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This Country Built the Canal,
PAID FOR IT, Owns It
and Will Manage It
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Suggestions From England and Elsewhere Will Be Politely Re
ceived. And This Country Will Do as IT Thinks Best, With
Its Own Property.
We have published the text of an interview given by W. R.
Hearst to The London Evening Standard.
This interview gave the English people, in one of their own
newspapers, some needed insight into American views and inten
tions concerning the Panama canal, and the somewhat, amusing
effort of England to tell the people of this country WHAT
THEY ARE TO DO WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
The fact is, as Mr. Hearst tells the English newspaper, that
the Panama canal is not, as our English friends would have it. a
public highway open to everybody, BIT A DOMESTIC POS
SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, CREATED BY THE
UNITED STATES. PAID FOR BY THE UNITED STATES AND
OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES.
The money of this country raised by taxes upon all of the
people built that canal. Hundreds of millions of dollars are go
ing into construction—EVEßY DOLLAR AN AMERICAN DOL
LAR.
Many other millions will be spent for fortifying and for
maintaining the canal.
The United States OWNS the Panama canal, just as Eng
land owns Fleet street—or the Manchester Ship canal.
The people of the world will profit by the construction of the
anal. Millions will be saved to all of the nations in shorter
trips around the world and shorter journeys from ocean to ocean.
The hundreds of millions that this country has spent will
AND MUST do good to every nation that sends ships to sea.
Urwle Sam did not go among the nations with his hat in his
hand asking for money to build that canal. He did not say, as he
might have said, “You will all be made richer by the canal,
every one of your ships will be made more valuable because it
will be able to do more work, so pay your share.”
Uncle Sam built the canal and paid for it. And now comes
England suggesting that, this government has no right to permit
its own ships to go through the canal free of toll.
That was all that the United States contemplated of an ad
vantage the right to allow American ships, our own boats. TO
USE OCR OWN CANAL WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE PRIVI
LEGE.
If a man builds and owns a carriage or a road it is natural
that he should permit his own children to use the road or the car
riage without charge, that he should, if he chose, ask others to
pay for the privilege.
That is what the I nited States government does. It will
allow American ships to go through the canal free, or at a nomi
nal rate—and all other ships of all other nations will pay a fail
price tor the use of the canal -as they pay a price now in the
Suez canal and other canals.
1 hi' English in their efforts to manage the great enterprise
MHl< II I HIS ('CH NTRY CREATED appeal to a treatv abol
ished long ago and replaced by the Hay Paum-efote tfieatv, which
was drawn thanks to the efforts of the Hearst newspapers.
In regard to the interpretation of the treaty Mr. Hearst, in
his interview, says:
"An article in The London Times
says a great deal depends upon tlte
correct Interpretation of the spirit
in which the Haj Pauncefotv treaty
was drawn; that is to say, as to
how far it perpetuated the sense of
the Clayton-Bulwer convention. In
view of the above facts, it ought to
be clear ’hat ’he Hay -Pauncefote
treaty only perpetuates the sense of
the C’layton-Bulwer convention
where it repeats the words of the
The American people will not listen patiently to anv sugges
tion of control of the American canal by outside powers, English
or others. Ami the American senate will not give up this na
tion s right to control completely the two national doors which
we hit., opened, east ami west, ami the lane of water which we
have built across this continent from one ocean to the other.
England and the other nations will be treated fairlv. But
fair treatment of others does not imply unfair treatment of this
country's citizens. Inasmuch as the citizens PAID FOR THE
CANAL. TOOK ALL THE RISKS AND DID ALL THE WORK,
THEY CAN IE THEY CHOOSE CSE THE ( ANAL THAT
THEY CREATED ON TERMS SIITABI.E To THEMSELVES.
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It will not be forgotten, by the way. what part Theodore
Roosevelt played in the construction of this canal and the ac
quisition of the territory necessary to its construction.
Whatever the individual opinion of Theodore Roosevelt's
policies and actions may be, none can deny him the virtues of
energy, determination and courage.
