liiE CITIZEN, ?KIDAY, NOVEMBER ai, 1913.
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OF
Withdrawal of Canal Labor
ers Will Mean Dull Times
X on Isthmus.
PROBLEMS of Panama liave ceas
ed to be engineering one?. They
aro no longer related to canal
construction. They aro now
economical, iflscal and political. Some
of them are far morecompllcated than
the Cucarachn slide In the Culebra
cut
The American administration of tho
canal zone and the operation of the
canal present no serious problems.
These plans Tvero all -worked out a
year ago. They will bo put In force as
soon as the law passed by congress In
1912 becomes fully effective through
the appointment of a governor of the
zone to supersede the cnnal commis
sion. The governor, of course, will be
Colonel Goethals.
While no promises aro made as to
the time when the canal will be open
ed to commerce and cargo vessels will
be passing through it, writes Charles
M. Pepper in the Washington Star, to
one on the ground It is apparent that
this will be much sooner than' has been
anticipated. A few weeks will deter
mine the experimental questions in re
gard to the operation of the canal.
Then it sliouhl pass under the form of
administration provided by congress.
The operating and administrative
force for the canal will consist of
about 2,500 persons, exclusive of sani
tation and government It is this re
duction from the huge force of labor
ers and clerical employees to the mini
mum that raises some serious prob
lems directly for the republic of Pana
ma and Indirectly for the United
States. While In the beginning the
merchants on the Isthmus objected
strenuously to, the United States feed
ing nnd clothlilg Its army of canal em
ployees through the medium of the
army commissary, nevertheless they
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VIEW OP r AN AHA CITY SHOWINQ SECTION
OF SEA WAIiIu
recognize that a vast sum of money
coming from them has been put Into
circulation every month. All business
prospered.
Less Money Each Month.
Now the larger part of this wage
money is to be withdrawn, not sudden
ly, for the process has been going on
for months, but with certainty. It is
possible to calculate almost mathemat
ically from wage, rolls of "tho canal
commission how largo the sum is les
sened month by month. All this means
that dull times, as compared with eight
or nine years of flush times, aro likely
to follow tho opening of the canal.
Tho depression may not last long.
Thero is no reason why it should, but
the transition period is likely to be a
trying one until tho volume of com
merce passing through the canal, and
the consequent activity of tho ports of
Panama and Colon, causes renewed ac
tivity, although, not on the scale of the
last few years. Tho administration in
power In the, republic of Panama will
bo held responsible by tho "outs" for
the dull times. The government of tho
United States also will bo censured.
Human nature on the isthmus is. about
tbo same as human nature elsewhere
In this respect
Some of tho American officials would
have tho Ilay-Varilla treaty of 1004 re
vised so as to make moro clear tho
rights of the United States on the Isth
mus In connection with tho canal, leav
ing the government of Panama to de
pend moro largely on tho development
of tbo resources outside tho canal
sphere. In the future, as in tho past,
there is no doubt that Panama will do
about what tho United States thinks
is tbo right thing to do in connection
Jvith the canal, but theso American of
ficials would leave nothing to disputed
Interpretation.
Panama's Sovereignty, v
The Panamans on their part also
talk of a revision of tho treaty so as
to define moro clearly what they call
Panama's sovereignty within her own
torritory. In Jho various controversies
which have arisen they have not ad
mitted that the luncuace of article 3 of
PANAMA
FUTURE
GROWTH
S
Problems No Longer Engi- ,
neering Ones, but Econom-
ic, Fiscal and Political.
the treaty in granting to the United
States tho rights, powers and authori
ty which it would' possess and exer
cise "If It were sovereign" is an ad
mission of complete sovereignty.
To 'the American officials tho mean
ing of this language Is that the Unit
ed States Is sovereign In the canal
zone and in the auxiliary lands and
waters mentioned. By the Panamans
the .language has been construed as a
limitation of the authority of tho Unit
ed States.
