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Show The Review of Reviews points out the following inconsistencies in our Columbian canal treaty: It will be - a trifle anomalous, and from the sentimental standpoint stand-point a little humiliating, to find that we have entered upon the construction of our greatest and most permanent public work under un-der conditions forever preventing prevent-ing our government from displaying display-ing its own flag upon its own property. prop-erty. Since in the treaty we de" clare that over the entire cana' strip the sovereignty of Colombia remains absolutely unimpaired, it is plain that all the emblems of sovereignty must be Colombian. The Senate in special session, however, has ratified the treaty; and down in Colombia they' are going to resume, for this one J occasion, the pretense of having j a constitutional government, in 1 order to observe the formalities necessary before Uncle Sam will pay his money. 1 hus, there has been an alleged Congressional election, and for the first time in years there will be a session of the Colombian chambers. In the nature na-ture of the case, there would seem to have been due to us from Colombia Co-lombia a lare bonus for selecting the Panama rather than the Nicaragua route. Colombia could well have afforded to give almost 1 any possible price for having the j canal constructed upon its soil rather than across Central America. Amer-ica. But Colombia is to have all the benefits of the canal on equal terms with our own people, together to-gether with a ten-million-dollar bonus and annual rentd money. If the Colombian Congress under these circumstances, should not ratify the treaty promptly it would only be because of a quarrel among the Colombian statesmen as to the division of the spoils. In short, the arrangement with Colombia, in nearly all its details is as absurd as a chapter of "Alice in Wonderland." Yet there were reasons w b. i c h je e m ed j)f co n t ro 11 ing importance in Washington why an arrangement of some kind should be completed, and it is geneially believed that in spite of our payment of $40,ooo,o o t) the French company tor an abandoned aband-oned and otherwise unmarketable enterprise, and our further pay ment of $10,000,000 to Colombia for permission to render Colombia a benefit of inestimable value, we are nevertheless making a good business bargain. And, indeed 1 there issnrne truth in this view Our able canal commisson, head-' ed by Admiral Walker, estimated ' that it we paid more than $40,000, 000 for the assets of the French company we should pay mor? than they were worth. We agreed, therefore, to pay exactly $40,000- j 000; and, theoretically, wre are merely buying a certain amount ofwork accomplishedwhich would 1 have cost us an equivalent sum if I we had had to do it ourt'yes. 1 PLANT BEETS. We suggest to our agriculturists agricultur-ists the wisdom of planting as Eisich. .land to sugar beets as their ticrje will allow. All conditions are favorable for a heavy crop of the tubers and the roots will bo fine property next fall, as tlKy bring spot cash at a good figure per ton. Further than this, the factory is a worthy iustitu-" iustitu-" tioa and deserves the support and encouragement of our citi-seis. citi-seis. Its management has made OTeiy concession possible for the b?tic0.t and convenience of beet 5i3 3rs: |