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Show complained of, and that the trouble wax mainly due to the extreme difficulty, and often Impossibility, of providing in every place for the constant Increase In the numbers of employes. Generally the provision Is made In advance, but It Is not possible that this should always be the case; when It le not there ensues a period of time during which the conditions are unsatisfactory, until a remedy can be provided; but I never found a rase where the remedy was not being as provided speedily as possible. THE PRESIDENTS Gfves Results of His Observations While on Tour of '. Inspection to Congress, THE WORK IS BEING PUSHED Perfection of Sanitary Conditions in Canal Zone Has Taken Much Time, He Found But Little Ground for Complaints and Refutes Statements of Critics Calls Some Writers "Sian-- , derers and Liars Approves of Type and Route of Canal. The following Is the text of President l Roosevelts to congress on the subject of theniessugo Uunaina canal: To the Senate and House of Representatives: In the month of November I visited Inthmus of Panama, going over the the Canal Zone with considerable caret and also visited the cities of Punuma and Colon, which are not In the sone or under the United Rentes flag, but as to which the United Rtates government, through Its agents, exdrclses control for certain sanitary purposes. I chose the month of November for my visit partly because it Is the ralnest month of the year, the month In which the work goes forward at the greatest disadvantage, and one of the two months which the medical department of the French Canal company found most unhealthy. Following the Introduction to the message the president gives a resume of hie programme during the daye he was on the isthmus, and then save: At the outset 1 wish to pay tribute to the amount of work done by the French Canal company under very dllil-cu- lt circumstances. Many of the buildings they put up were excellent and are still in use, though, the houses are now getting outnaturally, and are being used as dwellingsof repair until only other houses can be built, and much of the work they did In the Culebra cut, and aome of the work they did In digging has been of direct and real benefit. This country has never made a better Investment than the $10,000,000 which It paid to the French company for work and betterments. Including especially the Panama railroad. An Inspection on the ground at the height of the rainy seasot served to convince me of the wisdom of congress In refusing to adopt either a high-levor a canal. There leems to be a universal agreement among all people competent to judge that the Panama route, the one actually chosen, is much superior to both the Nicaragua and Darien routes. Preliminary Work Being Done. The wisdom of the canal management has been shown In nothing more clearly than In the way In which the foundations of the work have been lald To have yielded to the natural Impatience of. outsiders and begun all kinds of experiments In work prior to a thorough sanitation of the Isthmus, and to a fairly satisfactory working out of the problem of getting and keeping a utlielenl labor supply, would have been The various disastrous. measures had to be taken preliminary and these could not be taken so asfirst; to allow us to begin the real work of construc--tlo- n prior to January 1 of the present year. It then became necessary to have the type of the cansl derided, and the only delay hna been the necessary del ty until the 29th day of June, the date when the congress definitely and wisely titled that we should have an level canal. Immediately after that the "Work began In hard earnest and has beet, continued with vigor ever since; and It willIncreasing continue so to progress In the future. Wlu.i the contracts are let the conditions will be such es to Insure a constantly Increasing amount of performance. Successful Sanitation. The first great problem to be solved. Upon the solution of which the success of he rest of tlie work depended, was the sanitation. This wus from froblem of under the direction of lr W. l. liorgus. who Is to b made a full memta-- r of the commission. It tnust he remembered that his woik was not mere ambition a the term la understood In our ordlnur.v municipal work. Throughout the (one and In the two cities of Panama and Folon. In addition to the amtatlon work proper, he has hud to do all the work that the Marine hospital service does as regards the nation, th.it the health department ofihers do in the various states and cities, und that Col Waring did in New York when he cleaned Its streets. The results have been astounding. The Isthmus had been a byword for doudly uuhealtlifulticss Now, alter two years of our occupation t.ti conditions as regards sickness and be death rate compare favorably with reasonably healthy localities In the Minted Rtates. KmhcIuI care has been devoted to minimizing the risk due to the presence of those species of mosquitoes which have been loiiml to prop tg lie malarial and yellow fevers. In all the aeltlomeuta, the little temporary towns or cities composed of the whit and black employes, which grow up here ami theie In the ttopic Jungle as the needs of Ills work dictate, the utmost cate is exercised to keep theycomlltlons healthy lively where arc to to, seen the ditches whlih in removing thedrainage wuter huve removed the breeding places of the moRiiuitoes. wh.le the whole Jungle eut away for u considerable space around the habitat Inns, thus destroying the places in which the mosquitoes take sliel-te- r These drainage ditches and dealings . are In evnlcme in every and, together witti the Inviinahle presence ni mosiiulto screens mound the phizxus, und apt-cla- . . el sea-lev- el ot I sclth-mctil- of mosquito doors to the houses, not to speak of the cut ef til fumigilhm that has gone on m all mle, led liousi s. doubt Ic.