Show RATES WERE TOO HIGH r Panama Railroad Prevented South American a Republics From Us Using Using Using ing the Isthmus Washington a hin ton April 10 lOThe The following suggestions to Secretary tary Taft are arc con eon contained in a memorandum of or the minis ministers ministers tet representing the west coast of the South and Central American Am republic rel ret relative to transportation across the lath Isthmus mus Panama of The Tho Th propriety of reducing railroad ta tariff tarIff tariff riff rats rates also the reduction of freight and passenger pass n r rates between Colon and an 1 New York that ships of all aU nations and cargoes of ot till nil origins have ha the same fa facilities duties that the th work of ot building the canal be not allowed to entirely absorb the Panama railroad but that the h railroad be e utilized as heretofore in the transportation transportation transportation tation of fright across the thc isthmus The memorandum states that the lath Isthmus Isthmus mus has lias offered two great eat obstacles to the exchange of or products between the eastern coast of the States anti and am the countries One of or these hest is I the tbt land barrier which the Unit del States St ts is about to remove the other thins lias bs been 1 on the monopoly mono pol of or the thc railroad line l which can he be remedied as the 1 States Stat s is now the owner of the railroad Jt it t states that the present railroad rates are re prohibitory It Is further pointed out that from the most niost distant ports to New York by b wa waY Of f Panama is but miles and b by wa way i of or Magellan miles It is stated that goods can un be b brought brough from Europe 25 5 to i II 30 to per er cent cheaper than titan from the United nite L States and aud the th South American countries white while thOm the th cost on goods g shipped from I New York via yla the isthmus is 40 JoO Ier per cent higher than from Europe The memo memorandum memorandum makes a declaration t ion for the open door across ss Panama Pan n u |