SYMPOSIUM OF VIEWS PROTESTING AGAINST A SURRENDER OF AMERICAN RIGHTS AND A discussion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, of Extracts from Congressional Record and Public Documents 1912-1913 WASHINGTON INDEX. Declaration from Democratic platform in favor of free tolls for coastwise ships.. Theodore Roosevelt, extracts from letter in Outlook....... Minority report of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, ex- O'Gorman, Hon. James A., from speech of, in United States Senate, January Mann, Hon. James R., from speech of, in House of Representatives, January Smith, Hon. Hoke, from speech of, in United States Senate, August 7, 1912. 1913. Williams, Hon. John Sharp, from speech of, in United States Senate, August Thornton, Hon. John R., from speech of, in United States Senate, August 6, Sulzer, Hon. William, from speech of, in House of Representatives, May 21, Newlands, Hon. Francis G., from speech of, in UnitedStates Senate, January Cannon, Hon. Joseph G., from speech of, in House of Representatives, May 18, Cooper, Hon. Henry A., from speech of, in House of Representatives, May 21, 17, 1912. 1912.. Knowland, Hon. Joseph R., from address by, on "Significance of British Taylor, Dr. Hannis, from address by, before American Society of International Page. 81 87 British authorities, Edwd. S. Cox-Sinclair and C. A. Hereshoff Bartlett, LL.B., uphold position of United States.. 91-97 Olney, Hon. Richard, ex-Secretary of State, paper by, before American Society of International Law, April 25, 1913... 104 Anderson, Chandler P., formerly counselor for Department of State, address by, before American Society of International Law... "The Panama Canal-Shall it be American or Anglo-American," by Hon. 110 116 125 134 PANAMA CANAL TOLLS. EXTRACTS FROM CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. SYMPOSIUM OF VIEWS PROTESTING AGAINST A SURRENDER OF AMERICAN RIGHTS AND UPHOLDING THE SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE TOLL CONTROVERSY. [From the Congressional Record, Feb. 6, 1913.] DECLARATION IN PLATFORM OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT BALTIMORE ON JULY 2, 1912. We favor the exemption from tolls of American ships engaged in coastwise trade passing through the Panama Canal. We also favor legislation forbidding the use of the Panama Canal by ships owned or controlled by railroad carriers engaged in transportation competitive with the canal. [From the Congressional Record, Feb. 6, 1913.] DECLARATION IN PLATFORM OF NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN CHICAGO ON AUGUST 7, 1912. The Panama Canal, built and paid for by the American people, must be used primarily for their benefit. We demand that the canal shall be so operated as to break transportation monopoly now held and misused by the transcontinental railroads, by maintaining sea competition with them; that ships directly or indirectly owned or controlled by American railroad corporations shall not be permitted to use the canal, and that American ships engaged in coastwise trade shall pay no tolls. [From the Congressional Record, Feb. 6, 1913.] EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN OUTLOOK, JANUARY 18, 1913. I believe that the position of the United States is proper as regards this coastwise traffic. I think that we have the right to free bona fide coastwise traffic from tolls. I think that this does not interfere with the rights of any other nation, because no ships but our own can engage in coastwise traffic, so that there is no discrimination against other ships when we relieve the coastwise traffic from tolls. I believe that the only damage that would be done is the damage to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Moreover, I do not think that it sits well on the representatives of any foreign nation, even upon those of a power with which we are, and I hope and believe will always remain, on such good terms as Great Britain, to make any plea in reference to what we do with our own coastwise traffic, because we are benefiting the whole world by our action at Panama, and are doing this where every dollar of expense is paid by ourselves. In all history I do not believe you can find another instance where as great and expensive a work as the Panama Canal, undertaken not by a private corporation but by a nation, has ever been as generously put at the service of all the nations of mankind. |