The treaty of 1004 has 'been Inter
preted nnd given effect in many of its
provisions under what is variously
known as executive order No. 15, or
the Taft agreement. This order was
issued by direction of President Itoose
velt soon after the treaty became ef
fective in 1004. Mr. Taft was then
secretary of war, and hence his name
was given to the agreement. During
UOINS OP ST. AUGUBTIJJ'S TOWER ON SITE
or old cur op tanajia. .
his term of president he approved va
rious modifications or Interpretations
of the agreement in the form of sup
plementary orders.
Question of Tariff.
At tho present time the republic of
Panama is dialing under one provi
sion of the agreement. This relates to
the restrictions on its sovereignty in
making its own tariff laws. Under
the treaty of 1004 the United States
has been the tariff lawmaker for Pana
ma. The customs duties were mainly
of a revenue character, and the rates
were not high, but when Panama
wanted to raise them from 10 to K
per cent ad valorem the consent of tho
United States had to be obtained. It
was given, but not unconditionally,
nnd tho Panama officials were not en
tirely happy over the situation.
Another view of the case was taken
by the majority of the Americans, in
cluding some of the officials who are
identified with the canal construction.
Food supplies and clothing were ad
mitted into the canal zone free since
they were part of the commissary sup
plies, but the duty had to be paid on
cigars and two or three other articles.
The Panama national assembly at
its session, last spring passed various
laws whose avowed purpose was to en
courage native .industries. Some of
these did not .require the sanction of
the United States and are now in
force. Others have .not been promul
gated because the United States has
withheld its' approval.
Tho plan of having the United States
continue to regulate tho Panama tariff
Is questionable. Some classes of com
modities Imported from the United
States would have to pay increased
rates, but it does not appear that
American commerce would suffer or
lose appreciably tn volume. Tho ques
tion is actually one of policy or, pos
sibly of expediency.
7o Establish National Bank.
With tho other measures passed by
tho national assembly was a very com
prehensive ono which looked to the es
tablishment of a national bank of is
sue. It was drawn up With the pur
pose of securing the establishment of
in American bank on tho Isthmus,
and its provisions wcro submitted to
various financial institutions in New
York, which were understood to look
with favor on tho project
After the measuro was passed the
New York financiers lost interest. The
plan itself has not been given up, but
If carried out it Will bo by London
banking capital in control and with
American banks ' satisfied to take a
minority of tho capital.
A project more directly related to the
canal is for tbo establishment of free
ports. This is somewhat vaguely ad
vocated wlthdut a definite distinction
between bonded warehouses, with a
slight wnrehouso transit charge, and
absolutely freo ports with too restric
tions on Imports and exports.
The Panama national assembly pass
ed a law for the creation of bonded
warehouses, but the terms are not sat
isfactory to the local banks, which
would be expected to advance funds on
DEPEND
iSTISALE
goods in bo'od. Unless tho act is modi
fied it Is not likely to prove effective in
creating bonded warehouses.
The free port project has a' broader
basis. It Is that Panama could bo
made tho distributing center for n
largo nrea on the Pacific side, while
Colon would serve for the Caribbean
districts. If It became a free port Co
lon would find Itself in competition
with Curacao .and St. Thomas for the
West Indian trade, but Panama would
have 110 competition on tho Pacific side.
Free Port Republic.
Should the scheme be attempted It
might bo necessary to make the minor
ports free nlso, so that Pamana would.
In fact, be a free port republic. The
country could flfcd sufficient sources of
revenue to get along without import
duties and could remit the present
small export tnx, but such a plan
would bo adopted with a great deal of
hesitation, especially since It mlgllt
mean the abandonment of the present
policy of encouraging domestic Indus
tries. -
Long years back Panama was a free
port and merchants paid n graded li
cense tux. Those of them who aro ad
vocating the free port project say that
such a system would be satisfactory
now and would insure a larger rev
enue. The republic does not seem to be at
all badly off for revenue. Besides the
Interest on tbe $0,000,000 canal pur
chase money deposited in New York,
it is now receiving from tbe United
States the $250,000 perpetual annual
rental for the "canal concession. This
is a very comfortable lump Income for a
country which has only 300,000 inhab
itants. But into the question of bond
ed warehouses and free ports again
enter tho relations with the United
States and the canal zone. It is the
United States which is building a ter
minal at Balboa, with all that is re
quired for ships and cargoes.
