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MAKE THE CANAL PAY.
If the recommendations contained in
the annual report of the Isthmian canal
commission are carried out, the United
States will become the world's maritime
merchant in order to make the Panama
canal pay for itself. Forecasting the
early completion and opening of the
canal, the commission recommends
legislation governing canal tolls, organization
for the operation of the canal
and for government of the Canal Zone.
Expedition was urgently demanded in
order to advise the commercial world
of the use it may make of the great
waterway, or the cost of sending ships
HPAiicrK If nnrl Lifli ?t. A -?111 1
iu.vu6u Ifc, aim j UOk nucu 11 will l)k
opened. The commission wished to give
at least 18 months' notice of the rates
to permit the world's maritime interests
time to readjust their routes and to
build ships and organize new transportation
companies. It was also deemed
desirable to put the canal to use as
early as possible, and only to obtain
financial returns on the enormous
capital invested, but to make possible
the passage of the world's fleets without
delay. The report showed that the
engineers' board has already found that
all the concrete in the great Gatun locks
will be laid by June 1, 1912, and five
months later the locks on the Pacific
side will be finished, except the gates,
which will be ready June 1, 1913. Meantime
by April 1, next, the giant spillway
at Gatun would be at the 50-foot elevation
and the entire dam there would be
completed by the following winter. The
excavation through the Culebra cut, the
greatest earth digging enterprise the
world has ever seen, will be completed
July 1", 1913, if the Blides are not in
excess of the estimates. In that case
the exterior channel will be sufficiently
advanced to pass the shipping that would
use the canal.
THE PRESIDENT ADVISES THE
LADIES.
On the eve of his return eastward
Mr. Taft ventured to give some fatherly
advice to the California ladles concerning
the duties of their recent promotion
to be sovereigns of the commonwealth.
"It won't do," he declared, "for you
to say, 'O well, we will not go down to
thoee awful polls, where those awful
persons stand around.' You have got to
become part of those awful people and
make those awful persons better. You
are trying an experiment Go aher.d
with It. You have energy and enter
yi ioci auu il j uu uianc a uiitsianc yuu
can retrace your steps. Meanwhile we
of the slow and more conservative East
will watch the things you are going to
try and follow you and avoid the pitfalls
that you may encounter." At
Riverside a crowd of high school girls,
all attired In white, pelted the President
with roses until the entire rear platform
of the train was covered to a
depth of several Inches.
UNDERWOOD'S WOOL OA THE RINGS.
The people of the United States pay
a subsidy to the wool Industry of at
least $104,400,000 a year, according to
calculations of Oscar W. Underwood of
aihuuiiih, ciifLirman or me ways ann
means committee of the House of Representatives.
He declared that, "An
Illustration of the extent of the hurden
ig afforded by a study of a typical article
of comparatively cheap cloth, such as
enters the ordinary men's suits worn
bv the great masses of the people." The
compensatory duty is 44 cents per
pound, or IS cents per yard, the ad
valorem duty SO per cent, or 38 cents
per y*fd In addition, or 78 per cent, of
THE PKESBYTER1A
f Curren,
the import price. It requires three and e
one-half yards to make a man's suit, s
There are at present 92,000,000 per- E
sons in the United States. It is est!-* 2:
mated one fifth are heads of families ii
or men, making 18,400,000 such suits ii
used a year. There are doubtless an p
equal number of women wearing wool- t<
en, making a total of 38,800,000 suits, n
the equivalent of 128,800,000 yards of o
o n r?V* nlnfli tttV? i /-?V? ?Uli J?K
juwu v/twvu, naiV^u, mm liic Ullliureil 9 u
suits, make a total, figured at the small c:
estimate of one suit a year, of 171,200,- B
000 yards. The tariff tax of 61 cents per
yard, to say nothing of any increase in
tax as it passes to the jobber, makes
not less than $104,400,000 paid in each t<
year to subsidize the wool industry of ti
America. On the other hand the en- n
tire duties paid the United States on all C)
imports of woolens and worsteds in 1910 w
amounted to a total of less than $15,500,- sj
000 for the use of the government and q
over $100,000,000 subtracted from the gi
pockets of the people. V(
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SENATOR CLAPP SPEAKS OUT. e(
At the opening in Chicago of the t,
campaign of the progressive eliYnent p
of the Republican party, to noirmate ja
Senator La Follette as the Republican ^
candidate for President, Senator Clnpp g
called the chief executive's action in fhe 0l
Arizona statehood matter the "black?at
chapter in all tyranny outside of tie
absolute despotism of an unbridled r>
king. Whether you believe in the recall e,
or not, I think you will agree with me
that it is not for you to say whether w
the people of Arizona shall have the <p
recall. We had this question up in p.(
Congress. We said the people of
Arizona must vote on the question
again. And the President of the United
States vetoed that resolution, and one
was passed providing that the people ?
