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Panama Canal Lock Plan Gains Wide Support
The piece argues for a lock canal at Panama with final plans set and costs rising toward 400 million dollars. Goethals and Taft are cited praising progress and speed, while critics are urged to yield to national purpose and future American leadership in the Pacific.
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James A. Edgerton
Gatun Dam
Sam
Goethals
Taft
Panama
District of Columbia
Anantas Club
Republic of Panama
Gatun
Boosters
Roosevelt
Pacific
Atlantic
United States
America
Panama Canals
George Washington Goethals
Navy
Elect Taft
Isthmus
Chagres
Brooklyn
West Point
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee River
Board of Fortifications
Dame Nature