--s xplain the HXliMorUtniot uhseme of As a mallei of fai l, hoi mosquitoes. a singh- niiis iuqt, ami this not of the I ItlgerOUS SHS ICS, IV IS SCCll ,y ,,,n member of our pirtv timing m three lays on the iMhtmis Kqn.il car.is taken liv tint Inspertois of the health ile t men to ore cleinhmss in the pail houses uml proper hygienic cmnlitums oi every kind. I mspei led Inqwccu 2 and 81 both those used by the white employes and those used hi the Colored laborers In almost case I found the ronilltloiiH per, cel. evety u hut one case did I hint them rea lv had In this case, affecting a settle, cent of mmi.ii rietl withe employes, found them bad Indeed, but tlie buddings were yetv all Inherited from tlie French company and were being used temporarily while til her ttt the co.nse of consttu, . buildings lion, anti right coot tin- - defecthe wut.q lose! a new ami excellent closet will, good sewer pipe was In piocess of con. at ruction uml noio-lfinished Never Un less tills did hot exeu-- e the f.n tint! the Intel bait romlltloM been allowed to re vail. Temporary uc eommodati.nis, even If only sui It as sohl ers use when campei In the field. Khould hate been ptnvi.e I Orders to tills ette, t were Issued, up pentl the rejairt at Ut tlorgas tin the in chlent. I was struck, how ever, hy in,, fact that in this liituanee, as in aim every other where u loiuplalut was made which proved to have any Juanti.-whatever, it tppe.iird tlmt st- s had t rvjdy been taken cl Ivmtidy thu to. I - s, wstcr-closet- 1 , -- - American workingman In tha United States has no concern whatever In the question as to whether tha rough work on the Isthmus, which Is performed by aliens In any event, is dons by aliens from one country with a black skin or by aliens from another country with a yellow skin. Our business is to dig the canal as efficiently and as quickly as possibls; provided always that nothing Is done that Is Inhumane to any laborers, and nothing that Interferes with the wages of or lowers the standard of living of our own Improvements In Cities. workmen. Having In view this prinThe sanitation work In the cities of ciple. I have arranged to try several Panama and Colon has been juet at thousand Chinese laborers. This is deimportant as In the zone Itself, and In sirable both because wa must Try to many respects much more difficult, befind out what laborers are most effcause It was necessary to deal with icient. and. furthermore, because', we the already existing population, which should not leave ourselves at 'the had scant with naturally mercy of any one type of foreign sympathy revolutionary changes, the value of labor. At present tha great bulk which they were for a long time not the unskilled labor on the latbmus of able to perceive. In Colon the populaby West India negroes, ''chiefly tion consists largely of colored laborfrom Jamaica, Barbados, and tha other ers yvho, having come over from the Kngllxh possessions. Ona of the govWest Indies to work on the canal, ernors of the lands In question has abandon the work and either take to shown an unfrledly dlsposltisii to our the brush or lie Idle In Colon work and has thrown obstacles In the dethus peopling Colon with the leastItself; of our way II l getting the labor needed;, sirable among the Imported laborers, and highly llmlestihihlA to give for the good anti steady men of course any outsiders the Impression, however continue at the work. Yet astonish-- , 111 founded, that are Indispensaing progress has been made In both ble and can dictatethey terms to us. cities. In Panama 90 per cent of the The West India laborers are fairly, streets that are to be paved at all but only fairly, Home of paved with an excellent brick' the men do very satisfactory. well the betpavement laid In heavy concrete, a few. ter class, who are to beIndeed; found as foreof the streets being still In process of men, as skilled mechanics, as policepaving. The sewer and water services' men. are good men; and many of the In the city are of the most modern hyorrllnnrv dnv lhnrjcfi nre aixo good. gienic type, aome of the service havBut thousands of those who are ing Just been completed. brought over under contract (at our In Colon the conditions nre peculiar go off Into the to live, and It is as regards Colon that most of expense) or loaf around Colon, or Jungle work so badthe very bitter complaint has been ly niter thn nrt thruia or four davs Colon Is built on a low