Show AN AMERICAN CANAL the greatest beneficiary of the canal will be tha people of the united states says william barclay parsons in the november century so that the panama canal will bo essentially an american canal except that until our navigation laws are either increased or decreased the american flag from vessels peaks will not be seen as often aa those of other nations prom coith european ports to india china and japan the distance by either suez or panama will be substantially the same and therefore vessels will probably continue to use he established route except in the case of very large ships that cannot pass over the restricted strict ed depth of tho suez canal which limits them to a draft of twenty eight feet from great britain and ger geri i many to australia and new zealand there be a saving in distance ot about 1 miles over suez sufficient probably to be a factor for american trade the shortening will be all important from now york to manila abo difference is small but to yokohama it amounts to nautical mlle to shanghai 1629 miles and as against the route via the straits of Hag clan to callao miles and to san francisco rolace it vill bring the grain fields of the northwestern pacific states miles nearer liverpool and it will brine the iron anil coal ot the gua states shipped from new orleans ami agoo miles nearer san francisco giving to the former a new great market not noy opan and to the latter A cheap supply oatho raw materials of manufacturing fac turing in the past the great bulk ot our foreign trade has been with europe great as it the trails atlantic trade the presents greater possibilities on the tar shores of this ocean there are persons eager to do business and rapidly awakening to an appreciation of the benefits of foreign commerce of these people or as many as the population of all the twenty states west of the mississippi and missouri rivers excepting kansas missouri and texas are if not american citizens at least under american protection and control the value of annual imports and exports to and from the tar east from the port of now york alone amounts to almost and Is capable of being much developed by improved facilities the panama canal will be second only to the transcontinental railways in developing american trade both internal and foreign it has been announced that the american government is to give all nations equal terms and equal rights and to lovy toll without regard to commercial profit such a course in bringing nearer the ends of tho earth and drawing closer the peoples thereof is the greatest promise of universal peace and a long step toward tho almo when disputes nations like those between individuals will be adjusted without an appeal to arms |