Show C CROSS S TIlE TIER ISTHMUS US IX IS 1 1915 H John F. F Stevens who has been at the head of ot actual 11 construction work on tho Panama 1 ma canal gl gives every hope that the canal will be completed in 1915 I It seems a t man marvelous mar elou thing T TIt The effect of ot th that t work o ot t the map of th tho That nari narrow nar nar- v ro row i stretch ot of rock and swamp less Ies than fifty fity miles across has caused cased ten thousand miles of travel to every overy ye s f een en the East Eat and the West cst The opening of rl anal mal will bring Occident and nd orient nearer n together II i. vastly decrease e distances It It will in a a. measureless m l r I the effectiveness of or tho commercial nac nav na- na v c es of C all nations It will vill r mean an sailing across Instead of at cAo o nd the world I pe In ln the United States Stales can do a goo good deal daI to f facilitate the tho work work and and they c can n do something to fo hinder hinder hin 1 der and delay elay It From the b beginning eo has been a trong strong Influence in this country against th the completion of at t this the canal Selfish Interests It Is believed have In- In the opposition The betterment of ot the tho nation tho the servIce service of or the tho world unite in th of i that that canal The Tho The United States has undertaken tho the work ork In every detail or preparation lon an and in such digi dig dig- j L. L eo i J ging as has been done the tho nation has gone forward splendidly Sickness ha has been banished A good sanitary condition has hal been he-en produced for for the first time In a million years earR In that region And that was a work that tha hall had to be done before then men could dig the canal Railways Rail flail all all- waR ways have havo been heen con constructed Dams Darns have havo b been cn built Cities have been paved and new towns have havo b ben been n built hullt Tho The work i Is Is progressing handsomely There Thoro al' al are men mn yet t in the tho nation willing to block tho the progress of that magnificent m t enterprise ent the enterprise tho tho mos most stupendous when re results are Considered d that lime limo has ever recorded It Is iR not a helpful or a patriotic service Americans should be he for America And Arul there ha has never been blen a work o helpful to the thC nation s so so beneficial to the therace therace race rne a as the completion of or tho time Panama canal If Ir it can cnn be completed cI within n the time tImo set set by 11 Mr Stevens it I Is a n thing to which o we 0 can all look forward with hope Event Even men advanced in years ma may expect to I I see c Its completion People of or three score years cars may look forward to traversing that giant w waterway v cut n across ro th time the continent by or the hand and anti under the spell of or the genius of their thell fellow Americans An And that anticipation adds ahls something to he the splendor splendor dor Ilor of oC the work ork |