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, to San Francisco by use of the short
cut via the canal. This time and mile
saver cuts nearly 5000 miles off the
trip from Liverpool to the Golden
| Gate.
The Panama Railroad g. Steamship
| Lines, excellent hotels and harbor ter
minals with facilities for loading dis
charging and interchanging cargoes all
contribute to the well-being of the
| tranSientS.
| 1t is said that what is worth while
| is worth fighting and struggling for.
| The canal might well be a demonstra-
| ton Of this truiSm, for after 10 years
| of surrounding what the world deemed
| insurmountable it was completed for
world that forgot it in the upheaval
of war felt around the globe.
The Panama Canal has justified its
| builders faith, triumphing over the
discouragements of its construction
days and the confusion Of a conse-
| of the World War. 1t was built be-
| tween two wars and was the scene of
a peace-time battle against earth and
| disease. The aggressive campaign
was begun there after popular imagi-
| nation was stimulated to the apprecia-
| ton of the necessity of short cut
| when the Oregon was forced to make
15000-mile trip to join the fleet at
the time of the Spanish American War.
An Engineering Marvel.
Digging through mountains, fighting
slides of earth, combating disease which
attacked the men, building a system of
locks and subsidiary equipment that
| taxed the ingenuity Of engineers, after
400 years the dream of Columbus and
Balboa for westward passage to In
dia was realized. 1t was opened to the
world in 1914, just at the time when
nations became engrossed in the old
kind of warfare, killing. and, conse-
quently, did not receive the patronage
naturally in order
In spite of the dropping off of trade
during this period, the canal stands to-
day as paying proposition, which, in
the course of years, will become even
more profitable. Not only is it an asset
financially, but as an example of gov
eminent management and scientific
achievement it is a mark in the world
Including the military and naval
forces, Americans and all others. the
population of the Canal Zone is about
$500. For the inhabitants are pro-
vided school system equal to the best
in the United States, hospitals. munich
pal engineering, automatic telephones,
an agricultural experiment station and
all the other adjuncts of modern living.
Ten clubhouSes are maintained by the
Government for its employees. Travellers
also are invited to enjoy their privi-
legeS. AS combination community GEN.
tiers and places of amusement, cultural
and frivolous recreation are at the dis
posal of both residents and visitors
Engineers come from the four cor
ners of the earth to study the me-
chanicS of the great locks and their
equipment, and to learn the way that
earth was brought under Subjugation
to man. Economists and students of
government investigate 1.-The organiza-
ton of group of cities and villages
which after "a years are outstanding
examples of community life, public
health and the American standard of
living. Private companies engaged in
tropical lands. Latin Americans and
European nations with tropical pos
sessions profit by the experiments of
the Yankee engineers, medicS and
lawmakers.
1t is thought by those who have gone
into the matter carefully that the
Panama Canal and the Zone function
so efficiently because they are an in
dependent establishment under the
President, who is represented by the
Secretary of War. Their finances are
not subject to a fiscal limitation, money
received from business operations can
be used over and over as a revolving
| fund, and this marvel of engineering
| always has governor who Is an
| engineer.