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Important as this question is , not only to the producers but to the ultimate consumer , it is far more important that the rights of this country be maintained over our own waterways . We have never been impressed with the logic or ...
Important as this question is , not only to the producers but to the ultimate consumer , it is far more important that the rights of this country be maintained over our own waterways . We have never been impressed with the logic or ...
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There was very little attention given to the questions now before us . ... Is not this more a question of governmental policy and the application of a principle one way or the other rather than a question of multiplicity of details ...
There was very little attention given to the questions now before us . ... Is not this more a question of governmental policy and the application of a principle one way or the other rather than a question of multiplicity of details ...
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But if we hear these parties who have requested to be heard and others , I have no doubt that the other side of the question will want to be heard , and we can not then terminate the discussion simply upon the hearing of one side .
But if we hear these parties who have requested to be heard and others , I have no doubt that the other side of the question will want to be heard , and we can not then terminate the discussion simply upon the hearing of one side .
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It was a railroad fight and the question of whether the canal should be free from the domination of the transcontinental railroads and should be an open waterway , and where competition was possible . And there was also a question as to ...
It was a railroad fight and the question of whether the canal should be free from the domination of the transcontinental railroads and should be an open waterway , and where competition was possible . And there was also a question as to ...
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It seems to me if we go into the various phases of this question as you have just suggested , we will have to hire substitutes for our fall campaigns in our State . Senator BRISTOW . I think we all feel the same way .
It seems to me if we go into the various phases of this question as you have just suggested , we will have to hire substitutes for our fall campaigns in our State . Senator BRISTOW . I think we all feel the same way .
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Page 387 - The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 241 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one, nor the other, will ever obtain, or maintain, for itself, any exclusive control over the said ship canal ; agreeing that neither will ever erect, or maintain, any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise, any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 488 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists ; and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 474 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the said Canal or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise.
Page 552 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Page 459 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 481 - ... enjoy all the rights, privileges and exemptions, in navigation and commerce, which native citizens do or shall enjoy, submitting themselves to the laws, decrees, and usages there established, to which native citizens are subjected. But it is understood that this article does not include the coasting trade of either country, the regulation of which is reserved by the parties, respectively, according to their own separate laws.
Page 461 - ... or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass, between the States or Governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of the United States and Great Britain...
Page 468 - Panama agrees that there shall not be imposed any taxes, national, municipal, departmental, or of any other class, upon the Canal, the railways and auxiliary works, tugs and other...
Page 476 - The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to transport over the Canal its vessels and its troops and munitions of war in such vessels at all times without paying charges of any kind.
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| Title | Panama Canal Tolls ProQuest Congressional: U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interoceanic Canals |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 20 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 1024 pages |
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