The Porras Administration.
The administration of President Por-'
ras has an Internal improvement pro
gram of its own good roads, agricul
tural development and railway build
ing. All this is good. Its success Is
not dependent upon American control
of tho canal zone. It rests with the
Panamans whether this program be
comes more than a paper program.
Tho United States has had to disap
prove of some railway projects be
cause they were so clearly lu strategic
TYPICAL VILLAGE IN THE INTERIOR OB
ISTHMIAN llEl'OllLIC.
hostility to the canal. Other plans for
railway Hues offer no such objections.
The canal commission has a large
quantity of surplus equipment both
for the construction and tho operation
of railway lines. If advantage Is not
taken of this opportunity for cheap
railway construction the fault will be
that of Panama.
In connection with tho possible de
velopment of tho agricultural and oth
er resources of the country as a means
of freeing it from a too great de
pendence upon the canal zone the fu
ture of the.zono is Important It is be
ing depopulated in accordance with the
act of congress, except for those who
will bo engaged tn tho operation and
administration of tho canal. Tho ca
nal laborers will not be allowed to re
main within tho limits. Land titles
are being extinguished and vested in
tho United States, which in n short
time will bo a monopoly landowner of
somo 350 square miles of territory.
Planning For Future.
It is clear that this plan of depopu
lating tho canal zono Is desirable at the
present time. A question Is raised,
however, whether tho zono should be
continued Indefinitely as" a military
reservation. Some of the officials who
have been engaged in tho canal con
struction and administration think that
the United States later should lease the
lands oh tho zono to American citizens
who would care to engage in tropical
agriculture.
Another view of tho depopulation of
the canal zono is the political one.
With tho zono as a military reserva
Jon irritating questions will not arise,
arid it is to bo remembered that in
Pannma, as elsowhero In Latin Amerl
ta, thero is an anti-American element
which is always looking for a griev
ance. On tho isthmus this element Is espe
cially critical of any concessions which
tho government may mako to the Unit
ed States. This local opposition Is vio
lent and unreasonable. Allowance
should bo made for it in the efforts of
the present administration to adjust
satisfactorily the various questions
which arise growing out of tho some
what anomalous relations of Panama
nd' the United States.
'awn
(Conducted by tha National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union.)
VIEW ON PERSONAL LIBERTY
Home Has Its Rights Which Saloon
Is Bound to Respect Each Man
Is King Over Himself.
You say, "I will eat, drink, wear,
speak, just what I please." But society
says. "Nay, friend, you cannot speak
what you please. It will be easy for
you to utter words so blasphemous or
so unfit for ears polite that you will
trench on the sharp circle of the law.
It will be easy for you to appear
among us in such garb, that we shall
hand you over to tho courts."
And so we come with tho question,
"What business do you Intend to fol
low?" In your contract with society
It Is important to hove nn answer to
this question before we let you in.
"I' shall start a gambling house."
"O, no, you won't, my friend; the
principle of gambling is a principle of
getting something for nothing, and
would be utterly subversive of so
ciety." "Well, then; I will have a shop to
sell vile literature."
"O, no, you won't; we shall inter
fere with your personal liberty jUBt at
that point in tho sacred Interest of
childhood and of home."
"I will set up a tannery, a slaughter
house, a powder mill alongside of
your houses."
"No, you will not; for wo will de
clare them a nulsanco on the Instant
"You may not even build a house of
such material as you happen to pre
fer. We legislate on oil these matters
In the Interest of tho majority."
"Well, then; I will start an opium
den."
"No, we will have an ordinance
against that whenever you attempt
such an atrocity."
''But if you are so hard on me, I will
start a saloon instead."
