Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20


1000 Americans are already em'
ployed here, and when the COM
slructIon IN wcll under way we shall
need Ave times that number or these
1000 win he technical ana clerical mon,
such az engineers, craftsmen ana clerks
while 1000 win be skilled mechanics,
These must come from the United
states, ana they win constitute the
cream Of the labor on the ls,hnus. They
viii receive the highest wages and viii
be paid from % to 20 per cent more
than similar men working at home,
In addition there will be- nbouc 10000
common laborers, made mp Of JumaI.
cans Colombnne,p Porto Ricans and pos
sbly OF Japanese Chinese and East
Indians, They wNl form the raw mus.
Gle to be used IN tho cannl construction,
That " bound to come from the tropics,
the brains ana SKIN win be furnished by
the United states
SILVER AND GOLD MEN.
Uncle sam has already recognized
this distinction, The men are clusscd
ON his pay roll 40 silver men ana gold
men, Raw muscle IL paid IN silver,
brains and SIKH got their money In gold
silver here IA worth Just onc.half what
gold IL worth; 80 that the silver wages
must be multiplied by two 10 equal tho
gold wages Tho silver pay now ranges
from 10 cents nm hour upward, A ma.
tive workman gets sl,50 sllyor for 10
houpgi Nnpk pp IN ppntg p,lI "a ,laN frh,
American gold man often receives as
much as VI or 80 cents an hour, or $3.50
or 81 gold day He " often paid by
ne MONTH his salary ranging from
iib upward,
NATIVE LABOR,
At present there are IN the neighbour.
hood OF 1000 silver men on the canal
IN addition To the police and sanitary
lah0rers There were only 100 when the
chief engineer took charge and they
worked spasmodlc0lly receiving low
wages ana laborlng only enough 10 sup,
port llfe,. Now they are on hand about
tNOsthlrds of The time Their wages arc
hish Tor this part Of the world ana the
natives VIII probably grow more rolla-
bic ~ they acquire the habl, Of steady
work so far about one.third Of the
native force has been of all the time,
II 100 men are employed tho American
foreman can De sure that n little Less
than 20 VIII turn up and fuzzy 30 per
cen, IN excess Of the actual needs must
bc carried on tho pay rolls,
These silver men are jana leans, ma.
tive Panamans, and tolombans, and
stray spanish, French and West In.
dams who have drIflod 20 tho Islhmus,
Some Of them are skilled Workmon,
pnI . 4. !, txsall.pt La
such men are paid IN silver but shan
reduce their wages 20 gold, Native ear
pentors, painters, masons, plumbers,
tlnsmlths and pipe filters arc now gct-
lng from 10 20 30 cents per hour the
foreman receiving 20 cents and expert
helpers 10 cents, Engine drivers are
paid from u cents TO ~ cents per hour
according To their grade, aud nrcmon
from ~ 10 l2ls cents per hour while
walchmcn get from 10 TO 20 cents,
These natives work bcltor under
American forcmcn The supervising
architect tells me that his product has
Increased 20 per cent since tho native
carpenters were bossed by American
forcmcn, lie says tho natives learn
quickly, ana that by making n raw ia.
mllcan q helper 10 n good carpenter
tinsmi,h or plumber the raw man soon
becomes mechanic, llo must, how.
over be hosscd by an American FORE.
man. for M a rule he does not think
Tor himsclf ana cannot undorstanf
anything outside the regular lines lie
says the natives VIII never dsplacc our
hlgh'prced American mechanics,
HOW JAMAlcANs WORK,
The Jnmaicans, for instance, have no
such word as hustle, They don't un-
derstand the sentence do II quick"
ana do II now They are proud, 30.
are quick 10 resen, Insult, and ono cam
not drive them, They are British sub.
lecls and must be treated as such, II
In interesting to swatch the JamaIcans
WORK they make four mot Ions TO the
Americans one ana every act IN com.
mon with another man II one OF core.
m0ny In making n request they VIII
bow and scrapc Ike French dancing
masters suppose that Jamaica John
smith carpenter wants Jamaica
James Jones, he fellow, to hand him a
hoard, lie does not yol out, M tho
American would Jim, give me that
Jones, would you BE- va kind AZ to trou.
Bile yourself TO hand me that board ~
ing beside you" MIR Jones looks UP ana
replies u VIII be- delighted to obligo
you Mstah smith"
u thAnk YOU very much, Mlstah
Jones, Just az soon AZ you can conVc.
have H."
AN rlght MIs,ah Smith, 7 am Do.
ahtod 10 help you, Here " tho board"
ana Win mat he hands II up,
thank you, MistNh JONES'
"Don't mention H. MIetnh Smith" ny
n.f. a. Ian. Ian.
by ln'gctllng that board from ono plac,
70 the other, II II had been In America
TIE Two negroes would have been MT
over the head with the board by tho
Whl'e foreman, lut here the foreman
mas TO ppcok carefully although he does
fIte.
The same conditions largely obtain NJ
70 Colombian labor and Uhcro ~ no
oonbt but that II VIII be 10 tho adynn-
lnge of tho canal work II Chinese, jap
u,leso. ana East Indians can bo om-
loyed' When Socy, TAFT was here last
9ll, no went to jamaica, Intending 10
nlre IRON 1000 10 10000 negroes for tn,
canal lie found the governor II tn,
Island nvorsc TO losing that number OF
mon The governor said that jamaica
was already drained ~ its mechanics
hnd lnborcrs and that this would result
ID tho government having to support
many parishes throughout the island,
lNon now East Indians are imported
Wy Jnmnlcana 90 work their plnntatloN
MA TO aid In the shipment OF fruit, Tho
,hmA'c0ns are not M industrious or
,hrlfty ~ the chinese and they cannot
ho 10 easily handled There " n strong
n,slre on the part OF the officials TO ON.
lloy Aslntic labor II II can be done IN
accordance with the laws Of the United
AMERICAN MECHANICS At PANA-
MA.
Ine mechanics who have come hero
n,G,n me United states and have been
.Wllllhs 10 rough II have done well, ana
my are likely 20 do better, They nre
PAID about tho aauo and In acme roaaa