coral as to cause a serious diminution of made. Island, covered at more or less shallow the amount of labor performed on Fridepths with vegetable aociimuln t Inns day and Saturday of each week. I or mold, which affords sustenance and questioned many of these Jamaica g of strength to many varieties laborers as to the conditions of their of the work and what, If any changes, tropical plants. One-hathey surface of the Island Is covered with wished. I many complaints water at high tide, the average height from them, received as but of most of the land being H4 feet above low these complaints theyregurds contide. The slight undulations furnish tradicted one another. themselves In all cases shallow, natural reservoirs or freshwhere the complaint wsn as to their water breeding places for every varie- treatment It proved by individual any ty of mosquito, and the ground tends on examination that this Individual to be lowest In the middle. When the was himself a West India man of color, town was originally built no attempt either a policeman, a storekeeper, or was made to fill the low ground, either an assistant Doubtless storekeeper. In the streets or on the building them must be sites, many against complaints so that the entire surface was pracI to but those Americans; whom n tically ntiflgnilre: when the nnag-mlr- e did not happen to make any such spoke combecame certain of the plaint to me. streets were Impassable crudely Improved bv fillWork of Construction. ing especially bad mud holes with soft rock or other material. In September. The work is now going on with a 1905. a systematic effort was begun to to witvigor and efficiency formulate a plan for the propness. The three hlg pleasant problems of the er sanitationgeneral of the city; In February canal are Boca dams, the Gatun the lai last temporary relief measures were dam, and the Culehra cut. The Cule-br- a taken, while In July the prosecution of cut must be made, but the work was begun In good earnest. course changes as to anyhow; the dams, or The results are already visible In the of at least as to the locks adjacent to sewering, draining, guttering and pavthe may still occur. The La ing ofbe the streets. Home four months Boca dams, no dams offer probparticular will required before the work of lem. the bottom material being so sewerage and street Improvement will good that there Is a practical certainbe completed, but the progress already not as to ty. can lie whut merely mnde Is very marked. Ditches have achieved, but as to the time of achievebeen dug through the town, connecting ment. The Gatun dam offers the most the salt water on both sides, and into which we have to problem these the ponds, which have served as serious ami yet the ablest men on the breeding places for the mosquitoes, are solve; Isthmus believe Is that drained. These ditches have answered certain of solution this problem the lines their purpose, for they are probably proposed; all hough, ofalong necourse. It the chief cause of the astonishing cessitates great toil, energy, and Indiminution of mosquitoes. More ditches telligence. and although equally, of of the kind are being constructed. be some course, there will little risk In connection with the work. The risk Criticism. Unjust arises from the fact that some of the Care and forethought have been exernear the bottom is not so cised by the commission, and nothing has material good as could be desired. If the huge reflected more credit upon them than earth dam contemplated Is thrown their refusal either to go ahead too fast across fromnow one foothill to the other or to be deterred by the fear of criticism we will have what Is a practically from not going ahead fast enough. It Is low. broad, mountain ridge to note the fact that many of which will rise the Inland lake. behind curious This the most severe critics of the commission mountain will show criticise them for precisely opposite rea artificial less seepage, that is. willprobably have greater sons, some complaining bitterly that the than the average restraining capacity work la not In a more advanced condirange. The exact lotion, while the others complain that It has naturalofmountain the locks at this dam as at been rushed with such haste that there cality other dams Is now being dehas been Insufficient preparation for the the In April next Bccretary termined. hygiene and comfort of the employes. with three of the ablest enginAs a matter of fact neither criticism la Taft, eers of the country Messrs. Kohlc, just. It would have been Impossible to Stearns and Ripley the has Isthmus, und the threewill visit will go quicker than the commission engineers gone, for such quickness would have final make the examiand conclusive meant insufficient preparation. On the nations as to the exact site for each other hand, to refuse to do anything until every possible future contingency had lock. Meanwhile the work Is going ahead a without break. been met would have caused wholly unThe Culehra cut does not offer such warranted delay. The right course to great risks; that is, the damage liable to follow was exactly the course which has occur from occasional land slips will not