Panama and the canal . l 13,090 miles. By way of Panama the distance willbe but 5,300 miles,—or 7,790 miles saved. In the samemanner more than 5,000 miles will be saved between ourPacific ports and the ports of Europe. San Francisco willbe within 14 days of New York, by steamers making 16miles an hour, instead of 60 days, and within 21 days ofany English port, instead of 35. This will make possiblea great saving in the cost of shipping goods along theseroutes. Lumber, fish, grain, and fruit from the Pacificstates can reach our Atlantic ports or the ports of Europeand can be sold more cheaply a
Panama and the canal . l 13,090 miles. By way of Panama the distance willbe but 5,300 miles,—or 7,790 miles saved. In the samemanner more than 5,000 miles will be saved between ourPacific ports and the ports of Europe. San Francisco willbe within 14 days of New York, by steamers making 16miles an hour, instead of 60 days, and within 21 days ofany English port, instead of 35. This will make possiblea great saving in the cost of shipping goods along theseroutes. Lumber, fish, grain, and fruit from the Pacificstates can reach our Atlantic ports or the ports of Europeand can be sold more cheaply and with greater profit. The canal will also bring the Mississippi valley and theSouthern and Eastern manufacturing states much nearerto the rich markets of eastern Asia and of theother Pacific countries,—especially the western p^^jfi ^^^coast of South America. One half the popula-tion of the world dwells in the lands that border the our coal, iron, steel, cotton, and all manner of manu- 228 TRADE ROUTES. Map IX.—Influence of Panama Canal on Trade Routes. WORLD-WIDE FREEDOM OF TRADE 229 factured products, cannot now reach the Pacific markets by-water so cheaply and easily as can the products of we now lose the trade. When the canal is opened,the west coast of South America will be 3,000 miles nearerto our ports than to those of Europe, and splendid new op-portunities will be opened to our merchants and manu-facturers. From New Orleans to Callao in Peru is 10,100miles by the Strait of Magellan, but by way of Panama itis only 2,750. From New York to Japan or China by Suezis more than 13,000 miles. By the Panama canal the dis-tance will be 3,000 miles shorter. Nor will the United States be the only gainer by thisshortening of distances. Far greater than in the days ofColumbus is the modern demand for shorter and cheapertrade routes. For more than four hundred years the wholeworld has desired this gieat gateway to the Pacific. Panamaand Suez long kept t
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