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(and they do not need to do so), and import from the States the food needed 



hence "no surplus food supply ever ac- by the employees, this practice will not 



cumulates," this condition need not con- be continued through all the years of the 



tinue. I am informed by the Isthmian work and after the work is completed. 



Photo by Dillwynn M. Hazlett 



Orange Tree, Six Years Old, Panama (see preceding page) 



Canal Commission that under certain 

 conditions land can be leased for five 

 years in the Canal Zone. While of course 

 it will be necessary for a year or more to 



This difficulty that stands in the way at 

 present, like others, may disappear 

 speedily through American ability, intel- 

 ligence, and energy. 