Roosevelt is the man whose energetic action and power to
d- "ide quickl} gave us that strip across the continent, and gave
to the world the great canal IN A KERRY.
And Roosevelt should have the credit.
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. When it
does not repeat the words, it is. as I
have said, because of a. definite de
termination to reject the principle.
Moreover, since that time the
I'nlted States has acquired the ter
ritory a (Toss which the canal is
loiilt, which seems to me to have
considerable bearing upon the sit
uation, and further to strengthen
the claims of the I’nited States In
regard to the canal.”
The Atlanta Georgian
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ON THE SANDS AT THE BEACH—By TOM POWERS
Copyright, 1912, International News Service.
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THOMAS TAPPER WRITES
—ON—
How to Build a Fortune—-No. 2—Work and Desires
NO one can build a fortune who
does not work. A man may
have a fortune left to him by
somebody who worked for it, but
that, unfortunately, does not re
quire the recipient to get to work
Some men have received a fortune
and have straightway gone to work
to Increase it and use it wisely.
Such m n ate exceptional.
When you think it over careful
ly you will realize that when you
are paid money for your work, you
receive it for the strength and
quality of mind and bod' that you
put into work. This means that
strength goes ,>ut and money comes
in. This, in turn, means that mon
ey is your strength in another
form
Now. the first thing you should
determine to do concerning the
money your strength arms for you
is to respect it. A man who earns
Thirty Hollars by the use of the
best part of his mind and blows
it in foolishly by the use of tiie
worst part of his mind, fails to re
spect the money, and he likewise
tails to respect himself.
The first steps in fortune build
ing. then, are:
1. Earn the money by giving
honest labor for it.
2. Do not forget that the money
you earn is honest labor in another
form.
Let us suppose you have money
which you have earned, ami that
you have given good ’ lue for it.
What Are You
Going to Do With It?
The next question is: What are
you going to do with it?
Nearly every one arises at this
point and answers: "Spend it."
It certainly must be spent, for
money stored away under a brick
or in an old stocking is out of the
game. It is concealed and Inactive.
It is not working The prime
TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1912.
By TIKHIAS TAPPER.
quality of money is motion. Its
power to work comes from keep
ing it moving.
So you must certainly spend
the money.
But how?
There are four things to be pur
chased with money every time you
get your pay envelope. If these
four things always get first con
sideration, you will be started right
toward success in the affairs of
fortune. These four things are:
1. Shelter.
2. Clothing.
3. Food.
4. Protection for the future.
We must all have a place to
sleep and a place to go when the
weather is inclement. We must
be clothed. We must eat. We must
be prepared to care for ourselves
in the future when old age limits
our earning capacity, for we need
then as much, or more,, than we
need in youth, shelter, clothing and
food.
Nearly every one manages to
get the first three The vast
majority of people rarely think of
The Dream King
By EARL BALDWIN THOMAS.
SO he's gone into his kingdom
Where the fairies 101 l at ease.
Where his broken toys are wait
ing
In the Ship o' Seven Seas.
What surprises will awaken
In his blue-eyed baby stare.
When he finds the great good fairy
Whom he called his "mnvver"
there.
Yes: the little king was sleeping,
As I held his hand last night:
But I w hispered to his spirit
Just one message: ah. so bright!
And I kissed his royal forehead.
As I clasped ni' hands and prayed,
"Tell the good. kind fair,', daring.
Os the castles that we made."
the fourth (future protection)
until it is too late. It is just as
necessary, however, as the others;
and to be enjoyed in the future
it must be obtained in the present.
You may think the purchase of
these four things makes a severe
strain on a small pay envelope. It
does. It is so severe that only a
thinking man can make a go of
it. And even he can make ago of
it only by hard thinking.
You Must Work
Out a Schedule.
What he must do is to work out a
schedule that will allow for shelter,
clothing, food and the incidentals,
and still leave a margin to be put
aside for future protection.
The exclamation from a million
throats is: It can't be done!
