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56TH CONGRESS, SENATE. REP'T 1337,
,Od Session. I Part 3.
INTEROCEANIC CANALS.
DEcEmBER 18, 1900.-Ordered to be printed.
Mr. MORGAN, from the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, submitted
the following
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.
[To accompany H. R. 2538.]
The Committee on Interoceanic Canals, to whom was referred the
preliminary report of the Isthmian Canal Commission, make the fol-
lowing partial report thereon, in connection with certain protocols of
agreements with Costa Rica and Nicaragua relating to the proposed
ship canal in those Republics:
Since the last session of Congress a preliminary report of the canal
commission, of which Admiral John G. Walker is chairman, has been
sent to Congress by the President, and the Committee on Interoceanic
Canals has been furnished, at the request of the chairman, with copies
of protocols, signed recently by the plenipotentiaries, respectively, of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica and by the Secretary of State.
This report and the protocols of preliminary agreement with those
Governments have a direct bearing on the House bill (No. 2538) here-
tofore reported from this committee to the Senate, without amendment,
which is on the Calendar of the Senate for consideration.
That bill is a declaration of the policy of the United States for a
canal under control of this Government, which is firmly settled, and
follows the act of March 3, 1899. (Rev. Stats., p. 1150.)
The people and the Government have adopted this policy, after long
deliberation, as being a national necessity, in war and in peace, and a
demand upon the power and enterprise of this generation of Ameri-
cans, and upon the action and support of the United States, which is
indispensable to the opening of this highway of nations.
It is the law of necessity, rather than the expectation of profit or
advantage to' the United States, that compels us to construct, own,
and control a ship canal through Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and the
geographical relation of those States to our country, and the prestige
of the United States among American Governments points to us as the
power that must incur the expenditure and be invested with the
authority to control the canal as a marine highway for ships of all
nations.
The assured profits of this enterprise, in money, calculated on a
basis that is even much larger than is indicated in any report that has
estimated the cost, are a sufficient justification for the expenditure](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.usccsset/usconset32338&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)