Show THE PANAMA CANAL work on the canal lias received a new impetus now that the final form ot that gigantic undertaking Is decided on the decision of the consulting engineers to ignore all questions of temporary advantage and speed in a matter where those temporary addan tag would have to be paid for in in conTon lence jor all time la wise posterity will adap most of the benefit of this canal and it would be audal fegtly unfair to posterity to it a lock canil in order to save a few years now although in the building ot the canal many and great physical difficulties will have to be overcome tha main difficulty Is greater than any physical one it Is paralysis of the work induced by lads ol 01 money we give on another page this morning the views of secretary taft on this matter even now be saya an emergency appropriation must be made by congress to keep the pay a oils from becoming overdue with ane credit of the united states as strong as it la today says abo tary there is no adequate excuse for such a condition of affairs or would chere of necessity be any cause for lack ot money 1 it were not for the determined opposition the project haa been met with by those who imagine it an impracticable scheme and by those chose interests will sut fer by its competition secretary taft does hia best to dispel the fears of those who would prohibit the canal project on the that it was being used for the furtherance of their schemes by gratteri grat by promising congressional investigation iceo expenditures from time to time As to those who think the scheme im possible time alone must teach then their error those who oppose the canal on prejudice and fco further then own interest must be fought they aie the men who ill the project by its monc supply in this giove even the objectors to the scheme them for the government is nov loo deeply committed to the project back out of it furthermore if her Is doubt in one s mind as to the pra of the scheme it is boelio to spend a conw quickly and find out what the venture is likel turn out than to aih before the jo Is well begun |