And the reply to that is: It is
being done every day. Those who
succeed in accomplishing this ap
parently impossible thing work
according to a system. The name
of the system is apportionment.
This is not a hard word with which
to get acquainted.
Apportionment means being boss
of your own treasury. You figure
out just what you can pay for shel
ter. clothing, food, and the little
odds and ends, and you keep on fig
uring at that until you find that
every week's pay has been so di
rected that yon can meet these ex
penses and have a little left over.
The amount left over may be a
nick»l or a dime, or a quarter, or a
dollar bill. Don’t dq.-pise any one
of these sums.
You have paid your bills and you
have a margin. You have succeeded
in doing this by using your thought.
Put the margin in the savings
bank and keep your thought at
work. Thought at work pays big
interest. Its first great dividend
comes to you in the form of bene
fits from self-control, o>- self-gov
ernment, about which the next ar
ticle treats.
TME HOME PAPER
The Georgia Tech Needs
$25,000
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And the Legislature Should Give the School That Amount. It Is
Necessary For Improvements Which Can Not Be Done Without
The Georgia School of Technology needs additional help from
the state of Georgia, in order that it may proceed effectively with
the great work it is doing.
A bill providing for a special appropriation of $25,000 is now
pending in the house of representatives, and it comes up for a hear
ing before the appropriations committee this afternoon.
The bill is a mest worthy one, and should pass.
No institution anywhere is engaged in finer or more promising
work than the Georgia Tech. It is known, far and wide, as one of th"
South's greatest training schools. It is turning out a class of grad
uates that the state may well be proud of. It is fulfilling magnifi
cently the splendid purpose of its establishment.
In addition to the regular yearly appropriation, the Tech needs
this year $25,000. It needs $20,000 for a heating plant, and $5,000
for maintenance. It really needs this money—and the money
should be forthcoming.
Because of the utterly inadequate heating plant now employed,
it has been necessary in the past, in very cold weather, to abandon
the, class rooms at times—sometimes for one day. sometimes for
several days in succession. That is argument sufficient in favor of
the appropriation.
The Georgia Tech is economically conducted. No gr< r school
in the Union is run on less money. There is no record of extrava
gance or wastefulness inside the management of the Tech. The
school would not be appealing to the house for this new heating
plant, and small extra maintenance fund, if it did' not actually
need both.
The Tech spent for new buildings last year $150,000. Georgia
only gave $35,000 of that—the remaining $115,000 came from
sources outside this Empire State of the South!
The Georgian hopes the appropriations committee of the home
will recommend the passage of the $25,000 special appropriation
the Georgia Tech is asking for.
The Girl, the Man and the
Money
By DOROTHY DIN.
I HAVE a letter hat would be fun
ny if it wasn’t so pathetic, from
a girl who complains that when
her "gentleman friend" comes to
take her out to any place < ' amuse
ment he always borrows the price
from her, and never pays it back.
She says that she think., he is no
gentleman.
No one will dispute her opinion
of the grafting youth. Most of us,
to quote T. R., would describe him
by a shorter and uglier word. Tn
fact, if one should apply all of the
opprobrious epithets in the diction
ary of abuse to the creature —it
would be rank flattery to call him
a man—who is mean enough to
sponge on a poor little working girl,
one could scarcely do the subject
justice.
A parasite is a contemptible,ob
jest at best, but the male parasite
who fastens himself upon the slim
pocketbook of the woman who
earns her own living is beneath
contempt. He is the lowest thing
that crawls, and why a girl should
permit anything so loathsome to
hang about her is past comprehen
sion. Every sentiment of self-re
spect. every intuition of self-pres
ervation should bid her spurn him
from her presence the ery first
time he tries to dip his hand into
her purse.
To this girl, and all other work
ing girls, 1 say with all the ear
nes'ness I can ntnand, never lend
money to a man. Have nothing to
do with a man who lets you pay
for his meals, and his drinks, and
his ticket when you go to places of
amusement together. He is the
cheapest sort of a deadbeat, and
means you no good. He is simply
playing you for an easy mark that
he can work by making a little love
to you and flattering you a bit.
