ANAMA CANAL TOLLS
.EXEMPTION REPEAL SILL TITLE TO THE CANAL ZONE REVIEWED By Tclcsrrapit-Frcss Association— CopyrisM Washington, May 12. Ii) the United Stntes Senate, Senator llolco Smith diaonpionod tho repeal of (he exemption clause of tlio I'wmhui C-rmnl Tolls Hill.' Es-lVesWtut tali, he Siikl, was wrong in supposing that the Democrats' idea in voting ,lo fioq the coastwise trade from tolls was to give ii subsidy to American coastwise ships. The llay-Paimcefole Treaty, lie pointed out, whs undoubtedly part of tho United States title to ifeo Ml-ias stone ; therefore- tbt> abolition of the treaty vroiild l?e absurd. 3f the troat,y wae termiimted tho United Stales would l>o obliged to give hi* the control of tlio esiiiiil, unless it abandoned Ks attitink , as a Inw-aMding nation and rOßortett to brute, .force to keep what it lifld illegally j obtaiuetl.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2148, 14 May 1914, Page 5
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138ANAMA CANAL TOLLS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2148, 14 May 1914, Page 5
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