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Show NEW FLORIDA SENATOR D. W. Fletcher, tho now seuator from tho f statu of Florida, comes to Washington with one well-denned plan strong In his mind. That Is nothing less than tho construction of a big ship canal entirely across his state. It Is a modest little stunt, ns Senator Fletcher Fletch-er pictures It, entailing possibly an expend! turo of some trilling sum like $50,000,000, but that Is nothing llko an Indication of tho real vaf-tie vaf-tie of tho big ditch proposed. Given a non-combatant listener, a largo sheet of paper and a lead pencil, Senator Fletcher Fletch-er will prove by nil tho established rules of geography, geog-raphy, commerce, mathematics and hygleno, that every dollar dropped by our Uncle Samuel Into this big ditch will return big profits. Not only would It savo C00 miles of travel for tho big ships that yank our commerce around that route, but It would provo a decided stimulus to commerce genernlly. And so It will when ho gets It. |