Panama and the canal . Map VII.—The Canal Zone. at least, it was the same as our American dollar. But itsvalue was less than one cent, Imagine taking a Colom-bian $5 bill to a bank and getting in exchange for it anAmerican nickel. An amusing story is told by a gentle-man from New York, who invited the United States consulto a dinner at a hotel in the City of Panama. When themeal was over he found that it had cost him $1,400 in Co- 134 THE AMERICAN WAY ..^^gaa^^^S^.

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