"No, you will not, my friend, and
for the self same reason that we will
not tolerate the traffic In opium poiB
on gathered from popples we will not
let you sell the alcohol poison dis
tilled from friuts and grains. The
opening of your saloon would be the
opening of Pandora's box. It would
light the Incendiary's torch, impel the
random bullet and the pernicious
knife stroke, and descend in heaviest
blows on the gentlest and most inno
cent among us. Thirty-five per cent
of the Insanity, eighty per cent of
pauperism and nlnoty per cent of
crime are caused by strong drink.
The personal liberty the dealer really
seeks in his own liberty to enslave
a class. His practice proves too much
against his theory. In proportion as
the slavery of the drink appetite en
chains his patrons are his own re
ceipts Increased. Ours Is a country
where each man is supposed to be
king over one that one hlmBelf but
when the integers in the problem of
free go -eminent are systematically
converted into ciphers by the effects
of strong drink and the education of
the saloon, then is the danger wide
spread" and appalling. The' home, too,
has its rights which the saloon is
bound to respect"
WINE V8. WATER.
Why does wine- dry tho mouth? Be
cause the alcohol in it absorbs wa
ter. Why does water moisten the mouth?
Because the skin takes It in.
Why does wine burn the stomach?
Becauso tho alcohol In It dries up all
the water It can find in it
Why does water cool the stomach?
Because the stomach In doing Its
work gets warmer than the Ti
ter. Why does wine tire the heart? Bo
cause the alcohol in it makes tho
heart beat faster.
Why does water help the heart? Be
cause it cools the blood.
Why does wine disease tho blood?
Because the alcohol thickens it
Why does water make the , blood
good It washes it
Wh? does wine redden the eyes?
It t burns them.
Why does water brighten them? It
rests them.
Why does wine madden the brain?
Because the alcohol In the wine burns
It '
Why .does water cool tho brain. Be
cause It Tceeps .the , bipod cool', which
flows to the brain.
Why does wine maye thirst? Be
cause .the alcohol in it dries every
part of tho body.
Why does wine make thirst? Be
causo it gives what every part of, the
body needs.
Why is wine costly? Because it Is
difficult to make, and becauso men
who sell it want to grow rich fast
Why iswater free? Because It Is
the gift of God.
Can't Walk Straight
.The Northwestern Christian Advo
cate speaks straight to the point In
the following utterance:
"We have known of many Influen
tial laymen and some ministers "un
der the Influence of liquor" who nev
er took a drink. How's that? They
were afraid to speak out against the
saloon or to vote the institution out
of their midst because of some promi
nent brewer Pr politician. Such peo
plo are very much under the influ
ence, so much so. .they .can't, walk jn
a straight path."
f N THE DISTIUCT COURT OP
JL THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENN
SYLVANIA. Ih Bankruptcy No. 2572.
In the matter .of LEVIN A. WALTZ.
Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Levin A.
Waltz, of South Sterling, oounty of
Wayne, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
4th day of November, 1913, tho said
Levin A. Waltz was duly ad
judged bankrupt; and that the
first meeting of its creditors will be
held at the office of tho referee, in
the borough of Honesdale, county of
Wayne, and within the said district
upon the 24th day of Nov., 1913,
at 2 p. m., at which timo the said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, aDDOint a Trustee, examine
the bankrupt and transact such oth-1
er business as may properly come be
fore said meeting.
, WM. H. LEE,
' Referee in Bankruptcy.
Honesdale, 5th Nov. 1913.
NOTICE OP INCORPORATION. 1
Notice is hereby given that nppllca
tlon will be made by Ednar Jadwin,
Grace A. Jadwin and Fred M. Spencer,
to tho Governor of Pennsylvania on the
3rd day of December, 1913, at 10 o'clock
a. m., under the provisions of an Act of
Assembly, entitled, "An Act to Provide
for the Incorporation and Regulation of
Certain Corporations," approved April
29, 1874, and tho several supplements
thereto, for a charter for an intended
corporation to .bo called tho JADWIN
PHARMACY, Inc., tho character and ob
ject of which is tho manufacturing, buy
ing and selling drugs and medicines, at
wholesale and at retail, and dealing in
stationery and other supplies, and for
these purposes to have and possess and
enjoy all the rights, benefits arid privi
leges conferred by the said Act of As
sembly and its supplements.
