. National star-spangled banner centennial, Baltimore, Maryland, September 6 to 13, 1914 . MAP SHOWING BALTIMORE IN ITS RELATION TO THE PANAMA CANAL TABLE OF DISTANCES in Nautical and Statute Milesbetween Baltimore and Portsof the Far East and on the WestCoast of North and SouthAmerica, via Panama Canal. MileAcapulco. Mexico Via Peru Vi. Colon. Panama Via Ciooled Uland Chile Via Panama Canal. Guayaquil. Ecuador Via Panama Canal. Hong Kong. China Via Panama Canal and HoiHonolulu. Hawaii Via Crooked liland Pauagc. Port To
. National star-spangled banner centennial, Baltimore, Maryland, September 6 to 13, 1914 . MAP SHOWING BALTIMORE IN ITS RELATION TO THE PANAMA CANAL TABLE OF DISTANCES in Nautical and Statute Milesbetween Baltimore and Portsof the Far East and on the WestCoast of North and SouthAmerica, via Panama Canal. MileAcapulco. Mexico Via Peru Vi. Colon. Panama Via Ciooled Uland Chile Via Panama Canal. Guayaquil. Ecuador Via Panama Canal. Hong Kong. China Via Panama Canal and HoiHonolulu. Hawaii Via Crooked liland Pauagc. Port Townsend. Washington. U. Via Panama Canal and San Francis Portland. Oregon. U. S. A V,. Panama Onal and San Francl., Punia Arenas. Chile ... Panama Canal. San Diego. California. U. S. A, Via Panama Canal. San Francisco, California. U. S. Alaska Via Panama Canal and San Franclic Valparaiso. Chile Via Panama Canal. Wellinglon. New Zealand Via Panama Canal and Tahiti. Yokohama. Japan Via Panama Canal and Honolulu. t^. or unnatural is largely BALTIMORE AND THE PANAMA CANAL The Panama Canal ^^ilThii^^mendous influence uponBaltimore. Why? Almost every page of this book contributes to the answer. , Baltimore, to begin with, is on an almost me whthe west coast of South America, and ,s nearer the Canal thanany other of the large cities of the Atlantic Coast These important facts are very comprehensively shown onthe accompanying map. With that rugged barrier, the Isthmus of Panama, no longerbarring the way. the great west coast opens up untold andincalculable opportunities for commerce. But why Baltimore) Because trade, like almost everything, follows the courseof least resistance. It traverses natur - — the thing that makes a Iangeographical position. Baltimores position is splendid. Because of this, one cannot evade the conclusion that theCanal will have a tremendous influence upon this City, andthat the beneficial effect will be communicated to the new fieldopened up
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