of Arizona must vote again, hut must "
vote against the recall, though they can ?
put it into their constitution arftef ad- 81
mission. A fine lesson this was to a
teach the people on the threshold of ad- w
mission to the Union." The resoutlons w
adopted contain a plank for the con- p
p
trol of corporations hy the government
with an inferential attack upon the c
president for prosecuting the trusts; a
plank (the Bourne suggestion) for a N
popular vote on the candidates for e
president, whether compelled by law n
*v
or not. and the endorsement of Senator 1
T,a Follette as the Republican candidate ?
for President. ,f
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RECIPROCITY ACROSS THE GULF. 11
As a result of the first American ^
Trade Conference, which was held In ^
New York recently, reciprocity between ^
the United States and South America
Is to be urged and a workable basis Is
to he formulated. J. P. Santamarlna.
who was a delegate to the Pan-American
conference at Washington last February, le
told a small audience of business men h
how great Is the need for livelier com. It
merclal relations between this countrv ft
end South America. "The Import of d<
Am#?Hoan trnmIn fa nnl nhanln+nlv In/llo a
pensable In the Argentine Republic, but tl
highly desirable If equitable conditions le
can be adjusted," he said. "Knowledge d
of the South American trade mechanism ?
Is the only medium wberebv the United d
States manufacturers and exporters can k
nosRlblv establish Arm connections and o
sound Increase of trade. How to foster a
the South American markets has Ion* a
remained a secret to the majority of the a
American exporters, and the means must tl
be clearly comprehended If closer com. t<
merdal and friendly Intercourse Is de- si
slrable. Reciprocity, based upon unl. b
versal approval, mav become the result tl
of a keen and careful study of mutual 1W
N O f THE SOOTH
t Events
onditions " Mr. Santainarina described
onie of the wonders of the Argentine
:epublic, whose exports have increased
25 per cent, in 10 years and whose
nports have increased 300 per cent,
l the same period. He said that the
lty of tit Is that the United States shares
) sucn a small degree in all that busiess,
while England has improved the
pportunity, and there Is not a large
usiness house in any of the European
ities that has not its representative in
uenos Aires.
THE BUCKEYE BATTLEGROUND.
Ohio is to be the center of the contest
) prevent President Taft's renominaon
and to obtain the Republican nomi
ation for Senator La Follette of Wisonsin,
according to the Clevelanders
ho attended the Republican progresIve
conference in Chicago. James R.
arfleld, it is said, will probably enage
In the speaking campaign to preent
President Taft from obtaining a
>lid Ohio delegation. It is also assert1
that Senator La Follette will concert
ate his forces in this state. Mr. La
ollettee himself will speak in Clevemd
in December. Other speakers will
8 Senator Clapp of Minnesota, Senator
ristow of Kansas, Senator Cummins
' Iowa, and Congressman I. L. Lenroot
Wisconsin. "Every Congress district
i Ohio will be organized," said John
. Fackler, Cleveland progressive lead.
