III. The Tehuantepec ship railroad would be cheaper and shorter
N. Am. Rev., 122.223-38; Corthell's "Errors and Fallacies in Rear-Admiral Ammen's Pamphlet."
IV. The economic effects on the United States would be evil.
V. It would lead to an extension of control over the Central American States.
Cong. Record, Dec.2, '79; Nation, XXXIX, 538.