lieen followed Kvery reasonable prepararepresent what may be called major distion whs made In advance, the hygienic The work will merely call for Inasters. conditions In especial being made as telligence, perseverance, and executive nearly perfect as possible; while on the capacity. It Is. however, the work upon other hand there has been no timid rewhich most labor will have to be spent. fusal to push forward the work because The dams will be composed of the earth of Inability to anticipate every possible for. of course, many deferts taken out of the cut and very tossibly emergency, the of the locks and dams wi.l building can only be shown by the working of the take een longer than the cutting In system In actual practice. Itself. Culebra Inasmuch as so many both of the white nnd colored employes have brought their In Culebra Cut families with them, schools have been The main work Is now being done In established, the school sorvlce being unCub-brcut. It was striking and der Mr. O'Connor. For the white pupils the Impressive to see the huge steam shovels white American teachers are employed; In full the play, dumping trains carrying for the colored pupils there are also some the rock and earth they dislodged. white American teachers, one Spanish away The Implements of French excavating teacher, and one colored American teachmachinery, which often stand a little er, most of them being colored teachers way from the line of work, though of exfrom Jamaica, Barbados and St. Lucia. construction, look like the veriest The schoolrooms were good, and it was cellentwhen comuared with these new toys a pleasant thing to see the pride that the steam shovels, Just as the French dumpteachers were taking In thuir work and seem cats like toy cars when coming their pupils. pared with the long trains of huge cars, steam Care of Employee. dumped by plows, which are now In use. This represents the enormous Next In Importance to the problem of advance thut has been made In machinsanitation, and indeed now of equal im- ery the past quarter of a cenportance, Is the problem of securing and tury. during No doubt a quarter of a century for and the mechanics, laborers caring new hence machinery, of which we other employes who actually do the work are nowthis so proud, will similarly seem oui on the canal and the railroad. This great hut it Is certainly serving Its task has been under the control of Mr. of date, well now. The old French CHrs Jackson Smith, and on the whole has purpose be entirety discarded. We still been wel done; At present there are had to some ti.voi white employes and some luivs In use a few of the more modern, not but most which cars, hold modern, 19.000 colored employes on the Isthmus. of earth. They can be emI went over the different places where but 12 yards on certain lines with the different kinds of employes were ployed curves. But the recent cars hold sharp from Working! I think I saw representatives 25 to 3o yards s piece, and Instead of the of every type both at their work and in old rluntsy methods of unloading them, their homes, and I conversed with probn plow is drawn from end to end ably a couple of hundred of them all of steam the whole vestlhiiled train, thus Imfrom told, choosing them at random mensely economizing luhor. In the rainy everv class and including those who came reason steam shovels can do but espet tally to present certain grievuttres little In the dirt, but thev work stcadtlv In olinost Invariably expressed far greater In rock and the harder ground. There content and satisfaction with the conwere some 25 at work during the time I ditions t tin n tint those who railed to was on the Isthmus, ami their tremendous tnitke complaint. and clficleucy were most ImpresNearlv 5,tto of the whits employes hail power sive. man the No from United Rlates. mine men can see these young, vigorous New Record for Excavation. doing their duty without eiiergetlcal'y As soon as the type of Canal was dea thrill of pride In them as Americans work began In good earnest. a high rided this season They represent on the rainy will lav will shortly be over and class. Doubtless to congress Mis wages Tlie an Immense Increase In then there paid them will seem high, but us a mat-te- r the amount taken cut; but even during of fact the only general complaint the last three months, In the rainy which I found hail any real basis among steady progress Is shown by the the complnuils made to me upon the In August. 242, H0 cubic yards; figures: Isthmus wus that, owing to the peeuli tr In Reptetnber. 2!l.''i cubic yards, and In surroundings, tlie cost of living, and the October. 