\ today. Two candidates for delegates
> the Republican national convention
ill be put In the race in each district,
hey will he pledged to vote for Ln
ollette and the La Follette platform."
CANADIAN CENSUS.
Canada's census shows a population
f 7,100,000, according to a statement
lade by Archibald Blue, the census
Ricer. This figure is expected to be
lightly increased when delayed returns
re received. The population in 1901
ras 5,371,315. The Increase, therefore.
ras 1,728,685, mostly contributed by the
... we |ji uviuceB. wew Brunswick and
rlnce Edward Island showed a derease.
Then following the figures by
rovlnces: British Columbia, Manitoba,
ova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec. Saskatchwan
and the Northwest territories are
ot complete, and the returns from the
"ukon are not In. While the growth
f the country has been enormous,
irge numbers of Canada's Immigrants
om Europe subsequently cross the
ne to the United StateB. Although the
anadian west draws about 150.000
merlcans annually, a large number of
anadlans yearly leave Canada for the
nlted States.
ITALY'S VENTURE TN TRIPOLI.
The war between Italy and Turkey
t slowly developing, and that Italy Is
eglnnlng to realize that the struggle
i no small one Is evidenced by the
ict that the Italian reservists In LonDn
have been called to the colors, and
re leaving for Italy. The news that
le greater portion of the regular Turk_
ih troops In Tripoli have been with,
rawn Into the hills, where they are
oncentrated with the tribesmen, Is no
oubt true, not because It Is really
nown to be so. hut because It Is the
bvtoun course for the Turks to have
dopted. The real struggle will naturlly
begin when the Italians land and
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iu auvance miand. Then, for
le first time, the advantage will be
> a certain extent at all events on the
tde of the Turks and real fighting mav
egln to develop. It Is impossible thai
he T4al(ans oan pimply occupy tfhe
[editerranean borderland and leave the
[ October 25, 1911
entire hinterland in the handB of the
enemy. Such an occupation would be
purely extravagant without any compensating
advantages whatever. The
army of invasion has not yet sailed. It
is believed to be concentrated In Sicily,
and is rumored to amount to some 50,000
men. If the coast of Tripoli is to
be held and an attempt is to be made
to penetrate into the interior all these
troops will be required. One of the
best authorities, only a few days ago,
stated that there were 30,000 regular
Turkish troops in Tripoli, and when to
these are added thousands of Arabs, no
doubt badly armed and untrained, but
capable of great endurance and abso.
lutely Impervious to fear, it may easily
be seen that unless mediation can bo
made effective, Italy will have use for
its entire military strength.
CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.
From a useful publication entitled,
"Immigration Facts and Figures," recently
issued by the department of the
interior at Ottawa the following is
taken: During the period from July 1,
1900, to March 31, 1911, the total immigration
into Canada is given as 1,764,475
persons. Of these 685,067 were
Rfi+loh c 1 o inn ?
uwuoii, uxo,iuv iruui uie uoiiea states
and 460,708 from the various continental
countries, etc. Of the last named the
Austro-Hungarlans were most numerous,
numbering 121,000; followed by
Italians, 63,000; Hebrews, 48,000; Russians,
38,000, and 35,000 Scandinavians.
During the period in question, also a
government system of inspection of immigrants
seeking admission to Canada
has been in force and has led to the re_
jection at ocean ports of 7,528 persons
out of 35,500 who were held for inspection.
From the years 1908 to 1911, when
that measure was also applied to per.
sons entering Canada from the United
StateB, the rejections at the boundary
numbered 28,977, and of these 15,404
were rejected during 1910-11. The
Canadian authorities also reported dur.
ing the last nine years 4,667 undesirable
immigrants who had gained admittance
to the country. The nationalities of
these persons were as follows: 3.079
British, 433 United States citizens, the
remainder being distributed among 30
nationalities. Canada's annual immigration
expenditure haa risen from $444,.
000 in the year 1900-1901 to $1,080,200
in 1910-1911.
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