Show A MODEST proposition surely this Is a day of bonuses at least of expectations and demands for bonuses conspicuous among alluring pr ejects is one which though CODO confidently dently asserted to be a moneymaker money maker from the start still proposes to tap uncle sams purse purge to the tune of a hundred million dollars ibis abin is ie the nicaragua canal it scarcely needs a napoleon either of finance or engineering to develop the hardihood necessary to bagi the undertaking on r the terms at present proposed these as they appear to the common understanding are that the build ders do not use a cent of their own money until they have expended expend oU dd a cool hundred millions to be advance J them by the government the statesmanship and generosity of the scheme will be still further evident when it in been that it if the enterprise pays the company shall divide the dividends among its members it if it does not uncle sam will be accorded the exquisite privilege of liquidating the bills there may b begonia some other details which make the scheme still safer for the company and a little more risky for the government but enough has been cited to show that the patriotism and ol ventes of the present nicaragua pro motors loters are not to be sneered at nor is it any argument at all to say that there are whole families ready to build canals on the same terms |