The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-02-23
PANAMA..

In OF the magazines the question the labor
for the cutting the Panama shall at some
length In building the railroad years ago done
Chinese White labor tried but failed The climate killing
aborers off like rotten sheep Then negro labor
was obtained but found unsatisfactory unreliable
and finally the work completed by Chinese That
story which the writer the article question evidently know
The question OF labor for the canal certainly pertinent
will form portion OF the debate upon treaty will undoubtedly
be considered by both the Senate and the House Chinese labor will
be impossible not because stated the article the Chinese
suited to work in the tropics anomaly
at government which has eenacted the Geary law OF exclusion
should employ gigantic undertaking the very labor
which excludes We know here very well that the following
is Sher nonsense They h Chnese not indigenous to the
pics for they from country having practically the range a-
ude Of the United Satesj when anpnted latitude
equator e lack the stamina requisite Tor severe manual effort 1t is
much better the which the exclusion
attitude the labor unions than bubble about the Chinese
ing the stamina requisite for manual labor
But eliminate this of labor which the old railroad
used and which the French Canal Company
De ound According to some writers is estimated that the canal will
require the work Of $4,000 abo eight years.
mate is aboer and another $4,000 Whatever
Der required may be 1t IS an industrial army that will have to be
lied There will certainly be sufficient labor spot
there may be some but will only be drop the bucket The prop
oston is get labor from the British West Indies The depression
the industry such islands Jamaica and Barbados
large population with very little work do The question
whether they will work the chance given them good wage?
At home both the Jamaican and the Babadan negro lazy turbu-
lent 1t was only short time that the negroes Barbados burn
ed down the state house and the governors residence Still
planted from their surroundings they might good abo though
West Indies is somewhere about 100000 and this chiefly negro
muatto since the whites few in number the present
Out such population ought be hard $4,000
ers 1t would only be little over per cent OF the people
aborers be obtained from the West Indies be from
the British Islands, Cuba
and under existing circumstances her local demand for labor will in
Porto Rico might supply but the Porto Rcan
him satisfactory aborer considerable percentage
Porto Rcans among the aborers might result stealing the canal
They usually steal everything in sight The negroes of Ha and San
Domingo certainly do labor they much engaged
the revolutionary industry and ready become generals
presidents.
Another raised whether the British would
have subjects recruited for labor purposes The British
Government would be only delighted subjects
ing money AS there sufficient for them to do at home will be
good thing if they find something to do abroad
OF there will be the negroes from southern
who will the indeed there why
whole of the $4,000 boers required should be recruited from
there But writers the subject sangune upon the point
looks therefore much the canal would be dug by West Indian
negroes The only other alternative would be East Indian coolies who
have done well British Guiana The labor question the the
canal