325.900 cubic yards. October distance from home, the wages were new records were establishedIn for cil.y not as high as they I should la. In output of individual shovels us well the as fact, aluiost etcry man spoke to fell the tonnage haul of Individual locothat he ought to be receiving mote for I see tlie motives. a of lit growth hope avermoney-- a view, however, which the healthy spirit of emulation between the age -man who Slavs ut home In the different uml shovel lisivniotlve crews, I ml,- I Rtates probably likewise holds l ist such a spirit ns has grown on our as regards himself. I nppend figures ot haltle between the different gun the wages paid, so that the i angles can cicvvs ships In matters of marksmanship. I shall j nig- the matter for Itself. I.atcr I a sing through the cut the amount of coio. r oil the subiei'l with eel tain reprenew work cun tie seen ut a glance, In sentative labor men here In the I 'tilted one place the entire side of n hill had Slaies as well as going over with Mr been taken out recently by 27 ton of Rtevens. the compuratlw Wages paid n't dvtiotnite, which were explivded at out the rone and ut home, ami I may then I I. l.ist. was At another id. a t ottiiuunleate ei findings to (ha capo! to csldcntinl salute of 21icecharges ofgiven dynaof the two houses. ommitiee mite, tin the top notch of tlie Uulebra i ut the prism Is now us wide ns It wili Chinese and Other Labor. be. all lohl. the rsnal lint at Mils point Of the 9 yiti) or 20.000 day laborers now Ins'll sunk about Slav feet tielow has emplovitl on the cnit.il a few hundred what it ut'lgmally was. It will have to Three tlo excellent be sunk about lJo feet farther. Through-- I ire Sp.ttil'trtls Their foicimiii told me th.it work thu tut the drilling, blasting, shovei- lltii did twice ns Well B the West out amt hauling are going on with con-- i laborers Indian They keep health, lag tlie huge siantlv energy, Increasing and no ilitllcultv Is experienced Willi shovels being pressed up, as If they were tb.qn In anv way. Home Italian labor-.e- s mountain howitzers. Into ths n.ost unare also employed In connection likely looking places, where they eut As might lie , aiili the drilling with labor as blitli priced ns their way Into ths hillsides. pi q.., Critic and Doubting Thomase. it pt setil Ml the United Rtates, It has not mi far proved practicable to g, t it I not only pstiirul, but Inevitable, ii'ilinury lilmrcrs from the United that it work as gigantic as this which t it. s The American lias been undertaken on the Isthmus on the Isthmus are the highly paid should arouse every species of hostility roinlitloiis are so new kjl.il mechanics ofA the tvpes menIs and criticism. The Mm i m v d work so vast, that und so trying, uml steady effort previously, In nq made to secure Italians and rs-it would be ubaolulely out of ths quesmore Rpaniards, tion that mistakes should not lie made, tally to procure t 'hecks will occur. Unforeseen fin use of the very satisfactory difficulties from their cm-i- o will arise. From time to time ecumingly that hive ciiine tlliiiilii-rwill be tie'll Shi their will have to be plans to leased as far as possible. t has I'bunged. At present J..ishi men srs enled ptovvii possible, however, to get gaged on the task. After awhile the Him In an) tiling like the nuuibi rs number will be doubled In such a It is Inevitable milled for 1'IC Work, and ft urn present that there should Very ippi ar.iimi We shall III tlie main have lie here and there a scoundrel. the to ri ly. for the ordln iry unskilled many of pouter class of laborers lack Wink pirtlv upon colored In lintels the mcntiil development to protect themto lb s Partly Upon selves sg.ilnsl either the rascality of mu the West It rln'lllv might to it bets or ttie r own folv, snd it is not niese III, I. bu Ulllcv n il i Id iuaib!e for huin.ln wisdom to devls Ill out that Ul low-lyin- lf aw-rag- e sea-so- i -- 1 ; x- wage-worke- ts i s well-settle- d mill-litm- ! I u, Skeleton of a Horse. Invariably bs plan by which they can In a place which has been protected. for ages a byword for unhealthfulness, and with so large a congregationset of to down and put now strangers suddenly will and then bs hard work there now will There disease. of outbreaks In administraand then be shortcomings TO BE USED TO SHOW ACTUAL accition: there will be unlooked-fo- r cut IN LIFE. the of excavation the to , ARTICULATION dents delay or the building of the dams and locks natbe will entirely Kach such Incident ural, and, even though serious, no one Dead Pacer Syeonby Beof them will mean more than a little when Bone of the extra delay or trouble. Yet each,and rediscovered hy sensation mongers ing Mounter for the American tailed to timid folk of Httle faith, will Museum of Natural History.belief that the for excuse an as serve the whole work is being badlybemanaged. In tried Kxperlments will continually housing, In hygiene. In street repairing, James ,11. Keene.' Ilu owner fof tbd In dredging ami in digging earth and rock. Now and then an experiment will famous racer Syaonby, which died a bs a .failure; and among those who hear few months ago. has had the skeleton It,' a certain proportion of doubting Thomases will at once believe that thu whole work Is a failure. Doubtless here prepared for public display at the and there some minor rascality will bs American Museum of Natural History uncovered; but as to this, I have to say that after the most painstaking Inquiry at New York city. In the horse alcove I have been unable to find a single reputable person who had so much as heard on the fourth floor of the museum of any serious accusations affecting the there are already several specimens honesty of the