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Show a Muiihir ritoftiiTiov. Hirily this Is a day of bonusei nt least of expectations an I demands for bonuses. Conspicuous among nllurlng I rcicl Is one .which, though confidently confi-dently asserted tu be a money-maker from the start, still ropises to tup Uucla Ham's pursu lo Iho tunouta hundred mllUqn dollars, Ihls Is the Nicaragua canal, II scarcely needs a Nupjliou, either of lluiuce cr engl-nterlng, engl-nterlng, to develop lhe hardihood necessary to Itglutho undertaking ou the terms at prevent proposed, These, as tbey appear to llio common uudcrttsudlug, mo that the build-tiers build-tiers do not mo n cent of their own money until they hivu expended II cool hundred millions to be advanced them I'J the Koveruoaeut, The statesmanship states-manship an I KiuoroMly of the scheme will bettlllfur.her evident when Hit seen tint If the enterprise pa 1, the ivuiany shall divide the dividends among Its member-; if It dote not, Uncle Un-cle Ham will bu acuordsd the ti pilslte prlvlh ge of lbpitdalliu the bills. Hit 11 may Iwkoiiioutbir details which make the scheme still safer fur the company and it little mure risky fur thugovtru-ment; thugovtru-ment; tut enough has been tllttltu show that the patriotism aud progrts-ilveuesaof progrts-ilveuesaof the present JJIosra-ua pro-uiotera pro-uiotera lire not tu be sneered nt. Nor is It any argumtnt at all to say that there urn whole lamlllet itady to build canals ou the same term). |
