Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ON CROCODILE CREEKEach spot looking like a leaf on the water is the nose of a submerged saurian Pholo by Carl hayaen THE END OF THE CROCODILE States the danger of the enforcement of this rightwould be an ever-present menace. It is for this reasonthat the Fruit Company steamers fly the British flag,and the American in Colon may see, as I did oneday, nine great ocean ships in the port with only oneflying the stars and stripes. The opening of the canal will not whollyremedy this. In all re-spects save theregistry of itsships, however,the Fruit Com-pa
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ON CROCODILE CREEKEach spot looking like a leaf on the water is the nose of a submerged saurian Pholo by Carl hayaen THE END OF THE CROCODILE States the danger of the enforcement of this rightwould be an ever-present menace. It is for this reasonthat the Fruit Company steamers fly the British flag,and the American in Colon may see, as I did oneday, nine great ocean ships in the port with only oneflying the stars and stripes. The opening of the canal will not whollyremedy this. In all re-spects save theregistry of itsships, however,the Fruit Com-pany is a thor-oughly Ameri-can concernand to itsoperations inthe Caribbeanis due much ofthe good feel-ing toward theUnited Stateswhich is ob-servable 1912 it car-ried 1,113,741tons of freight,of which 359,-•686 was generalfreight, carriedfor the public 296 PANAMA AND THE CANAL
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