Alaska and the Panama canal . only partly com-pleted, a vast army of men was busy with excavators, explo-sives and dredges, our engineers were in the midst of a strug-gle with Nature that called into play every resource of mod-ern science and skill. Returning to the Isthmus recently. Isaw the barriers torn away and the Canal an accomplishedfact, a wonderful new highway free and open to the ves-sels of commerce and war of all nations on terms of entireequality, in accordance to the provisions of our cargo ships are being floated from ocean to ocean, 130 PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND REP
Alaska and the Panama canal . only partly com-pleted, a vast army of men was busy with excavators, explo-sives and dredges, our engineers were in the midst of a strug-gle with Nature that called into play every resource of mod-ern science and skill. Returning to the Isthmus recently. Isaw the barriers torn away and the Canal an accomplishedfact, a wonderful new highway free and open to the ves-sels of commerce and war of all nations on terms of entireequality, in accordance to the provisions of our cargo ships are being floated from ocean to ocean, 130 PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND REPUBLIC 131 there is much work to be done and many details to be com-pleted before the plans of the Canal builders are fully has not yet been permanently subdued by the great expenditure of treasure is by no means ended. Butin giving the world this object lesson in American enterprise,ingenuity and perseverance, we have let no monetary con-siderations stand in our way. I can only repeat what I said. PROFILE MAP OF THE PANAMA CANAL. 132 PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND REPUBLIC two years ago in Illustrated South America. We are short-ening distance and thereby saving time, and, consequently,lengthening human lives. We must take our reward andsatisfaction in that. . The final, ultimate effect onhumanity of the expenditure of money by Governments must,of course, be considered, rather than whether or not theexpenditure will make returns in cash, for the civilizing andbroadening of the minds of men is. in the final analysis, thetrue profit. The Panama Canal Zone is the most important of ourcjutlying possessions. In many respects it is the most vitallyvaluable bit of land owned by the United States, internal orexternal. Because this peculiarly important possession ofours cuts directly through the heart of the Republic ofPanama, from which country we obtained it, and becausethe United States has guaranteed the independence of thisRepublic in which the Canal Zone lies,
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