Show Pr Professor M. M Lewis i Haupt the c celebrated engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer and the leading scientific member of the Isthmian Canal Commission has testified before the Senate Committee on Canals that thai he favors the Nicaragua route because it is much nearer near r the centre of trade and commerce than any other He says that there are only twelve millions of people living below the equator in South America America Amer Amer- ica and that the farther south a canal is placed the themore themore themore more out of line with the worlds world's commerce it will wil b be The Th opinions of such a distinguished authority ought to carry weight with the Senate |