| Show BELIEVES PANAMA GANAL A FAILURE Former Fornier V Engineer Stevens Says Commerce Will Not Bo So Benefited by It Itis J is CHEAPER ROUTES SUGGESTED c Coni C Wint t tut Center Art Arc ArtI Il Inin I Would OhI itt be lIl b Hotter I itt 1 hr I er ID lot Ship V to o Parthe Ports New ew Haven Conn March 0 John F I Stevens StevenA n II t rico president o of the Uio 7 ow ov York Yu I Now New Nil Hartford rail railroad railroad road anti and n II former engineer of the tue Panama canal has Issued li a I statement regarding the thu latter enterprise In iii which he prophesies les n a 1 failure of ot the Undertaking tind Mr Stevens says SI that t the tho canal will not hell help the United States with Its Iti trade with South Juth America oa as practically ll cally call nil all of or the lilt Inhabitants of ot the tho continent are ar east cast of ot the th An Andes des tiec I to V t W Wa a Y V V C JOHN F I STEVENS Former Chief Engineer of ot tho Illo anal Stevens also says saya so a that t our commer commercial cial relations with the JIll Islands of or JIll tho Pacific tend and the tile far rill coat lJ t will ho Iw little benefited Our coal co l and wheat centers are Inland Their products have to be bo started on their way ivay by rail When once loaded on cars CalA It II would not be cheaper to ship to the tho Atlantic and then thon ship to the cast east by b the tho way of the tho canal than It would be he to send dl di directly n tl to the ports port on our Pacific aetna coast anti then thon got get on hoard ship A LOOK AHEAD AD Mr Ir Stevens believes that our nul coal supply It fast Cast diminish diminishing ing and that China will bo the tho of or future futuro coal supply Siberia ho says mya will trill bo be the Iho wheat country of ot tho the fu future u ture tare with mule India as a Il clow 1 second Mr MI it Stevens Steven maintains that tho the Pan Panama 1 1111 nine ama canal will not meet expenses and will cost Oost more I luau ban l in IH expected The Ih date dale ot of th the of ot the tho canal ho hoe fixes us 1915 1916 rho Tho Idea of or the being of ot great grent valno to us Ul In times of ot warfare wince our naval can ba he quickly sent from one olle coa coast t to the other ho lie says Is i absurd al It would take e days for tor the ships to get got around anti and during that time hostile could have done their work Mr 1 r Stevens believes belh ell that It ho Ie hoa hoa Iea a far r wiser plan of lOt defense to tn put tho the money mony that lint tho the canul canal will cst cost st Into a Il greater ler navy |