commission or of anya of the I append equine skeleton.' In accordresponsible officer under It.most serious ance with the scheme of the manletter dealing with the In lots of charge, that of the ownership Colon; the charge was not advanced by agement to prepare specimens to porIs a reputable man, and Is utterly baseactive life, each of these less. It Is not too much to say that the tray mounted so as to typify some characwhole atmosphere of the commission breathes honesty as It breathes efficiency teristic phase of the life of the horse and energy. Above all, the work has been kept absolutely clear of politics. I or of Its history. So Sysonby, when have never heard even a suggestion of placed on public view, will be shown politics in connection with It. spoils 1 have Investigated every complaint galloping, arranged to suggest the brought to me for which there aeetned wonderful siteed he showed on the to be any shadow of foundation. In two or three cases, all of which I track. The bones of the great stalhave Indicated In the course of this lion after their long preparation are that now message, I came to the conclusion comdisarticulated In the laboratory there was foundation for the of the of Dr. S. H. Chubb, who is In charge thut the methods plaint. and In the respect complained commission of this particular phase of the muof could he bettered. In the other In- Ifbe seven-heade- d fresh-wate- e re-do- TC vertebrae swinging to the gide .. Ud de shoulders hunched and neck L, I voice each hone, In short, true to life tn,vj Id t00' position it would occupy when engaged In such action.- So aUoh skeleton ot a pony, net as tf Is truthful to the nilmiteHt detail Kverytlilng else that Is placed v, 1 . - shows the same painstaking " atld the effect Is truly amazing As striking a display as any to h found lu the museum is the combine"! figures of horse and man. Man Ills Friend it is called, and It g . up to illustrate the subjugation of the horse by man after the animal had reached Its present form of develon-ment. The skeleton of the horg i erected on hind legs, rearing s fear of the figure by Its aide. . tf stances the complaints proved absolutely baseless, save In two orto three misinstances where they referred takes which the commission had alfound corrected. out and ready Slanders and Libelera. So much for honest criticism. There remains an Immense amount of as reckless slander ns lias ever been published. Where the slanderers are of foreign origin I have no concern withI them. Where they are Americans, fed for them the heartiest contempt and Indignation; because. In a spirit and malice, of wanton dishonesty they are trying to interfere with and hamper the execution of. the greatest work of the kind ever attempted, and are seeking to bring to naught the efforts of their countrymen to put to the credit of America one of the giant, The outrageous feats of the ages. nceusations of these slanderers constitute a gross libel upon a bodyintel-of public servants who. for trainedcharac-tet- r ligence, expert ability, high and devotion to duty, have never been excelled anywhere. There Is not a man among those directing the work on the isthmus who has obtained his position on any other basis than merit alone, and not on who lias used his position in anv way for his own personal or pecuniary advantage. Plan to Build by Contract. After most careful consideration we have derided to let out most of ths work by contract. If we can come to satisfactory terms with the contract ors. The whole work Is of a kind suited to the peculiar genius of our people; and our people have developed the type of contractor best fitted to grapple with IL It Is of course murli better to do the work In large part by contract than to do ItIs all by the government, provided It possible on the one hand to secure to the contractor a sufficient remnueratlnn to make It worth while for responsible contractors of the best kind to undertake the work; and provided on the other band It ran he done on terma which will not give an excessive profit to the contractor at the expense of the government. After much the plan already promulgated by tlm secretary of war was This plan in Its essential adooted. features was drafted after careful and thorough studv nnd consideration, by the chief engineer. Mr. Stevens, who, while in the employment of Mr. Hill, the president of the Great Northern railroad, had personal experience of this very type of contract. Mr. Stevens then submitted the plan to the chairman of the commission. Mr. Shunts, who went carefully over it with Mr. Rogers, the legal adviser of the commission, to see that all legal difficulties were met. He then submitted ronies of the plan to both Secremyself. Secretary Taft tary Taft and submitted It to some of the best counsel at tlie New York bar. and afterwards I went over It very carefully with Mr. Taft and Mr. Shouts, and we laid the plan in Its general fentures before Mr. Root. My conclusion Is combines the maximum of adthat vantage with the minimum of disadvantage. Under It a premium will be put noon the apeedy and 'economical conatruction of the canal, and a penon delay and waste. The alty