New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-02-13

hemisphere. From the day the arms
tce was signed business began to picl
up and IL has continued 10 in
crease month by month until it is nox
In a o satisfactory condition,
More ships passed through the canal
durihg the month of December, 1919
'hah IN any preceding month. and new
records were established for net ton,
hage' Tolls and cargo. During that
month a total of PSI ocean-going ships
maze The transit with an aggregate
net displacement tonnage OF 9J7, 1O9
anu a total cargo of 953, 9O1 tons. The
commercial ships numbered 261. In.
oiuued IN the total boats that went
through during the month were 20
United States government ships. The
'otai tolls collected in December
amounted to 1891 1880, Of which
s~ffo''fl.oS was on traffic bound from
ene Atiantic to the Pacific and S442..
oo+'i2 on that bound from the Pacific
I" 'he Atlantic. On the basis of the
oecehlper business the annual income
IRON The canal would be approx.
mately S11, 100000.
Second Canal May Be Needed.
With the treaty of peace In force as
TO the governments of the world, with
the exception of the United States and
Germany, the traffic through the canal
Is now beginning to represent daily the
important nations of the world. The
nrst ocean-gOing German vessels to
pass through the canal under the Ger
man flag since the war began in 1914
were two tugs which made the transit
from the Atlantic to the Pacific on
January II. on their way from Ham
burg to Valparaiso. They were
manned by German crews but were
travelling under orders of the British
admiralty, and their mission was to
tow disabled ey-German vessels from
valparaiso to Liverpool for overhaul
There is every reason to believe
that the business of the canal will
20 increase at a rapid rate,
and so firmly is this belief estab-
lished that In government circles there
Is Il good deal of talk to the effect
1t Is only a question of time, and
probably of a limited pefiod of time,
until a second canal will have to be
built to take care of the traffic pass.
ing from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
by this shortened route. Some we'll
men whose duties pertain to
HE business of the canal express the
view that within ten years congress
VIII be called on to order the construc-
ton of II second canal.
Or course this may all be idle talk,
1t can be said with certainty that
The canal has proved n great success,
success even beyond the dreams of
me men who were most active in pro-
noting the enterprise, among them the
ate Theodore Roosevelt.
Congress Wants to Quit June I.
The leaders in congress are be.
ginning 10 talk OF an adjourn
by June /. so as to enable
ne senators and representatives to
attend the national political conven-
lions, but meantime good progress Is
being made with pending legisla-
Ion. Men who are influential on the
committees of the two branch
IS of the legislative body have passed
he word down the line that IL the
memberships of the two houses desire
IN adjournment as early as June /,
hey will have to get down to work
md g that necessary legislation is
disposed Of promptly. or course the
Tx months discussion Of the treaty
# pence with Germany in the senate
$ TO a large extent responsible for
he legislative congestion. Although
his congress came together the third
week in April last year, 1t was not
the first of January, this year,
hat the senate was in position to be-
lin giving serious consideration to
General legislation. Even ut that late
late deliberations were frequently in
errupted by outbreaks on the treaty.
The house of representatives nat
feels that "A good deal of its
york since last April has counted for
Ii has sent over to the SEN
te a long list of bills that have not
cen touched by the upper branch Of
he legislative body.
Worried About Railroad Bills.
just now the situation with respect
D railroad legislation is giving the
in the two houses a good deal
{ concern. In brief the situation with
to the legislation Is this: In
he message which he sent from Paris
l April last year President Wilson
aid to congress that unless it had In
ne meantime made provision for the
sturn of the railroads TO the com
anles he would turn them back on
anuary /, 1920. Congress or the
.rength of that warning began to give
attention to railroad Legislation,
ut 1t was late In the year before the
inject was well in hand. Toward tn,
I'd of the year, II will be recalled, the
resident, seeing that congress would
,t be ready with Legislation foI the
,gulation of the roads under private
anagement by January l, an
,unced through proclamation. that he
ould turn the roads back on March
1920. That decision afforded con-
'ess two additional months in which
complete its Legislation.
The senate passed what was known
the Cummins bill and the housC the
sch bill. Taking the position hat its
II offers constructive legislation
hile the house bill merely proposes
receive legislation, the senate is
sinclined TO yield on the main pro-
sion of its bill. and as long al this
tuation exists the legislation cannot