A man never tries to borrow
money of a woman until he has
gotten so well known as a pan
handler among men that no man
will lend him a cent. Any honest
fellow who pays his debts can get
a few dollars from his men ac
quaintances if he happens > strike
a streak of bad luck. It is only
after one becomes notorious as a
borrower who never pays back, and
other men refuse to be held up any
further by him. that he descends to
preying upon women.
Therefore, you may kiss your
money good-bye. little sister, when
you lend it to one of this gentry. He
never even intends to pay it back.
If he did. he wouldn't have to bor
row it of a woman.
Every dollar that a working girl
has is stained with her very life
blood. She has paid for every cent
of it with long hours at desk, or
typewriter, or behind the counter,
or the machine in a factory. Every
penny she saves out of her meager
wage represents incredible self
denial. If it could speak it would
tell of the anguish of aching back
There Are Two Felders
Editor The Georgian'
For the sole purpose of miking
the situation perfectly plain, will
you be good enough to print the
following, which is part of an edi
torial appearing in a Savannah
paper:
"For the sake of clearness of un
derstanding In voting at the state
primary next month, it should be
remembered again that there are
two Felders in Georgia and two
Tom Felders. <me of these is Mr.
Thomas Swift Felder, of Macon.
and fainting body by which it v
earned, of long blocks wear- f
have walked to save rar faro,
desires for pretty clothes and gc
food that have been crucified, a
the man who would take from I
the few dollars of her little ho,
would steal the coins off his dr
mother's eyes.
No min vith one spar!; of ■
hood in him but would rather st.n
than take money from a work!
woman, while as for permitting 1
to pay for his amusements,
would rather go to purgatory th
t’oncy Island under such coi
tions.
It is the working girl and 1
problem we are discussing, and t
is a problem she has to meet da
for the minute a woman begins
earn money she is set upon by
horde of sycophantic men who :
their evil living out of grafting ur
women. All of the drunken, tr
ling, no-account lazy loafers r
ne'er-do-wells, all of the tell' rs
hard luck stories, and all of t
visionary men with dopey sell';i
that they never have < nough n: r
of their own to finance thems'lv
swarm about her, and it. tai;-" ..•
and courage and independence
turn them down and keep a ps
lock on her pocketbook.
Yet that is what she must do
her own self-preservation, and wl
makes the situation doubly hard
a. sentimental and unsophistii :•'
girl to deal with Is that the f
gentleman who is trying to bort'
her money almost always accoi
panics his touch for a five or t
spot with ardent love making.
In this way he blinds the girl
his real motive, so that she can r
see how mean and selfish and b
he is, or how little, worth bavin?
the man who even befote mar>i..
is willing to live on the hare
of a woman.
The girl who lends money to
man on the theory that she "
thereby bind him to her by ties
gratitude and appreciation mni
the mistake of her life, for if it
true that the man who lends nmi
to his friend loses bis money ;■
his friend both, it is doubly trip
the woman who lends money
man. There is no easier wav f 1
woman to make a m.'in hat
than for her to ppt him under ol>
gations to her, and esnecially tin
dal obligations that shame him
real men's eyes.
For proof of this you have on!.'
lake the multitudinous eases
see all about you of women "
support their husbands, and in >'
one single instance will you fin 1
man who is appreciative of \
his wife doos, or who treats
well. He will let her work In :
to death for him, and then he r
venges the bitterness of his
pendence upon her in a thousa
little tyrannies ami grouches
trmpers.
who is a candidate for re-elect'
as attorney general of the s’a
Now, Mr. Thomas B. Felder. ■’
having his differences with 1
ernor Blease. is a different man ■
tirely. One, as we said. Ti. "
Macon and the other in Atlr
Mr. Thofhas Swift Felder, the
torney general of the state, is r
the party who is having the
trovers’- with the governor ot ■- i
Carolina."
A FRIEND OF BOTH TOMS-
Macon, Ga.