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Show C. S. VARIAN TALKS ABOUT CANAL TOLLS Salt Lake, April 17. That not only treaty obligations, but national honor hon-or requires the United States government govern-ment to place the same canal tolls upon American ship-, as upon those ot foreign nations, Is the opinion oi Judge C S. Varian, expressed in a paper read before the members of the Utah Klectric cluh at Its weekly luncheon in the Commercial club yes-' yes-' terday noon j Judge Varian s paper was unusually complete and bandied the much-discussed question of the hour from the beginning of arguments on tho toll question, even before the United State tooh over the greal project at Panama In giving s complete his torj nl ,nr subject Judge Varian quoted frequently from presidential messages, treaties, diplomatic confer ences and the like to show that the mil' st;iiiil which the federal Kovern-uient Kovern-uient could possibly take would be absolute neutrality in the charges for passage Ol vessels through the canal, regardless of the nation whicb owned I hem .fudge Varian s paper created B deep interest among the electricians, all Of whom were enthusiastic In their pi.iise nl" i hi thoroughness and clearness clear-ness with which the speaker presented present-ed the subject upon which so many rarled arguments are being made at .the present time. |