illegal The rule ought to apply to
Iome of the games
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Gen Mas, the Mexican leader, probably will 500
be having mass said for him.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

How would it do to offer Mexico free tolls as al
ndackment to be good?
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

WHO would have thought the time would ever
come when a governor of Oklahoma would undertake
% put a stop TO horse Tacing?
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Tariff and Canal Tolls.

The tariff and the canal tolls, by the way will g
largely in all the Senatorial contests As to the
tolls it may be said that the Senators seeking re-
election are in little more advantageous position
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

The country will never understand why the evi
dence that proved those four gunner guilty can be
made TO Prove that Becker is innocent
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

And yet lot of our people rather back
ward about salnting the fagl
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

The Baltimore platform is as full of holes as tn
streets of that city. 80 .
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Perhaps the next treaty this country enters into
will be so plain and explicit that there be mis-
understanding as to its meaning.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Tie cost of living might not be so high if tn,
ueighbors did not borrow so much
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Many man in this country has been picturins
himself leading regiment into Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

As we understand the decision of that New Hamp-
shire court, it simply means that Harry Thaw will
have to pay his lawyers some more fees.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

If John Lind did not speak he wrote report That
Is plain
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-07-08
July rs Rat Killing
Day in Charleston

iarIeston, W. Va, July g.
Declaring there are as many rats
as people in Charleston, and that
they do damage approximating
$125, 900 every year, Mayor ]. F.
BedelI today set aside July Is as
rat determination day." He
called attention to the presence of
bubonic plague in New Orleans,
and declared that while there was
no imminent prospect of an cpl.
-demic in Charleston, there was
possibility of the disease reaching
here through rats on the river
boats. Many rat-hunting parties
are being organized throughout
the city.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-07-08
House Hears First
Address by Woman
favOring Suffrage

Atlanta, July 6.-Mrs. Frances
Whiteside, one of the well-known
sutfragist workers of the State,
addressed the House of Repre-
sentatives on the question of wo-
man suffrage at the close Of the
days session.
More than two thirds of the
members remained to hear her
speech, in which she presented
facts and figures tending to prove
that suffrage has proved practica-
BILE in other States of the Union.
1t was the first time a woman
has ever addressed the House on
the question of suffrage.