Imposed Is plan ns promulgated tentative; doubtless It will have to be changed In some respects before we enn come to a satisfactory agreement with responsible contractors perhups even after the b'ds have been received; end of course It is possible that we can not come to a agreement. In which case the government will do the work Itself. Meanwhile the work on the Isthmus Is progressing steadily and without any let up. Single Commiesioner Desired. A commission Is of course a clumsv executive Instrument. We should have hut one commissioner. with such heads of departments and other officers under him ns we We should he may find neeessarv. to employ the expresslv best engineers in the country ait con stilting engineers. I accompany this paper with a map showing substantially what the canal will he like when It Is finished. When the Culi'lira cut has been made and the dams built ilf they are built ns at present proposed i there will then be at both the l'lidtlc and Atlantic ends r of tlie canal two great lakes, connected bv n broad channel running at the bottom of a ravine, across the backbone of the Western Hemisphere Those hc-- t informed believe that the work will he rotnpleted In about eight years: but It Is never snfe to prophesy about such a work aa this, especially In the tropica. Confident of Ultimate Succesa. Of the auccesa of the enterprise I am as well convinced as one can be of anv enterprise that is human. It Is a stupendous work upon which our fellow countrymen are engaged down there on the Isthmus, nnd while we should hold them to a strict accountawav In which they bility for the It. we shonbl recognize, with frank generosity, the epic nature of the task upon which thev are eng i god nnd Its world-widimportance are doing something which willThey Immensurabl v to the credit of America, which will benefit all the world, and which will List for ages to come. Under Mr. Shunts and Mr Stevens end tr Gurgns this work baa started with everv omen of good fortune. They und their worthy ns"i lutes, from the highest to the lowest, are entitled to the same credit that wq would give to the picked men of s victorious srmv; for this conrnicst of peace will, In Its great and im nmii'nr th In Vnrv greatest conquests, whether of peai-or of war. which have ever been uoa A by any of the peoples of mankind. badge Is to be given to everv American citizen who for a snecflsd tlm has taken part In this work: for participation In It will hereafter be held to reflect honor upon the mini parJust as It reflects honor mmn ticipating a soldier to have belonged to a mighty In a great war tor righteousarmy ness. Our fellow countrymen on the are Isthmus working for our Interest and for the national renown In the asm spirit and with the same that the men of the armv and navy work Inin time of war It be. our turn to do all we hooves us ran to hold up their hands and to aid them In eviry wav to bring their to a trininnoant great work TlluntxMtK ItO'iSKVUl.T Mon, The White House, December 17. 190 Item (jeentl I ideas a I J tJ Nature Anot lelope1 each t first HI patch special Is I ihort 1 edges, clrci h be and TV blooml less it ibis shine t light n if seums activity. When the work of mounting them will be begun Is not It will be some yet determined. months before they are prepared for public display. Those who have not seen the specimens displayed in the great museum cannot fully appreciate the effect of their novel treatment. Kach exhibit placed on view there Is Immeasurably enhanced by this suggestion of animation. Birds in their eyries, beasts In their lairs, and reptiles in their nests are made to picture life as nearly as the dead reproduction can. This idea Is not surprising, but to employ the plan In the mounting of skeletons Is certainly highly ingenuous and strikingly effective. It is amazing what the framework of 'he animal can tell when, by careful study, each part Is made to suggest its function in actual tnlma w Identll great As tees a n lm ibis loubk ike s ;sg P teen, titter rentoi wr Man and His Friend Compared. human frame walks beside, with hand uplifted, evidently holding the bridle and restraining the mad plunges of Kach bone tells plainly the animal. the story of Its purpose to those who care to week its meaning. So Sysonby will tell Ills tale. While lo the unthinking his frame will serve life. merely to rccail his prowets, the gtu An Instance will serve for Illustra(lent will And It of greatcsi luterest tion. The draught horse, beast of Iosetl as g.ilioping. the ability and burden, molded on powetful, henv.v easy grace of his movement will be lines, trained to drag great weisht, In evidence rather than the power automatically adjusts its body to its which the llgure of the draught horse The power will be there, task, so that each part with the great- typif.es. est economy of effort produces the bu' sub'orving the .sug'estion of greatest resultant force. When the ttueed. There wl'l be con. ervatlon of , right hind leg Is set firmly, its broad sticrtth and racking energy hips lowered, its body swerved to tho In its a iqlicniion to attain the swift ! te ts"iess which f 'bf ihe right to bring its massive