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The Panama Canal represents an expenditure of $ 485,000,000 ; the figure thus arrived at includes the actual cost of construction , plus a carrying charge or interest on the investment of approximately 3 percent up to the official date ...
The Panama Canal represents an expenditure of $ 485,000,000 ; the figure thus arrived at includes the actual cost of construction , plus a carrying charge or interest on the investment of approximately 3 percent up to the official date ...
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This is not only misleading , but is flatly opposed to the actual facts of the case . The Panama Canal is a vital link in our scheme of national defense . Under certain war situations that might arise it would be the most important ...
This is not only misleading , but is flatly opposed to the actual facts of the case . The Panama Canal is a vital link in our scheme of national defense . Under certain war situations that might arise it would be the most important ...
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... without regard to possible enhancement of value to our Navy in time of war , the Canal would have cost only from 5 to 10 million dollars less " is not in accord with responsible thought on this subject , or with the actual facts .
... without regard to possible enhancement of value to our Navy in time of war , the Canal would have cost only from 5 to 10 million dollars less " is not in accord with responsible thought on this subject , or with the actual facts .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Panama Canal Tolls |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interoceanic Canals |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 107 pages |
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