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. ABOVE THE CLOUDS, CHIRIQUI VOLCANO in addition to company freight. This is a notable pubHc service, profitable no doubt but vital to the interests of the American tropics. It owns or holds under leases 852,650 acres, and in 1912 carried to the United States about 25,000,000 bunches of bananas, and 16,000,000 bunches to Great Britain and the Continent. Viewed from the standpoint of the consumer its work certainly has operated to cheapen bananas and to place them on sale at points where they were never before seen. The banana has not participated in the high cost of living nor has one company monopolized the market, for the trade statistics show 17,000,000 bunches of bananas imported by rival companies in 1912. As for its stimulation of the business of the ports of New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile, and its revivifying of trade along theCaribbean,both are mat-ters of commonknowledge. The bananathrives best inrich soilcovered withalluvial depos-its and in aclimate ofgreat humiditywhere t
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