s,iou!T'T.i in (jirect line for trees! action, with 'l''!v"S 'he mr'Iefn ;a',e herse at Its head to right ami lowered, every muse for shi't stretches, l 'ren' cAf cle is set Tor the gieatest strain. So, a.'Vevea'ents of the turf too. Is Its frame The skeleton of monarch! or the past, though lacking, the horse, when set up thus lu action, perhaos. he sla ! lua that can-lethe shows the hlml leg, the lowered, flat- great horst s of old over lon.i distances tened itelvis, the aiched and curved unwearied. mr-vtcs- er-'- sur-ai- They Sefor Col tr ot nan Mi imer ind 1 ansi ml It d i hh "PI torra (land ive could g-r- ve c 'and und in r put 1 tmeli '' SEE MONEY IN ZEBR01DS. The attempt has been made over Oennany with aome degree of success of raising a breed of animals known as zebrolds, which is a cross between the wild zebras of Africa and the domestic mule or horse, but tha breeding of these strange animal baa never been anything more than an Interesting curiosity. Now an American proposes to go Into the business of breeding the animals for practical purposes, claiming that they have such superior points over the horse nnd the ntule, both as to length of life and hard- ness, that they will command high prices nnd he in much demand. At his country place at Uve. N. Y., Warren M. Van Korden, a New York hanker, lias established ills zehrold farm. In temporary quarters lu one barn are three .flints, said to he among the finest of their species ever brought to this country. One of them Is declared to he a genuine ('.levy's zebra, from Abyssinia. and this animal alone Is valued by Mr. Van Nortlen at $3,000. The other two zchias lulling to what Is known as the liohimil class. Two more, equally as vuluahle as those now In Kye, have been raptured for Mr. Vuu Nortlen. nnd will he shipped to this country early next spring. These animals are about six years old. and. Inasmuch as the life of the average zebra Is about 50 years, they are a yet mere babies, ami are full of more life and tricks (ban young colts. So much for the zebra parents of the zehroltls. Their parents on the other side will range from a Arabian mare down to little burro jennies, through a list of horseflesh Including piebald, hackney and mustang. In spcuklng of the zehrold, Mr. Van Nortlen says: ' The zehrold makes an excellent animal for domes-ti- c use. and I hope to introduce It In It Is this country. already used In South Africa, where It has given satis In d faction. 1 cannot say just how speedy the zebroid will be. but those I shall raise will be from the finest stock, especially suited for driving purposes. These animals are much more strong and vigorous than the horse, and live about twice as long. They will rank with any of the horses In general use and In value will range from $S00 to $1,000. They will be very tough and able to endure twice the hardship the average horse ran stand.' The zebrolds will owe their appearance In this country, however, not so ntiieh to Mr. Van Norden'a desire to raise them for theinselvee alone as to his determination to solve the problem of telegony. He Is determ Ined to demonstrate whether It Is real, as breeders of blooded stock assert, or whether It Is a vagary of the breeEx der's mind, as scientists declare. undertaking, the bis plaining object of Mr. Van Norden said: "All breeders believe In telegony. It has always been their claim that If a female unlmal Is bred to one of different species but of the same family ami Is afterward bred to one of her own sjiecles the second offspring will show resemblance to the first sire. Opposed to the claim of the breeder Is that of the scientists, who say there Is no Bitch thing as telegony, and that the breeders are mistaken In their diagnosis. A man who eland near the head of the scientists In their contention that there la nothing In the breeder' fear 'tf telegony Is Prof. V. Ewart of Edinburgh university, and for year he has conducted experiments to support the correctness of exhis theories. I'rof. Ewart Is now raband with perimenting pigeons bits. Ile asserts that no one has ever In gone into the subject of telegony demoto such a manner ns clearly nstrate the truth or falsity of the many claims made concerning It. The other perlments of Prof. Ewart ami sub1 the on have thrown some light to b ninth still hut there jort, learned." to-da- ! f.ir-rcae- ' TS'SGOCCCtSOSGOCGCCOOGCGecOOOO&OOOOO&SOCfMCOSOOOCC'S'' If He Only Were. Asked On Favor. "I gutiier from this nrllele," he "I ll give yon the keys to th" bou said, laying aside his magazine, that IT a und show you where the valuable favo . man were relatively us strong us h kept If you will only do ire one Ilea he .'tuild, every time nq uiitninoblle she sulil to the burglar. threatened to run film down, grab up "And what is lliat?" ( Miiw the ri eat machine anil hurl It over u "Hemove the gaa meter. nineteen-storotllco building." kee Rentin'. Hard to Tell. ow th Ceok Far d. "Has the minister much of a vocabuI Xnlcker your cia' ,rf Mr. lary?" . ail ,ike one of th" family? I wr I dim t know have never seen Mrs, Hmnrtse- t- Deal. m: Mot full down." - lioqsH V. JJuD Land klises bei.-j (41, - : N. T Us r . V. |