WILLIAM H. DIMMICK,
CHESTER A. GARRATT,
. . Solicitors.
Honesdale, Pa., Nov. 10, 1913. 81w3
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The school board of Berlin town
ship will sell at public auction on
Friday, November 21, 1913, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, at tho old
school house in the village of Beach
lake, the following property, viz:
NOTICE TO WATER
CONSUMERS!
The use of hose for sprinkling is abso
lutely prohibited, except between the hours
of 6 and 8 a. m. and 6 and 8 p. m.
Honesdale Con. Wafer Go.
ABSOLUTE SECURITY.
Wayne County
Savings Bank
HONESDALEPA.,
1871 42 YEARS OF SUCCESS 1913
THE BANK THE PEOPLE USE
BECAUSE we have been transacting a SUCCESSFUL
banking business CONTINUOUSLY since 1871
and are prepared and qualified to renderV ALU
ABLE SERVICE to our customers.
BECAUSE of our HONORABLE RECORD for FORTY
ONE years.
BECAUSE of SECURITY guaranteed by our LARGE
CAPITAL and SURPLUS of $550,000 00.
BECAUSE of our TOTAL ASSETS of $3,000,000.00.
BECAUSE GOOD MANAGEMENT has made us the
LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION of
Wayne county.
BECAUSE of these reasons we confidently ask you to
become a depositor,
COURTEOUS treatment to all CUSTOMERS
whether their account is LARGE or SMALL
x INTEREST allowed from the FIRST of ANY
MONTH on Deposits made on or before the
TENTH tf the month.
OFFICERS :
W. B. HOLMES, PRESIDENT. H. 8. SALMON, Cashier.
A. T. SEARLE, Vice-President. W. J. WARD, Asst. Cashier
DIRECTORS :
H. J. CONGER.
W. B. HOLMES,
C. J. SMITH.
H. S. SALMON.
T. B. CLARK;
E. W. G Ail M ELL
W. P. 8UYDAM,
Advertise in THE CITIZEN
TRY A CENT-A-WORD
THEY BRING RESULTS
Tho Be'achldke School House and
out-buildings, and tho grounds up
on which they are situated.
The lower Beachlake School
House and out-buildings, and tho
grounds upon which, they are situat
ed. The Troop School House and out
buildings. The Vine Hill School Houso and
cuit-buildlngs.
The Long Pond School House and
out-bulldlngs.
Terms of Sale Cash.
At the same time and place tho
said School Board will receive seal
ed proposals for the drawing of coal
for' the schools of Berlin School Dis
trict for the present term of tho
several schools. The school board
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
BERLIN SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
By G. C. Olver, Secretary. 92el2t
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE,
Estate of
CLAYTON, YALE,
Late of Lebanon Township.
All persons indebted to said es
tate are notified to make immediate
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against the said
estate are notified to present them
duly attested for settlement.
WILLIAM S. YALE,
NORMAN TAYLOR,
Executors.
Cold Spring, Pa., Oct. 30, 1913.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Charles H. Mills,
late of Lake Township, deceased.
The undersigned, auditor, ap
pointed by the Orphans' Court to
hear and determine all claims on tho
assets and report distribution of
said estate, will attend to the duties
of his appointment on
TUESDAY, DEC. 9, 1913, 10 A. M.,
at his office in the Borough of
Honesdale, at which time and place
all claims against said estate 4 must
bo presented or recourse to the fund
for distribution will be lost.
CHARLES A. McCARTY,
92t4 Auditor.
J. W. PARLEY,
P. P. KIMBLE,
A. T. SEARLB,