The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14
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wins weekly thinks that a wireless
report Ike the following would be
more probable than many OF the dis
patches received daily.
J. B.-"Of course, [. s, you viii
stop I'll the free tolls chatter that is
gotng o. ID your country"
e. Why should | John?"
j. b. Because it is so nominated
IN the bond. Hath not the intent
and purpose Of the law full relation
10 the penaliy?. l crave the law"
L. g.-"My oversee ships will
pay the same tolls that all nations
v;ll pay On their ships. Is not that
enough"
]. B-"You have no oversee ships
tp speak Of. We have attended to
that. While we pay millions in sub
sides and bounties. We pay thous-
ands to some Of your great newspa-
pers. 10 point out to your gullible
people what a s. ame it would be to
pay subsidies to American ships to
make some rich ship owners money,
to make them still richer.
we have played that game sue
cegsfully for forty-fve years, but it
has cost us a great deal of money to
keep some of your strong newspa-
pers from telling the truth"
U. S.-"Has the canal cost you
anything
J. B.-"Not a penny"
U. S.-If it is never paid for, will
you be out dollar?''
]. B.-"Not one"
U. S.-Had | not built the canal
would you have built it,"
j. B.-"Not much. The risk |
would have held would have been
too great"
U. S.-"Then all your present in
terest has been obtained by bluff
ing?"
]. B.-"Please use less vulgar
word? Call it diplomacy"
U. S.-"What interest have you in
my coast shipping?"
j. B-"Directly, none. Indirect
| ly, a vast amount"
U. Sin what way?"
j. B.-I will cite one case which
you can understand. Did you notice
what your consul at Salinas Cruz
told your newspapers when ht
reached California on Tuesday last
That the business Of the Tehuantepet
railroad averaged 100000 ton, an
nually, that formerly it was nearl!
all from abroad but now it is more
than half from the United States
Well, with tolls on your coast shipp-
ing suppose one of my ships takes or
coal at ST. John or Halifax, runs
down to one of your posts and takes
on cargo for Tehuantepec, unloads
ships the cargo across the IFS miles
of road end loads it upon another
English steamer for San Francisco
The tolls paid by your ships and the
cost of coal which would be burned
in the 1000 miles extra, the dis
tance from Salinas Cruz to Panama
would be more than the transship-
ment over the railroad
OF course American ships could
not do that for the Tehuantepec rail
road is English and would of course
charge you, foreigner, more than
it would charge home ships for
blood is thicker than water"
U. S.-"Then your purpose is to
destroy my coast shipping as yol
have my oversea shipping?"
j. B.-"Do not speak SO bluntly
please. Have we not the word cI
your president, secretary of state
and many learned senators, represent
tatives and great newspapers, that
it is not matter of money but your
sacred honor is at stake?"
U. S.-"Have you any other be-
| hSN oiCht DSHtLlSS III ullHu, luTUuS II
which to fleece me.
]. Really your vocabulary is
more plain than polite. But in the
interest of trade l do not mind in
forming you that we are watching
with a good deal of interest your
proposed treaty with Columbia. If
that goes through we have an idea
that Columbia will be a great mar
itime power within a year. 1t is not
difficult. 1t is not difficult to lower
the cross of St. George from top
mast and run up the flag of Column
bia, If there is no special change of
ownership and it is necessary in the
interest of trade. Have you not no.
ticed the unstinted praise which our
English press has heaped upon you
for your enterprise in building the
canal? Do you want everything? ?"